Thursday, February 24, 2011

How to get linked by the New York Times

Do a post full of insight about Life, The Universe, and Everything?  Nah, toss up a picture (from someone else, no less!) with geeky Linux humor, and get a couple extra thousand hits.

I'm pretty sure that burning smell is coming from my Sitemeter counter,  I'll pro'lly have to get the bearings repacked now.

Seriously, it seems to be the goofy stuff that attracts all the attention.  Al Gore's Intarw3bz sure seems a silly place.

8 comments:

Home on the Range said...

Congratulations.

And damn. . I just went for gratuitous bacon shots.

bluesun said...

I don't know if I should congratulate you or mutter "New York Times, that poor sot" under my breath.

The Big Guy said...

Borepatch FTW!

Awesome. Jus' plain awesome.

TBG

Borepatch said...

Bluesun, now you know where their layers of editors and fact-checkers start their day ... ;-)

Bob said...

Grats! I wonder, though, what the NYT readers will think when they visit your blog and read the usual content? Will their widdle heads expwode?

BS Footprint said...

Heh. Good job, BP. (I wonder if the NYT knows you're one of those, um, you know, other people?)

NotClauswitz said...

Whoa!! The Gray Lady...

#1 Son said...

Dad, you're welcome. :D

You're lucky I don't update my blog anymore.