Buttle's World

4 January, 2011

Vivian Maier

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 13:38

This is a great story.

Crappy Meal

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 12:59

I’m not a Jon Stewart fan, but this is brilliant. And my friend’s kid is in it. (The little boy at 2:30.)

Little Red Riding Hood (+23)

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 12:37

What do you get if you start with Little Red Riding Hood, and then substitute every noun with the word 23 places below it in the dictionary?

 

The best thing I’ve seen all year.

 

So this is what healthy looks like?

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 10:09

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

Featured image

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 7,300 times in 2010. That’s about 18 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 150 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 2,918 posts. There were 4 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 300kb.

The busiest day of the year was November 2nd with 598 views. The most popular post that day was Descriptive Dialogue Track on Pixar Films.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were twitter.com, pixartouchbook.com, iconfactory.com, facebook.com, and thebastidge.blogspot.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for ruins of detroit, detroit in ruins, buttle’s world, buttle, and stunning photography.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Descriptive Dialogue Track on Pixar Films November 2010

2

The Ruins of Detroit March 2009
5 comments

3

How to Own a Gun and Stay Out of Jail March 2009

4

Remembering Michael Monsoor July 2008
3 comments

5

Islamic Porn April 2008
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Bowdlerizing Huck Finn

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 9:20

This is not only stupid and cowardly, but sickening.

“Race matters in these books,” Gribben told PW. “It’s a matter of how you express that in the 21st century.”

Words matter, Mr. Gribben. So does accuracy.

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