30 Million
OTB crossed the 30 million unique visitor mark, as measured by SiteMeter, overnight. As always, thanks to all who visit, link, and comment. Previous milestones: 29 Million - August 26, 2008 28 Million - July 11, 2008 27 Million - May 20, 2008 26 Million - April 5, 2008 25 Million- February 16, 2008 24 Million - December 31, 2007 23 Million - November 15, 2007 22 Million ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 14, 2008 08:14
29 Million
OTB crossed the 29 million unique visitor mark, as measured by SiteMeter, early this afternoon. As always, thanks to all who visit, link, and comment. Previous milestones: 28 Million - July 11, 2008 27 Million - May 20, 2008 26 Million - April 5, 2008 25 Million- February 16, 2008 24 Million - December 31, 2007 23 Million - November 15, 2007 22 Million - October 3, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 26, 2008 17:43
28 Million
OTB crossed the 28 million unique visitor mark, as measured by SiteMeter, some time Thursday. As always, thanks to all who visit, link, and comment. Previous milestones: 27 Million - May 20, 2008 26 Million - April 5, 2008 25 Million- February 16, 2008 24 Million - December 31, 2007 23 Million - November 15, 2007 22 Million - October 3, 2007 21 Million - August 19, 2007 20 ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 11, 2008 18:46
Gravatars, Activate!
WordPress now supports Gravatars organically (a function of Automaticc, the parent company of the former, having acquired the latter) so I've had OTB's comments section tweaked to support them. So, go sign up for a free one if you want to have a distinguishing logo displayed next to your comments. (Gravatars are populated based on email addresses so, if you're ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 9, 2008 14:27
Site Issues
For some odd reason, the front page of OTB is not rendering yet it's accessible through individual archive pages. More oddly, the latter is only true in Internet Explorer; Firefox isn't loading anything. My two tech guys are out and about (it's Sunday afternoon) and I've exhausted my own skills here so it's wait and see I'm afraid. (This is here, incidentally, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 29, 2008 13:18
Site Glitches
We've upgraded to WordPress 2.5 but are having some minor plug-in compatibility issues that are being worked through. If you're seeing problems, please note them in the comments below.Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 28, 2008 10:34
27 Million
OTB hit the 27 million unique visitor mark, as measured by SiteMeter, earlier this afternoon. Thanks as always to those who visit, link, and comment. Previous milestones: 26 Million - April 5, 2008. 25 Million- February 16, 2008 24 Million - December 31, 2007 23 Million - November 15, 2007 22 Million - October 3, 2007 21 Million - August 19, 2007 20 Million - July ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 20, 2008 17:57
26 Million Visits
OTB hit the 26 million unique visitor mark as measured by Sitemeter sometime overnight. Thanks as always to those who visit, link, and comment. Previous milestones: 25 Million- February 16, 2008 24 Million - December 31, 2007 23 Million - November 15, 2007 22 Million - October 3, 2007 21 Million - August 19, 2007 20 Million - July 15, 2007. 19 Million - June 12, 2007. 18 ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 5, 2008 12:19
Site Status
My apologies to those who've been trying unsuccessfully all day to access the site. My hosting company turned routine hardware maintenance into an adventure which required complete restoration of the site from their own managed backup. This resulted in not only eight hours of downtime but the complete loss of all posts and comments from yesterday. UPDATE: Working ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on March 2, 2008 13:59
25 Million Visits
OTB hit the 25 million unique visitor mark as measured by Sitemeter sometime shortly after midnight. I installed the counter on February 4, 2003 (five days into OTB's run) so it took a little over five years to reach that total. Thanks as always to those who visit, link, and comment. Previous milestones: 24 Million - December 31, 2007 23 Million - November ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 16, 2008 07:38
Fifth Blogiversary
My first post* at Outside the Beltway was at 9:47 the morning of January 31, 2003. If my math is right, that was five years ago. When I started this thing, the blogosphere was in its infancy, with most of the big political sites no more than a year or two old. There were still regular Big ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 31, 2008 09:37
24 Million
OTB passed the 24 million unique visitor, as measured by SiteMeter, sometime yesterday. We've been at it since 31 January 2003 and installed the counter the next week. Thanks to all who visit, comment, and link. Previous milestones: 23 Million - November 15, 2007 22 Million - October 3, 2007 21 Million - August 19, 2007 20 Million - July 15, 2007. 19 Million - June ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 31, 2007 13:48
Off to Aruba
Kim and I are headed to Aruba to spend the Christmas holidays, returning the 27th. If all goes according to plan, we will be in the air by the time this posts. I'll have Internet access in the room and will do some blogging and checking for high priority emails while we're away but my pace will be ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 20, 2007 08:00
Bloggers Create Ruckus at Newsweek
OTB's Campaign 2008 coverage will be featured on Newsweek.com's new Ruckus group blog. Media Bloggers Association president Robert Cox has the details: Media Bloggers Association (MBA) and Newsweek have launched "The Ruckus," a new group blog about politics for Newsweek.com. The blog will feature posts from nine MBA-member bloggers about the presidential campaign on a single page, giving Newsweek.com readers ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 18, 2007 16:32
23 Million
OTB passed the 23 million unique visitor mark on SiteMeter overnight. Thanks to all who visit, comment, and link. Previous milestones: 22 Million - October 3, 2007 21 Million - August 19, 2007 20 Million - July 15, 2007. 19 Million - June 12, 2007. 18 Million - April 28, 2007. 17 Million - March 31, 2007. 16 Million - March 9, 2007. 15 Million - February 19, 2007. 14 ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 15, 2007 08:50
