?Chains off the back of a John Deere tractor. The photo was taken in December of 2009.

what, already?!?

01:01 on Thursday, January 23, 2003 • 11 responses

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That’s right, etherf@rm turns one year old today.  A lot has happened to both me and the site in the last year, and I’d probably implode trying to remember it all, so let me just say this: thanks to etherf@rmers everywhere for stoppin’ by. Truly…thanks.

I have big goals for etherf@rm’s second year.  Probably another redesign of the f@rm, a refocusing and reconfiguring of Thalamus, and (yeah, I know) finishing the heart, lungs, and hands sections, for starters. I need to till the f@rm’s soil for all that I’ve got going on this year personally—a wedding, my qualifying exams, and all those fish to catch and photos to take.

Some first anniversary stats?  The Movable Type system at etherfarm.com has 901 entries and 1283 comments (keep in mind this also includes Thalamus).  I installed a site statistics script last March, and between the install and today it claims there have been 26,003 visits and 63,118 page views.  I don’t really know what these numbers mean, if they mean anything at all, but the fact that they’re greater than “1” makes me feel warm and fuzzy.  The fact that they’re greater than “1.5” makes me feel positively loved.

Looking for the blog highlights tape?  Check out the etherblog preservation society.

Again, thanks to those of you who stop by, comment, email, and link to etherf@rm from your own sites. While planting, feeding, and cultivating this site is definitely a labor of love, it’s definitely gratifying to share the harvest.

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11 responses

1

calvino

Comment posted at 02:26 on Thursday, January 23, 2003

what a lovely farm…oh, and, haaaaappppy birrrrthdaaaaaay tooooooo youuuu!

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2

heisenberg

Comment posted at 07:24 on Thursday, January 23, 2003

Sounds good.  It surprised me that you have only had this operation for a year.  It has an aura of a more established venture.  I stumbled across it and thought it had been something you had been doing for 3-4 years.  Maybe web years vs. ordinary years are like dog years vs. human years.  Congradulations.

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3

mike

Comment posted at 07:40 on Thursday, January 23, 2003

Tremendous website…

I just showed up here for the first time by way of Antipixel.com, and must say that this is one of most interesting blog sites I’ve seen in a while, and also one of the best looking.

Nice job.

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4

hotdamn

Comment posted at 09:22 on Thursday, January 23, 2003

it’s spanken time !

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5

frazer

Comment posted at 11:08 on Thursday, January 23, 2003

Hi ya.
1) congrats for the your first Digi year:))
(I was trying to find a thought provocing way of
announcing that- but I sucked )
2) Note:-change of email + inclusion of www. = I am getting there (slowly:)). Site not offically up yet…but will let you know- ref. to first email- I would be interested in your thoughts when the site is up.

Best of luck for this year- hope it will continue to prosper.
adios.
frazer

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6

poog

Comment posted at 11:30 on Thursday, January 23, 2003

HB2f@rm!

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7

Job Delgado

Comment posted at 13:18 on Thursday, January 23, 2003

happy 1st birthday f@rm, enjoy it while you can because the terrible two’s is just around the corner. i can remenmber when you were a twinkle in your daddy’s eye.

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8

resonance

Comment posted at 10:02 on Friday, January 24, 2003

Awww, shucks.

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9

Scott

Comment posted at 20:04 on Friday, January 24, 2003

A well deserved 1st Birthday.  Looking forward to many more .

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10

heisenberg

Comment posted at 07:07 on Monday, January 27, 2003

Just a thank you.  It has become a habit, before doing something like work on the machine, with the first cup of coffee, let’s see if anything new is there.  It is a cordial website. Not much of a compliment, but it beats reading the local morning paper. So, why isn’t there something new there this morning?  Letting the rank and file down?  Hop to it.  Think and post.

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11

inspoetica

Comment posted at 19:36 on Monday, January 27, 2003

Congrats.  Well done.  And most of all, thanks.  You rock res! “…and many more…”

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