{"id":988,"date":"2011-01-12T01:28:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T06:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=988"},"modified":"2011-01-12T01:30:28","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T06:30:28","slug":"1st-blogday-whered-the-time-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/12\/1st-blogday-whered-the-time-go\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Blogday – Where’d the time go?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today marks the 1st anniversary of Biodiversity in Focus entering the blogosphere, so I thought I’d take some time to reflect back on the year.<\/p>\n

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From a personal perspective, this year has been huge: I got married<\/a>; I became an uncle; we brought home a puppy to annoy our cat (both of whom will hopefully sit for a few photo sessions this winter to demonstrate lighting); and I defended my MSc<\/span> I made great strides towards finishing my thesis (I should be ready to defend “soon” I swear)…<\/p>\n

Professionally, I visited the USNM (aka the Smithsonian Museum) in Washington DC; collected flies and presented my research in Costa Rica<\/a>; road tripped through Central Ontario searching for wasp colonies; attended the ESO annual general meeting in Grand Bend (I’m a little behind on my blogging, but I’ll be doing some retroactive posts soon); and submitted two papers for publication (watch for posts on these in the near future hopefully).<\/p>\n

But enough about me, what happened here in the virtual world? The blog was visited by 2,769 people, combining for more than 12,000 hits. That’s a lot of people interested in insects, and pretty sobering that I’ve reached out in some way to that many individuals in my first year! People all over the world have visited my blog, with 89 countries (!!!) finding their way here. I’ve had hits from all 10 Canadian provinces (but none from the territories) and from all 50 United States (with Illinois leading the way).<\/p>\n

\"Map<\/a>

No visitors from Mongolia or North Korea? Hmm....<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve written about all sorts of things (95 posts so far including this one), but my most popular posts include my phylogeny of insect blogs<\/a> (672 hits), my review of the Heath River Wildlife Center in Peru<\/a> (315 hits), and my post on colourful wing interference patterns<\/a> (259 hits). I’ve live-blogged scientific controversy<\/a>, explored x-ray fly porn<\/a>, and celebrated Ento-Ween<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for photography, I haven’t had as much time to shoot as I’d like (is there ever enough though?), but I had 2.5 great weeks in Costa Rica and a few other chances over the course of the year. Here are some of my favourite photos from the year (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n

Fly Photo<\/p>\n

\"Calosphen<\/a>

Calosphen sp.<\/p><\/div>\n

Non-Fly Insect Photo<\/p>\n

\"Pale<\/a>

Pale Green Weevil - Polydrusus impressifrons<\/p><\/div>\n

Non-Insect Arthropod Photo<\/p>\n

\"Costa<\/a>

Wandering Spider - Ctenidae<\/p><\/div>\n

Non-Arthropod Invertebrate Photo<\/p>\n

\"Close<\/a>

Hammerhead flatworm - Bipalium adventitium<\/p><\/div>\n

Vertebrate Photo<\/p>\n

\"White<\/a>

White Headed Capuchin<\/p><\/div>\n

Gourd Photo<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>

A true SCARE-ab Beetle<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, that pretty much rounds out my first year of blogging. Before we start year number 2, I’d like to thank each of you for taking the time to visit my blog! As a small token of my gratitude, here’s a desktop wallpaper of one of my other favourite photos. Choose your monitor resolution, expand image, right click and choose “Set as Desktop Background”!<\/p>\n

\"Dance-fly-desktop-1280\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1280×800 – Download<\/a><\/p>\n

1024×768 – Download<\/a><\/p>\n

1680×1050 – Download<\/a><\/p>\n

1440×900 – Download<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks for a great first year, and I’m looking forward to all that the coming year has in store!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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