A wish on 10,000th visit and 320th post

LATER today or early tomorrow, this weblog will welcome its 10,000th visitor, an average of about 50 a day or about 1,250 a month, since I started gathering statistics via Sitemeter on September 23 last year. The actual number though should be lower as there are repeat readers who tune back in to either to check for new stuff or what's been there all along.

It is precisely for this reason that I try to post something new, at least one entry per day -- my average since I resumed writing in June last year. But things can sometimes really get exciting I end up with as many as three in a day: that was the case last month, owing mainly to the election, where I ended up with 46.

These busy days compensate for a few when the urge is simply not there, or something more important has come up I barely have time coming near a PC.

In my free time, I've also been sprucing up this site, tinkering with its HTML and CSS codes through the new Blogger, and adding up new items using its Widget tools. I barely have time documenting these in my other weblog, which had stood still after writing my 30th entry seven months ago.

The newest, of course, is the Google Newsreel whose filters I adjusted after reading Master Jessie's comment here. But even after that adjustment, I still find my Newswires widget sorely constrained content-wise -- it's a case of the classic "tinimbang ka, ngunit kulang!"

What I have in mind is the weekly newsitems from the Bicol Mail website populating Newswires content whenever one clicks "Bicol" or "Naga City." I am stupefied as to why Google computers are unable to capture these truly regional Bicol news articles in its 24/7 global searches, while successfully tracking their Catanduanes Tribune counterparts.

Maybe a customized HTML/JavaScript widget, along the lines of my Comments and Recently sections, courtesy of Beautiful Beta and Hackosphere, will do the trick. Is someone up to the task of granting this wish?:)