adrian monck

10,000 visits

And now some news about this blog – since November 6th 2006 when I switched on sitemeter, this site has clocked up 10,000 visitors.

Thanks to everyone who’s stopped by. I’m not a volume person, I’m a quality person, and I sense that reading this you’re a kind, intelligent, thoughtful individual with good personal hygiene and high disposable income.

Now, if you buy a copy of Crunch Time: How Everyday Life Is Killing The Future when it comes out I’ll be even more grateful. (And so will my Aussie pal and co-writer Mike Hanley.) I might even post a picture of myself weeping tears of gratitude – if I can master the necessary Photoshop skills.

Incidentally a propos nothing (except ratings) I just wanted to throw in my own favourite quote from drily ironic pop loon Julian Cope:

I refused to appear on Top of the Pops in the 1980s. It was my protest against having hits.

Adrian Monck

4 responses to “10,000 visits”

  1. Well deserved for hits, but since when did the average journo get a high disposable income?

  2. True – and I was probably being a little optimistic on the personal hygiene…

  3. I bought your book so if understand your offer aright you owe us a photo of yourself weeping tears of gratitude.

    Can I prove I bought your book? Sure. I was particularly taken with the line (I paraphrase, alas, the book is at home) “Newton’s discovery of the law of gravity was not the consequence of a government programme to drop apples on his head at regular intervals”. Also, only someone who read it would know that throughout you attributed Arthur C Clarke’s three laws to the late Dr Asimov (who admittedly also gained notoriety for having three laws, but for three entirely different ones about robots).

    Interesting stuff. A good counterpoint to Postrell’s “The Future and its Enemies”, I thought, happening to read them consecutively as I did.

  4. Thanks Seamus – you’re right about the mistake – it is Arthur from his Report on Planet Three by top imprint Corgi. I wish I could take responsibility but it’s Mike’s fault – he’s the sci-fi person, but he could’ve got his (The advantage/disadvantage of a co-author). Don’t put it on eBay yet – you’ll drag down the price!