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Monday, April 07, 2003

Yet another blog round-up. Eve Tushnet turned me on to Dash Reads a Book. (When I visited he had just finished Noah.)

Why are so many Persians blogging? Hossein Derakhshan, one of the instigators of the Iranian blogger boom, has some thoughts.

Finally, Slient Running's links are fixed, and I can point you to the cautionary tale of little Bobby Fisk, who grew up to be an even bigger penis-head than he is in this story. (As a commenter said, "Great story! I didn't know you could Fisk a car.") And another cautionary tale of a writer's pique. Consequences, gentleman - actions have consequences.

SF writer and fan John M Ford reports on Electrolite that
Microsoft Corporation today announced a high-level arrangement with the U.S. State Department to restructure postwar Iraq as a Windows-based application.