2008 by the Numbers

Posted Thursday, January 01, 2009

Most Listened to Artists (Last.fm):

  • The Smashing Pumpkins – 1359 plays
  • The Police – 1076 plays
  • Queens of the Stone Age – 874 plays
  • Foo Fighters – 737 plays
  • Tegan & Sara – 695 plays
  • Metallica – 591 plays
  • Against Me! – 513 plays
  • The National - 512 plays
  • Silverchair – 478 plays
  • The Cardigans – 451 plays
  • The Arctic Monkeys – 446 plays
  • The Decemberists – 440 plays
  • Thrice – 423 plays
  • The Shins – 413 plays
  • Daft Punk – 400 plays

I scrobbled 24,352 songs among 205 artists.

I have 123 feeds in my Google Reader.

A massive 1,837 visitors tallied up 2,917 page views on this blog (according to Google Analytics).

I wrote 40 posts for this blog. One of which I’m proud of, one which I only let my wife read and left unpublished.

I performed 3,150 Google searches (while logged in).

Top queries (via Google)

  1. zend api
  2. pants
  3. 13904 146 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada -> 9932 81 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  4. mamp
  5. 9932 81 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada -> 13904 146 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  6. white whale comic
  7. php 301 redirect
  8. mono
  9. iamthejeff (moderately embarrassing…)
  10. fogbugz

Top sites (via Google searches)

  1. en.wikipedia.org
  2. youtube.com
  3. php.net
  4. framework.zend.com
  5. imdb.com
  6. w3schools.com
  7. adobe.com
  8. google.com
  9. dev.mysql.com
  10. ultimate-guitar.com

I have 143 “friends” on Facebook.

I was personally involved in building and launching 1 website (the fewest since 1999).

I watched 326 videos on YouTube (while logged in).

I took 3 trips (Phoenix, Vancouver, and Houston).

Concerts

  • Foo Fighters
  • Iron Maiden
  • Gogol Bordello
  • Against Me!
  • Flood of Fire
  • Ninja Spy

Faye has 10 teeth and weighs 21lbs 12oz.

I weigh 245lbs.

I (with Ali’s help) took 4,155 pictures.

I photographed 1 wedding (something I had vowed never to do).

I went to 3 weddings (Gursky, Ali’s friend who I don’t know, Isaac & Mel).

I can’t think of anything else.