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 Fri Jun 16, 2006 « recent »
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No squirrel sounds since yesterday's adventure. Jeff and I went out for dinner with our friends Luisa and Reid last night, to an Italian restaurant we like called La Vecchia (2405 Yonge Street, 416-489-0630). Interesting to go to a place like this after our trip to Italy; I saw dishes on the menu that I had in Italy like Pizza Margherita (pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, basil, and olive oil). The wine menu also had at least one of the Brunellos that we tried in Montalcino. I ordered my favourite, Zuppa di Pesce Superiore, which consists of lobster mussels, shrimp, clams and calamari in a garlic white wine tomato broth, garnished with toasted calabrese bread. Yum! Allison and Jodi have kindly agreed to come over and be my barbecue guinea pigs this evening, letting me try out my new grilling skills on them. I think I'm going to try swordfish! My friend Rand grilled swordfish for me years ago, and I've loved swordfish ever since. I attempted salmon a couple days ago but it fell apart; I discovered later that I shouldn't be turning the fish so often. Got an illustration job recently from someone who came across drawings I've been posting on Flickr. Looks like a fun project though the deadline is pretty tight; I'll post the URL of the site when it's been officially launched. Jeff was looking at my stats a couple days ago and said that I've had a million visits (visits, not just hits) since Christmas, and that I get about 7,000 visits a day. When I say "I," I refer to sites on our server, like Blatherings, Waiting For Frodo, and Inkygirl. This traffic does not include sites on Dreamhost like PoetryFAQ.com and Tranzacsession.org, and of course doesn't include Will Write For Chocolate, which is on someone else's server. Anyway, I confess to being surprised at these numbers since they're comparable to Inkspot's stats and most of the sites are relatively young. Nothing compared to the Big Guys, of course, but not bad for projects that are basically run by one person. Where did this traffic come from?! I knew I had a higher "online profile" when I was working on Inkspot, but that was on purpose; I was actively seeking advertising income. I suspect that a large part of it is simply because I've had a Web presence for so long. My very first homepage was highlighted in the first edition of HTML & CGI UNLEASHED by John December & Mark Ginsberg (Sam's Publishing, 1995):  What they wrote about me: "Figure 2.10 shows Debbie Ridpath Ohi's home page. Her page is typical in that she creates a 'personal information space' that links to personal and professional information. She links to resources that she maintains or develops, including a list of Children's Writer's Resources, 'INKSPOT' (http://interlog.com/~ohi/dmo-pages/writers.html), a page of the WWW Virtual Library, 'Writers' Resources On The Web' (http://www.interlog.com/~ohi/www/writesource.html), and her other activities, including her music group, an electronic magazine (E-zine) that she's developing, and personal and 'fun' links. Hoo boy, that sounds SO ancient now, doesn't it? So many people now have a 'personal information space' that no one considers it unusual. Here's what my first Web page looked like:  According to Jeff, here is a list of the top 100 search phrases from which people find my pages. lotr Some scary phrases in there, I must say. I agree with Jeff, though...my vote for the scariest goes to "cheap liposuction"!
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