Category: Tech

Andertoons Cartoon Blog #1000

andertoons6 Comments

Can you believe it? 1000 blog entries.

It’s taken about 3-1/2 years, and a few different incarnations, but the big day is finally here.

Let’s look back, shall we?

Like a lot of blogs, I began at Blogger in May of 2004, probably a good year or so before blogging really hit the mainstream. The original blog is still there, but any more, it just points to the current URL. (Here’s the very first entry, BTW…)

Things went well and I figured I could keep this up, so the blog was integrated into Andertoons.com in August that same year.

It matched the site nicely, but between juggling Movable Type updates and issues, and the mass of content eventually confusing the search engines about what the site was really about, we separated the site and blog, and moved blogging to MT’s sister software, Typepad in July of 2005, and I’ve been here ever since. (No idea how long I’ve been using Ecto to pen my postings, but it’s right around when I switched to Mac.)

So, now the big question; is anyone reading it? Let’s go to the stats:

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Took the above shot a few days ago. Not a bad comment to post ratio.

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There’s been a decline in readership the last four months or so, but, to be fair, I’ve not been at my bloggy best.

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Still, not too shabby… I should probably get the Google analytics code on the blog sometime to really get some good stats, but it’s about #956 on a list of 2042 things I’d like to get to. OK, on to Technorati:

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Not a bad ranking, and my authority rank is OK too for what the blog is about and how much I ramble on other topics. And a fair amount of reactions as seen below:

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And you, FeedBurner? What say you?

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I musta been writing some good stuff in May. Again, pretty good. How’s about some Google?

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#4 for “cartoon blog” as of a few days ago. I’ll take that. And approximately 716 links to it as well. OK.

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Now on to the fun stuff; favorite entries. There’s a lot, so let’s break them down by topic.

Cartooning:

Food:

Best Titles:

Toys:

Inside the Cartoonists Studio:

Movie Reviews:

Blog Milestones:

Original Video:

Well, that’s about it I guess. Hope you continue to like the blog as much as I like writing it!

If anyone has any other favorite posts, lemme know!

See you at #2000!

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I Sort Of Hate Myself…

andertoons7 Comments

…but I love my new iPhone!

Iphone HomeYep, I caved. I buckled. I folded like Superman on laundry day.

I know, I wasn’t going to cancel my Verizon contract and pay $600 for a phone just for some bells and whistles, but the BlackBerry whetted my mobile web appetite and it had to be sated! SATED!

Listen, I’m not gonna go on and on about it like a million other blogs, but here’s a few quick things I like thus far:

There. Now I have to go somewhere so I can check my mail on the fly!

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Is That A BlackBerry In Your Pocket, Or Are You Happy To Not Be Paying $600 For An iPhone?

andertoons

BlackberryI’m a big Apple guy. I have two Macs, two iPods, the Hi-Fi, and assorted other Apple stuff littering the home and office.

And I really want an iPhone. But after hearing about a sloooooow internet connection, being generally wary of pricey first gen tech, and still being stuck in my Verizon contract for another year, I opted to chuck the old phone and move up to a BlackBerry.

I’ve read that RIM has actually been quite pleased with the iPhone’s release, as it’s been pushing people like me into the mobile email/web category.

Anyway, after a few weeks with the thing, I gotta say, I’m not one of those CrackBerry people, but I do love my BlackBerry.

I took it on vacation with us, and checked in on my email a few times a day. It was great; I felt like I could keep my finger on the Andertoons pulse, and my wife was ecstatic that the laptop stayed in the bag all week.

Upsides –

  • Email on the go saves me a lot of time. I’ve also read that BlackBerry users gain an extra hour a day by taking advantage of small snippets of time. You spend a minute or two checking and responding to emails while waiting in line at the bank, etc… I’ve also already had two emails that needed urgent attention. Before the BB those would have been lost revenue.
  • The phone is nice and clear, and, for the most part, the signal is good.
  • The auto-type and other features makes it easy for even a sausage-fingered giant like me to get short emails out quickly and, mostly, accurately.
  • $250 on Ebay is WAY cheaper than canceling my contract and $600 on a phone!

Downsides –

  • The wheely-clicker thingy (it’s SO not a clickwheel) on the side is kinda clunky and gets me around menus slower than I’d like. I know that there’s better options on the newer models, but I wasn’t quite ready to go whole hog on this thing.
  • The internet is only OK. (I know, I was worried about this with the iPhone, and now this?!) Still, it’s reasonably fast, but the browser? Ick…
  • I’ve only synced it with my Mac once, but I had to buy another program to do it, and so far I’ve only gotten phone numbers and emails over. The calendar will have to wait until I have more time to tinker.

So, all in all, a welcome addition to the business, and, I have to say, it makes me feel all cool and techy!

I still want an iPhone, but I’m content to wait now.

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