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Huzzah! Hawk Wings serves 5 million pages

Tim Gaden — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:23:21 +0000

I’m sorry for the lapse in taste, but I can’t help myself.

This morning at 6.05 am, Hawk Wings served its 5 millionth page to the world.

At least, that’s the total Mint has cranked up since I installed it in July 2006:

So, 3,425 page impressions a day on average, every day for four years. Thanks to everyone who has dropped by, especially to those loyal readers who kept me in their RSS feeds despite repeated long periods of inactivity.

Teary-eyed, as I stand before this milestone, I am grateful to several luminaries in the blogosphere who encouraged me to continue throughout the long stretch when the numbers were not so promising. *sniff*

Thanks too to the aggregators who picked up my posts. Sweet!

Blogging; it’s cheaper than therapy.

P.S. Obviously, this is small beer in the global scheme of things, but it is _my_ beer ;-)Similar Posts:

Hawk Wings gets iPhone-friendly

Tim Gaden — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:04:35 +0000

Hawk Wings looks as good on an iPhone as it does on a Mac.

Thanks to the magic of WordPress plugin WPtouch Pro , you can now use your iPhone to read, browse and search Hawk Wings with ease.

The new layout also works with Palm, Android, Blackberry and other smart phones.

You can access the search function via the icon in the top righthand corner of the title bar.

There you will find options to search the site, or browse it by tag, keyword and category.

The new layout also helps Hawk Wings to look nice when accessed from an iPhone RSS reader app like Reeder . Which is nice.

Now all Hawk Wings needs is some new content to read!

[Hat tip to Mr Bell. Thanks.]hawkwings, iphone, wordpress, not apple mail, not mail.appSimilar Posts:

Spring Cleaning

Tim Gaden — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:41:30 +0000

The end of Semester is one week away.

I’m starting to get itchy blogging fingers.

I spent most of today updating WordPress from 2.5 to 2.8.5 (it’s been a while!), plowing through 443 comments in the moderation queue, and cleaning up a few other odds and sods.

I’m on the start line again, and the engine’s humming. Apple Mail, mail.app, hawkwings, eager beaverSimilar Posts:

The Long Sleep

Tim Gaden — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:07:40 +0000

So, I’m thinking about starting Hawk Wings up again.

It’s been a while. I’ve missed it. I wonder, after all this time, if anyone else is still missing it too.

At first, I’ll be busy on the back end. While I’ve been gone WordPress has jumped from 2.5 to 2.8. There are 924 comments backed up in the moderation queue.

But I’ll quietly plug away and posts will soon be appearing again.

I”m looking forward to it.personal, hawkwings, hawk wings, sleeper ariseSimilar Posts:

What did you say? I’ve got a blog?

Tim Gaden — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:20:50 +0000

After taking a little break from Hawk Wings due to a rush of Real Life, I now find myself in the eye of the storm.

So I am going to post some stuff.

Thanks to all the people who emailed wondering if I had fallen under a bus or been burnt at the stake. It’s nice to be missed. hawkwings, mail.app. apple mail, personal, hibernationSimilar Posts:

Hawk Wings reviewed and shamed

Tim Gaden — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:50:36 +0000

Claire Rottenberg has started up a new directory of “quality Mac web sites”.

As she explains :

Sifting through the hundreds or even thousands of websites with Mac information is a time-intensive effort, so I decided to create this blog to help other Mac users with that task. I’ll be continually adding reviews of Mac websites that meet certain quality criteria.

Hawk Wings was lucky enough to get a work over in her one of her first posts.

She judges that “the writing is in clear, non-technical language that is easily understood, even when the topic is an advanced one” but points out (correctly) that “some entries have typographical errors”.

Sadly even with the best intentions, typos do creep in, a sure sign perhaps that the writer is an “established journalist”.

I’m guilty as charged (apologies), but couldn’t resist pointing out a delicious little irony in the review:

[Thanks, Scott!]mail.app, apple mail, reviews, plugins, typos, not saved by grammar alone, hawkwings, humourSimilar Posts:

Subscribing to Hawk Wings

Tim Gaden — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:15:17 +0000

Feedburner can deliver Hawk Wings posts to your inbox. All you need to do is enter an email address into the box below:

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Firefox and the Digg effect

Tim Gaden — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:04:27 +0000

A few days ago, the Hawk Wings list of 254 different stamp icons for Mail.app was dugg.

Before the digg, Mint tells me that 58% of visitors to Hawk Wings use Safari and 27% Firefox.

After the digg—and a fair bit of traffic—those figures are 47% and 37%.

I don’t know what it means, but it’s interesting. Perhaps Firefox users are more social.hawkwings, safari, firefox, digg, what does it all mean?Similar Posts:

Hawk Wings on the move

Tim Gaden — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:07:33 +0000

Hawk Wings ~~is moving~~ moved to a new home at TextDrive today, from one server to another.

The site did disappear for a bit, and is still a bit wobbly. It will bed down though.hawkwings, hosting, textdrive, momentary pauseSimilar Posts:

Where did everyone go?

Tim Gaden — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:12:13 +0000

The USA must be having some kind of holiday. All bloggable news has dried up.

I toyed briefly with the idea of making some news up, but decided that Hawk Wings might as well have a little rest as well.

I hope that you enjoy the break. I know I will.

It is also a time for reflection, so here’s a small contribution from Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) (or possibly, Benjamin Franklin):

A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.

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