Performancing.com have released a very cool service called Performancing Metrics. It is a statistics service aimed at professional bloggers. It’s packed with features that bloggers will definitely find very useful. It’s in beta and free for public. The setup takes less than 5 mins. (need to register) and approx. an hour for your statistics to appear online. It’s not real time but better than Google Analytics in terms of response. I highly recommend this to all bloggers and I’ll be using this from now on in addition to my Awstats.
Few things you should be looking right away after activating the Metrics:
Add multiple blogs - really, add as many as you want. In a couple of weeks, we’ll be able to show you the aggregate data for your entire network also.
Subscribe to your metrics RSS - the little RSS buttons top right will give you a daily summary of your Metrics
See Adsense data - Running Adsense? You’ll like this one then, and we plan to improve it, aswell as support other ad systems in the future.
Search Engine Details - Find the Search Engines page, then click on the actual phrase to get drill down data on each search phrase
The rest you will have to explore, I wouldn’t want to ruin all the fun heh…
The local administration of Bara district on Monday stopped the bank account of Meditation Management Committee after “little Buddha” suddenly disappeared from the meditation site and could not traced anywhere.
I’ve been following the news like crazy from yesterday since I read about Ram Bahadur Bomjon’s disappearance. Now almost all the major news are reporting the story. While I was writing about this in my previous article Buddha Boy Lost and Found eKantipur.com was reporting that he has been found which appears not to be true. I’ve read many news and blogs, so these are the facts known till now:
After 10 months of meditation Ram Bahadur Bomjon has mysteriously gone missing. CNN is reporting a team of police is dispatched to search him in the jungles of Bara. His photo above is taken from CNN which appears to be a new one. His hair has grown longer and is covering up to his nose. The gown should be a new one (the old one was apparently burnt by the fire erupting from his body).
State-run Nepal Television earlier Saturday reported that whether Bomjom himself abandoned his mediation or somebody forcefully took him way was not clear.
Ram Lama, member secretary of the committee that manages hundreds of devotees who visit the Ratnapuri to have “darshan” of the young boy, said he did not have any idea where Bomjan may have left. He, however, dismissed reports saying that Bomjan may have been abducted.
“He has left along with one of his colleagues. He must have gone in search of a quieter place,” radio reports quoted Lama as saying.
I think he’s just gone for a walk or in search for a quieter place. What do you think?
Update
Kantipur Online (eKantipur.com) has changed the story from Meditating boy Bomjon lost, Found to ‘Buddha boy’ Bomjon abandons meditation site. So, it’s unclear whether the boy is still missing or has been found. The older story of eKantipur.com is not available online but I’ve the screen capture.
Nepali Times have an article Mayadebi’s meditating son. (Requires login. It’s free to register). There’s nothing new about the Buddha Boy himself but it’s interesting to know his childhood from his mother. I think she’s fed up of the same questions everyone is asking.
Mayadebi remembers Ram stopped going to school, followed a Lama and went from monastery to monastery. His mother lost track of him and she would hear he was in Lumbini or Dehradun. Mayadebi says she has never gone near her son since he started fasting. “I’m too scared,” she tells us, “I am afraid of what I might see. After he left school, I was afraid my son was going to be a good-for-nothing, after he started meditating the neighbours said that he had gone mad. But now I’m just worried about him.”
One of our customer was interested in a security solution that was tightly integrated, easy to manage and cost effective. After researching for a while I found that Astaro Security Gateway software (formerly Astaro Security Linux) was one of the best choices available in the market. The features were so appealing that I did a 30 day evaluation and this is what I found.
GuardianUnlimited has an article on Simple ways to make yourself far cleverer . Brain exercises such as watching countdown, playing Sudoku, remembering telephone numbers and taking a shower with your eyes closed can make us all up to 40 per cent cleverer within seven days, according to research by a BBC programme this week.
Here is the Get Smater Guide:
Saturday
Brush your teeth with your ‘wrong’ hand and take a shower with your eyes closed.
Sunday
Do the crossword or Sudoku puzzle in your Sunday paper and take a brisk walk.
Monday
Have oily fish for dinner, and either cycle, walk or take the bus into work.
Tuesday
Select unfamiliar words from the dictionary and work them into conversations.
Wednesday
Go to yoga, Pilates or a meditation class, and talk to someone you don’t know.
Thursday
Take a different route to work; watch Countdown or Brainteaser.
Friday
Avoid caffeine or alcohol; memorise your shopping list.
Last week there were photos of video iPod all over the web. Now the guy who made the fake video iPod has released a video documentary, showing how he did it.
This is supposed to be the leaked photo of Origami. The site Origami Portal first posted this photo but was taken offilne (maybe couldn’t handle the traffic). Looks cool! Hopefully it is not photoshopped. You can see the bigger version by clicking on the photo.
Update:
Cnet News has photos of Origami minitablets. It’s reporting that the Origami devices run a variant of Windows XP (can run other x86-compatible operating systems too) and are small enough to fit in a large pocket.
Very funny video about why Mac Computers suck. Click on play to watch video. Originally posted in Geeks Are Sexy . The guy seems very funny and finally reveals that "Everything you saw was put together in a Mac"
Comment: In the age of web 2.0, this is a book you shouldn't miss. It demonstrates how you can use blogs, social networks, forums, web conference, emails and many more virtual tools to create a powerful professional presence, attract business and meet people online.
Comment: Many insights for personal management and productivity. Getting Things Done is about getting organized and freeing your mind for more important stuffs.
