If I regularly and diligently kept stats on the most frequently accessed stories (instead of browsing the web log now and again to get a rough idea) then a Top Ten list of most popular stories would probably look something like this:

1. Reactive Programming (RiP) Special: VB Coder Invents New Methodology! July 22, 2001

2. Latest Formula 1 Racing Gearboxes to be Made Out of Toffee July 2, 2001

3. Steve Ballmer Whoops Complaints About Planet of Apes August 26, 2001

4. Beijing 2008 Olympics Special: All Your Athlete Are Belong To Us!   (part two) July 13, 2001

5. Exclusive: Managers Hire Underground Trolls June 17, 2001

6. IBM and Microsoft to "Give it just one more try, for old time's sakes" July 8, 2001

7. Old Man Asks Why the World is so Fast-Moving These Days July 8, 2001

8. Managers' mid-May Manhattan march proves that the Chicken CAN come before the Egg July 2, 2001

9. Economy Watch Special Report: Employees Firmly Believe That as Long as They're Busy Then It's All Okay June 23, 2001

9 and a half Penguins Are Enemy of The State June 22, 2001

9 and three quarters Business Analysts Invent New Word June 17, 2001

10. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Coffee Cups: Sun Sells Java to Microsoft!! June 5, 2001

(Okay it's a top twelve, but what the hell)...

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