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DBS posted this entry at 4:12 PM on Saturday, the 12th of May 2007. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: blogging; link love.
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Three months after I started drivebyshooter.net, I posted an entry on ways to check blog growth. That was sparked by Abe’s post on 5 Ways to Check Blog Growth.
That happened almost three months ago - and now that I’ve (almost) hit the half-year mark, I’m putting another notch on the kitchen door.
DBS posted this entry at 6:43 AM on Wednesday, the 2nd of May 2007. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: blogging; technology.
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After reading Abe’s post on ways to check blog growth, I almost immediately went to check my own site statistics. You see, this blog is just over three months old - and I think this is a good time to mark this site’s progress.
Yes, I’ve got archives dating back to 2003, but that’s because I imported all my posts from my old Blogger address. I admit, the built-in content helped my blog grow a bit faster, but I’m pretty sure my newer posts matter more than my archives.
I admit, I tried checking some of these stats back in November. I didn’t get much though. I had no Alexa ranking, no Google Page Rank, no subscribers, nothing, nil, nada. I checked again a few weeks later - and cried.
Fine, I’m exaggerating - I didn’t cry. I did get discouraged though. I decided to forget about obsessing about my stats and just keep writing. Yes, I installed Site Meter and eventually started tracking with Google Analytics, but I still ignored my site rankings - that is, until I read Abe’s post. Now I know where I stand, and I’m publishing it for all to see.
Tags: site statistics, Blogger, Alexa, Google Page Rank, Site Meter, Google Analytics
DBS posted this entry at 10:57 AM on Sunday, the 11th of February 2007. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: blogging; technology.
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I’ve got a bunch of random thoughts on blogging lately. How do I do this? When can I do that? What the heck should I do? Who in the world is reading this?
Care to really find out what I’m thinking?
DBS posted this entry at 11:47 PM on Monday, the 20th of November 2006. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: ramblings; polls; blogging.
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I don’t know why I waited for over a month before I posted these pictures, but finally, here they are.
I took these late last July at a concert featuring Cynthia Alexander, Joey Ayala, and National Living Treasure from Maguindanao Samaon Sulaiman among others. I knew I had good seats, but I was surprised at how close they were to the stage - I could put my feet up on it from my seat.
If I remember correctly, I took well over a hundred shots. This specific picture is, obviously, a silhouette of somebody on stage. It’s Cynthia Alexander’s profile - and while I can think of a hundred different ways this picture could be improved, I like it enough to call it one of my favorites. The rest of my favorites are posted here.
driver ng bayan posted this entry at 4:34 PM on Sunday, the 10th of September 2006. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: photography; concerts, plays, & events.
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I saw 37 films last year, and I had hopes of raising that number for 2005. Unfortunately, I topped out at 29.
Contributing to the dismal count is the fact that I missed several must-see films this year - don’t ask me why. Also adding to this is the fact that CineManila this year didn’t seem as well-organized as in previous years. Adding to the count, but not quite making up for the fact that I missed several good films, I caught a few films that by certain standards, were safe to skip - again, don’t ask me why.
In any case, here’s my 2005 roster. Like before, I’m only including films I saw for the first time this year.
01. Ocean’s Twelve — Steven Soderbergh
02. Gong Fu (Kung Fu Hustle) — Stephen Chow
03. Blade Trinity — David S. Goyer
04. Meet the Fokkers — Jay Roach
05. Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) — Jean-Pierre Jeunet
06. Sideways — Alexander Payne
07. Garden State — Zach Braff
08. Closer — Mike Nichols
09. Daddy Day Care — Steve Carr
10. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous — John Pasquin
11. Snow Dogs — Brian Levant
12. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith — George Lucas
13. Identity — James Mangold
14. A Lot Like Love — Nigel Cole
15. Mr. & Mrs. Smith — Doug Liman
16. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Garth Jennings
17. Batman Begins — Christopher Nolan
18. Fantastic Four — Tim Story
19. Metropolis — Fritz Lang (live score by Rubber Inc)
20. Bewitched — Nora Ephron
21. Manderlay — Lars Von Trier
22. Brothers Grimm — Terry Gilliam
23. Transporter 2 — Louis Leterrier
24. Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) — Alejandro Amenábar
25. The Legend of Zorro — Martin Campbell
26. Four Brothers — John Singleton
27. My Summer of Love — Pawel Pawlikowski
28. The Exorcism of Emily Rose — Scott Derrickson
29. King Kong — Peter Jackson
driver ng bayan posted this entry at 2:47 PM on Saturday, the 31st of December 2005. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: ramblings; media.
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Sideways
Alexander Payne
Alabang Town Center Cinema 4
1730h - 22 February 2005
Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.
driver ng bayan posted this entry at 1:41 AM on Wednesday, the 23rd of February 2005. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: media.
