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A Milestone (Sort of)

This post marks a bit of a milestone for my web posting endeavors; 10,000 posts. In the spirit of full disclosure here are the stats:

• 9,849 active yewknee.com posts
• 123 posts for the original Beard Contest and Moustache May sites.
• 28 inactive posts.

In celebration of this I've now opened up the archives - you can step back week by week and experience all 390 pages of terribly written blog posts from the past 7 years.

I've also opened up the Music archive that shows all the little mini-reviews of albums I've purchased through the years. Due to a major MySQL error many years ago alot of the Date Added information was lost but that's neither here nor there.

So, that's it. A little pat on the back for myself. 10,000 posts and lots of embarrassing misuse of the English language. Thanks for reading.. as I obviously wouldn't continue doing this if I didn't have a readership of some sort.

Summer Mix Series Thanks

So I was checking the stats on the Summer Mix Series and it is, apparently, getting more traffic and referrals than I imagined. Many thanks to the following:

• La Blogotheque
• Large Hearted Boy
• Gsus_Saved (nsfw but pretty hilarious association)
• Died Last Night
• and of course...
• Casey Pugh
• Muxtape

I'm guessing that La Blogotheque post got some French interest because now the site has a handful of french mixes. Nice!

I realize the Summer Mix Series is overwhelming but if you need suggestions, feel free to ask.

Friday Videos - July 25th, 2008

* Be sure to check out this list and these results for more Inappropriate Movie Soundtrack Replacements. This 2001 works way too well and A Clockwork Orange is far from inappropriate and just insanely creepy.

** If you aren't excited by the prospect of new episodes of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia you must not have ever seen the show. Go pick up the DVD's this weekend.

In other news, despite some nice press for it, I am thinking of wrapping up the Summer Mix Series at the end of the month unless I start getting some more submissions. So, if you've already submitted and want to throw another hat in the ring - get to it.

Have a great weekend.

The Quest for Completion

Jon Dyer is on a quest. A quest to accomplish 34 unique facial hair configurations. He's achieved 24 of them so far. The real question is, how long does he keep them for? I'd suspect walking around with the El Insecto style might be more difficult than you'd think.

Moustache May 2008

Seeing as how it is May 1st, Moustache May relaunched today. Daniel and I tweaked out the design from last year and it's better than ever. I am, unfortunately, not participating this year as I am (supposedly) growing out the Year Beard but I've got a good feeling I'm going to cave and shave any day now...

Regardless, the celebration has begun!

Whiskerino: Fin

I almost skipped out on commenting on the round up of Whiskerino today but I can't see that as being appropriate since it has consumed my daily life for the past four months. The experience of growing a beard alongside 200-300 other dudes on a public internet site is probably the most bizarre thing you can describe to someone that you're involved in (much less in charge of) but I am consistently amazed at how effectively it works as a conduit for completely legit friendship. Honestly, I feel like I have a much larger group of actual friends across the nation (and world) now that Whiskerino is coming to an end. As in, I could go to any one of their towns, give them a ring, grab a beer and it wouldn't be totally awkward. In fact, we'd probably have a lot to talk about. How does that happen?

I choose not to question the magic. It is a strange and wonderful beast and despite all the stress it brings to me, I really do love it. There's a thesis paper in there somewhere but I'm not the guy to write it.

So to anyone that participated, watched, lurked or even glanced at the site - thank you very much. I learned a lot, feel more cultured and am a better person for the experience.

You Should See These...

• Morning Theft - Between Walls - NY band Morning Theft has offered up their latest album Between Walls as a free download. They've also got a contest running to win a Wii.
• Owl - say no more
• Protomen - "Beards Going Nowhere" - everyone's favorite epic band based around the MegaMan aesthetic wrote, recorded, performed and is offering for download this ballad-y track loosely about beards.
• Fez GDC Trailer - I'm a sucker for a good 2D game.. the 3D world stuff just drives my simple brain bonkers. Fortunately, this one seems to combine the best of both worlds. It's a bit of a Paper Mario conceptual rip but I believe it's executing it even better.

I really need to come up with a "Simple post" style so that I can post these things on their own.

Friday Videos - January 22nd, 2008

It should be noted that the "One Finger" video is a good ad that becomes a great ad because of the little Dutch girl saying "danku mistah." Perfect.

Have a great weekend everyone.. I plan to.

Return from LA

This past weekend I flew out to LA to meet up with a bunch of Whiskerino participants from the LA and Phoenix areas. I'm not entirely sure why I was compelled to fly clear across the entire nation to meet up with my bearded brethren but I am quite happy that I did. Everyone I met was incredibly cool and it reminded me why I put together that whole beard growing thing in the first place. I'm now filled with excited trepidation about the forthcoming Nashville party - lots to do in preparation for it!

Be sure to check out all the round up photos from the trip:

• Whiskerino Throwdown via Me
• Whiskerino LA Meetup via Damnweather
• Whiskerino LA Throwdown via General Lee
• Whiskerino via Os
• Whiskerino LA Meetup via Ace
• LA Beard Meetup via Noelix

I am sure I am missing some. It should also be noted that loutomdon, Ace, several wives, girlfriends and other various friends were around and were equally great as those pictured above.

Note: The "Anti-Shake Mode 2" on my Panasonic made those great portraits up top real grainy.. I suggest anyone with said camera avoid this setting at all costs

Friday Videos - February 8th, 2008

The "Infomerical Aesthetic" video is real tough to get through the first minute but then it picks up in the weirdest of ways. Certainly not for everyone but mesmerizing for some (myself included).

Have a great weekend.

1, 2, 3, 4

• It's Official: Mail As Slow As Snails - Literally (in Poland).
• Top 10 Beards in Music - I honestly don't have a beard obsession but I can't see Kyp Malone without feeling happier about life.
• Nerd Cephalopod - eight arms, four eyes.
• Everything Is Going To Be Okay - yes, I know I posted this already but we all need to appreciate it again and again.