(a gray wolf, from Flickr user dobak)
Hey folks,
I’m always amazed how my website activity is reflected in my readership.
It’s a fascinating study – my longer, thought heavy posts receive more comments and greater google-search hits, but random “huh.” posts always trigger more aggregate and individual traffic and more traffic from people emailing my links (yes, I can see that [only as far as your email client, not individual address]. So can every website. You should know that as a consumer.). I had my fourth all-time highest view count on Sunday, but three days letter with no posts I’ve fallen way off the map on traffic.
Sadly, that trend will continue. I’m off radar for a few days, and potentially through the election. I’ll try and put something up for the weekend (more for my own sanity than for yours, I’ll selfishly admit). As of now I’ve got a lot of real-world work to do and of course Halloween to consider. In the interim I think my buddy Oscar is going to do a special Halloween post that will certainly be quality. I’ll link to that when it comes around.
Until then, dig Listening Post’s recap of all of the great derivative music coming from an already-derivative song: M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes.” And I use derivative in the language of copyright law (as in a work that uses the work of others), not as an insult to Ms. Arulpragasm’s abilities.
See you when the memos are done,
- andy
The Clash – Straight To Hell
