Thought For The Day: Asking a friend to come up with a 'thought for the day' in the midst of their livestream is free entertainment of the highest order.
Obviously I did not post for the past two days. I plead Christmas. And you never got your musings on Hogfather; I plead Christmas there, also, for I spent the wee hours of Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning having a bonding moment with my little brother instead. I'm less worried about the twerp's capacity to survive high school, now.
Tonight I thought I'd yammer a bit about this lovely thing Blogger gives me, which tracks the various stats of my blog.
So far my blog-a-majig has received 427 page views. Geographically, 400 of those come from the United States.
Eleven of those views come from Russia. ПРИВЕТ РУССКОЙ ЧИТАТЕЛИ!
Five of those views come from Germany. HALLO DEUTSCHEN LESER!
Four of those views come from the United Kingdom. HELLO BRITISH READERS!
And one of those views come from France. BONJOUR SIMPLE LECTEUR FRANÇAIS!
And I'm aware that these persons are not likely to check in again, but hey, you never know. And those Russian views are fairly consistent(and probably fake; read on). And the stats probably aren't that accurate, yet. They group the readership by Operating system, as well, and even if all the Linux/Ubuntu views are me, that's still only 15 views for the entire month. I've done more than that this week, looking at comments. All told the Stat system could probably be more intuitive; maybe a tutorial for young blogs?
Speaking of young blogs and stats: remember I mentioned those Russian views probably being fake? On the off chance they aren't, Russian Reader, you can accept my apology immediately. However, at least 8 of those 11 views come from domar.ru. NO, do not go to domar.ru. It's something called Referrer Spam. They come to my site, trying to trick the webmaster(that would be Me) to come to theirs. They're fairly ubiquitous, and mostly harmless, just annoying.
I've also gotten a lot of traffic from Google Reader, from Caitlin's Wordpress account(Thanks, Caitlin!), and Facebook. That's referral URL's, though; if you just logged straight here from the address bar, I'd never know.
Anyway, the moral of that particular story is: link me to other people, and I'll say thank you! [/shameless_plug]
Tonight's thought-for-the-day stems from the fact that I was having a Skype conversation with a friend when he was livestreaming. I couldn't think of a thought-for-the-day, so I asked him. He fumbled around with various platitudes, and the whole thing was so amusing I came up with this thought. If you're interested, here's the link to his livestream: Xepharon's Livestream.
I'm still watching Baccano!, as well. It's holding up very well, and I quite fancy it. The semi-casual handling of the supernatural is very nice. I say SEMI-casual, because when 'normal' people encounter the supernatural, or when something truly powerful, it's treated with a realistic amount of reverence and awe. But, not to put TOO fine a point upon it, much of the cast is immortal. You're not exactly going to look at every strange happening with shock when you bleed backwards after getting cut.
One of the things that complicates the series a bit is the anachronic order. Scenes can happen as early as 1751 and as late as 1933, with 99 out of every 100 being from 1930 through 1933. On top of which, it's an Ensemble Cast. There really isn't a main character; even the character that practically has I AM A PROTAGONIST tattooed on his soul is only one of a number of entry points to the events presented. There's a quote by Rousseau that the whole thing reminds me of: "There are four sides to every story. Your side, their side, The Truth and what really happened." Given that logic, Baccano! probably has about 25 sides during a slow episode. If you can handle these quirks (apparently Japanese audiences couldn't; despite doing wonderful here in the West, Baccano bombed at home) then it's a great anime. I actually like it more because of that; it gives my brain a nice workout, without breaking immersion.
From Netflix, I've gotten Castle of Cagliostro, the Lupin III movie. It's Miyazaki's first (this was a long time before Studio Ghibli, mind) and apparently Spielberg's a huge fan of it. It's apparently as magnificent a work as you can expect from a combination of a great director and a great franchise. I've had the chance to watch the opening bits, including the famed car chase. Remember I mentioned Spielberg was a fan? Apparently he concludes the car chase in this one is the best car chase ever set to film. I have to agree. It's funny and terrifying in all the right places. I'll finish this tomorrow, give you a full look tomorrow night.
Have you guys noticed my newly minted blog is, for the most part, an anime review blog? It wasn't exactly intended, but it's turning out that way. Would you guys like to see more of this? Lemme know.
Want to know what else I watched? I watched the new Doctor Who Christmas Special. I watched "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe." My response?
Moffat, You Magnificent Bastard, I READ YOUR NAUGHTY AND NICE LIST! Seriously, Moffat's done it again. Spoilers ahead: You're so certain, so certain you know who's going to be the bad guy, and you're wrong. You're wrong because there isn't a bad guy! The Tree People are scary at first, but, shock and awe for Doctor Who aliens, they're WILLING TO COOPERATE! Good Guys Win! Christmas is Saved! MOTHER CHRISTMAS! Say it with me now.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
That's all for now. Laters,
Bill.
Obviously I did not post for the past two days. I plead Christmas. And you never got your musings on Hogfather; I plead Christmas there, also, for I spent the wee hours of Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning having a bonding moment with my little brother instead. I'm less worried about the twerp's capacity to survive high school, now.
