Online Asian news and commentary site Asia Sentinel has kindly asked Imagethief to be one of four blogs they are syndicating on their home page. I like Asia Sentinel (it's been on my blogroll for a while) so I've agreed on a trial basis. That's why I've added a big Asia Sentinel logo at the top of the sidebar. So far, it's been a nice source of traffic, although they won't be syndicating every post, due, one presumes, to Imagethief's tendency to write some oddball crap.

The other partner blogs are Engaging China, Southeast Asia blog New Mandala and Observing Japan. As usual, I suspect I am there for comic relief. But, hey, everybody needs it.

In other site news, I've finally had time to make some long overdue tweaks, which means that the Technorati bug is back at the bottom of the toolbar, along with the Sitemeter bug and a Creative Commons license (noncommercial reproduction with attribution in lieu of written permission). Sitemeter has been dead since the last software upgrade in February, so when you see the three month flatline in my traffic you'll know why.