Far and Wide
It seems like visitors to this weblog come from far and wide. Here are the countries represented:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Zimbabwe.
That is 62 countries.
UPDATE: Abdullah tells me that I forgot Syria.
Dang, now that’s what i call variety…
A friend of mine is from Mauritius, off the coast of Africa. Technically, she’d be considered of Chinese origin, but her family has lived on Mauritius for several generations, so they speak fluent French and a dialect very similar to Creole instead. Really interesting.
A lot of navel gazing here today.
yasmine: That’s very interesting.
wes: That’s what happens when I have lots of work to do.
I remember that being the biggest impression I took from looking at my stats the first year my site was up. It truly is a World Wide Web.
I’ll never forget in 1997 the first time I saw a visitor come to my site from Russia. To me it was (and still is) mindboggling that someone was sitting in their home somewhere deep in Russia, using who-knows-what kind of computer and opertaing system, accessing picutres and words I’d put online in Atlanta. The perennial barriers of human languages, computer languages, political ideologies, and simple distance were wiped away before my eyes.
Today, we take it for granted.
There’s another side of that same coin, and we take it for granted as well. Though you and I likely pass within a mile of each other on a semi-regular basis (much of the photo community is located near the Tech campus), I wouldn’t have a clue who Zack is if it wasn’t for the World Wide Web.
Hey, I think I’m being low-balled here. I feel certain I’ve made more than two (now three) comments on your site.
PhotoDude: True.
BTW you know what I look like, so if you see me on the street, feel free to meet me.
I think 3 comments is correct. I searched my database to see if you had used a different email address, but came up with nothing.
Muslim voices 7/26 to 8/2
Sara has an article published online (link is to article rather than her blog). Congratulations, sis! Annie posts a story…
ahem
you forgot Syria!
Abdullah: That’s because your DNS doesn’t have the Syria domain. Thanks for letting me know.
Three more countries by the end of July: Georgia, Lebanon, Russia.
Let’s add 11 more countries by the end of August: Egypt, Fiji, Kenya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Micronesia, Nicaragua, Seychelles, Slovakia, South Korea, Venezuela.
That’s 62+1+3+11 = 77.
Let’s make it 85 with China, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Niue, Tanzania, Tuvalu, US Virgin islands, Yugoslavia.
Add 6 more countries in October for a total of 91: American Samoa, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ecuador, Malta, Slovenia.
7 more in November for a total of 98: Afghanistan, Bermuda, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Gibraltar, Morocco, Rwanda, Ukraine.
5 more countries in Dec 2003 for a total of 103: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guyana, Jamaica, Sri Lanka.