Blog Tidyup continues

Readers may have noticed the blog was locked for a while tonight. This seems to be the best way to update old posts with proper tags without spaming the RSS feed with old material.

It was interesting to read many of my old posts. I seem(ed) to have a habit of not really explaining my thoughts fully. There was also a problem early on with WordPress.com where posts would get cut off randomly, but I think that mostly it was me not fully expressing my thoughts, and assuming that future readers would know the full context of my (now cryptic) comments.

Speaking of the tidy-up, few days ago I discovered that wordpress.com has a nice tool to convert tags and categories. This has enabled me to move a number of topics to tags where they properly should always have been. The result has been that my tag cloud at the bottom of the screen is a lot more balanced. I should probably try to get rid of the smallest categories – there’s rather a lot of ‘em.

While doing this work, I’ve been listening the the videos on this post about fracking. Very interesting stuff.

Update: Heh, blue headers. Nice.

Sorry about the RSS Feed

Those who follow this blog via RSS will have noticed that I’ve republished a number of my oldest posts.

This is an unintended consequence of a little project I’ve had in mind for some time, and have put off until now of going through all my posts and properly tagging them. Currently, the tags only show what I’ve tagged, as opposed to what I’ve written. So Sarah Palin is quite big because I made a tag for her as soon as she came along. But any number of things that I have written extensively on over the years don’t show up because I never tagged them – in most cases because there didn’t seem much point taking the latest 3 posts and leaving the previous 300 out.

Tidy up in progress

Well, as readers may have noticed, things have been quiet around here for a while.

As part of that, I seem to have neglected to keep my widgets up-to-date and this has given some visitors the impression that this blog is obsessed with certain things which it really isn’t.

It also seems that by keeping quiet for so long, I’ve become something of a “mystery” blog and forgotten by a few customers.

So I’ve gone through the sidebar and tidied it up a bit, and may to a bit of tweaking over the next few days.

For now, I present this video.

On Twitter

Like Patterico said last year, I finally “get” twitter. See here.

As I noted previously “ScrubOne” is taken, so as per my YouTube account, I am “@ScrubOneHD“.

Hmph. I already have one (spam) follower. That’s just wrong.

A Blogger, a Blog

I need a corporal. You’re it, until you’re dead or I find someone better.

Jean Rasczak, Starship Troopers

Blog Stats

Total views: 233,774

Totals

Posts: 3,754

Comments: 2,874

Categories: 92

Tags: 566

SpamAkismet has protected your site from 106,698 spam comments.

Searches for the last 30 days.

Search	Views
irony	329
the thinker	269
thinker	263
fur coat	66
whaling ships for sale	54
duckling	53
sweatshop	47
nanny state	32
spiderman 2	29
sweat shop	27

It’s over, for now.

Well, I’ve decided to shut up shop – for a while anyway.

I need to focus on other things, and to do that I need to stop spending so much time here.

Thanks for reading.

May Halfdone NZ Blog Stats

Included a lot of new blogs this month, and it looks like there’s a lot more out there. We’ve now got 696 blogs in the list here, with over 876 in the list (i.e. including ones that are now defunct and/or gone since they were added).

The “Art” category is in desperate need of splitting, another thing to add to the “to do” list… see the notes below.

To be included, blogs must contain posts on topics of interest to the general public. For a more detailed criteria list, see July.

