I’ve added lots of new links to the blogroll, including the usual top-tier Blogosphere demigods, a couple of Iraqi bloggers, and some Africa-focused sites. For just one example of the bloggy goodness, check out Jonathan the Head Heeb’s examination of the dilemma your average despot or dictator faces when the urge strikes to give it a go in the arts.
Category: General
No Blood for Cocoa
Why is it that when an American soldier shoots an enemy combatant who may or may not have been a prisoner (and not protected under the Geneva convention, in any case), it’s headline news, but when the French unilaterally invade an African country, completely destroy the air force of a sovereign nation, and massacre dozens of protesters nobody hears about it?
If an anti-American shoots a person of colour in the forest, do they bleed?
The Dog in the Night-Time
You’ll all be happy to know, no doubt, that I’ve got mailouts working again in WordPress. New this week (https://balafon.net): Chrenkoff’s latest Good News from Iraq, and the very first screenshot from my long-premeditated and still in-progress spaceflight game.
Ad Astra
Check out the very first screenshot from the game I’m writing. It’s shrunk down from 1280×1024, so the text isn’t legible, but you get the idea.