More from Burma

To be exact, that'll be pickled tea leaves from Burma. Dawn_1o9 is a blogger blogging from Rangoon and one of few tenuous food blog connections I could find relating to the ongoing protests in Burma this week. Just by the by... I find that whenever I want to follow a news event like this very, very closely I don't bother with the TV, the radio or even a news website like the BBC. I do five things,

• Subscribe to the Google news RSS feed on the keyword "Burma"
• Subscribe to the Google/YouTube video RSS feed on the keyword "Burma"
• Subscribe to the Global Voices RSS feed from the Burma section - although they've been pretty slow on this story...
• Subscribe to the del.icio.us RSS feed for bookmarks tagged "Burma"
• Find and follow websites and blogs that monitor the situation closely. In this case I'm following, Irrawaddy, Mizzima, ko htik and newsblog.

I know it's only news junkies who do this, but it does help keep you informed in as near a real time basis as is possible.