Roy Tang

Programmer, engineer, scientist, critic, gamer, dreamer, and kid-at-heart.

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My 2016 in numbers

Random statistics from 2016:

  • 74 blog posts (total of 769 currently on this site, some imported from as early as 2002. The record for a single year was 148 back in 2008, but that was back when I didn’t do social media much so even short posts made it to the blog, delicious bookmarks were auto-posted here, etc.)
  • 50,135 words written for Nanowrimo
  • 321 sketches submitted to r/sketchdaily
  • Duolingo streak: 225 days
  • Answers written on Quora: 427
  • Programming languages/frameworks learned: 4
  • Instagram posts: 390
  • Facebook activity: 218 statuses, 178 links, 164 photos, 31 videos. You can generate your own report at Wolfram Alpha
  • New facebook friends: 39
  • People I unfriended due to political discourse: 0
  • People who unfriended me (probably due to political discourse): 1
  • Baptisms attended: 4
  • Weddings attended: 2
  • Wakes attended: 1
  • Games purchased (not including any I got for free for some reason): 19 (2 PS4 retail, 1 Wii U retail, 16 Steam including 3 from Humble Bundle)
  • Games “finished” (story/campaign completed OR achievement complete): 11
  • Best Hearthstone rank: 9
  • Best Duelyst rank: 7
  • Average points per turn in Words with Friends: 26.5 (up from 25)
  • Books read: 30 (year target was 52). Here’s the list.
  • Things watched on Netflix: 880
  • Quiz nights attended: 11 (we won prizes 8 times, first place 5 times)
  • Uber trips: 22
  • Minutes spent outside walking or running: 21,772 (slightly under 59.5 minutes per day)
  • Donuts eaten: 4
  • Times I won the lotto: 0
  • Bears defeated in single combat: 0
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