The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2009

The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2009
by number of visits, as measured by Google Analytics.

This doesn't account for the number of times that people just clicked on the blog itself and read whatever was on the main page.

1. Top Taco
2. Bardic Geometry
3. How Cold Is It?
4. List of Pythagoeran Triples 3-50
5. Motivational Math Poster (*)
6. Fear
7. Oxymoron
8. St. Patrick's Day 2009
9. Fantasy Island
10. Sammy Davis, Jr., Mathematician.

(*) -- not my image. I found it and posted it.

For what it's worth, the following posts from 2008 outperformed some of the ones above in 2009. I don't know if that's because people are reading the archives, or they're finding links in Google or maybe hitting here through StumbleUpon or Digg.

Reflection over the X-axis (Number 1 overall), What's a Parabola?, Qwerty Smileys and Famous Movie Math Quotes #12 (there haven't been any others, so far), plus some monthly archives.

It's nice to see some non-cartoon stuff in the list.
Also, if a link is broken, please, let me know. Some of the older links are still pointing to geocities instead of my new storage site. I'm (slowly) working on it.

Where There's Smoke

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Time to think outside the boxers.

(Pity, I could've had this up in time for Boxer..., er Boxing Day.)

Alternate Energy

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It's the current trend. Expect legislation from Washington, AC/DC.

Merry Christmas 2009

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Post your answer on the blog.

Extra Clue 1: Melchior said that he would like to visit Saba someday.

Extra Clue 2: The final gift was placed next to the gold.

Extra Clue 3: Just Google it, already.

Meeting the Relatives

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When it comes to his stately Wayne manner, he does have a bad
Repp.

Where It's "At".

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Getting email is difficult if your username is @.
He could try b@cave.com

Or he can just use his phone -- the @ mobile.

To the Nth Degree

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Somewhere out there, beyond the stars, beyond infinity itself ...
... there is an even bigger idiot.

As for the Graham's number and the Ackermann function, check out the commentary below this webcomic. He explains it better than I could.

Disarray

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Dis is your brain on math. Any questions?

A Simpler Time

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And we watched what was on TV when it was on TV.
On a TV.

Sunday Comic: Super-Stickman Graphite Novel page 14

Dateline: Stick-World!
Our Hero has been saved from making any rash actions and pauses for some kind words of advice? Will he take them to heart and will they guy his fate? Will they have all the subtlety of a marching band in a library?

Click on the link and follow the exciting story!

News: Fixed comic; 8000+ hits

Two things:

First, the FOIL rap comic has been updated to fix an incorrect word that I hadn't noticed until after it had been posted. "Last terms next" should have been "Last terms now" for a better internal rhyme.

Second, I am amused by the choice of comics that people choose to Stumble. Yesterday, over 8000 people viewed Electron Day, Part 2 (not Part 1, mind you). I laughed at the comments if only so that I wouldn't cry. Those that liked it gave it a Thumbs Up and moved on. However, two who hated it said so in rather vivid terms. (And, of course, one used the word "fail", probably because he doesn't have a firm grasp of the English language yet.)

MMIX - Up

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Or he could have been doing a handstand.

The Odd Couple, episode 2

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He's getting back to his roots.

These two first appeared last year on November 13, naturally.

Stem and Leaves

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Want alt text? "Why don't you make like a stem, and leaf!"

Belle and Mr. Whiskers previously appeared here and here.



I was going to do a What's the 411? joke for the 411th comic, but then I thought, "Does anyone still say that?"

Factorial

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I wanted an explanation, not an exclamation.

FOIL (Again)

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The *nsync version is "Bi- by Bi-".



I was tempted to do a Formula 409 comic (for the 409th comic).
The temptation passed.

Perimeter

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If you're given the perimeter and the fact that it's a regular pentagon, it's solvable.
And, yes, someone once used the "find x" gag on a worksheet.
Co-incidentally, he repeated the year. Again.

Farmville Funnies #1

A bonus comic:



Farmville is a trademark of Zynga, Inc.
Since I didn't do the artwork, it's not going on the CG site as an "official" comic. It will probably show up on my Facebook page instead.

Sunday Comic: Super-Stickman Graphite Novel page 13

Dateline: Stick-World!
The villain has fled the scene. Will Our Hero chase blindly after him? Or will he use his head and formulate a new plan.

Click on the link and follow the exciting story!

Fishing

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Did he four-get to mention that?

Follow-up to this comic.



Whoops. This was posting on the CG site yesterday. Forgot to post it here.

Today's strip will be up in a little while, for a varying quantity of "little".

Happy Thanksgiving 2009!

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Until I was fifteen, cranberry sauce was served by the slice.
... and we liked it that way!

Now get out of the kitchen until the dishes need to be done.

Useful Formulas

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It's Force times Distance or Power times Time or something like that.

If there's a mistake, email it with the Subject: 404 - Error.

Sunday Comic: Super-Stickman Graphite Novel page 12

Dateline: Stick-World!
Taking candy from a baby is child's play. Endangering a child with a runaway car while the robbing a candy store takes a sick mind and rotund body!

Will Our Hero be in time to save the girl and catch the villain in the act?

Click on the link and follow the exciting story!

10Q! 10Q Very Much!

Maybe it's a case of the Strip That Would Not Die. I don't know.

Someone, not me, Stumbled my Combining Like Terms cartoon (which is also here). I got a bunch of hits from that posting.

Then about two weeks ago, there was another spike in the hit count, for the same cartoon from the same source.

Now, in the past two days, StumbleUpon has sent 6,000 more visitors in my direction, mostly heading for this one cartoon (and some going to Speed Limit II, which I didn't know was on their site).

Hopefully, I'm getting some positive feedback. (Sadly, I can't read it here at school.)

The funny thing is that that particular joke was sitting on the back burner, waiting for a break to post it. It was, basically, a back-up comic for when I was otherwise coming up blank. Guess I should re-evaluate what should be on the back burner.

And, "Thank You" for stopping by for the past two years and 400 comics.

Oblivious or Illiterate?

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I don't know if you label being unable to read a clock "illiteracy", but it should be called something because it's more widespread than you can imagine.

Leave a Message

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For my younger readers: once upon a time people use to have a separate machine next to their house phone that saved messages, and it was called an answering machine.

For my even younger readers: once upon a time people use to have a separate phone hanging on the wall in their homes, and it was called their home phone.

400 B.C.

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And you can send a tablet to school, but the pencil must be lead.

with apologies to Stan Laurel



Comic #400

My Father's Footsteps

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And he liked it that way



Happy Veterans Day!
I thought I'd focus on one Veteran in particular today.

On My Way to Where the Air is Sweet . . .

In honor of Sesame Street's 40th birthday, here are a couple of "Sesame Street"-inspired comics from the past:


Pre-School Algebra, May 13, 2008



Pre-School Science, October 8, 2009

Sunny Day, Sweeping the Clouds Away...

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Still waiting for that call.
I'll sing "Rubber Duckie" with Ernie, if that works better for you guys.