No-shave November is a perfect opportunity to make the transition from a shaved face to a bearded one. And at the end of November, why throw away all your new growth? Why not stay with the beard and let it continue to flourish and grow into a permanent beard you can wear with pride?
So don’t wait! Don’t shave! The best place to get your new beard started is with our beards.org guide to growing a beard. Follow the guidance there to achieve your best beard success. You’ll be glad you did!
For 2013 I am aiming to do at least one beards.org photo shoot each month, more whenever possible. So far, every month had been covered. But things were looking mighty grim for May. As the clock was running out on the month, Richard kindly agreed to do a second photo shoot on May 31st — just in time! Richard’s first beards.org photo shoot was nearly two years ago. I am proud and pleased to present some sample shots from today’s photo shoot. Thank you, Richard!
Don’t hold back.
The views counter on the beards.org galleries hit twenty million on May 16th. Before I wrote it up, a database table crash ended up knocking the counter way back down quite a bit. So we hit twenty million again on May 28th. This illustrates that the true number remains unknown, but we do know that it’s higher than what the counter shows. Thanks to all for your interest in all about beards.
At approximately 5:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time on October 7th, the beards.org gallery views counter hit eighteen million! It’s a worthy milestone. Now, let’s get more visitors to beards.org and hit nineteen and twenty million in record time!
So which was the eighteen-millionth photo viewed in the gallery? Well, the true number of gallery views is unknown and is actually higher than the current count at any given moment. The number got rolled back a bit after a server hard disc failure some years ago. Also, the number only reflects gallery views since the current gallery system was implemented on the site on January 26, 2006. Also, when photos get deleted, their views are subtracted from the count.
The eighteen-millionth photo viewed is largely ceremonial, because the true number is larger and unknowable. Yet it does provide a meaningful milestone since the seventeen million mark was reached. We hit eighteen million views not long after today’s update of the beards of the world gallery. So I was here to see the ceremonial eighteen-millionth winner:
Holder of the title of the eighteen-millionth gallery photo viewed is Justin. He appears to be viewing the world through rose-colored glasses. Click on his photo to see the larger version. Congratulations, Justin!
Thanks, everyone, for your continued interest in beards and beards.org!
Beards.org is happy to announce that Richard kindly participated in an official beard photo shoot today. Thank you, Richard!
Here are some preview shots from today’s photo shoot. Stay tuned for lots more of Richard.