Key

Right Leaning Political Blog

Left Leaning Political Blog

Libertarian Political Blog

Green Political Blog

Anarchist Blog

Art, Music or Photography

Atheist Issues

Christian Issues and/or Author

Economic Issues and Analysis

Education Issues or Resources

Feminist Issues

Green/Environmental Issues

Humour Content

Journalist, Journalism &/Or Media issues

Local Body Politics

Politician, Councillor, Party or Major Candidate Blog

Queer issues

Rural Issues and Lifestyle

Science

Sport

Syndicated Content from other blogs

Defunct Blog

…

HD Rank	Last HDR……	Tumeke	Blog	Alexa	Alexa NZ	Authority	HD Score
1	1	#1	Kiwiblog	68051	98	622	1
2	2	#3	The Standard 2.02	102282	136	589	2
3	3	#2	Gotcha!	91990	120	147	7
4	4	#8	No Minister	220120	294	571	11
5	5	#21	MandM	230096	582	475	28
6	7	#27	New Zealand Conservative	313467	558	534	32
7	9	#46	Keeping Stock	340095	520	531	33
8	10	#6	The Dim-Post	320627	742	584	40
9	8	#39	Say Hello to my Little Friend	295094	586	414	41
10	11	#4	Cactus Kate	340702	737	555	45
11	16	#11	No Right Turn	492354	886	601	72
12	6	#20	Open Parachute	223823	413	120	77
13	12	#5	Not PC	370610	1107	527	77
14	15	#10	frogblog	117462	617	553	13*7
15	14	#31	Something should go here, maybe later.	439626	1113	481	101
16	17	#14	Homepaddock	469224	1091	492	104
17	26	-	Motella – News views and Politics of NZ’s Motel Industry	504438	1017	426	120
18	18	-	Crusader Rabbit	563584	1115	490	128
19	19	#15	roarprawn	543693	1279	535	129
20	13	#12	TUMEKE!	537393	2027	484	225
21	24	-	Beattie’s Book Blog	644765	2414	520	299
22	29	#18	Kiwipolitico	896750	1870	493	340
23	44	#52	Oswald Bastable’s Ranting	910798	2064	502	374
24	36	#7	Red Alert	187478	288	40	134*3
25	21	#23	MacDoctor Moments	872601	2495	510	426
26	51	-	ben.geek.nz	870342	2274	415	476
27	27	#96	Knowledge Workers	300426	667	40	500
28	25	#32	Lindsay Mitchell	935918	2677	500	501
29	43	#33	The visible hand in economics	396629	7506	554	537
30	46	-	Liturgy worship spirituality	269076	889	40	598
31	-	-	SciBlogs	243440	1000	40	608
32	34	-	Aardvark Daily	311383	906	40	705
33	23	#17	The Inquiring Mind	903016	4449	507	792
34	68	-	SansBlogue	683812	1877	120	1069
35	39	#62	The Fairfacts Media Show	488467	908	40	1108
36	35	#9	Public Address	374795	1280	40	1199
37	40	-	BayBuzz	838300	1862	130	1200
38	20	#41	Big News	602574	2206	99	1342
39	33	#16	TBR.cc	594180	2809	118	1414
40	37	#64	PM of NZ	1392048	4662	428	1516
41	52	#37	Liberty Scott	1629300	5160	503	1671
42	50	-	Spare Room	469896	1481	40	1739
43	38	#76	Ozymandias Warning	1457395	5157	422	1780
44	47	-	P e r ∙ C r u c e m ∙ a d ∙ L u c e m	1026766	8985	472	1954
45	55	-	Otagosh	463308	1885	40	2183
46	30	#48	Clint Heine and Friends	965128	3008	127	2285
47	22	-	Lance Wiggs	769172	3570	116	2367
48	75	-	Tall Skinny Kiwi	390386	45000	570	3081
49	45	#94	Greenpeace New Zealand Weblog	912220	4300	119	3296
50	28	#44	Ethical Martini	677608	6078	119	3460
51	49	#35	Being Frank	1205003	3658	127	3470
52	57	#36	New Zeal	482594	45000	559	3884
53	79	#72	John Key	2296245	7963	467	3915
54	61	#60	Dave Gee: Life from Right Field	1252074	3030	91	4168
55	69	#75	g.blog	1541166	3316	99	5162
56	-	-	Aug in Hamilton’s Blog	1206347	1833	40	5528
57	58	#45	Pundit	686778	3331	40	5719
58	42	#24	Thinking Matters Talk	650186	3624	40	5890
59	-	-	the Caffeinated Traveller	537625	45000	410	5900
60	54	#26	Jack Yan: The Persuader	632741	3744	40	5922
61	177	#67	Workers Party (NZ)	2349287	3152	112	6611
62	-	-	Cabbage Tree Creative	823587	3243	40	6677
63	31	#19	The Hand Mirror	1290022	29432	517	7343
64	53	-	SOLO – Sense of Life Objectivists	187837	16378	40	7690
65	91	-	Christchurch Daily Photo	1787899	5478	124	7898
66	64	#56	MonkeyWithTypewriter	1429517	5878	106	7927
67	32	#13	Hot Topic	1105515	9183	126	8057
68	84	-	Semper Vita	2923860	12906	436	8654
69	62	#38	Brad Heap	540836	19643	120	8853
70	59	-	Prodigal Kiwi(s) Blog	956039	45000	469	9173
71	105	-	inthehouse.co.nz	1454319	2536	40	9220
72	98	-	Home Education Foundation	1463893	28614	421	9949
73	72	-	Climate Conversation Group	1263543	3315	40	10471
74	70	#74	Hitting Metal With A Hammer	2012320	8143	122	13431
75	65	-	Auckland Trains	1010667	5401	40	13646
76	48	#63	Christian News	1503595	45000	477	14184
77	131	#87	StephenFranks.co.nz	2738324	6172	114	14825
78	85	#54	Contra Celsum	2368785	8549	134	15112
79	76	-	Rowan Simpson	1500655	10754	106	15224
80	73	#61	RobiNZ Personal Blog	433416	45000	120	16253
81	89	#25	In a strange land	3229594	26708	512	16846
82	100	#81	Auckland Blog	4992242	14234	401	17720
83	66	-	Diversity Limited	1322455	18478	131	18653
84	93	-	Forest & Bird Weblog	1243295	6049	40	18801
85	78	#84	ACT New Zealand Blogs	1001891	7708	40	19306
86	77	#57	sustain:if:able kiwi	408230	19700	40	20105
87	41	#47	The Evolving Newsroom	1247793	16418	99	20693
88	136	-	Kiwi back in Sydney!	1963277	45000	421	20985
89	252	-	Peoplepoints	2397568	3950	40	23675
90	319	-	Dread Times	2462281	3875	40	23853
91	88	-	Uncensored – Think for yourself	778771	45000	144	24336
92	97	#78	Media Law Journal	3359947	9458	116	27395
93	112	-	eReport — Martin Taylor on ebooks and media from a Downunder perspective	2242906	13624	109	28034
94	163	-	Object Dart	3928809	30317	404	29482
95	-	-	Hermeneutics and Human Dignity	2478956	4951	40	30683
96	63	-	NZ Angles	1914603	18579	110	32337