Tonight I thought I'd yammer a bit about this lovely thing Blogger gives me, which tracks the various stats of my blog.
So far my blog-a-majig has received 427 page views. Geographically, 400 of those come from the United States.
Eleven of those views come from Russia. ПРИВЕТ РУССКОЙ ЧИТАТЕЛИ!
Five of those views come from Germany. HALLO DEUTSCHEN LESER!
Four of those views come from the United Kingdom. HELLO BRITISH READERS!
And one of those views come from France. BONJOUR SIMPLE LECTEUR FRANÇAIS!
And I'm aware that these persons are not likely to check in again, but hey, you never know. And those Russian views are fairly consistent(and probably fake; read on). And the stats probably aren't that accurate, yet. They group the readership by Operating system, as well, and even if all the Linux/Ubuntu views are me, that's still only 15 views for the entire month. I've done more than that this week, looking at comments. All told the Stat system could probably be more intuitive; maybe a tutorial for young blogs?
Speaking of young blogs and stats: remember I mentioned those Russian views probably being fake? On the off chance they aren't, Russian Reader, you can accept my apology immediately. However, at least 8 of those 11 views come from domar.ru. NO, do not go to domar.ru. It's something called Referrer Spam. They come to my site, trying to trick the webmaster(that would be Me) to come to theirs. They're fairly ubiquitous, and mostly harmless, just annoying.
I've also gotten a lot of traffic from Google Reader, from Caitlin's Wordpress account(Thanks, Caitlin!), and Facebook. That's referral URL's, though; if you just logged straight here from the address bar, I'd never know.
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Tonight's thought-for-the-day stems from the fact that I was having a Skype conversation with a friend when he was livestreaming. I couldn't think of a thought-for-the-day, so I asked him. He fumbled around with various platitudes, and the whole thing was so amusing I came up with this thought. If you're interested, here's the link to his livestream: Xepharon's Livestream.
I'm still watching Baccano!, as well. It's holding up very well, and I quite fancy it. The semi-casual handling of the supernatural is very nice. I say SEMI-casual, because when 'normal' people encounter the supernatural, or when something truly powerful, it's treated with a realistic amount of reverence and awe. But, not to put TOO fine a point upon it, much of the cast is immortal. You're not exactly going to look at every strange happening with shock when you bleed backwards after getting cut.
One of the things that complicates the series a bit is the anachronic order. Scenes can happen as early as 1751 and as late as 1933, with 99 out of every 100 being from 1930 through 1933. On top of which, it's an Ensemble Cast. There really isn't a main character; even the character that practically has I AM A PROTAGONIST tattooed on his soul is only one of a number of entry points to the events presented. There's a quote by Rousseau that the whole thing reminds me of: "There are four sides to every story. Your side, their side, The Truth and what really happened." Given that logic, Baccano! probably has about 25 sides during a slow episode. If you can handle these quirks (apparently Japanese audiences couldn't; despite doing wonderful here in the West, Baccano bombed at home) then it's a great anime. I actually like it more because of that; it gives my brain a nice workout, without breaking immersion. 
From Netflix, I've gotten Castle of Cagliostro, the Lupin III movie. It's Miyazaki's first (this was a long time before Studio Ghibli, mind) and apparently Spielberg's a huge fan of it. It's apparently as magnificent a work as you can expect from a combination of a great director and a great franchise. I've had the chance to watch the opening bits, including the famed car chase. Remember I mentioned Spielberg was a fan? Apparently he concludes the car chase in this one is the best car chase ever set to film. I have to agree. It's funny and terrifying in all the right places. I'll finish this tomorrow, give you a full look tomorrow night.Have you guys noticed my newly minted blog is, for the most part, an anime review blog? It wasn't exactly intended, but it's turning out that way. Would you guys like to see more of this? Lemme know.
Want to know what else I watched? I watched the new Doctor Who Christmas Special. I watched "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe." My response?Moffat, You Magnificent Bastard, I READ YOUR NAUGHTY AND NICE LIST! Seriously, Moffat's done it again. Spoilers ahead: You're so certain, so certain you know who's going to be the bad guy, and you're wrong. You're wrong because there isn't a bad guy! The Tree People are scary at first, but, shock and awe for Doctor Who aliens, they're WILLING TO COOPERATE! Good Guys Win! Christmas is Saved! MOTHER CHRISTMAS! Say it with me now.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
That's all for now. Laters,
Bill.
A significant portion of your views are probably from me - when I go to type one thing in my address bar and click because I'm too lazy to actually type out the whole URL, I almost always end up accidentally clicking my way here instead >.>
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen Castle of Cagliostro in ages, but I recall enjoying it.
Much as I enjoy watching you squee like a little girl, I'm disappointed that you haven't talked about the trailer for The Hobbit yet :P
Oh, yes. I'll ggt to that tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteOf course. You were totally planning to do that in the first place, right? :P
ReplyDeleteAs always, it was enjoyable reading about the anime you're watching. :) Sadly, I missed the Doctor Who Christmas episode, so I'm glad you cut out the spoilers.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your discussion of The Hobbit trailer.