One Year of Blogging at the HMNH.
9:14 pm
So, its been exactly one year since I officially fired up the Hairy Museum of Natural History blog, and it seems like a good a time as any for a bit of a review. What’s happened in the past year at the HMNH?
- Surprisingly, this appears to be the 100th post! Nice bit of coincidence there.
- We’ve added three new galleries—my Permocarboniferous Sketchbook and Monkey-Lizards of the Triassic, and Ray Troll sang The Devonian Blues in his Hall of Ich-Theology.
- The Library hasn’t expanded much. I transcribed Henry Fairfield Osborn’s original description of Tyrannosaurus rex in honor of the dinosaur’s 100th birthday, but not long afterwards the American Museum generously made the original paper (along with many of their other scientific publications) freely available for download. Perhaps the HMNH Library should shift focus and start compiling links to similar resources…
- The only change to the Paleo-Pop Shop is that my stock in Coelophysis Madonna T-shirts has dwindled to the point that I really should start working on some new Hairy Museum merchandise. Any suggestions?
Perhaps the most satisfying aspect of this little experiment is that, in the past year, visitation to the Hairy Museum has increased sixfold. I’d like to pass along my sincerest thanks to all the new visitors for stopping by, the longtime patrons for coming back, and to everyone who alerted me to a story, sent some words of encouragement, or found something in this frazzled little corner of the web worth linking to. Thank you.
On to year two!
Thank you for the link! I am severely tempted by the Coelophysis shirt (I think that’s why I visited your site originally).
I’ve been reading your site for quite some time, and I always enjoy it. I would greatly appreciate links to online PDF’s, much like what the American Museum is doing now (thank heavens). Keep up the good work, sir!