It’s been an odd week, what with frantic office moving, 9rules related fun, and other assorted stuff, so it’s nice to get back to routine with the Roast. Before I do though, a big shout out to the Crazy Canalman – happy Fathers Day, and congratulations on loosing an amazing 2 stone (28 lbs) and more since the start of your health kick. (The only problem is now that there’s no zealot like a convert, and he’s always on at me to get fit again. *sigh* I have no excuse, I am just lazy).

*warning* the following will only interest Mac users. You silly Windows users can just skip on to the next link.
Before I updated to Tiger as my operating system I had a small clock displaying the time and date on-screen. It was very handy considering the amount of time I spend at the computer and that I rarely have a calendar to hand. With Tiger, however, there was no such handy display – I had to use the Dashboard. Whilst I could display the Dashboard at a single key-stroke or mouse gesture, it wasn’t as handy as a single glance at the corner of the screen. And then Paul came to the rescue with a tip on how to display the date in the menu bar. Yes there are other ways to do it, and some people might be happy with using the Dashboard, or find this takes up too much room on the menu bar, but *I* like it and had been wanting to do something like this for an age. Who knows, you might find this useful too.

I’ve got a question for y’all – is blogging your dream job? I’ve thought long and hard about this and I really am not sure. At the moment my blogging is purely a pleasurable exercise. I learn things from it and meet wonderful new people, but it is not my whole life. If I had to rely on blogging to pay the bills, would I still enjoy it? Guess it depends what I was blogging about. If anyone has any ideas how to make Bright Meadow earn me oooooodles of money, do let me know 😉

Last week three prisoners at Guantanamo Bay committed suicide, an act that the US called ‘an act of war’ instead of the act of desperation it was. What baffles both Moose and myself is that, whilst the blogging community has latched onto the idiocy of the language used, not a single mainstream news outlet that we can find has. So Moose put out a plea for help to get the Bush a thesaurus. And I do recommend you follow the link you’ll find in the comments of that post – very, very funny and says everything better than I ever could 😀

For no reason other than I want one, I bring you the solar powered helicopter. My desire for this object is out of all proportion to its function (it has no function).

I was always a little suspicious of Care Bears when I was younger – I mean, shooting love at people?! That’s just got to be plain unhygienic. So when I saw the Vampire Care Bear over at Red Monkey I near fell off my stool I was laughing so hard.

I keep hearing about the Flock browser. Some people seem to love it, others hate it. I’ll probably get around to playing with it soon, though the timing sucks (I’ve *finally* got Firefox tweaked to my satisfaction). Until then, and because I doubt you’ll find a more comprehensive review, have a read of Paul’s review of the Flock Beta 1 browser.

It’s been a while since I bought comics – if one crosses my path I’ll read it, but I don’t as a rule shell out hard earned pounds on them. But with the news that Spider-man is to remove his mask I am suddenly thinking of buying comics again. We were talking about the Civil War series at a BBQ yesterday and it turns out I’m not the only one who’s spine has got a little tingly at the proposed story arc…

Two grammar articles caught my eye this week:
Rich on apostrophes
and
Those things we do to the humble comma.
I’m the worlds worst culprit, especially when it comes to the poor comma. My only saving grace is that I know I’m abusing the English language, and that I’m seriously considering going back to school to give my writing skills a brush-up. Still, in a world where Dan Brown can gain such massive popularity regardless of the fact he couldn’t write himself out of a paper bag, you have to ask yourself does it really matter? (Yes it does. There is no excuse for bad writing. Grrr).

This past week saw Yorkshire winning the bid to host next years Bollywood awards. I know that Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield, York and Hull all have large Asian populations so this isn’t actually so surprising, but… Yorkshire! In my mind is the memory of a good family friend from Yorkshire, and Bollywood is quite the last thing you would associate with him.

Not that I really need any more distraction, but I came across this great helicopter game this morning (link from David). It reminds me of a game I used to have where you had a King-Kong-esque monkey in a New York skyline and you had to destroy buildings by throwing exploding bananas at them. It was quite tricky as you had to take wind speed, velocity, and angle of throw into account as well – in fact I remember my brother trying to persuade Mum that the game helped him with Maths. Can anyone remember what this game was called?

And finally, here at Bright Meadow we take safety very seriously: don’t drink and drive; always wear your seatbelt; wear a helmet when cycling; and don’t run with scissors. So when concerns were made over the safety of one of our denizens, I got right to work and made him a parachute.

