Tag Archives: globospheric
links for 2007-11-23: Kissinger, Arthur
LRB · Greg Grandin: Sucking up to P A brief history of Henry Kissinger (tags: Kissinger US-foreign-policy politics globospheric) Arthur No. 27 contains an interview with Sun City Girls’ Sir Richard Bishop, written by Erik Davis and illustrated by John … more…
Top Choons in the Zone
I’m long averse to the Guardian’s arts pages, especially the music reviews, but I happened to find myself at the bottom of a workmanlike but deeply uninteresting music column just now, and there was this: A survey of Last FM … more…
Return of the MacGuffin: Iran and Nuclear Weapons
A similar curiosity to the one about “short shrift” similarly affected me on the subject of The McGuffin. The results brought me into more topical waters: Subject-Barred: Return of the MacGuffin: Iran and Nuclear Weapons A MacGuffin (sometimes spelt McGuffin … more…
EU rejects Poland’s death penalty call
The European Union has dismissed a plan by Poland’s president for the return of the death penalty across Europe. “The death penalty is not compatible with European values,” Steffan de Rynck, the European Commission spokesman, said. Lech Kaczynski – whose … more…
NePlep
Plep is travelling in Nepal, and blogging at NePlep…
Tehran Bloggers make landfall
Some great pictures here of a blogmeet in northern Tehran. There is apparently a Cafe Blog in those parts, set up and frequented by local bloggers. (I hope the Cafe Blog page looks as beautiful in your browser window as … more…
The World As A Blog
You really have to go and see the World As A Blog, which shows a point of light at the location of a freshly updated blog on a map of the world. There aren’t many blogs registered in there yet … more…
Satellite picture of London at night
Remarkable satellite picture at APOD of London at night, taken in February this year. (via Boing Boing)
Afghanistan back on top in opium production
Afghanistan back on top in opium production It was said that deliveries had been a little erratic under the Taliban. Normal services now resumed. Three cheers for the War on Drugs Terror. (via Liberal Arts Mafia. The picture is from … more…
Axis Applet
Not sure what axis that any three countries in the world might be the axis of? Wonder no more, just check it out with this rather clever but completely daft Axis Applet by Golan Levin (via JOHO)