On the Soapbox

Oh my, this is such a fun toy.

Perl vs. Python. Now you know which language rules supreme! Note that Python has an unfair advantage in that its trendline also includes people looking for snakes and Monty Python. Unfortunately, the direction of the trends is a bit worrisome. Here's to Parrot/Perl6!

Slashdot vs. Digg. This is unfortunate. Digg users are often ill-informed, immature, and very knee-jerk. Not that Slashdot's mob is much better, but at least the mob doesn't rule with such impunity at Slashdot.

Windows vs. Linux vs. FreeBSD vs. Mac. Ick. Especially how the Mac is creeping up...

iPod vs. Porn. iPods may have surpassed booze in popularity on college campuses according to a recent survey, but at least it hasn't surpassed porn... yet. Am I the only one who's worried about this unhealthy obsession that our society has with iPods?

Bush vs. Kerry. It's interesting to see the huge drop-off after elections.

Wordpress vs. LiveJournal. The trends are moving in the right direction... *ducks*

Wordpress vs. LiveJournal vs. Blog vs. MySpace. On the other hand, once you toss MySpace into the picture, you get a much more terrifying and sobering trend. This is disgusting. Look at how it even outstrips blogs in general.

Firebird vs. Firefox vs. Perl vs. Apache. Witness the name-change from Firebird to Firefox (the Phoenix->Firebird name change can't be mapped because it's out of the time frame and because Phoenix is also a major city name) and Firefox displacing the greatest success of open source, Apache (I think Apache's the only major open-source product to have well over a 50% share of its market, no?).

iPod vs. MySpace vs. Porn vs. Bush vs. Microsoft. And finally, the big show-down. *shudders* That MySpace trendline is really creepy.