Comments on: Congratulations Discover Magazine Dot Com

By: Dan J

Dan J — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:03:46 +0000

I like my tattoos. I got my first 23 years ago. Like so many other things though, they definitely aren’t for everyone. And yes, the first few lines hurt like hell (don’t let anyone tell you differently). The shops where I got them were all very clean and professional.

By: BruceH

BruceH — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:30:15 +0000

Yes, you can contract diseases from tattoo needles, but it is extremely rare. Any reputable tattoo parlor will either use new, hermetically packaged needles for every tattoo, or else needles which have been thoroughly cleaned and sanitized in an autoclave.

In this day and age, in this country, contracting diseases in a tattoo parlor is not much of a concern.

By: Henry Donahue

Henry Donahue — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:34:22 +0000

Thanks Greg! To be clear on the traffic numbers: we just topped 1.5 million monthly unique visitors (as opposed to page views) for the entire site, which includes the online magazine content in addition to the blogs. Phil’s blog alone in March had over 2 million page views. A good place to compare the traffic of various sites (including us and ScienceBlogs) is Quantcast (http://www.quantcast.com).

By: Spiv

Spiv — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:30:11 +0000

Did I read that wrong? Phil’s page seems to say it’s 2 million, just for his site- And somewheres about 5 million monthly for the total of discover…

By: Nathan Myers

Nathan Myers — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:46:19 +0000

“I question the wisdom of Phil Plait”

You too? You continue to impress me…

http://www.partiallyclips.com/pclipslite.php?id=1360