97	128	-	Greenflame	2982782	45000	414	32421
98	99	#43	Offsetting Behaviour	1365912	10736	40	36661
99	125	-	curiablog	2772330	5372	40	37232
100	56	-	And Slaters Go Plop	2645217	15047	106	37549
101	102	#65	Brian Edwards Media	2182358	7021	40	38305
102	83	#58	Bowalley Road	1774630	9284	40	41189
103	86	-	the wellingtonista – a blog about wellington, new zealand	1526070	11435	40	43626
104	-	-	Blog – DigitalNZ	1788293	10305	40	46070
105	80	#89	goNZo Freakpower Brains Trust	4888683	45000	470	46806
106	87	-	Manawatu Christian Apologetics Society	2399870	24722	126	47086
107	-	-	tiny happy	427004	45000	40	48037
108	-	-	tiny happy	427004	45000	40	48037
109	96	#29	Reading the Maps	4486835	45000	414	48769
110	92	-	NZ Blogosphere	2255500	8791	40	49570
111	-	-	Blog By Carol	1188327	45000	106	50447
112	-	-	Best of 3	4938019	45000	417	53287
113	122	-	Craft is the New Black	5041905	45000	422	53764
114	-	-	Drupal.geek.nz | Bevan on drupal, usability,	478386	45000	40	53818
115	118	-	John R. Levine – Internet and e-mail policy and practice	1360244	45000	112	54652
116	129	-	Bat, Bean, Beam	5632944	45000	449	56454
117	95	-	SMC Blog	1404296	16896	40	59317
118	130	-	SEO Blog – Webhelp New Zealand	1741015	13776	40	59960
119	81	#22	Poneke’s Weblog	1577033	15285	40	60262
120	110	-	Kiwitravelwriter	1762485	45000	114	69571
121	148	#77	dad4justice	4765182	19006	126	71878
122	90	-	Auckland Daily Photo	2078715	45000	128	73079
123	119	-	Einstein Music Journal	2002088	45000	122	73847
124	280	#97	Janet Wilson	3101946	10020	40	77703
125	-	-	Tim Jones: Books in the Trees	8000948	45000	460	78270
126	103	-	ThoughtSpurs	1599146	45000	91	79078
127	113	-	coffee.geek.nz	1409805	24033	40	84704
128	181	-	Recession Proof Your Life	2809625	45000	146	86598
129	-	-	inner.geek	778083	45000	40	87534
130	117	#55	Eye of the Fish	2242559	45000	115	87752
131	107	-	i am jonny king	2213827	15953	40	88292
132	-	-	Andrew Lark	2365597	45000	115	92566
133	71	#30	The Dunedin School	882052	45000	40	99230
134	247	-	Shane Pleasance Libertarianz	3965144	10691	40	105978
135	74	-	Education Directions	4867241	28674	131	106536
136	142	-	Auckland Transport Blog	2740104	16124	40	110453
137	139	-	ACT on Campus blogs	3465171	12812	40	110989
138	121	#80	Radical Cross Stitch	2589395	45000	103	113128
139	-	-	a cat of impossible colour	1045380	45000	40	117605
140	133	-	Daily New Zealand News	4040265	45000	151	120405
141	144	-	Brian Easton	1122109	45000	40	126237
142	169	#86	Truth Seeker	2048925	24902	40	127555
143	134	#28	Canterbury Atheist	3184726	16704	40	132994
144	-	-	Marica’s Meanderings	1230460	45000	40	138426
145	82	#69	The Humanitarian Chronicle	3383590	45000	109	139689
146	143	#70	Editing teh Herald	3547679	16024	40	142120
147	111	-	O Audacious Book	2833851	20450	40	144880
148	149	-	Stu’s a-Musings	3757273	45000	114	148313
149	67	#66	True Paradigm	3954093	45000	117	152080
150	-	-	MENZ Issues	1383400	45000	40	155632
151	-	-	Life of Andrew	3519780	45000	99	159990
152	164	-	Web of Evidence: What They Don’t Want You To Know	1438427	45000	40	161823
153	135	#93	AGAINST THE CURRENT	4527985	45000	125	163007
154	141	#49	Kotare	1470357	45000	40	165415
155	147	-	LAWS 179: Elephants and the law	3794628	45000	103	165784
156	-	-	The Weekly Coitus	3113091	22033	40	171476
157	104	#71	Republican Movement	1536059	45000	40	172806
158	158	-	Alliance Party of New Zealand	4231107	45000	110	173090
159	150	-	eye CONTACT	4509790	45000	117	173453
160	154	-	Stalin’s Moustache	1548192	45000	40	174171
161	137	-	Sign On Blog	1591661	45000	40	179061
162	-	-	A Sensitivity to Things | Writing by Jaitra G	1659810	45000	40	186728
163	106	#68	Theology Geek NZ	5312248	45000	127	188229
164	228	-	Website.net.nz	4158927	45000	99	189042
165	310	-	John Dierckx, Renaissance Man	4072675	18767	40	191079
166	232	-	Kiwis First	4695530	16337	40	191777
167	126	-	Pacific Empire	4398760	45000	103	192178
168	156	-	Rubbish Free Year	3937846	45000	91	194728
169	295	-	Donovan’s World	5316082	15062	40	200177
170	-	-	Jill Hammonds EdBlog	5316082	15062	40	200177
171	-	-	Up The Arts	2560749	31282	40	200263
172	166	#85	Mars 2 Earth	3933772	20484	40	201448
173	-	-	Rag Pony	1842466	45000	40	207277
174	173	-	Spatula Forum	5001684	45000	106	212335
175	123	#73	Star Studded Super Step	4314889	45000	91	213373
176	178	-	Sport Review	5771417	45000	121	214639
177	192	-	Canvassing for Opinion	5082084	45000	103	222032
178	-	-	andrew.mcmillan.net.nz | cd /var/www; more /d	1974645	45000	40	222147
179	-	-	The Society for Promotion of Community Standa	6113057	45000	121	227345
180	160	-	The Spam Diaries	2047313	45000	40	230322
181	145	-	kiwi thoughts on life, travel, politics & everything else that crosses my mind	4705725	45000	91	232700
182	188	#79	UNITYblogNZ.com	6749004	45000	129	235430
183	151	-	Millennium X	2092933	45000	40	235454
184	388	#50	Quote Unquote	5765955	16384	40	236173
185	-	-	Policy Progress	6453160	45000	117	248198
186	200	-	Artichoke	2222031	45000	40	249978
187	172	#99	En Avant	2238841	45000	40	251869
188	140	#82	cbmilne33	5795879	45000	103	253218
189	-	-	boo to a goose	5995524	45000	106	254526
190	179	-	Anemone Crafts	6351191	45000	110	259821
191	-	-	Flex developer, Campbell Anderson, from New Z	2311790	45000	40	260076
192	109	-	Tech Liberty NZ	2313487	45000	40	260267
