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Nothing to see here (yet)

filed under , 24 October 2008, 00:28; byline — Matt Blind

[edit 29 October: perhaps you have noticed yourself, that the best intentions for ‘getting some work done’ over a few days off are quickly subsumed and forgotten when presented with nearly limitless possibilities, like sleeping for 15 hours and re-reading Emma (seas.2 dvd’s aren’t out quite yet but are shipping any day now) and — oh, I don’t know… changing the colour scheme on one’s web site.

numbers this afternoon. No, really this time; I left the house and am working from the coffee shop today — clichéd, yes, but surprising effective for certain tasks.

original post follows]

True to my word (though in fact much earlier than I thought I would have to) there will be no Weekly Manga Charts for your perusal today, or tomorrow, or ever — until Monday, but at that point the posted numbers will actually be this week’s chart (week ending the 26th) as last weeks chart was accidentally dumped in the firebox.

Irretrievable error. We let some drunk guy near the spreadsheet, and he messed everything up.

Console yourselves with the Huge Honkin’ Charts I Posted All Week and consider that if only I could do this as my full time job, rather than on the side after a 45 hour work week, then you’d get your numbers early, often, and with a side of reviews — maybe a weekly column for dessert. Alas, such is not to be.

(unless someone wants to Pay me to blog, hint hint.)



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