Three conferences that I’d like to attend

• Libre Graphics Meeting 2009. Cost of travel a tad high (OK, 24 peak-time return Reading to London trips). Would like to be there to talk about the new Open Font Library web site, but will it be any nearer to live by 6 May?
• Information Design Conference 2009. Slightly better chance of making this, in Greenwich on 2 and 3 April, as it only requires one of those return tickets (perhaps not even that!)
• SERIAC 2009. Booked already as this is a no-brainer at £12.50 for the day of talks on 25 April. Sadly, due to the DLR, I missed last year’s keynote on London’s pooh and how Bazalgette made it disappear, but this year we’re round the table in Camelot so who knows what’ll be unearthed?
• OK, make that four: Revival is the 2009 Friends of St Bride Library conference. I really ought to make it for that one as I’m supposed to be doing the techie stuff.

Less security please

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/feb/19/civil-liberties-terrorism. "One thing I can tell you is that if you ask the British people they will always choose more security." Do we still think this is true?

Old news: revived ‘Routemaster’ bus design competition results

How could I have missed this skeuomorph?