Over on my books blog, I go into a lot of tedious detail comparing the ending of Lost with the ending of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. This is probably only interesting if you’re a fan of both, but it’s gotten a lot of clicks this past month, so you may find that it’s worth a read.
On this blog, my post Why Are Stories So Important? has proven to be popular. Which is good because I’m pretty proud of it. Go check it out while you’re here, won’t you?
The most popular post on my blog this past month was the one on how to search your old tweets and Twitter spring cleaning tips. Check it out if you missed it the first time around.
I recently reposted some older stuff on this blog, from my days working in IT for a nonprofit. I did a bunch of posts on Getting Things Done that seem to be of interest. Most popular is my post on how to create a master GTD project list. Happy organizing!
Because my good reads post is scanty this month, I offer you some band name suggestions culled from search terms bringing people to this blog:
Friendly Dinosaurs
Obnoxious Venn Diagram
Thoughts to Sleep On
And this might possibly be my new blog name: Shannon In Between Blog.
Here’s what’s popular on my other blogs for the past month.
Over on my cooking blog, readers seem to be interested in learning how to reheat foods without a microwave. I gave up my microwave and highly recommend it. Oh, the freedom! And the counter space!
With the Large Hadron Collider back in the news, folks have been checking out my Large Hadron Collider reading list and associated links on my books blog. Also handy for Flashforward fans, if there are any.
The Large Hadron Collider doesn’t seem like it will destroy the world (yet), but if that kind of thing interests you, check out artists’ conceptions of major cities after the apocalypse on my empty earth blog.
Around this here blog, readers are digging my Google Buzz tips. I explain how to post privately on Buzz and how to address your posts to specific people so they will appear in their Gmail inboxes.
Finally, the strangest search term bringing someone to my blogs was “dinosaurs nose.” Feel free to adopt that as your band name. And you’re welcome.
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Tagged Apocalypse, Books, Cooking, Dinosaurs nose, Empty earth, Good reads, Google Buzz, Large Hadron Collider, March 2010, Microwave
Here are some of the more popular posts from my blogs in the past month, in case you missed them.
On my book review blog, folks were learning that book abandonment is not a crime.
On my cooking blog, besides the usual suspects, visitors were interested in learning how to make the perfect stir-fry.
Over on my post-apocalypse journal, abandoned mental institutions aroused some interest. They are very creepy photos.
Finally, right here I got a little surge when I posted about whether you should expect privacy from online services. But the top post was my opinion piece on Google Buzz.
Finally, most intriguing search term that brought somebody to one of my blogs goes to: “Will we have found 2 more earths by 2050?” I honestly don’t know, but that would seriously be cool, wouldn’t it? The Kepler mission seems to have the best shot of finding them. The telescope has already spotted 5 exoplanets, but they are more like Jupiters than earths.
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Tagged Books, February 2010, Good reads, Google Buzz, Kepler mission, Mental institutions, Privacy, Stir-fry
Here’s a taste of what’s popular on my other blogs this month:
On my books blog, folks seems to be enjoying What Now? A Post-apocalyptic Reading List. I guess it’s those winter blues spurring them to read depressing novels about the end of the world (they’re my favorites too!). In fact, several people got to the list after searching for “how to rebuild society after the apocalypse.” I’m glad somebody is thinking ahead.
If you’re interested in the apocalypse, you might want to check out An Empty Earth, which is essentially my research notebook where I mix together a soup of vaguely apocalyptic thoughts, links and other resources. The Ruins of Detroit is a popular example.
Here, you guys seems to be enjoying learning how to give Google Wave invitations and how to create a GTD project list. (Does anybody actually use Google Wave? Because I haven’t found a use for it.) I have posts that are so much more entertaining, but the public likes what it likes, I guess.
I’m skipping my cooking blog, because it’s always the same posts that are popular (their titles are so Google-able).
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Tagged Books, Cooking, Detroit, Empty earth, Good reads, Google Wave, GTD, January 2010, Reading lists
Even though we are already well into January, I still think it is a good time to pause and look back at the past year. For your perusal, I offer my most popular posts on my other blogs for 2009.
On my books blog, Books Worth Reading:
On my cooking blog, Simply Cooking, check out how to make lasagna, sorbet, roasted chicken breasts, quick and easy tomato sauce for pasta and pan-fried chicken and fish.
And on this blog:
Why do you guys always like the techy stuff?
(My other 2 blogs are a bit too young to do a “year in review” this year.)
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Here’s what folks are finding interesting to read on my other blogs this month.
My article on Books that Changed Your Life is still very popular. I don’t know if you’ll find anything life-changing in the post, though. I don’t come to any definitive conclusions.
At my newest blog, which collects my notes on the post-apocalypse, check out Artists’ Conceptions of an Empty Earth. The art is very cool.
At my cooking blog, the usual suspects are at the top. People still want to know how to make lasagna, roasted chicken breasts, sorbet and quick tomato sauce for pasta.
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Remember a while back, when I wrote a neat little piece about our obsession with obtaining immortality. You don’t? Well, let me refresh your memory. And there has been news since then! Some scientist has come out and said we will achieve immortality within the next 20 years, using nanotechnology and robotic body parts. Sound like science fiction? Well, it is, because he’s just making a wild prediction based on technologies that don’t yet exist. But still, take care of yourself and let’s all try to mitigate the effects of global warming. Because you never know.
Anyway, all of this thinking about immortality turned my brain on to some good speculative fiction books that address the theme. So as is my hobby, I put together a little reading list, which Flashlight Worthy Book Recommendations, a blog of book lists, has published. Please go by and check it out. While you’re there, why not browse all the intriguing book lists and maybe buy a book or two? (They are an Amazon.com affiliate.) You know you want to.
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