193	198	-	leading and learning	6192787	45000	106	262901
194	185	-	it.gen.nz	5340498	45000	91	264090
195	157	-	I See Red	3950517	26844	40	265119
196	152	-	simon.net.nz/	2358952	45000	40	265382
197	175	-	Emeth Aletheia	7826003	45000	132	266795
198	205	-	redrave	6154340	45000	103	268878
199	-	-	David Jones	2406743	45000	40	270758
200	115	-	Bill English MP	6946842	45000	114	274217
201	174	-	the Dropkicks	2448382	45000	40	275442
202	165	#95	Micky’s Muses	2455817	45000	40	276279
203	182	-	Ian O’Brien’s Cricket Blog	2464778	45000	40	277287
204	-	-	the art of unpacking	2532589	45000	40	284916
205	190	#42	Put ‘em all on an island	6371364	45000	99	289607
206	184	-	New Zealand Dog News	7993148	45000	122	294829
207	127	#91	WebWeaver’s World	2625144	45000	40	295328
208	212	-	Right to Life New Zealand	7919437	45000	118	302012
209	191	-	ICT Teaching and Learning	6187234	45000	91	305962
210	114	#59	Life and Politics	2759500	45000	40	310443
211	94	-	John Ansell	2761343	45000	40	310651
212	-	-	Peter Peryer	30000000	45000	426	316901
213	-	-	Another next big thing	2818039	45000	40	317029
214	116	-	Scepticon	7752293	45000	110	317139
215	186	-	The Optimus Prime Experiment	2825656	45000	40	317886
216	108	-	Café Pacific	8160875	45000	114	322139
217	207	-	All Embracing But Underwhelming	8253818	45000	114	325808
218	197	-	stargazer	8032779	45000	110	328613
219	285	-	Anarchia	7592557	45000	103	331713
220	124	-	agridata.co.nz	2992453	45000	40	336650
221	101	-	John Macilree’s Weblog	3031901	45000	40	341088
222	183	-	half-geek	3036344	45000	40	341588
223	242	-	And All these things…	7094528	45000	91	350828
224	-	-	LinuxSoftware	3122470	45000	40	351277
225	180	-	PPTA	3152997	45000	40	354712
226	233	-	NZBC	3207548	45000	40	360849
227	332	-	Get the Skinny from Skinny	7986321	45000	99	363014
228	204	-	Art and My Life	10184986	45000	126	363749
229	159	-	Grant Robertson – Wellington Central	7390827	45000	91	365480
230	221	-	Wellington Daily Photo	10532118	45000	128	370269
231	120	-	Robyn Gallagher	8503776	45000	103	371524
232	206	-	Rob the Geek	3312570	45000	40	372664
233	224	#100	Maori Party	3427387	45000	40	385581
234	-	-	Sas’ Magical Mystery Tour	3432313	45000	40	386135
235	-	-	Over the net and on the table	11295768	45000	131	388022
236	222	-	Ruth’s Reflections	10564057	45000	121	392878
237	229	-	Love In A Tent	7981147	45000	91	394672
238	-	-	Prolife Canterbury	3515880	45000	40	395536
239	168	-	Not Quite Perfect	11281170	45000	128	396603
240	230	-	A Dark Feathered Art	9717287	45000	109	401172
241	234	-	Joe Hendren	8866226	45000	99	403010
242	220	-	TeachingSagittarian	8883926	45000	99	403814
243	370	-	Hey Milly!	10841542	45000	120	406557
244	132	-	The Raeburn Apple	3614467	45000	40	406627
245	292	-	davidgarrett.org.nz	5238917	31244	40	409211
246	213	-	Brain Washable	3670133	45000	40	412889
247	-	-	The Rave	3683871	45000	40	414435
248	219	-	Fighting Talk	9788390	45000	106	415544
249	574	-	Manaiakalani	9187591	45000	99	417617
250	201	-	Silicon Welly	3737232	45000	40	420438
251	202	-	From the Ivory Tower	10175903	45000	106	431995
252	214	-	ALRANZ – Keep Abortion Safe and Legal	3841883	45000	40	432211
253	237	-	Tash McGill – a backpack on the journey	3893920	45000	40	438066
254	397	-	Ideologically Impure	8868984	45000	91	438576
255	176	-	Paul Gardner	3986060	45000	40	448431
256	561	-	NZ Media and Other Stuff	9978563	45000	99	453571
257	227	-	The NZ Week	4041586	45000	40	454678
258	194	-	…the gossip	12260634	45000	121	455973
259	347	-	Michelle Boag	10599800	45000	103	463098
260	321	-	The Sound of Butterflies	10831941	45000	99	492360
261	235	-	Nikki Kaye MP for Auckland Central	4417350	45000	40	496951
262	146	-	earth is my favourite planet	4446780	45000	40	500262
263	196	-	Natural Remedies That Work	4493365	45000	40	505503
264	162	#53	The Fundy Post	4571533	45000	40	514297
265	-	-	DUTCHCORNER	13496306	45000	118	514689
266	241	-	Mike Riversdale	4594300	45000	40	516858
267	187	#34	Anti-Dismal	4618358	45000	40	519565
268	236	-	Dub dot dash	4697101	45000	40	528423
269	203	-	lefthandpalm	14697630	45000	125	529114
270	193	#40	whoar.co.nz	4792625	45000	40	539170
271	208	#83	BK Drinkwater	4842337	45000	40	544762
272	271	-	beautiful monsters	4849077	45000	40	545521
273	260	-	The Imaginary Museum	12488867	45000	103	545630
274	244	-	Fush ‘n’ Chups	4873499	45000	40	548268
275	361	-	stanselen~ (to sparkle + & spark)	13049698	45000	106	553996
276	218	-	Aotearoa: a wider perspective	4929965	45000	40	554621
277	216	-	ICT in Early Education	11573842	45000	91	572332
278	283	-	Family Integrity	11715163	45000	91	579321
279	-	-	snow like thought	5212714	45000	40	586430
280	239	-	Grim Planet	5220851	45000	40	587345
281	267	#98	Karl du Fresne	5269328	45000	40	592799
282	215	-	Rob Good in LA	14596127	45000	110	597114
283	270	-	The Atavism	5321513	45000	40	598670
284	307	-	This is half-pie.	5322228	45000	40	598750
285	245	-	ICT U Can!	5345283	45000	40	601344
286	398	-	A Cup of Coffee	13229947	45000	99	601361
287	-	-	White & Black / Black & White	5424737	45000	40	610282
288	263	-	fruitful faith	5430392	45000	40	610919
289	189	-	SPLEEN is Stephen Judd’s blog	5433656	45000	40	611286
290	155	-	Silent Running	5437989	45000	40	611773
291	249	-	National Party MPs	5502407	45000	40	619020
292	-	-	ξἐνος	5519038	45000	40	620891
