William M. Hartnett

Had a little traffic bump at the end of the year, but I’m busy watching football and honestly just can’t be bothered to check why. On to the December stats, from Google Analytics and FeedBurner. Lifetime stats start Feb. 13, 2007.

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More Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros: HBO version lyrics (July 20, 2007)
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Ah, 2007, what a memorable year it’s been. In the past 12 months, I started rambling away on this site, had my eyes opened by the many thoughtful members of the journalism blogosphere, and set my career on an entirely new course as a result. (More on that last bit soon. Or soon-ish. Maybe. We’ll [...]

Traffic slumped a bit in November, as substantive posting dropped compared even to October’s already slow pace. Other excuses: Global warming, transit labor unrest in France, illegal file-sharing, I’m not very good, etc. The Hiphopopotamus lyrics post looked like it had finally died, only to see a mid-month resurgence:

Did that FOTC episode air again? Maybe [...]

Noted while perusing my FeedBurner stats the other day: The number of subscribers to this site’s feed has climbed steadily during the past two months, even as I’ve written significantly less, and even as the posts I have written declined notably, if not entirely, in substance. Logical conclusion: The less I write, the higher my [...]

Busy month at work, not much in the way of substantive posting, slow traffic, the Hiphopopotamus lyrics post impenetrably on top, etc. There’s no letdown in sight at work, so I started doing the daily del.icio.us links thing just to keep things moving. Don’t know whether I’m going to stick with it, though. We’ll see. [...]

Will nothing topple the Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous lyrics post from its seemingly permanent place atop the rankings, where it resides for the third consecutive month? A random picture of my cat cracked the top 10 posts for the first time, though I’m still trying to figure out what made Vol. 27 more popular than the [...]

Careful readers will have noticed that I’ve been going a little light on the word-posting lately. (Indifferent readers might have noticed too, but, as they’re indifferent, frankly just couldn’t be bothered. Careless readers inexplicably put their laptop in the refrigerator last month, and haven’t been online since.) Just the usual story: Busy, busy, busy at [...]

At some point between Monday afternoon and about 10 minutes ago, with no action on my part, the site reverted to the default WordPress theme. Everything else appears to be behaving normally. Weird. Anyone know what’s up with that?
It might be a few hours before I can get around to sorting everything out. In the [...]

Page views up and visits way up over July due almost entirely to global interest in the lyrics to Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous, which ranks as the top post for the second consecutive month. Who knew? Mildly interesting to see the effect of the more general web audience that arrived here seeking FOTC lyrics: Slightly more [...]

Visits up, page views down, and more than 200 people across the globe now aware of the lyrics to Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros. So says Google Analytics for the month that was July. Not bad considering the Internet-free lull following our move at the beginning of the month. “Lifetime” stats start on Feb. 13, 2007.
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