Statistics that helped get this issue out: percentage of the magazine closed on the last three days: 71; wired: 10, McSweeney's: 0 (strictly in Softball); beers tested each Wednesday in the name of science: 3; imaginary punches thrown at corporate: 9; curse words uttered when LeBron James announced he was going to the Heat: 10; Zipcar travel from San Francisco to Santa Barbara round-trip: 180 miles per day for four days; minutes spent on work-related conference calls while vacationing out of the country: 117; final count of time at wired: 3 years, 7 months, 20 days (sniff); another final count of time at wired: 2,825 days (sniff again); emails sent about Christina Hen-dricks: 10; number of teams that have gone on to win the World Cup after losing their opening round match: 1 (Spain, 2010); Paul the "psychic" octopus's record for World Cup predictions: 8 for 8; actual days off enjoyed over the long Independence Day weekend: 1.5; adult-to-refrigerator ratio: 6 to 1; past and present wired staffers at Mets-versus-Giants game: 6; gallons of oil that BP & Friends spilled into the gulf: Will somebody please determine a number and get back to us?
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