So this is my last Sunday Roast before I join 9rules. Once I hit “publish” on this post I’m off to sign on the dotted line in blood and make the requisite tweaks to the sidebar so I can be compliant to the wishes of my new masters. Mwhahahahaaa. Enjoy this, the last ‘Roast from freedom. Sob. 😉 ^*1*

The NYT has an interesting piece on how digital publishing is affecting the traditional book. Nothing new, per se, but a nice round up of the situation as it stands. Hardly surprisingly, you do get the impression that the author is a fan of the traditional publishing model.

Good news for everyone who owns an MP3 player – it is now safe to copy CDs to computers and MP3 players. You what now? I hear a lot of you scream. Yes, copying music from a CD to your iPod or similar has, up till now, technically put you at risk of prosecution. (I do have this great image in my head of crack BPI operatives swooping down on everyone with an iPod because how else were you gonna fill it up if not illegally?) Now though, so long as it is for your own consumption, you’re gonna be OK. I mean, none of us share music, right?

Six months in, I am severely disillusioned by my hosting company, which kinda makes me wish I’d read this article on what to look for in a web-host before I forked over the credit card details. You’d think I’d have learnt by now, some services are cheap for a reason. Still won’t be making that mistake again!

It almost wouldn’t be a ‘Roast without a link to Darren. This week we have two! Oooh, I do spoil y’all.
Firstly, an article on the gender differential in blogging sparked my brain into working. As a female blogger I would say I have noticed more men out there than women, but I’m used to that from the field I’ve been working in lately, so it doesn’t seem too unusual. That in itself got me thinking on a whole host of things that might work themselves into a post in the near future. With regards comments I know I have a reluctance to post comments. It’s something I’m trying to overcome, but whether that reluctance is just personal reticence, or because I am female… Well, therein lies an entire PhD all to itself.

The second ProBlogger offering of the week, was a slightly worrisome piece on how no-one links to the linkers. Suddenly, my lackluster technorati standing makes sense! Then again, it’s just one post a week so 😛 I enjoy the Sunday Roast even if no one else does. There were some good points made in the comments of this post, one I agree with totally. I always go for the original source if I can find it.

I love Flickr for many reasons, but mainly because of the amazing images you can stumble across, such as this great photoset of photographs taken by a soldier in the aftermath of WWII. Some of the pictures are beautiful, some of the pictures (especially the Hiroshima ones) are heart rending.

If you use WordPress do you know how to back up your database? I’ve had a few server-side hiccups lately and the only thing that stopped me from having a bigger heart attack than I did was the knowledge I had a backup that was only a few days old. I use the plugin method as it requires the least amount of fussing with the back-end of things. If I was feeling even cleverer, I would set up automatic daily backups then I’d never have to worry again.

Apparently, more people watch Freeview than analogue TV. Not my Mum. She couldn’t, even if she wanted to. The very nice man told her she would have to fork out for a sky dish and watch ‘Skyview’ which is slightly different to Freeview – some of the channels you receive are different. Other than that, she’s still all confused why she can’t just stay with her analogue signal. It works fine, is much less susceptible to weather, and doesn’t require her to bolt more aerials to the side of her house. Personally, I like Freeview because of the extra channels (FilmFour is coming soon!), but am still at a loss to understand why we are switching in the first place.

David Pogue has a bit more on Vista’s system requirements, and dear lord does it need a beast of a computer! And five different versions of the OS? You just know that whichever one you end up getting, you’re gonna wind up wanting a feature it doesn’t support. Switch people, switch now!
And note the p.p.s. – yes David, comments are good 😀

I have a pledge for you, my readers, and that pledge is this: Bright Meadow will be a football-free zone for the entirety of the World Cup. But for those of you obsessed with the bloody game, I will leave you with this link to some pretty footballs.

Seems like everyone is having a hard time keeping up with the RSS these days. I like David’s approach, but just know I lack the self discipline to follow it. I do like his description of the ‘personal blogs’ he reads:

There are a number of people on the Internet that I just find fascinating, and I follow them because they are personally inspiring… I read these blogs purely because I enjoy them.

A few years back I had to use a wheelchair for a while and one thing that struck me even then was how cumbersome and antiquated the design of a basic chair is. The Trikinetic K2 on the other hand, is a chair for the spaceage.

