Google Analytics w/Blogger

This blog is now hooked up to Google Analytics, which shows graphs of how many people visit it, which are the popular posts, etc. It was very easy to do and took about 10 minutes. You just put a javascript snippet at the bottom of your blogger template and a day later your results will start to appear.

It also sounds like this will be done automatically for all Blogger users by the end of the year. Google is currently in private beta with an integration of the MeasureMap tool they purchased (which does analytics) with Blogger.

Google, bork, bork, bork!

Marissa Mayer's speech at Google I/O mentioned how she'd added a Swedish Chef option to Google's home pages. It's great - on the home page, it's under Preferences > Interface Language.

Cambridge 8 Somerville 0

I think US soccer should be more local to be really successful. Cambridge vs Somerville would be a good game, but Foxboro's New England Revolution is too far from our communities for us to get excited about. The stadium is three-quarters sealed off, and those who do come to sit in the remaining quarter are repeatedly reminded of how the organizers are trying to make them think the show's bigger than it really is, like they're sitting in a hard sell heh heh :) I wish they'd try for a more natural and local approach to soccer.

The Women's Soccer League was really fun. They played in smaller arenas (Boston played at BU) and while the crowds might have been smaller, you'd never think it. A shame it closed.

Imagine Cambridge playing Somerville, Allston/Brighton, or Boston, or Dorchester. Even if Cambridge had a terrible team, would thousands of fans pay $20, stand in the rain, watch them lose and go home happy? Yup. Would Newton fans require extra police protection? Yup!

Scoville Sour

I've heard that eating honey helps with hayfever as it gets the body used to the pollen that you're allergic to. Even if it doesn't work in that way, I have an appetite for sugar during hayfever season, and honey is healthier than chocolate bars or whatever.

This spring I tried to eat local honey every day during allergy season, and while I didn't notice an improvement, it was fun. Best was the Scoville Sour, a drink from No.9 Park, which has both honey and maple syrup in it. Apparently I'm allergic to Maple pollen, so this sounded like a good idea.

It's
2.5 oz Hendricks
1 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz honey simple syrup
1/2 oz maple syrup
1/4 tsp cayenne and espelette pepper mix

What's fun, personalized and hotter than watching CNN?

Saw this ad for Persian lessons while I was getting a sandwich. It goes on to say that the lessons will include phrases for playing Backgammon.