293	248	-	Just Left	5607778	45000	40	630875
294	171	-	Bibliophillia – Melliors Simms	15538069	45000	110	635648
295	264	-	Mulholland Drive	5659210	45000	40	636661
296	272	-	Save the Humans	5671541	45000	40	638048
297	246	-	The Dragon’s Pen	5675869	45000	40	638535
298	138	-	LudditeJourno	5862139	45000	40	659490
299	269	#92	Socialist Aotearoa	5899236	45000	40	663664
300	261	-	Pip’s Squeaks	15695292	45000	106	666309
301	167	-	RABID FIRE	5924889	45000	40	666550
302	259	-	pohanginapete	13533676	45000	91	669247
303	-	-	The small takeover	6026287	45000	40	677957
304	170	-	Waatea News Update	6065282	45000	40	682344
305	161	-	Be Seen Be Heard	6081110	45000	40	684124
306	281	-	Daniel’s Blog	14153296	45000	91	699888
307	-	-	THE GREEN PLANET BLOG – Our World and Environ	6234992	45000	40	701436
308	225	-	United Future Blogs | Peter’s Position	6298591	45000	40	708591
309	333	-	Sus’s Sound-Bites	6302521	45000	40	709033
310	-	-	Everything Just Sew	6334805	45000	40	712665
311	276	-	wee treats by tammy	6372416	45000	40	716896
312	320	-	Policy Progress	6453160	45000	40	725980
313	258	-	Deadball	6496559	45000	40	730862
314	439	-	Nelson Daily Photo	6526664	45000	40	734249
315	268	#88	Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty	6543868	45000	40	736185
316	-	-	MetaEquilibrium.Net	6565823	45000	40	738655
317	262	-	Waitakere News	6567897	45000	40	738888
318	359	-	Hamilton Views	6576540	45000	40	739860
319	279	-	Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua	6702312	45000	40	754010
320	297	-	Paul Sharp wine consultant	6716892	45000	40	755650
321	-	-	Quite A Handful	18481055	45000	110	756043
322	226	-	Alf Grumble	6729760	45000	40	757098
323	251	-	Global Warming (or is it Global Cooling?)	6735348	45000	40	757726
324	277	-	Media Darlings	6757053	45000	40	760168
325	311	-	Brad Taylor’s Blog	6776550	45000	40	762361
326	-	-	Lukas Rants	6831135	45000	40	768502
327	-	-	From The Ends Of The Earth	17104077	45000	99	777458
328	282	-	The Home Office	6965671	45000	40	783637
329	314	-	the wine wanker	7008506	45000	40	788456
330	257	-	Heather Roy MP	7015165	45000	40	789206
331	250	-	Palmerston North.info	7047881	45000	40	792886
332	309	-	Fifi Verses the World	7061953	45000	40	794469
333	328	-	Ellis in Wellyland	7064942	45000	40	794805
334	231	-	Courage to tremble	16106541	45000	91	796477
335	-	-	CLEAN & GREEN?	7096715	45000	40	798380
336	305	-	Rob’s Blockhead Blog	7205825	45000	40	810655
337	278	-	Mission Resource Site	7228762	45000	40	813235
338	-	-	Show Your Workings	7287995	45000	40	819899
339	357	-	Clouds of Heaven	7294391	45000	40	820618
340	199	-	GavinKnight.com	7337011	45000	40	825413
341	-	-	BigCake	7477705	45000	40	841241
342	296	-	Toni Twiss – Mobilising Education	7535336	45000	40	847725
343	380	-	‘SLAB’ Kristin’s blog on Surfing, Learning and Business	18859862	45000	99	857266
344	453	-	Fare-Free New Zealand	7623833	45000	40	857681
345	300	-	NZ Paranormal Investigations	7656269	45000	40	861330
346	293	-	just.	7730748	45000	40	869709
347	-	-	Just one W.I.P	7746696	45000	40	871503
348	294	-	well sharp	7863179	45000	40	884607
349	286	-	Meddlers in Time	7893095	45000	40	887973
350	243	-	wine enhanced metacognitions	7905257	45000	40	889341
351	-	-	Imperator Fish	7905955	45000	40	889419
352	-	-	my world through my camera lens	8029857	45000	40	903358
353	376	-	Prog Blog	8114604	45000	40	912892
354	539	-	Backchat Cafe	8181717	45000	40	920443
355	266	-	from the morgue	8236935	45000	40	926655
356	312	-	A novelist speaks on books, the universe and everything…	21939886	45000	106	931410
357	-	-	Cimba7200′s thoughts…	8280338	45000	40	931538
358	210	-	Blogging it real	21388813	45000	103	934462
359	364	-	Left Right Out	8320552	45000	40	936062
360	326	-	Miki Szikszai	8347922	45000	40	939141
361	343	-	Born on State Highway One	8362655	45000	40	940798
362	-	-	KBRM rebutted	8411020	45000	40	946239
363	287	-	Hong Kong Ham	8474651	45000	40	953398
364	-	-	On the Gripping Hand	8554513	45000	40	962382
365	-	-	AbsoluteGenius	8635745	45000	40	971521
366	195	-	The Educated Kiwi	8801625	45000	40	990182
367	238	-	Truth Dealer	8810091	45000	40	991135
368	308	-	Boganette	8871549	45000	40	998049
369	211	-	Soap Box – New Zealand	8887975	45000	40	999897
370	368	-	planet nztech	8920366	45000	40	1003541
371	451	-	Chris Hipkins MP	8927939	45000	40	1004393
372	274	-	Dr Michael Bassett	8970229	45000	40	1009150
373	387	-	Turning the Supertanker	9047150	45000	40	1017804
374	217	-	Winged Ink	24973749	45000	110	1021653
375	417	-	Hamilton Daily Photo	9163241	45000	40	1030864
376	339	-	The chicken or the egg	9184036	45000	40	1033204
377	340	-	Neil Stockley	9188816	45000	40	1033741
378	-	-	Ghost Hunters Paranormal Investigation – New	9253082	45000	40	1040971
379	-	-	John Walley	9271897	45000	40	1043088
380	-	-	The Opinionated Diner	9287788	45000	40	1044876
381	327	-	Blessed Economist	30000000	45000	128	1054687
382	313	-	Kiwi Poll Guy	9682473	45000	40	1089278
383	-	-	Tuesday Poem	9821292	45000	40	1104895
384	455	-	Sandihurst Winery & Wines	9839974	45000	40	1106997
385	394	-	The Thorndon Bubble	10002818	45000	40	1125317
386	-	-	Make it smirk	10117721	45000	40	1138243
387	223	-	lovestitches	27839885	45000	110	1138904
388	345	-	Whale Oil Beef Hooked	10218476	45000	40	1149578
389	304	-	Aaron Schiff	10272831	45000	40	1155693