And… I’ve just realised I’ve spent the past two hours on this post. Definitely time to get dressed and go for a walk in the sunshine.

Endnotes:
^*1*I’m really all giddy with excitement, but I’m British, and we much prefer cynicism and sarcasm to letting onto our real emotions. Excited as a very excited thing, that’s me. 😀^Back

Due to the fact I didn’t Roast anything last week, today it is going to have stuff from the past couple of weeks. Do I care if this makes me look slow off the mark? No. I don’t care. So there 😛

Enough with the sillyness – on with the show:

I’m starting to get a bit bored with my theme at the moment. It’s definitely time I upgraded both my WP and K2 to the latest (I’m still running WP 1.5 *blush*) – one of the things that has been bugging me is how my archives are handled. Archives are part of what makes blogging a joy, but it’s currently a hassle to browse through them. Then, of course, the beautiful Kristin steps in with her archives page template and all my troubles are sorted (or will be when I get around to that upgrade).

As if the madness wasn’t enough, they’re talking of making the prequel to Da Vinci Code. *Beats head against desk* Of all the wonderful books out there to make into movies, they choose Angels and Demons. I’d like to rant about how bad the first film was, but I haven’t seen it yet, so I can’t. Just take all the things I’ve said previously about how Dan Brown couldn’t write his way out of a paper bag, and take it as read I think the film is/is going to be just as bad. And that I don’t think Angels and Demons is any better.

Ever been a bit befuddled about where to start with all this CSS stuff? Scrivs to the rescue! He has a great resource on learning CSS.

I had something pithy to say about this BBC article about the semantic web, but I can’t remember what it was. I am mildly bemused at their choice of picture to illustrate the article (a beach?!) but then BBC Online can always be relied upon to have some truly bizarre image choices. I’ve got a feeling I was going to go off on a rant about the semantic web, but as I have the memory retention of a brain injured goldfish, you’re saved. That, and I can’t really bad mouth the work of Dr Hall and the other Southampton chaps. Home department and all that 😀

Let me get one thing straight – I do NOT watch Big Brother. I never have, and heaven forfend, I never will. At the same time, it can make conversation in the office a bit dull:
The Boss: “Did you watch BB last night?”
Me: “No”
The Boss: “Oh…”
*Silence descends on the office*
So it’s lucky that the BBC can be relied upon to have at least one article a day on the show. My favourite bit of news so far was when one of the contestants quit because he didn’t want the fame. You do have to ask yourself why he went in the house in the first place…

I do so love it when someone else does a rant for me. Saves me the effort of having to write it. Christian Montoya is remarkably eloquent on some of the more annoying things webdesigners inflict on us.

I had a crack at why Wikipedia bugs me recently. This article on Digital Maoism does a much better job.

I was never a big boy-band fan: if you’d told me that Take That were coming to my school, I’d probably have said I had band practice that lunchtime or something. If it had been Jason Donovon on the other hand… *swoon* Anyway, just because they didn’t float my boat, doesn’t mean that some people won’t be very happy at the news East 17 are to reunite for a comeback gig.

Apparently, the U.S. Justice Department wants companies to keep web usage records. My spidy-senses are all a tingle over this one. It’s just very hard to get the idea of 1984 out of my head.

Another rant I don’t have to write: hideous mistakes people make in their sidebar. Remember people, less is more!

It’s nice when a site you’ve been reading for a while gets the appreciation it deserves – Christian Montoya got selected for 9rules as well. I see the caliber of the other sites that have been selected along with Bright Meadow, and I start to get an inferiority complex. Why me?! I’m just not in the same league!

It’s not often a book review will make me want to read a book. I much prefer the ‘walk through the bookshop/library picking books at random’ technique to find me new things to read. Or recommendations from friends. But after this review I find myself wanting to read “American Movie Critics: an anthology from the silents until now”.

And on that note, I am off to see what ingredients I need to make cheesecake. I should be going to the gym, but I don’t want to. I want to make cheesecake.
Au revoir!

Bit of a departure for me this week – the quote in the title has absolutely no connection to the content of the post whatsoever. I spent an age trying to find a good quote, but I just couldn’t find one. Seeing as how life really is too short, and I have better things to do with it, I decided to that as this one made me laugh it was as worthy as anything else.

