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April 8, 2006
March 2006 Search Parade: Perversion and Academia collide
As always, I'm back with my favourite pastime... I'm convinced I have to write a paper on search engine results sometime in my life! Anyway, here are the most popular search strings that lead people to this website.
I'm beginning to realise that the Mallu Sex traffic is an endogenous result of it being the unquestionable champion now for one and a half years. That said, given that I'm a few years away from becoming an honorary Mallu, it's nice to see that the not so kinky among you still land up here when you search for your brethren.
It's also funny to notice that a lot of people misspell retarded (myself included!).
Tom Sargent enters the top ten, mostly because of all the gushing from three months ago!
Sadly, down in the rankings is my celebrity ex-roomie, Abhimanyu Radhakrishnan who according to the CNBC India website is their "veteran techno-guru" My gay roomie post still attracts a lot of attention. Sorry fart face... I couldn't resist... and there's a big grin on my face!
Kerry's famous comment line "So many I peed myself" was pretty popular too, with around 30 searches last month!
Sorry... I'm just very very bored, and I'm sick of studying for the exams!
Here's the list:
mallu sex
vinayak
mallu
retarted people
vinayak nagaraj
vinayak lse
mallu clips
tom sargent
econ junkie lse
mallu sex photos
lse blogs
nobu kiyotaki
lse blog
receding hairline
mallu pics
lse econ
www.vinayak.com
retarded people
vinayak economics
little april
mallu sex blog
junkie teacher
kevin krabbenhoeft
abhimanyu radhakrishnan
blog lse
i peed myself
mallu sex clips
peed myself
ugly mugshots
lse
April 2, 2006
Trouble with RSS Feeds
Sorry for the trouble -- but those of you using RSS readers might need to refresh the feed. The RSS feed now passes through FeedBurner, which I think gives everyone more choice on format. If you still want to use the non Feedburner files (index.rdf, index.xml, atom.xml), they're located in the /rss/ directory.
January 22, 2006
Et tu Vinayak?
I've always felt uncertain about whether putting a tip jar on my website was a good idea or not. After getting my last web hosting bill, I realised that the solution under perfect foresight was to leave the jar there :) Increased traffic has left me with quite a tidy sum to pay!
So, here's my economist appeal -- if you believe that this side gives you positive utility, click on the "Donate" link to your left, and leave a tip equal to the value of your marginal benefit!
If you're not an economist, but just plain bored, click on the "Donate" link to your left... it's a fun site where you can part with your money!
December 27, 2005
A new look for a new year
It's almost time for 2006, and come January, this blog celebrates it's second anniversary! I started a practice of giving the site a new look last year, and thought I'd do the same thing again. This time I've knocked down a lot for the sake of simplicity, and changed the header graphic.
Let me know if it looks good/bad and if there are any problems.
Happy New Year!
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December 23, 2005
This blog kills my social life.
People seem to be checking this blog more often than they keep in touch with me. I called up Nikki to tell her she'd missed a good day out with Shirin and Madhav, only to get, "I know... I read your blog and saw the photos on Flickr". Well fine! So much for my own storytelling (of course... anyone who knows me knows I'm PATHETIC at telling stories), but at least pretend that you're hearing something new! Economists have feelings you know :)
Of course, this is a much milder example. Take another instance... dinner with good company ended up being this boring monologue of her telling me which posts on my blog she really loved, and the ones that she didn't much care for (though she was nice enough to call me later and laugh about it). Sigh...
Anyway...
Merry Christmas everyone! Santa has some excellent stuff coming your way...!
Here are some snaps from work Alistair took. Brownie points for those of you who can guess the books on my bookshelf and leave a comment!
Update#5: Kyle gets Fumio Hayashi's Econometrics, Advanced Microeconomic Theory by Jehle and Reny, Gujarati's Basic Econometrics, Sundaram's Optimization Theory, and Johnston & DiNardo's Econometric Methods. Wow!
Update#4: Chris Silvey woke up from a year long slumber to claim Freakonomics, and Romer's Advanced Macroeconomics. Those aren't solutions manuals but my folders for this term. Chris also politely expressed his dismay at not seeing Mas-Colell, Whinston & Green. The highly observant among you will still find it, just not on the bookshelf. Chris -- you already know where it is so shh!
Update#3: Ziad got Simon & Blume, Ljungqvist & Sargent (The Red Book), and Barro/Sala-i-Martin
Update#2: Shweta got Obstfeld & Rogoff, Varian (though she didn't tell me which one), Greene, and Alpha C. Chiang
Update: Nikki wins the first round of Brownie Points. So much for you Economists. She got "Monetary Policy by Walsh". That officially makes her the non-economist superwoman of the world! Anyone else wanna try?
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October 12, 2005
Soon soon, I promise!
I know it's been ages since I wrote... just getting settled down into the chaotic routine that I've not known for the last six months! More soon, I promise!
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September 3, 2005
The proud scape goat.. house hunting... for four women.
Now you know that I'm a regular chivalrous type right? I decided earlier last month to be a good best friend and volunteered to look for apartments/houses for my friend Gopika. She, along with three of her friends are looking for a place to stay somewhere around central london, or a little further out.
As I started the tedious process of hunting down places to stay, it brought back that fun feeling I had last year of having just moved to London. House hunting is one of the quickest, and most forceful ways to get to know your city inside out. Over the last month, I've seen around 30 properties, and man has it been interesting!
Of course, there are the more subtle problems of finding a place that all four women would love to live in, but then again, I've spent my whole life doing things not really different from this, so I guess the patient pacifist in me gets a good workout.
I feel good... its been a year and the cycle seems to be starting over again, with pleasant differences. For example, last year I was on the run of my life finding my own place. This year that's been taken care of well in advance, and I'm looking for friends. Last year I was dying trying to survive the September Math Course as a student. This year, I'm dying trying to figure out how to be a good teacher on the September Course and not look like a complete idiot.
What is everyone else upto? Kerry I noticed was finding inspiration on the Eastern side of life... and is currently whining about boxes in her house. She gets married to Seth soon... and has been gurgling for a while on her blog. Chris is a busy man these days... his last post was on August 10th. Masa is still cribbing... and I can never understand why... he's doing such wonderfully interesting things. I haven't heard much from Govind either in the last few months. Adora got pissed off with the Liberty Bell last week. Krabbenhoeft is dead having moved into his spectacular new home in Euston. Jacqueline can finally get it on :-)
Anyone else wanna drop a word on how the summer is going? I know your're out there!
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July 31, 2005
What the hell do people search for?
My web statistics have always been interesting to look at, so this time I thought I'd share them with you.
Here are some interesting google searches that lead people to my site:
1. Little April (An internet porn star)
2. Washing Machine Sex
3. Ugly Mugshots
4. Garnier Fructus
5. Bean Bag Sex
6. Sqawk Box
7. Grandmom Nudist (what the hell?)
8. Famous Teatoatalers
9. Avatar Jacquelline Passey
10. Adora Washing and Drying Machine
11. Massage Parlours in Denia in Spain
12. Chris Silvey Volkswagen
13. Teach My Arse
14. Shweta Economics Math
15. Diane Coyle Dance
16. Dulcie David
17. South Indian Mallu Clips Forums
18. Bengali Cooks Singapore
19. Adora Tablets
20. Mallu Sex Clips
21. Submission Woman ISLM
22. Samira Said Gallery
23. Male Gymnast Romanians Photo Gallery
24. Socks Domination
25. Madras Gay Life
Wow... I never knew I was that famous. Or that perverted for that matter.
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