Time flies when you’re having fun: yesterday was this blog’s fifth birthday! It has been a very good year, once again. Allow me to extend my sincere thanks to all who take the time to peer at the goings-on here. It wouldn’t be the same without you.
Some nerd-fodder: if I am counting correctly the blog had about 56000 hits in the past year, for an average of about 150/day. This is roughly 40% higher than in the previous year, which makes me think I’ve made a mistake in my calculations. About 9000 of those hits were for one or another of the posts that appeared during the Antarctica month blog-a-thon, which took place last February.
Not counting Antarctica-themed posts, the three most popular posts during the past year were all Book Notes: on Alain Erlande-Brandenburg’s Castles and Cathedrals: Building in the Middle Ages, on Iris Murdoch’s The Sovereignty of Good, and on Richard Rhodes’ The Making of the Atomic Bomb. As usual, I am surprised at what is popular and what is not.
I do not know how to discover the number of comments left on the blog in the past year — but I do know how much I appreciate each one of them. I can tell you that the WordPress spam filter prevented 13996 spam comments from appearing, and I appreciate that too.
Thanks again!
January 19, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Many happy returns of the day! All Manner of Thing is like Korrektiv’s un-evil twin, and a beautiful thing. Good work.
January 20, 2012 at 12:13 am
Happy Birthday! I love this blog.
AMDG
January 20, 2012 at 12:20 am
Thanks, both of you. I don’t think I can compete with Korrektiv, and I don’t try, but I do appreciate that you look in on me now and then.
Janet, I think you are my most prolific commenter. More comments like this one are always welcome.
January 20, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Happy Birthday! A great source for book and music tips. /Doug
January 21, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Janet, I think you are my most prolific commenter.
Yeah, I think that’s why you get all those hits.
AMDG
January 21, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Fine with me!
Thanks, Doug. Much appreciated.
January 21, 2012 at 10:14 pm
My regularly-visited blogs are down to half a dozen or so, of which this is one. Congratulations, and keep on.
January 21, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Thanks, Mac. I can say the same about yours.
January 22, 2012 at 12:17 pm
I enjoy the blog a lot. The best recommendation I got from you was a documentary about Messaien.
January 22, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Thanks, Grumps. I don’t remember that documentary!