All that is my way of saying “don’t bust your brains looking for a connection, ’cause there ain’t one”. If you want to tell me what film it’s from though, go ahead 🙂

(For newer readers, each week the Sunday Roast has a quote in the title, and that quote usually has at least a tenuous link to the content of the post. They make look arbitrary but, this week aside, they aren’t. And you get Brownie Points, and sometimes cookies, if you guess correctly).

Apparently, the government is reviewing whether ‘core British values’ should be part of the curriculum for 11 to 16-year-olds. My first question is this: what on earth are core British values? A certain love of fish and chips, curry, an inability to shine at any sport (even the ones we invented), and irresponsible behavior at football matches? Most people of one group or another will be able to tell you something of their core values. The Cornish will have a good idea, as will the Scots, the Irish, and let’s not forget the Welsh! But to be British? That one I can’t help you on. I can’t believe I’m about to agree (partially) with what a Conservative said, but Boris Johnson was partly right when he said we need to teach British History. Learn anything about British history and you will discover that to be British is to be a mix of everything. It is to take bits and pieces from everywhere, and to learn from everyone (I wonder how many staunch Jingoistic pensioners live in bungalows (Hindi), drink tea (Chinese/Indian) or coffee (African), eat chocolate (South American), watch TV (Scottish), use the telephone (again, Scots), and enjoy pasta (Italian). The list could go on).

I’ve not tried this yet, but this song tapper could be so useful! Especially as I’m always getting obscure songs stuck in my head, but can’t sing/hum to save my life, so have no way of identifying them.

I can’t remember if I’ve linked to this great tool before or not, but if you are on the look out for a new (Blogger) design, look no further than the Firdamatic: the design tool for the uninspired webloggers.

Performancing has a piece on bug check your blog. I must admit I’ve been a bit of a chicken and haven’t done this to Bright Meadow in a while. I just don’t want to know what’s not correct – I just know if I start on one thing, the entire house of cards is gonna come tumbling down. Definitely a case of do as I say, not do as I do!

For all you photobloggers out there, Kristin has a great tutorial on how to set up a photoblog on wordpress. Even if you don’t want to set up a photoblog of your own, do go drool at Kristin’s own photoblog. Pretty pictures!

A while back I wrote something on the need (or not) for an ‘About’ page. If you’re still in doubt, read what Brian has to say on the topic. (Also, writing a good ‘About’ page is harder than you’d think. Still not happy with my own. Grr).

Stowe first brought them to my attention. Steve decided there needed to be a bookmarklet. And here is mine. Only one person has favourited me. I’m curious as to who this one person is, and pissed off that Technorati are using Alexa for their traffic details because it looks like I’m a Billy-No-Traffic. I’m not. My traffic may be small, but it’s perfectly formed 😛

Ofcom are rethinking their ban on the iTrip. I must admit to the fact I have one of these gadgets, received as a gift from a parental unit so I could use the iPod in a car that had no tape deck for a converter. Problem is, the frequency it is tuned to, whilst empty in the States, is slap bang in the middle of the frequency used by Radio 2 in this country, so I’ve never used the gadget in question! Would be nice if we Brit’s could get iTrips of our very own to use.

A while back Darren talked about the cost of comment spam and mentioned that certain high profile blogs were just letting it through. I couldn’t believe that anyone would do that, till I stumbled across one such blog in the course of chasing down links this week. I was going to name and shame, but then I remembered that I’m meant to be nice, so I won’t. I will say, however, that it’s reaffirmed in my mind my distaste for this blogger and made his/her reputation even lower in my eyes. There is no excuse given the great tools available. Then again, I now know where to go if I ever want a dodgy GSM phone…

Continuing my quest to make you all use coComment, there’s new widget in town that makes displaying of your latest coComments even easier. I like the simple list of names (last time I tried the ‘blog box’ of comments it took too long to load), but just because it ain’t for me doesn’t mean you won’ t like this 🙂

I’d thought I’d out grown migraines (or knew all my triggers and avoided them like the plague), but since three migraines in the past few months could indicate I haven’t, it makes me all kind of glad that UK pharmacies can now sell a migraine drug that actually works.

And lastly, finding out that people are stealing/republishing your content is generally annoying, but when a post about submitting to a blog network gets republished on a site about dating in Spain, there really is nothing to do but laugh. A lot.

