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Jul. 2nd, 2005 10:58 amA Google search for I18N_UnicodeString gives pear.php.net as the top search result, followed by pyesetz.furtopia.org. Since the link from PEAR to the source code for this package is now dead, my page is the top-ranked link that is still working. I believe this is the explanation for why my page was mentioned on this forum (warning: fractured English from German speakers).
My first-ever post to dK got 445 click-throughs! Less than 30 were from people I've already met through LiveJournal. About 350 were clicks via the "latest 20 diaries" list on dK's front page (i.e., people choosing my article solely based on its provocative title, since my username has no reputation at that site). As far as I can tell, the rest would have to be clicks on the "read more" link from dK's "recent diaries" list: these people had read my first paragraph and then decided they wanted to see more about the topic I had chosen. Thank you thank you thank you! And extra thanks to the four people who gave me comments. No mutual back-scratching involved—I've never commented on anyone else's diary at dK—they just wanted to talk amongst themselves on my topic.
Originally I had created my dK account in order to comment on this article, in which Kos slights McCain by leaving him out of the "top ten most popular Senators" list, even though his popularity is exactly equal to Bayh's, who was included—McCain's popularity is significant considering how many elephants think he's a traitor for saving our country from the "nuclear option". But there's a 24-hour delay between account-creation and commenting privileges. The story went cold before I could say anything.
I don't think my moniker seemed out of place there. My post was rational with an angry undertone, and used mixed wild metaphors, two features commonly seen among political bloggers whose online names include a canine reference.
My first-ever post to dK got 445 click-throughs! Less than 30 were from people I've already met through LiveJournal. About 350 were clicks via the "latest 20 diaries" list on dK's front page (i.e., people choosing my article solely based on its provocative title, since my username has no reputation at that site). As far as I can tell, the rest would have to be clicks on the "read more" link from dK's "recent diaries" list: these people had read my first paragraph and then decided they wanted to see more about the topic I had chosen. Thank you thank you thank you! And extra thanks to the four people who gave me comments. No mutual back-scratching involved—I've never commented on anyone else's diary at dK—they just wanted to talk amongst themselves on my topic.
Originally I had created my dK account in order to comment on this article, in which Kos slights McCain by leaving him out of the "top ten most popular Senators" list, even though his popularity is exactly equal to Bayh's, who was included—McCain's popularity is significant considering how many elephants think he's a traitor for saving our country from the "nuclear option". But there's a 24-hour delay between account-creation and commenting privileges. The story went cold before I could say anything.
I don't think my moniker seemed out of place there. My post was rational with an angry undertone, and used mixed wild metaphors, two features commonly seen among political bloggers whose online names include a canine reference.
