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The Life Of Riley MISSING DATA Dictionary

Jon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:32:09 +0000

If you follow the Life of Riley series, you may have noticed that for the past nine weeks or so, there have been lines that read, “MISSING DATA [week number]-[day number][A,B,C]” interspersed throughout the posts.

People have asked me about the codes, some even going so far as to test whether WordPress was accidentally omitting data in certain browsers. I wasn’t trying to create work for people, but I thought that the cross-browser testing was pretty awesome.

The MISSING DATA items were simply notes stored in a text file about a subject that I haven’t been able to talk about. As of today, I’ve inserted the missing data into the posts.

To make it easier for people to read the additions without picking through nine weeks of what are typically marathon posts, I created links to all the additions below. Although some are merely blips, some significantly increased the size or direction of the original posts.

Any additions that are longer than a few lines have been starred.

Welcome to our little secret…

Happy Blogiversary To Us!

Jon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:11:18 +0000

Can you believe that today marks seven years that this blog has been running? It was started on January 10, 2002 at 9:11 AM with a post entitled 10 Print “Hello World”. Since then, I’ve published over 1575 posts, and have averaged more than four posts per week. Some of them, like the Life of Riley series eat as many words as you’d find in a twenty page paper.

Around 150,000 unique visitors stop by here every month, and the most visitors I’ve had storm the castle in a single day was 85,424. That’s just shy of the population of the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. I wish it was because I’m extremely clever or a master of internet marketing, but the truth is that I don’t know why people show up here.

I’m really, really glad you do, though. The blogsphere is so crowded that attention has become a precious resource, and I appreciate you stopping by to spend a little of yours on me. Without you reading this nonsense, I’d probably end up shouting it on a street corner or on top of a desk, and that tends to freak people out a little.

Thanks!

Thanks to the thousands and thousands of people behind the sites who have linked here over the years, and a big, fat thanks to Dave Masters and Louise Brown for putting my beardsanity into three major newspapers. I really spend a lot of time trying to keep track of you all because each link is a small gift that can lead to some interesting relationships.

My thanks also go out to folks like N0ia, M-shel, Keidra, Brian, Tankboy, Sarah Veale, BonzoGal, KF Chud, Macoosh, Digitaldarryl, M, V, JR, Jo Jo Monkey Man, Jo, Pablo, Doles, Erin, Joyce, Palsh, Svalka, Tara, The Finetunettes, and the entire cast of The MaBeGroMo Beardos for keeping the discussion lively and validating the unique brand of crazy around here.

And my most hugest thanks goes out to #1GF! for editing all of my stupid misteaks and giving me all the encouragement that I couldn’t give myself.

And thank you. Yes, you. Just because I don’t know your name, don’t think that I feel that you’re any less important. I know you’re out there, and I’m glad you stopped by.

Thanks for not making me look as crazy as I feel.

-Jon

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How Was Your Weekend?

Jon — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:00:24 +0000

I hope you took full advantage, because we’re running out of summer fast…
beach shadows

Note: A sand wall must be three feet tall and three feet wide to temporarily stop an encroaching and irreverent Nantasket tide. This guideline applies to both regular and shadow people.

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Jon Dyer's Blog » Happy

The Life Of Riley MISSING DATA Dictionary

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Week 87

Week 88

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Week 90

Week 91

Week 92

Happy Blogiversary To Us!

Thanks!

How Was Your Weekend?