Feedburner:

FB displays over 3100 subscribers, with the clear majority using Google Reader or iGoogle. More specifically, 2517 readers are using a Google product to subscribe to http://feeds.feedburner.com/overheardinminneapolis.

Google Reader:

The “show details” info in Reader displays only 368 subscribers of that feed. Now, I switched to Feedburner in March of 2008, almost two years after the launch, and I set up a forward for the old atom feed, so maybe Feedburner is collecting the data from that feed as well, which is very cool, but it still doesn’t totally add up.

Google Reader (atom feed):

The two feeds together only total a little over 2100 subscribers, but FB tells me 2500+ are using Google. I may be wrong about this, but I don’t think iGoogle has a separate feed count. If you view the feed in iGoogle, it should be reflected in the Reader “show details” count. So, 400+ subscribers aren’t showing up in any stats. Or have I thought too much about this and I’m missing something really obvious?

The other confusing thing is that, according to Google Reader, since March of 2008 only 368 people have subscribed to the new FB feed using Reader, but I have gained 2200+ total subscribers between then and now, and we know that most of them are using Google. Did several hundred people manually type in http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/atom to subscribe, instead of using the link posted, or the browser default? (and yes, the default subscribe link in your browser points to FB, not the atom feed) I find that difficult to believe.

The only reason I started thinking about this is OIM’s appearance in Newsbobber’s Top 100 Minnesota Blogs (61st.) The ranking is figured based on number of subscribers, Google PageRank, and number of inbound links.

This is the ranking information pulled for MNSpeak, which is currently at #6.

Google PageRank: 3
Google Reader Subscribers: 1143 (August 2009)
Inbound Links: 26399

This is OIM’s:

Google PageRank: 5
Google Reader Subscribers: 304 (August 2009)
Inbound Links: 40853

As of the last import, they display 304 subscribers, so they’re using the FB feed for that number. Obviously that’s not accurate, and I just don’t know how to go about fixing it. If it were corrected, OIM would jump up a few ranks.

Any ideas?

Judas Priest

Taste of Minnesota, July 3rd.

Let’s go again!

#16 Lose 30 pounds (22/30) – Though I tend to fluctuate up 2 pounds, down 4 pounds, up 3, etc. Especially after our recent vacation. Time to get serious about it again. Once I’ve lost 30 I may re-evaluate the goal and add another 10 to that.

#19 Finally get a bike – Done ($10)

#39 Print, frame and hang 10 photos of family and friends (5/10)

#68 Backup my harddrive and reinstall Windows – Done considering I bought a MacBook and don’t need to worry about it anymore.

#71 Send a postcard to someone I love every month (0/33) – I have completely spaced this one and will need to play catchup.

#80 Take 1 out of state vacation each year (1/3) – Philadelphia 09

Total money saved: 134 days of the project + 6 items completed + $65 saved from consolidating 1 domain =  $259

At the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum

Jump! for Giant People, originally uploaded by ang.d.

At the end of South Street, Philadelphia.

The Pine Room, Cecil Motel, Manitoba, Canada

This is where I’d like to go for coffee.

Chairs designed by Eero Saarinen, found on Ego Design

I wasn’t able to locate any information about this photo, other than a vague reference to the fact that it may have been taken in the 70s, but I want everything she’s wearing and both of those chairs.

How did you know ’cause I never told
You found out, Ive got a crush on you
No more charades, my heart’s been displayed,
You found out, I’ve got a crush on you

Okay, we know where this is going. She has a crush on a guy and SOMEHOW he found out. How could that have happened? She didn’t tell anyone!

You must have heard it from my best friend
She’s always talkin’ when she should be listenin’
Can’t keep a secret to save her life
But still I trusted her with all I felt inside

Oh, wait, she totally told someone! Who? Her super chatty “best” friend who is surely going to repeat it to everyone she knows. Well, that was an easy mystery to solve.

I never knew a rumor could spread so fast
‘Cause now the word is out all over town
That I’m longing for you

Oh, we’re not done playing dumb yet.

I suspect she knew exactly how fast a rumor could spread. Otherwise, how do you explain the total lack in judgment earlier?

How did you know if I never told
You found out, I’ve got a crush on you
No more charades, my heart’s been displayed
You found out, I’ve got a crush on you

“If I never told” must be a hypothetical, because we’re already clear on the fact that she DID tell. Why would she continue to lie to us?

Maybe I was the one who left the trace
Was there a message written on my face
One little emotion so easily read
That you would know my love before a word was said

She’s either so good at playing dumb that she forgot when to stop or has total short term memory loss. The message written on her face was in the form of words tumbling out of her mouth.

Was it my eyes that let you know you had control
Because the way you move it was so self-assured
You knew I would surrender!

Of course he was self-assured. He has been informed by someone with inside knowledge that you have a crush on him specifically. It’s not like a guy is going to pass up that opportunity.

I am now fitting into the clothes I set aside when they became too snug more than a year ago. Some are even a little baggy. I have had to break #8 once for a pair of jeans during the interim weight where my slimmer pants weren’t yet comfortable and the pants I bought for the weight gain looked ridiculous, and I may have to again if I drop another 10 pounds by July. But I consider those a necessity rather than an impulse or a simple desire for more clothes.

Things have been hectic and complicated lately so I’ve put the list to the side for a while, but now with the weather warming up and my cabin fever kicking it, you and I are going to get out there and have some fun!