The Disappearance of Tylor Wayne*

I ended up taking a break from the site for a while after the holidays.  Life didn’t really change much from the status quo but for some reason it started to frustrate me a lot more (possibly because of the status quo).

But now I am back and will hopefully be getting back in the habit of updating regularly.  For now, though, I will leave you with this teaser of what might be coming down the line:

from the amazing xkcd.com

*This post title is a riff on the title of a book I recently read.  If you can guess what the book is then you are most likely a huge geek.

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2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2010. That’s about 4 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 57 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 127 posts. There were 69 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 33mb. That’s about 1 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was June 23rd with 33 views. The most popular post that day was The Question of Abortion.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were networkedblogs.com, facebook.com, twitter.com, WordPress Dashboard, and en.wordpress.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for sexuality video, the secret of kells, secret of kells, sexuality in video games, and secret of the kells.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

The Question of Abortion June 2010
1 comment and 1 Like on WordPress.com,

2

A different kind of sexuality in video games January 2010
4 comments

3

The Trouble With Free Speech: Part 1 April 2010
5 comments

4

Author September 2009

5

Subjectivity and Games as Art April 2010
1 comment

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The Future of Facebook

I am a facebook user but I’ve always been a bit of a wary one.  I first joined way back when it was a college only service because it seemed much cleaner and safer than the then networking giant Myspace.  I find myself using it less and less these days in exchange for my personal site and twitter.  In fact I think the only reason I keep facebook around is because it is still my primary (and sometimes only) way of communicating with old friends.

I’m interested, though, to see what the future of facebook is going to be.  Will they narrow their focus and carve out a specific purpose or will they attempt to refine their current jack-of-all-trades approach?  Will they remain the most trusted of social networking sites or will they go the way of friendster and myspace?  I’m curious to see what the future holds.

What do you think?

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Blog Spotlight #4

I’ve been meaning to write on here, I really have.  Due to sudden illness, though, my motivation to write a proper post has fallen somewhere between little to none.  In the mean time, though, I thought I would continue with my blog spotlight series by pointing you over to one of the best sketch comedy groups I have ever found on the Internet.  Okay, so it’s not actually a blog spotlight but bear with me.

A while back I discovered Loading Ready Run through the Unskipable series on The Escapist and eventually discovered that this group of comedians from Canada had been releasing sketch comedy videos on a weekly basis since 2003.

Check them out here (though I feel obligated to acknowledge not all videos are appropriate for children).

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Blog Spotlight #3

You may know this already know this but I am a fan of Asian film and animation.  In my general love of media it holds special appreciation for me.  As a result of that I was able to discover a site called Japan Cinema.

Japan Cinema is a site dedicated to exploring and reviewing films from all over Asia (not just Japan).  The reviews are well thought out and through and it serves as a great resource for discovering new things and seeing just what is up to snuff in the field.  If that sounds up your ally then go check out Japan Cinema.

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Blog Spotlight #2

It is time for number two in my blog spotlight series.  Today I’d like to introduce you to Susan (or Susie as she recently became).  Susan’s blog, “A Slice of My Life”, is exactly what it sounds like.  It is simply stories from the lives of Susan and her family. From stories of impending empty-nesting to stories of odd things that happen early in the morning this blog manages to be both touching and hilarious.

Visit Susan here and say Hi while you’re over there.

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