This graph shows traffic from Jan 2001 to Aug 2005. The big spikes mostly represent slashdottage. The biggest spike is What You'll Wish You'd Known. The most popular essays over the long term are Great Hackers and How to Start a Startup. This graph was generated by Yahoo Store. The software that generates them was written by Trevor Blackwell, who later became famous as the mad inventor who built his own Segway. I wish now we'd added a log scale option.