Below are simple links to other interesting stuff I've come across on the web in the last day or two; they may or may not concern literature or photography, or indeed the arts at all. You can click here to learn more about how I compile this list and what software I use, if you're interested.

Ridiculous "Quill" literary awards are very quietly ended
And not a single person on the planet besides me notices.

Season 2 of "Flight of the Conchords" delayed until 2009
Argh!!!

The Sims Online relaunches as free Second Life competitor "EA-Land"
Insert shot of Linden Lab offices. Cue dramatic music. "DAH-duh-duhhhh!"

Report: "Seven preconditions for violent change have all been met in US"
Very interesting. (Via WarrenEllis.com.)

Regarding the trainwreck which was the JT Leroy saga
Super-long article in the LA Weekly takes a deep look at middle-aged author Laura Albert, who found fame a few years ago posing secretly as recovered teenage drug addict and memoirist JT Leroy.