2005 Chuggnutt Zeitgeist

It’s time for another edition of the Chuggnutt Zeitgeist, in the spirit of Google and since I did one last year. Interesting stuff, if you’re into blogs and stats and such. On to it! Number of blog entries: 244. Last year: 306. Approximate total number of words: 39,810. Last year: 45,537 Average words per blog… Continue reading 2005 Chuggnutt Zeitgeist

It’s the 2nd already!

No, my title doesn’t really have to do with anything… I just thought I’d use the first thing that popped to mind when I started this entry. This is pretty much a plain-vanilla blog entry, with some ramblings about books and such. I’ve been reading Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson lately, getting close to… Continue reading It’s the 2nd already!

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My favorite posts of 2005

Being inspired by Chris’s post about the same, I decided I’d list my favorite/best posts for 2005. These aren’t the most popular ones (I’ll cover those later), but the ones I personally think are the best. I’m not ranking them, though, other than in the date in which they appeared. Bandage Man Globe Things about… Continue reading My favorite posts of 2005

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Unfortunate ad placement on Bend.com…

Is it just me, or does this particular ad placement on the Bend.com article pictured below seem really… I don’t know, juvenile? Not to mention, wrong. Click for full size It just hasn’t been the same since Barney left.

Spamments

You may or may not have noticed that I’ve turned off comments on posts older than three months. I wasn’t getting tons of spam comments (spamments?)—I suspect my filtering was working well enough—but I was certainly getting tired of the ones that were coming through. Since they were almost invariably on old posts, I finally… Continue reading Spamments

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Merry Christmas

Charlie Brown: [shouting in desperation] Isn’t there anyone out there who can tell me what Christmas is all about? Linus: Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you. [walks out to center stage] Lights, please. [a spotlight shines on Linus] “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their… Continue reading Merry Christmas

Happy Solstice

Happy First Day of Winter. I know I haven’t been posting here much this month, I guess it’s kind of been winding down as Christmas approaches and the year ends. On the other hand, I’ve been posting to The Brew Site every day, so that’s good—I’ve been doing a “Beer Advent Calendar” series of posts… Continue reading Happy Solstice

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