I lied when I said I had set this to post itself before I left on Friday. I didn’t get it finished in time, so the Mac had a little trip back to Somerset with me, all so you won’t miss out. Is it worrying you as much as it is worrying me, how much time I spend thinking about Bright Meadow?

Whilst I go and sit in a dark corner and ponder my severe lack of life, have a gander at what’s tickled my brain cells this week.

I love wikis, I think that that is a matter of public record by now. After near a year writing a thesis on them, it was always going to be a case of love or hate. Anyway, whilst I think they are great tools, I do think that Wikipedia has a lot to answer for. Yes, it’s brought wikis to the attention of people who might otherwise not have known about them (my supervisor and hence me for two) and it is a great idea, but it has got to be synonymous with wikis when in fact it is just one implementation of the software. And a very narrow one at that. It also has it’s problems, as Liz discovered to her cost recently.

I just think this fold-up DVD player can not be built fast enough. Such a groovy idea!

I made a discovery the other day at the gym – audio-books are great when you’re peddling away for 20 minutes on an alpine pass that doesn’t actually exist. I’m sure if I was cycling through the real Alps, I would be paying attention to the road, but seeing as how I’m stuck in a gym staring myopically at the wall, I need something to listen to. Long have I relied on upbeat music – American Idiot by Greenday is a great workout album I have discovered – but the other day it just wasn’t working for me. So I switched over to a spoken-word copy of “A Christmas Carol” I’d downloaded at Christmas, and next thing I knew I had finished the program on the cycle! I used to listen to a lot of spoken-word when I was driving regularly, but I hadn’t thought to do the same in the gym. Wish I had thought of it sooner! It takes me two sessions to get through an episode, and I have three episodes left, so I’ve started casting around for other sources of spoken-word books that I can (legally) download onto the iPod. Current favourite is EscapePod, which has some great Sci Fi.

The UK Attorney General calls for the closure of Guantanamo Bay. About bloody time too.

I can’t remember how I found this mind-bending street art but I have an embarrassingly sinking feeling that it was the NYT. Regardless of how I found it though, this British artist does some amazing 3D street art. Has to been seen to be believed.

MP calls for birth control to be added to methadone. You what?!?!

Since I integrated coComment fully into the Blog, I have come to rely on it as a way of keeping track of comments when I am at work. Especially now several different posts are the focus of conversations at once. I’m not the only one it seems with a desire to track conversations – for example Easton uses coco, del.icio.us, and co.mments.

And who said tree-houses were for kids?

The ever knowledgeable Paul has a great how-to to make gravatars link to comment authors URL as opposed to the gravatar site.
I’ve lost track of the times I’ve automatically clicked on a gravatar (the little picture that appears next to some peoples names) thinking it will take me to the commenters site, only to be greeted by the gravatar site instead. So I can see the plus side in this – it spreads the word about gravatars and is certainly the way I worked out how to get one – but at the same time it is very counter-intuitive for the user. Which would explain why I implemented this little change within five minutes of reading the article 😀

And to finish, Jeff is spot on with his piece about how there is no blogosphere. I’m fighting the urge to make a “there is no spoon” joke right now (damn Keanu’s dark glasses) because he actually has a serious point.

We’re just people talking. You’ll agree with some, disagree with some; like some, hate others. It’s just like life. It’s just people

Blame the lateness of todays Roast on my chronic need to go dancing. The rock-chick in me hasn’t been out to play in an embarrassingly long time and, fed up with hearing me say “I need to go dancing!” over and over at work, last night illyna took pity on me and we all went out for a night on the tiles. We bumped into the Boy Temp at the end of the evening, and he seemed a little surprised to see us in the particular venue (the Dungeon, an old favourite). To be honest, the surprise was two way as he likes Chico for Pete’s sake!

Anyway, a late night/early morning, a few glasses of alcohol, and lots of dancing, isn’t exactly conducive to early-morning posting. I’d apologize, but I had far too much fun to feel bad 😀

So without more ado, or further gilding the lily, I shall shut up and leave you with the things that have tickled my fancy this week on the Web.

The BBC tells us that a cloaking device is theoretically possible. Cool!

Good news UK Lost fans! And those who heard about season One, tried to watch the start of season Two last week, but are feeling all at sea… Channel 4 have the entire of the first season for download for free, and each episode from the second season will be available for 99p per episode. Looks like it is Windows only, which is a downside, but handy if you happen to miss a show and can’t be bothered to wait on repeats. Lost microsite where you can download episodes for free.

