It’s been a very quiet week in my corner of Ozplogistan. Nobody at Catallaxy has posted anything since Heath Gibson presented a very effective critique of my friend Clive Hamilton’s proposals to regulate Internet p0rn.Ken Parish has just resurfaced after a week in the Red Centre trying to salvage the NTU operation there – sounds like a lost cause – with Wayne Wood holding the fort in the meantime. Kim Weatherall is also just back after a long hiatus. “Simon Crean” seems to have vanished entirely, perhaps in a tribute to the many pieces recently that have noted the invisibility of his real-life counterpart (my take: > This is an anti-Crean beatup. For Opposition leaders, invisibility is the rule rather than the exception). Simon’s blog hasn’t been updated since Xmas and he has disappeared from my comments threads.

On the plus side, Gareth Parker has responded to Jason Soon’s challenge by revealing his outward appearance. Scott Wickstein has gone one better by revealing his inner self. And in far-off Washington DC, Tim Dunlop upholds the virtual nature of Ozplogistan with the observation that this blog is among his top 5 referrers for February. I don’t think Xtreme tracking gives this information, which makes me think perhaps I should be investigating alternative hit counters. OTOH, the last thing I need is more stats to look at!

Others who’ve been busy and interesting this week include Gary Sauer-Thompson, Rob Corr, Carita Kazakoff and Gianna.

Update I should have known this would happen. I forgot to mention Gummo Trotsky and he immediately spat the dummy. What makes it worse is that I really enjoyed Gummo’s post earlier in the week on how to annoy a libertarian. Maybe this could be the beginning of a series for other political alignments.

While I’m at it, I’ll dig an even deeper hole for myself by mentioning some interesting posts from William Burrough’s Baboon and , so now the people I haven’t mentioned will be even more annoyed.