Stat time once more!<\/p>\n
Here’s a random factoid. In the past two weeks, which is what the server report I pulled this morning covers, twice as many people accessed The World According to Allyn<\/a> with Windows 3.1 machines as by Amiga machines. I’m just amazed there are people out there, doing the Internet-thing, with Windows 3.1.<\/p>\n I do like that the “alternate” browsers–Opera and Firefox–are used more than Microsoft’s browser offering. Once upon a time I thought IE was fantastic and Netscape was anything but. Today, IE is anything but<\/i> fantastic (even in its latest release) and its competitors rock socks.<\/p>\n Which reminds me, people–there’s a new version of Opera<\/a> available today–9.21. Opera rules. :banana:<\/p>\n Let’s run it from the top. The two twenty search phrases are…<\/p>\n 20. “miryam d’abo.”<\/b> She played Bond girl Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n 19. “doctor who font.”<\/b> I describe myself as a “font whore.” No, really, I do. I’m a font whore, and I have a number of Doctor Who<\/i> fonts on my computer. Your best site to get Doctor Who<\/i> fonts? Try here<\/a>. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n 18. “federation starships.”<\/b> What about them?<\/p>\n 17. “why did monica potter leave boston legal.”<\/b> I get some variation of this question a lot–the main variation being “Why did Rhona Mitra leave Boston Legal<\/i>“–and I have no idea, frankly. Boston Legal<\/i> is a David E. Kelley show, which means it’s basically a revolving door cast-wise.<\/p>\n 16. “things that happened in 1979.”<\/b> My sister was born. I started first grade.<\/p>\n 15. “describing myself.”<\/b> Okay, here’s the thing that gets me. Someone had to type that phrase into Google. Why? Google isn’t going to tell you jack<\/i> about who you are unless you tell<\/i> it who you are. Google isn’t a mind-reader, people. Have some perspective. And clicking into my website to find out who you<\/i> are? Yeah, like that<\/i>‘s going to happen. :p<\/p>\n 14. “needy cat.”<\/b> I have cats. They can be needy.<\/p>\n 13. “illuminati.”<\/b> Move along, there’s nothing to see<\/a>.<\/p>\n 12. “stephen fry doctor who.”<\/b> He’s not<\/i> writing a Doctor Who<\/i> script, no<\/a>. Sorry to break the old news.<\/p>\n 11. “abducted by the daleks.”<\/b> Please, don’t ask me any more. Please.<\/p>\n 10. “burying a pet.”<\/b> My advice? Pick a good spot, one that gets some sun, one that gets some shade.<\/p>\n 9. “things that happened in 1947.”<\/b> My mom was born. And probably lots of other really interesting things.<\/p>\n 8. “new blackadder.”<\/b> They’ve been talking about a new Blackadder<\/i> series for a few years now. Atkinson was interested, Fry wasn’t, they talked about a movie. Who really knows?<\/p>\n 7. “anakin skywalker’s father.”<\/b> I keep you, people. It’s Qui-Gon Jinn<\/a>. It makes perfect sense. It’s Qui-Gon Jinn. All that midichlorian stuff? That’s crazy talk.<\/p>\n 6. “allyn gibson.”<\/b> This is surprising. People want to know about me<\/i>? \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n 5. “what happened on my birthday.”<\/b> Maybe you had a party. Maybe you got a little drunk. Maybe you ate some cake. Maybe you got a card or four. I don’t really know. It’s your birthday, not mine.<\/p>\n 4. “blade runner ultimate collection.”<\/b> We’d better get this in the US, that’s all I have to say<\/a>. Except we won’t get the really cool Voight-Kampf briefcase like Australia will. American DVD packaging sucks. You know why? Stores don’t like carrying anything out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n 3. “things that happened in 1957.”<\/b> Sputnik. Wasn’t Sputnik launched in 1957?<\/p>\n 2. “frank gasperik.”<\/b> A long-time member of the Larryniven-L mailing list. He passed away in early May<\/a>.<\/p>\n And, with a whopping sixty-one searches in the past fourteen days, because I am clearly not the most important thing going on here (see number six)…<\/p>\n 1. “house season finale.”<\/b> It’s next<\/i> week, people. Sheesh. Based on the number of people looking you’d think I had spoilers or something…<\/p>\n Other random notes. Monday is the busiest day. Thursday is the least busy day. And nobody, but nobody<\/i> reads this website at 3 am, GMT.<\/p>\n One final thought. I enjoy these posts. Why? Because they’re easy to write. You, dear readers, are telling me what you want to know. It’s a dialogue, you see. I like dialogues. Not that Socratic kind, though–I don’t like those. \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stat time once more! Here’s a random factoid. 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