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February 02, 2007
Who Are You People?
The Barnstorming has been receiving an extraordinary amount of traffic of late. And although the content posted here is incisive, witty, and revealing, the number of hits we've been getting seems out of keeping with the fact that this is, fundamentally, a dull and substanceless narrative in which nothing really happens. And so the recent congestion makes me wonder...
In my former life as a education marketing consultant I had a client who learned, in the wake of an audit meant to discover the reasons behind extremely slow functioning of their intranet, that the Web sites for not fewer than 400 Indian companies were being hosted on their servers. I wonder if something like that is happening here. I resolve to look into it.
Over the past week or so I have been making copies of For the Love of God, A Bully Named Chuck, and My Henderson Robot, the three books from which a subscriber to Idiots'Books may choose to receive as a value-added premium. When we first thought of this value-added premium, congratulating ourselves for what a great idea it was, we expected that the number of subscribers to be modest and manageable. Now that I am facing down the prospects of providing free volumes to 141 (thanks to today's new subscriber, one Sarah Myers of Kennedyville), I must produce tall stacks of books (gladly, gladly).
Piled all together like this, God and Chuck almost look like real books.
We've started binding My Henderson Robot with Japanese book cloth. Adds nice texture. And the red cloth is the color of blood. In a good way.
Tomorrow night is the February First Friday. Robbi and I are going to hang out in the gallery to smile, shake hands, and make shrewd comments.
Hope to see you there. Unless you are illegally hosting an Indian startup on this blog. In that case, don't come. Unless you want to buy some books.
Posted by bogenamp at February 2, 2007 12:08 AM
Comments
Matt:
Having just discovered your blog this week, I find that I keep coming back out of curiosity. The idea of posting a bunch of info about myself for the entire world to see kind of creeps me out, so I am intrigued that someone I actually know does so regularly. I have the nagging fear in the back of my mind that reading the blog is like spying. Is it?
I doubt that I am the cause of any increased traffic though.
One thing you might consider is that if other people link to your images on their sites or blogs, the increased number of hits to that particular image can cause your traffic to spike.
Your Web design friend and 8th grade lab partner,
Jessica
Posted by: Jessica at February 2, 2007 01:07 PM
It's all Dahna & Sarah's fault, really. They're the ones that tipped me off to this blog. Of course, your writing and adventures have caused me to return. That, and the hopes that you will soon be announcing the date of the MatthewDahnaStock 2007 Concert Tour.
So, that makes two lurkers on your blog so far. I suspect, though, that two don't quite qualify as 'extraordinary' traffic. I expect that the Indian bloggers are thoroughly enjoying your writing.
By the way, I have to agree with you. Guapos' tacos really are quite excellent.
Keep up the good work.
-Peter
Posted by: Peter Everett at February 2, 2007 10:48 PM