390	421	-	Consumist	10303100	45000	40	1159098
391	-	-	Sweetp Knits	10420846	45000	40	1172345
392	337	-	Yardy Yardy Yardy	10423357	45000	40	1172627
393	331	-	The Wildebeest Asylum	10501691	45000	40	1181440
394	372	-	The Idiot Winds	10584729	45000	40	1190782
395	406	-	Kiwi Polemicist	10613054	45000	40	1193968
396	318	-	Frenemy	10622242	45000	40	1195002
397	288	-	Adding Noughts in Vain	10690209	45000	40	1202648
398	366	-	Backing the Bay	11055856	45000	40	1243783
399	342	-	Fatal Paradox	11064493	45000	40	1244755
400	-	-	Mike Crowl’s Random Notes	11126176	45000	40	1251694
401	317	-	The Aucklandista	11251093	45000	40	1265747
402	-	-	Transition Towns Kapiti	11272351	45000	40	1268139
403	-	-	molloy	11374426	45000	40	1279622
404	409	-	Funerals & Snakes	11545002	45000	40	1298812
405	344	-	Courtney Lambert |marketing stuff you should know	11547038	45000	40	1299041
406	472	-	Hier sta ik, ik kan niet anders	11561684	45000	40	1300689
407	338	-	Surfr	11574305	45000	40	1302109
408	299	-	Phrenic Philosophy	11619982	45000	40	1307247
409	-	-	Love Plant Life Blog	11648714	45000	40	1310480
410	-	-	Art, Life, TV, Etc.	30000000	45000	103	1310679
411	-	-	Spinning a yarn	11673031	45000	40	1313215
412	301	-	Kiwi Pundit	11899845	45000	40	1338732
413	-	-	Lovely Blogs NZ	11933348	45000	40	1342501
414	353	-	Anarkaytie’s Weblog	11973739	45000	40	1347045
415	420	-	Still Truckin’	12140947	45000	40	1365856
416	322	-	Maritime Union of New Zealand	12179396	45000	40	1370182
417	-	-	Janlogie’s Blog	12191791	45000	40	1371576
418	378	-	NZ Wine Blogger	12220028	45000	40	1374753
419	-	-	Slightly Intrepid	12294635	45000	40	1383146
420	410	-	Brendon Burns	12314650	45000	40	1385398
421	-	-	Culture and Wine	12335255	45000	40	1387716
422	302	-	Opposable thumb	12435400	45000	40	1398982
423	449	-	Middle-aged White Male	12514492	45000	40	1407880
424	290	-	Mysterex – NZ Music and Culture	12516202	45000	40	1408072
425	367	-	Frou Frou Frippery	12516436	45000	40	1408099
426	-	-	My View – Auckland	12535007	45000	40	1410188
427	-	-	bible.geek.nz | Jer 20:9	12725605	45000	40	1431630
428	329	-	15 Lampton Quay	12766356	45000	40	1436215
429	355	-	‘Credo Quia Absurdum Est’	12889570	45000	40	1450076
430	-	-	Nicolalaland	12911793	45000	40	1452576
431	418	-	Better Democracy NZ	12935785	45000	40	1455275
432	324	-	Bright Wings	13011891	45000	40	1463837
433	399	-	Muzzerino Blog 1.3	30000000	45000	91	1483516
434	256	-	eLearning Infusion	13218387	45000	40	1487068
435	253	-	The Tomahawk Kid	13277854	45000	40	1493758
436	275	-	Don Brash.com	13282468	45000	40	1494277
437	402	-	Fullerswatch	13313083	45000	40	1497721
438	419	-	New Zealand Employment Law	13337120	45000	40	1500426
439	-	-	A Journey Through Hell	13349625	45000	40	1501832
440	-	-	Kiwi Chronicles	13363058	45000	40	1503344
441	564	-	Distractions	13390139	45000	40	1506390
442	325	-	The Chatham Islands	13481040	45000	40	1516617
443	429	-	Introducing Maori Lifestyles	13677884	45000	40	1538761
444	548	-	Gecko with Canon	13726930	45000	40	1544279
445	350	-	the déclassé and delisted	13727259	45000	40	1544316
446	-	-	Garage Collections	13918272	45000	40	1565805
447	-	-	The Latte Blogger	13933356	45000	40	1567502
448	441	#51	Liberation	14009084	45000	40	1576021
449	385	-	Pastel and Paint: Lesly Finn’s Art	14194113	45000	40	1596837
450	443	-	A view from the pew	14211653	45000	40	1598810
451	579	-	NZ:Raw	14238840	45000	40	1601869
452	348	-	2 B Sophora	14297160	45000	40	1608430
453	323	-	Opinionated Mummy	14327893	45000	40	1611887
454	452	-	Beehive Blogger’s Blog	14563229	45000	40	1638363
455	-	-	Thoughts of a geek	14592201	45000	40	1641622
456	-	-	ecoLincNZ	14614112	45000	40	1644087
457	265	-	Open New Zealand	14768008	45000	40	1661400
458	428	-	Audent’s Weblog	15007220	45000	40	1688312
459	306	-	Plan Proof Fool	15090193	45000	40	1697646
460	-	-	rivettingKateTaylor	15154768	45000	40	1704911
461	496	-	The Libertarian Front-New Zealand’s Youngest Libertarian	15178078	45000	40	1707533
462	-	-	point that thing	15188378	45000	40	1708692
463	374	-	A Walk Through Auckland	15216812	45000	40	1711891
464	358	-	Bradbury’s Blog	15217241	45000	40	1711939
465	315	-	The Ex-Expat	15218841	45000	40	1712119
466	456	-	Jafapete’s Weblog	15220530	45000	40	1712309
467	360	-	Like Minds – New Zealand landscapes and thoughts	15221290	45000	40	1712395
468	303	-	Maungaturoto Daily Photo	15221664	45000	40	1712437
469	457	-	Comme il Faut	15222668	45000	40	1712550
470	-	-	Pete’s Cam	15222669	45000	40	1712550
471	-	-	Hypothetically Speaking…	15224692	45000	40	1712777
472	373	-	Oliver Woods	15238213	45000	40	1714298
473	352	-	Second Sight – Film, culture and useless entertainment	15273259	45000	40	1718241
474	-	-	pollywannacracka	15362423	45000	40	1728272
475	362	-	Accomplice In The Wood Chipper	15396110	45000	40	1732062
476	346	-	Just Jussi – knits for beloved babies	15444068	45000	40	1737457
477	-	-	The Rainbow Notebook	15534995	45000	40	1747686
478	543	-	NZ right wing Leftie	15796515	45000	40	1777107
479	153	-	Lively – New Zealand Culture Blogs & Discussions Online	15801671	45000	40	1777687
480	386	-	Timespanner	15856286	45000	40	1783832
481	291	-	Forensic Scientist	15937552	45000	40	1792974
482	442	-	NZ Conservative	15974449	45000	40	1797125
483	440	-	MADNESS and MESS	16195916	45000	40	1822040