Kiefer Sutherland talks about plans for a “24” movie. Now, whilst none of us in the office are too sure how the concept of 24 will translate to a movie, this is pretty exciting news that it is actually happening.

illyna is continuing her work as a Minion, sending me this link about a guy who nearly got shot playing WoW. There are pictures, but it looks like he’s exceeded his bandwidth for now. Not surprising really considering the link is spreading round the Net rather rapidly. If you ever needed a reason NOT to have guns in the house, this is probably one of the better ones – not only are you putting yourself and your family at risk, but you’re also putting innocent neighbours and gamers at risk. Repeat after me: “Guns are not my friend, guns are bad, I shall not prance about in the bathroom pretending to be James Bond with a loaded .44 Magnum”…

Bryan has a nice thought provoking piece about how blogging can screw your employment chances. Worrying thought really – a quick vanity search didn’t reveal Bright Meadow links till about page four, and even then I stand by everything I say on this blog, but it does make you think. What kind of impression am I leaving with this site?

And to wrap up the weekend, one reason (not) to buy pirate DVDs. The linked to screenshots are hysterical!

I have some potentially bad news for car lovers out there – that manufacturer of beautiful cars, TVR, is in danger again. I’ve long lusted after a TVR, and that they’re British makes them even better, so I would be all 🙁 if they had to shut.

Continuing in the spirit of last week’s 50 51 book-to-movie adaptations you should see, I bring you the 101 102 movies you should have seen. As the author of the list says, these aren’t necessarily great movies, but they are the movies that form part of our cultural narrative. I have, for my sins, seen the majority of these.

Because no Sunday is complete without one: a picture of the penguin from Evangelion. See! Evil!

Ok, I’m worried now, because apparently rambling posts are bad posts. *eek* That’s not true, right? There can be good rambles? Please, I need some reassurance here!

For those languishing still in Internet Explorer 6 hell, I bring you the release of Internet Explorer 7 (in beta 2 format). There’s no way I’m gonna be able to critique this for you, so you’re gonna have to go play yourselves. And let me know how ugly Bright Meadow still looks in IE. If you do try it, welcome to the world of tabbed browsing – glad you could finally join us 😀

John August has a great mini-rant about how air vents are for air. (In a screenwriting context that is. Most of us humble beings are already aware of this simple piece of logic). (Oh, and reminder, no Lost spoilers please. Season Two starts this Tuesday over here, and I will be very unhappy if people tell me what happens before I get to see it).

I never thought the day would come that I would write the word “flatulence” on this blog, but that day has come, , so I guess that just goes to show I don’t know everything. Experts make a flatulence free bean. I can think of nothing that I can say which will add to the inherent humour in this article. I’m sure you’ll prove me wrong in the comments 😉

If Scrivs is to be believed a sign of a great blog is audience participation. This once, I am in total agreement with the chap. I’ve said it before, and no doubt I’ll say it again, but comments are what makes blogs special. They are a good part of what keeps me going with Bright Meadow. If I visit a blog where my comments are ignored, time over time, then I am less likely to comment there again, and I have to seriously reconsider if the place is worth my time (one blog got zapped from the rss reader for just this crime only yesterday). That’s not to say that all blogs with no comments/minimal participation are bad, just they have to be very very good for me to stay. What’s the point of having something in a medium designed to get people involved, and then ignore the very people you are talking to? It’s just plain rude.

Dewayne already pointed this out a few posts back, but in case you missed it – my favourite service, coComment, has released an extension for Firefox. Had this running for a couple of days now, and I haven’t got a single niggle to report. Loving it.

Lastly, we here at Meadow Towers could do with some help – Moose rescued a coriander plant from Morrisons the other day, and now it looks all droopy and half dead. Is coriander meant to be this floppy?

(click to see the picture bigger)

*UPDATE*
Talking, as I was today about comments and CoCo, thank you all so very very much for making Bright Meadow the fourth most commented blog in the last ten days! (Ok, so that’s only the fourth most commented blog as tracked by coComment, and it doesn’t include comments not made by a CoCo-user, but it’s a BIG deal for me, as perhaps you can tell by the prevalence of exclamations points in this paragraph! 😀 )
Pictographic proof on Flickr
Where you can look at the constantly changing rankings yourself