Wednesday, October 21, 2009

NLM Turns 50!

...Well, not quite. But this is the 50th post!

Here is a breakdown of contributor activity:
  • Ken - 40 posts (including this one) = 80%
  • Jay - 3 posts (last activity: 9/28) = 6%
  • Brian - 3 posts (last activity: 7/11) = 6%
  • Rob - 1 post (July 1st) = 2%
  • Christopher - 3 guest music reviews (thanks man!) = 6%
  • Gavin - 0 posts (he still hasn't even accepted the author invitation!) = 0%
Most of the blogs have focused on music (shocker!), though lately beer and coffee reviews have been popping up, plus the occasional "This Day in NLM History" lookback.

There are several ironies that should be pointed out about the blog to date. Gavin & I are the two who came up with the expression "Not Lame Minus", yet he isn't really a writer, and lately has no time to hang out (he was MIA all summer), let alone scribble things down here. Also, the main point of the blog was for us to post our travel adventures (mini vacations, concerts, pub crawls, etc...), and to look back on past events. But this year we haven't really spent much time together as a group (Brian has a new ladyfriend, and Rob went back to school), the June rain cut down on the LakeFests, and our annual fall road trip fell through for the first time in half a decade. It's been an odd year...

The phenomenal news is that we've had people view our blog from all around the world (15 countries, some with multiple unique visitors!) as well as over 300 unique visitors from the United States alone! To be fair, my brother Jason hit us up on a recent business trip to a few European nations (Sweden, England and Switzerland), but still, Not Lame Minus has circled the globe! ☺ And reader participation in "Beatles Week" was greater than I had hoped (thanks again to all who sent in memories and/or poll responses).

Finally, with all of the fall & winter holidays lined up in a row, plus a trio of MuteMath tickets yet to be put into play (and maybe a Bruins game, if Brian throws a group together), plus the inevitable "cabin fever" once the snow begins to fall in earnest (but not too soon!), and we should reach 100 posts in no time! ☺

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