Reviews

2010 in review

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

The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 340,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at The Louvre Museum, it would take 15 days for that many people to see it.

In 2010, there were 194 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 1716 posts.

The busiest day of the year was May 8th. The most popular post that day was Reduce your waste with a toothbrush? Yes.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were stumbleupon.com, ligiapop.com, wordpress.com, google.com, and forums.macrumors.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for tussionex, ipad, edit exif data, beatrix potter, and drobo review.

Attractions in 2010

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

Reduce your waste with a toothbrush? Yes. May 2010
66 comments

Automatic redirect from HTTP to HTTPS August 2007
52 comments

Don’t play with Tussionex May 2009
91 comments

Hardware review: WD My Book World Edition II June 2007
228 comments

Editing EXIF data in photos November 2006
27 comments

We had a wonderful time last night, as we counted down the seconds to the New Year and watched the fireworks show put on by the Medias City Hall, followed by a cozy party at our home.

I hope you’ll enjoy the video I recorded during the fireworks. It was freezing outside, which is the perfect weather for the holidays. On a side note, I was a bit let down by the Christmas weather this year. We had a ton of snow in the days before Christmas, then warm weather moved in and melted all of it just before Christmas Eve. At least winter redeemed itself in time for New Year’s Eve, with lots of snow and cold weather to boot. Very nice indeed!

Here are a few photos taken in the last days of 2010. Happy New Year!

Events

Happy New Year!

Events

Merry Christmas!

In Eastern Europe, where I am right now, it’s already evening (7:10 pm as I write this). Back in the US, it’s barely noon, and people are still getting ready for Christmas Eve. In other parts of the world, families have already gone to sleep, and the children can’t wait to get their presents in the morning.

It’s been an interesting and eventful year for us. And as it winds down, we have a lot to be thankful for. I hope you do, too. And I also hope you find just what you need under your Christmas tree. As someone once said, we may not always get what we want, but we get what we need.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Ligia's Kitchen

Ligia’s Kitchen: Spiced Apple Punch

The second episode of my wife’s new cooking show, Ligia’s Kitchen, is out. This time, it’s a traditional American holiday recipe, Spiced Apple Punch, which can be raw vegan if prepared at temperatures under 40 °C or 104 °F, using a slow cooker or a rice cooker.

Enjoy!

LK-002-RO-HD
Released 12/20/10

Places, Video Log

Biking the C&O Canal

While in the States, my wife and I loved to bike up and down the C&O Canal (Chesapeake and Ohio Canal). The scenery is truly picturesque, particularly along the section from DC to Great Falls. I recorded these videos during the summer of 2008, on various of our biking trips.

Biking the C&O Canal