Two new features added today:

1. You’ll notice a new form on the right. Pop your email address into it (or below) and future updates will be delivered to your inbox. This is ideal for people who haven’t got their heads around RSS just yet.
2. Similarly, when you leave a comment you now have the option to receive other replies via email - so you don’t have to remember to check back at a later date.

Subscribe to Mancubist by email:

Let me know what you think of these additions. I’m also keen to find out who the 30-odd people subscribed to the Mancubist RSS feed are. If you’re reading this, don’t be shy, say hello.

You may have read about the thousands of AOL users whose Google searches were accidentally published recently. Serves them right for using AOL, some may say.

Similarly, until the move, Mancubist attracted some bizarre search terms considering the relatively inoffensive content that graces these pages. Here are some of the most notable:

three legged animal names
hurt animals
why it is good thing that manchester is culture diverse
clubbing boob flash photos
youtube freaky boob
man aubergine
what the beeb is?
why are red deer so hard to see
apple manc festival
lovebirds poppycocks
man detained for cleaver attack
linear think cynic
google, you rock, man

As the temporary notice above indicates, I’ve bitten the bullet and moved this website to its own domain, www.mancubist.co.uk.

I fear, for now at least, a massive loss of search engine authority and literally dozens of confused readers. Apologies for that but it’s sensible long-term thinking.

If you’re here specifically to read about ice skating in Piccadilly Gardens, the pillow fight in Albert Square or the www Sabi Rock guy or anything else, please use the search box a bit further down the page.

And if you spot any broken links or images, please report them via comments or the contact form.

Blimey. Some fool nominated Mancubist as blog of the year in the inaugural Manchester Blog Awards (run by The Manchizzle).

Also up for it are The Airport Diaries and Geoff’s excellent 43. I nominated the latter and I do hope he wins.

For completeness, here are the nominees in the other categories:
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Encouraged by the number of comments left on this site - 45 on 80 posts - I’ve added ‘recent comments’ to the sidebar.

I’ve also published the site statistics - page views, most commented etc.

And I’ve added a few more mastheads. Here’s the full dozen of them:

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