484	363	-	Scott & Sarah Kennedy	16224476	45000	40	1825253
485	316	-	Blair Mulholland	16318203	45000	40	1835797
486	562	-	CCL: Christian Classical Liberalist	16393589	45000	40	1844278
487	330	-	Curious Bystander	16398585	45000	40	1844840
488	-	-	Poussin’s Humour	16465932	45000	40	1852417
489	537	-	Put up thy Sword!	16728390	45000	40	1881943
490	369	-	Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow	16815440	45000	40	1891737
491	538	-	Lolly Scramble	16827259	45000	40	1893066
492	390	-	laughykate.com	16847271	45000	40	1895317
493	447	-	Stop Family Planning	16889703	45000	40	1900091
494	-	-	NZ ICT Edublabberings: Rachel Boyd	17010420	45000	40	1913672
495	465	-	kent Baddeley/cuisine	17065147	45000	40	1919829
496	-	-	The Uncritiqued	17071428	45000	40	1920535
497	341	-	Editing The Standard	17162045	45000	40	1930730
498	541	-	Author of Confusion	17162115	45000	40	1930737
499	542	-	Prior Knowledge	17280554	45000	40	1944062
500	349	-	Christian Theist	17350829	45000	40	1951968
501	545	-	Creative Voice	17702534	45000	40	1991535
502	553	-	Deep(ish) Thought	17926628	45000	40	2016745
503	546	-	Jews, Christians, and Muslims working together	18155004	45000	40	2042437
504	581	-	The Linesman	18689371	45000	40	2102554
505	-	-	Port Hills Pulse – Home	19156970	45000	40	2155159
506	336	-	Matt’s Musings	19318775	45000	40	2173362
507	403	-	John Bishop	19374973	45000	40	2179684
508	-	-	Adventures in Programming Languages and Seman	19504149	45000	40	2194216
509	-	-	24 Learning	20183488	45000	40	2270642
510	560	-	The adventures of a Homely Wife	20463618	45000	40	2302157
511	563	-	Genius	20599858	45000	40	2317484
512	-	-	Rata Weekly	21017663	45000	40	2364487
513	492	-	keelysews	21735396	45000	40	2445232
514	454	-	Nathanael Baker	21899665	45000	40	2463712
515	393	-	daphnebell	22034235	45000	40	2478851
516	335	-	Schroedinger’s Tabby	22081085	45000	40	2484122
517	395	-	Kei Tua o te Pae – Assessment for Learning Early Childhood Exemplars	22311881	45000	40	2510086
518	400	-	Eye2theLongRun – Beyond first appearances…..	22468688	45000	40	2527727
519	-	-	Starkwhite Blog	22910515	45000	40	2577432
520	401	-	Dark Brightness – Bleak theology: hopeful science.	22969361	45000	40	2584053
521	512	-	Peter Griffin Online	23266846	45000	40	2617520
522	-	-	Mandeno Musings	23342160	45000	40	2625993
523	-	-	Waylaid Dialectic	23473639	45000	40	2640784
524	445	-	Progressive Turmoil	23533153	45000	40	2647479
525	438	-	Kiwi Trader	23664143	45000	40	2662216
526	-	-	Vuvuzela venting	23689014	45000	40	2665014
527	572	-	Kerre Woodham’s World	23831922	45000	40	2681091
528	444	-	Media Fetish	23833563	45000	40	2681275
529	573	-	Widgets & Wikis & Blogs…Oh My!!	23885944	45000	40	2687168
530	-	-	A little bit of reading	23978165	45000	40	2697543
531	575	-	Dub Asylum	24093938	45000	40	2710568
532	-	-	Edcentric	24163206	45000	40	2718360
533	411	-	Sort the System!	24247811	45000	40	2727878
534	576	-	Pre-Frontal Lobotomy	24256936	45000	40	2728905
535	-	-	Auckland Food Blog	24317142	45000	40	2735678
536	408	-	Cyberlaw	24364755	45000	40	2741034
537	-	-	Janet on the Planet	24462743	45000	40	2752058
538	-	-	The Quiet World Project	24616934	45000	40	2769405
539	533	-	Simon Pund	24617879	45000	40	2769511
540	-	-	Thorndon Residents Association	24618908	45000	40	2769627
541	-	-	Pedagogy of the Compressed	24641379	45000	40	2772155
542	577	-	Christopher Banks	24659300	45000	40	2774171
543	415	-	anarchafairy	24679697	45000	40	2776465
544	448	-	maidennz	24689273	45000	40	2777543
545	412	-	New Zealand Crime Watch	24690797	45000	40	2777714
546	413	-	the Nicholas O’Kane blog	24690826	45000	40	2777717
547	540	-	Si Quando Dubium, Illic Est Scilicet	24694783	45000	40	2778163
548	532	-	Samuel Dennis	24759308	45000	40	2785422
549	-	-	‘. . . All finite things reveal infinitude. .	24826278	45000	40	2792956
550	565	-	Mr. Public’s Organ of Electric Intercourse	24874012	45000	40	2798326
551	-	-	Centrist Comment	24911167	45000	40	2802506
552	578	-	Subversive ICT	24912985	45000	40	2802710
553	334	-	Wellywood Woman	24924983	45000	40	2804060
554	-	-	Most Tranquil	24949991	45000	40	2806873
555	-	-	peterwellsblog.	24969777	45000	40	2809099
556	209	-	The Standard’s Standards	24972609	45000	40	2809418
557	517	-	robertguyton	25042489	45000	40	2817280
558	-	-	The McQuillanator	25146639	45000	40	2828996
559	582	-	Mayor Andrew Williams is Mad	25158616	45000	40	2830344
560	426	-	Libz TV	25184107	45000	40	2833212
561	427	-	Fraser Talk	25250461	45000	40	2840676
562	450	-	Nevermind	25390481	45000	40	2856429
563	584	-	TANSA-talk	25394064	45000	40	2856832
564	-	-	Thoughts from the Boonies	25627536	45000	40	2883097
565	-	-	Business Savvy Software	25683805	45000	40	2889428
566	-	-	Comrade Alastair	25895345	45000	40	2913226
567	-	-	Other Channels	25968582	45000	40	2921465
568	586	-	nz skeptic	26940713	45000	40	3030830
569	377	-	Crime Stoppers	27043006	45000	40	3042338
570	580	-	Elsewoman	27321566	45000	40	3073676
571	587	-	Tamahere Forum	27365628	45000	40	3078633
572	487	-	A Pelt, a shrub, a soil sample	27400530	45000	40	3082559
573	588	-	Green is Good!	27505377	45000	40	3094354
574	589	-	ARTBLACKHEAD: WE ARE THE BODY CORPORATE	27590541	45000	40	3103935
575	-	-	David Cauchi	27806254	45000	40	3128203
576	-	-	IT adventures	30000000	45000	40	3375000

