For the record, here's how we blogged the Make Poverty History day here from our cybercafe HQ in Edinburgh.
You can read and listen to the whole day's coverage here.
We've got a big gallery of photographs from Edinburgh, London, and around the world.
And You can read first-hand accounts from protesters here and here.
Key moments included...
1pm The first protestors make their way down the Mound - including a dog, fetchingly kitted out in a Make Poverty History t-shirt.
1.30pm Eddie Izzard, up at the Meadows, is appealing to politicians' egos. "I'm saying to them: 'Leave a legacy'. We made slavery history - we can make poverty history," he tells us.
2pm Meanwhile, our colleagues over on Culture Vulture have started covering the Live8 concert from London - see their day's coverage here.
3pm Back in Edinburgh, there's a minute's silence, albeit one slightly marred by a siren. We faithfully recorded the siren, silence, and huge cheer at the end for you all to hear here.
7pm Chancellor Gordon Brown delivers a powerful speech at a Christian Aid rally, earning a standing ovation.
Meanwhile, through the day our roving reporters caught up with Billy Bragg, activist and author Noreena Hertz, anthropologist from Burkina Faso Alain Sanou, chairman of Global Call To Action Against Poverty Kumi Naidoo and Baba Maal.
There were contributions from guest bloggers including Rachel Hodgins.
Some of our interviews were conducted right here in Bytes & Slices, including this one with some campaigners from J8.
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