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Blogging The Two Halves in 2011

Published on December 31, 2011 By Nick Taylor

It’s that time of the year to look back upon the past year’s successes and failures, all with the aim of improving and fine tuning site strategy in the New Year! According to Google Analytics, here’s how The Two Halves performed in 2011: Top 5 Most Popular Posts 1. Top 5 Social Media Trends for [...]

The 3 Things I Will Miss Most and Least About Europe

Published on October 25, 2011 By Nick Taylor

What follows are some random musings about the things I will miss most and least about Europe, at the extreme ends of the emotive scale. Top 3 Things I Will Miss the Most: 1. Country Gourmet – there’s just so much good food here. And I’m talking flavorful, vibrant, nutritious, delicious Grade A+ food. In fact, I’d [...]

Best of Slovenia Photo Collage

Published on September 30, 2011 By Nick Taylor

On a bit of a sentimental note, a random smattering of some of the best photos from all over Slovenia, as captured by yours truly over the last few years. (All photos © of Nick Taylor & The Two Halves blog).

Harry Potter and the Top 10 Grossing Movies of All Time

Published on July 22, 2011 By Nick Taylor

In a nod to my new employer, the largest movie theater chain in Slovenia, today I am publishing a list of the Top 10 all time movie grosses worldwide (Source: IMDB). In the near future, you can expect to see a bit more film marketing related content, as my focus has shifted since starting in a [...]

Highlights of the Past Year on TTH

Published on May 2, 2011 By Nick Taylor

Almost a year has elapsed since the re-design and upgrade of the website, meaning that it is time to highlight some of the more successful content, topic categories and sites generating traffic on The Two Halves blog. Please share your thoughts. Top 7 Countries Generating Traffic (Please note that the %’age figures in the parentheses below [...]

Slovenia, The Brave

Published on August 31, 2010 By Nick Taylor

In an interesting twist of fate, I am leaving my other motherland in a few days to explore the spiritual, material and aesthetic dimensions of Asia. Not that there’s anything wrong with Slovenia, in fact the period of time I’ve been privileged enough to spend here (again) and the experiences I’ve been through add up [...]

World Cup Mania

Published on June 28, 2010 By Nick Taylor

Every four years, the world winds down to a near screeching halt for nearly a month. From Perth to Madrid and Seattle over to Tokyo, people spanning all walks of life stand transfixed as their country’s best warriors go to battle on the green turf. Futbol or fuzbal or football or soccer or whatever you [...]

Death after Life

Published on May 30, 2010 By Nick Taylor

Today I had a rare chance to reflect upon life – all the while paying my respects to death. My grandfather’s sister-in-law Mici had passed away after outliving her husband for a good two decades. And boy, had she lived: you could tell from the throng of her sobbing family members splayed amidst the soft, [...]

Burn, Baby Burn

Published on May 21, 2010 By Nick Taylor

“That government is best which governs least’’ Henry David Thoreau The flames of anarchy are apparently spreading worldwide… Only if you had been chained to your bed with no TV for the past few weeks, would you have failed to notice that protesting and rioting seems to be making a global comeback, of sorts. From Slovenia [...]

Global Recession Scramble

Published on April 14, 2010 By Nick Taylor

As the global economy advances from sucky to outright fragile, no one can deny that this global recession has got legs. In the US, a definite end date for the recession is something that the National Bureau of Economic Research is in no hurry to declare – and this as of yesterday. Turning to Europe, the best indications [...]