..

Alexa = Alexa ranking (30000000 if none)
NZ ranking = Alexa NZ ranking (45000 if none)
Technorati.com authority score (40 if none)

HD Score calculated Alexa*AlexaNZ/Authority/10000. Greens multiplied by 7, Labour by 3 as their blogs are only part of the site traffic, and they fall in the top 20.

All data was downloaded this afternoon/evening.

Any blogs that activate all 3 “if none” criteria are placed in the “can’t calculate” list, as well as most blogs that resolve to a larger website in Alexa. If blogs are defunct and fail to meet any criteria, they are not listed.

Notes:

1. If you have asked and have not been included, or know of a blog that’s not here, or feel colours or icons are incorrect, please feel free to let me know – politely! (“Hey fartface” is considered impolite BTW)

2. Feel free to suggest a new category by sending us a list of blogs that you think qualify and suggestions for icons.

3. Graphs will be updated later, I just realised I forgot…

4. Tumeke seems to have given up. Having some appreciation of what Tim’s trying to do over there,  I can understand perfectly why that might be. If there isn’t a new ranking next month, I am thinking about instead using the Open Parachute ranking as a second reference… but I’m thinking about a lot of things.

5. Another of those things is the possibility of using the Alexa “Sites Linking In” score to balance some of the missing Technorati data.

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Note: Original Blog list, and original concept from Tumeke.

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Sites that cannot be calculated

21st Century Renaissance

A Measure of Science

A New Zealand screenwriter. A blank screen. A

Ali’s Blog

At Home with Rose

Average Joe

badbanks.co.nz

Barber’s Meaty Issues

Bard Wired

Beehive Buzz

BioBlog

bottle broke

cadence

Catalyst

Catch the Wave

Chthonic Wildlife Ramblings

Code for life

Concerned of Linwood

coping in a technological world

Cr!key Creek

Daktari’s World

defendnz

Dereck’s Blog

Dismal Soyanz’s House of Incredulity

dragonsinger – learning, unlearning & relearning

Educating the Dragon

Educational Origami

Fickle Cycle

Fisheye Perspective

Floating Cinemas

Freedom’s Ramparts

Frugal Me

GabrielleMcKone.com

Global Village Governance

Greg’s Blog

Gusty Gourmet – Wellington Food Life

Half-full cup

Hefe Vice

HIGH WINDOWS

His Name Is Freedom

If you see Kay Blog

Inspiration in Jesus Name

Janis Freegard’s Weblog

Jedd

Jimmy Jangles presents: The Optimus Prime Experiment

John Minto

Jonathan’s Liverstone

Kia Ora

KneeJerk Productions

Lefter

Life is not a race to be first finished

Light My Fibre

Lost Soul

Mart the Rev

Mauricio Freitas

Mellow Yellow

Messages from Inner Space

misc.ience

montessori ed

Mosehouse Studio

Mr. Bear’s Shadow

MrDee

Naketa’s Blog

New Day

New Zealand in the News

New Zealand Transport Geography

NiuZila: Land of full fat milk and welfare money

NZ Art – Elizabeth Love

NZ Political Foxen

October 15th Solidarity

One Moment Caller

Outpost

Over the fence

Pania Press

Paul Long’s Ramblings

pellacor.com – Thoughts about things

Pete’s kiwi forum

photos by linda holmes

Physics Stop

Policy Matters

Political Dumpground

Portia

Presbyterian Research

Proletblog

Public Sector Eye

Ramblings of Mr Gronk

randopolitico

Reality Check

Red Rose Sisters – Dunedin South Labour Women

Relatively Science

Ross Calverley

ruby in the dust

Serial, by Cilla McQueen

SFWU National Secretary’s Blog

Sharing the Addiction

Signposts – a blog about Te Ara the Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Southern Squall

Spratt’s Medium

Switched Out

The Earth Beneath Her Feet

The Glob

The Irascible Curmudgeon

The Oil Drum: Australia & New Zealand

The Opinionated Diner

The Podgorani

The Techsploder

The Voice Of Reason New Zealand

The World As I See It

thinking matters – if you are free to act on your own judgement

Thoughts from 40° South

Tin Grew

Tono vs the Market

Under the Purple Magnolia Tree

UOA Economics Group

Up North Down South

VirtualNorth

War is for Winning

Watching Brief

without your walls

WorkFace · Your employment law update

NZ Political Bloggers Political Spectrum Chart Still being Updated

For those who are interested, I am still happy to add people to the NZ Political Bloggers Political Spectrum Chart.

I’ve also added in many of the missing links, after being interrupted half way through the job months back.

Please note! The quiz is this one.

In hindsight, this one is more popular and we should have used it instead as people stumble on it themselves.

Oh, and can someone please come forward with a higher authoritarian score than mine!!!

Blog Icon

Well, I’ve finally got the blog icon working – in a good browser it should be showing right beside the url.

Here’s the larger version

It references the “under construction” signs that you used to see on every website in the mid to late 90′s, but forms the letter “H”, for Halfdone.

April Halfdone NZ Blog Stats

While there’s no difference in the post, this month we have moved from the hampsters (which were getting tired) to the new Hampstinator(TM).

It’s a lot faster, and has a couple of other improvements which have given me time to check the numbers more thoroughly this month, and pick up a few missing authorities.

To be included, blogs must contain posts on topics of interest to the general public. For a more detailed criteria list, see July.

Key

Right Leaning Political Blog

Left Leaning Political Blog

Libertarian Political Blog

Green Political Blog

Anarchist Blog

Art, Music or Photography

Atheist Issues

Christian Issues and/or Author

Economic Issues and Analysis

Education Issues or Resources

Feminist Issues

Green/Environmental Issues

Humour Content

Journalist, Journalism &/Or Media issues

Local Body Politics

Politician, Councillor, Party or Major Candidate Blog

Queer issues

Rural Issues and Lifestyle

Science

Sport

Syndicated Content from other blogs

Defunct Blog

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