Two

As of now, my blog has been up and running for two years. I could put something witty or interesting here, but apparently I forgot to go back and re-write this post I wrote last month.

2012
01/15
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Calendar

I admit, this is the second post within a month dealing with calendars and date systems, but I promise, this has nothing to do with the Mayans. It has to do with this new date system, as described here: http://henry.pha.jhu.edu/calendar.html

THE SCENARIO
Take some time to read the web page. Or don’t, in which case I’ll sum up this new calendar. Basically, the HH (Hanke-Henry) Calendar is a new calendar that makes every day of the year fall on the same day of the week, i.e. Jan. 1st is always on a Sunday, Feb 16th is always on a Wednesday, etc. This feat is accomplished by slightly adjusting the number of days in each month, keeping the JFMAMJJASOND month system, and on some years adding an extra week onto the end of the year, called the Extra “month”. Now, the only months with 31 days are March, June, September, and December. All the rest, even February, have 30 days.  To figure out which years have the extra week, just remember the Gregorian calendar, and if the year starts or ends with a Thursday, that year gets inflated. The upcoming years that get the Extra treatment are: 2015, 2020, 2026, 2032, 2037, 2043, 2048, 2054, and 2060.

Also, our time system is changed, too. Hanke and Henry suggest dropping time zones entirely, and instead use the GMT time everywhere. This means that when Greenwich time hits 00:00, everyone is in a new day, everywhere. Read more

2012
01/11
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Statistics

As the second blogiversary lies around the corner, I’ve decided to review my blog statistics. As of _:03 PM on Friday, January 6th, 2012, I have had:

  • 6,783 all-time views
  • 420 comments
  • 145 posts
  • 3,107 home page views
  • 3,494 caught spam
  • June 16th, 2011 as my top day, with 140 views
  • June 2011 as my top month, with 790 views
  • August 2010 as my worst month, with 75 views
  • “w32.sillyfdc.bdp” as the top phrase that people searched for to get here
  • “http://blogging2learn.wordpress.com” as the site that referred the most people (not including search engines)
  • “Why Anything ÷ Zero Is Impossible” being my top post, with 471 views
  • “http://kittenspurring.wordpress.com” as my most clicked on link

And now, for a timeline of posts per month, generated in Microsoft Excel.

Note the increase in posts in the fall (as indicated by the arrows) and decrease in the winter. I honestly have no clue why that is.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this snapshot into my blog! Goodbye now.

2012
01/06
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Doomsday

On the supposed Mayan end of the world…

Excuse me while I laugh hysterically.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Seriously though, I have no idea why people are getting so hyped up about the Mayan calendar ending on the twenty-first of December. I bet the reason it does what it does is something that went down like this:

Calender maker guy 1: *sighs* Why do we have to have dates for stuff that will happen LONG after we’re all gone? I say we just stop here. We’ll all be dead, anyways.
Calender maker guy 2: Yeah. I’m tired. *puts down his calendar that he’s engraving* Let’s go home.

The Mayans leave. Three days later, some priest looks at the penguin calendar he just ordered.

Mayan priest: Hmm, it stops on December 21st, 2012. That must be the end of the world! I shall spread the news that the world ends there!

- – - -

Now, I’m sure something else is the reason that it stops in this year, but I like to think of it that way.

But seriously, how do I know for sure that the world won’t end on Dec. 21st? One simple object. The Bible. Matthew 24:36 says, referring to the Second Coming;

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Matthew 24:36
New International Version 

Thus, ANY prediction for the end will be wrong. Not even Jesus knows when. Note that I am not saying it won’t happen this year, as there is definitely the possibility of that, but I am saying that it will not happen on December 21st. The Bible is the TRUTH. Anything it says is God’s word, and it’s true.

On that last thought, Gecko Out.

2012
01/03
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Scare

For the new year, I shall post with one-word titles. Why? No reason. I’m just eccentric like an ellipse that way. Maybe it’ll challenge me to describe my posts with only one word. Now, I think this attempt will be futile, because I’m not known for keeping promises. This is one reason I failed NaNo — three times. Enough blabbing about my failures. On to the scare.

Over the holidays, me and my family visited our relatives, as you may have deduced from my Christmas post. When we got back home on the 30th, I noticed the light that provided Castelo heat was stuck, and the switch wouldn’t turn on. There was also a burnt smell to the air. Now, I didn’t really think that was a problem, because I just spent over 8 hours in the car. In the morning, I ignored the light, and went about my day, not really caring that a failed electrical device was still getting power. Of course, I didn’t realized that this dangerous device was potentially still a threat. Read more

2012
01/01
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