WhatTheHell? [22 July '07]

Another busy week…
Technically, I should take time off work and have a summer vacation, seeing as it is summer. Instead, I’m working 6 days a week… (actually at work right now, somewhat bored, and so I’m blogging, reading news and otherwise wasting time on Facebook…)

Anyhow, let’s move on… I’m a little disappointed with myself, seeing as I’ve managed what, two posts in two weeks?

It’s ok though, I’ve got plenty of excuses for my laziness. (Actually, laziness is one of the excuses…)

Mainly though, it’s work. I have very little time to blog. Most of my free time, the little that’s left after spending most of my time with my girlfriend, is spent either researching for posts which are in the works (17 at last count…), or posting to my two other blogs: Hell On Earth and Existential Questions.

My original plan was to write a short wrapup of the week’s posts every sunday. Guess you can see the dilemma I face when I haven’t written anything that week…

Then it hit me… I’m too ambitious (just a little…). So here’s my solution: Editorial + WrapUp = WhatTheHell…? (renewed)

So let’s get to it, shall we? This week I’ll focus a bit on traffic.

Having followed the statistics concerning page referrers, I noticed that there are two main search terms and tags through which people end up on Hellipsis.

Firstly, sex. Well, kinda. The most popular search engine term has been “Zahra Amir Ebrahimi”. If you’ve never heard of her, she’s an Iranian actress who allegedly starred in a leaked homemade sex tape, and is now facing charges in Iran for breaking the country’s morality laws.

Now, I don’t have the sex tape. Nor do I have link anywhere here to it. Yet, everyday people find themselves on my site when looking for that sex tape. Why?

Because I happened to mention her name and the scandal in a related post which covered Iran’s response to pornography, in accordance to said morality laws.
[Iran To Execute Porn Stars, Distributors, Directors, etc...]

Another popular path which has lead people here is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Not them directly, of course, but people searching for stuff on the TSA. I’ve noticed that either people just search for “tsa” , or they combine it with such terms as “uniform” , “funny” , and “stupid” , for example.

So, to answer the interest in the Transportation Security Administration, I’ve started work on a larger post of TSA follies, and other cockups… So stay tuned for that!
[Click here for my posts on the TSA so far]

So, where did you come from? Where did you hear about Hellipsis? Let me know by the way of comments!

WhatTheHell…? [15 July ‘07]

Most people are striving for success. But, as the Head of the Chinese Food and Drug Administration found out, all means aren’t allowed. Pushing forward (or should we say surging?) to Iraq and the United States, apparently violence can be classified as sign of success. Then why is Iraq failing?

• China’s Reaction To Tainted Products
• Signs Of Success? Iraq Ranked Second On Failed States Index

WhatTheHell…? [08 July ‘07]

Yeah, nothing this week… Catching up on my reading… Got a few larger posts in the works and they’re taking up all my spare time…

WhatTheHell…? [01 July '07]

There’s a lot of hate being covered this week.

Birds don’t like Bush, TSA hates clowns, the EU has issues with fast cars, Iran wants to kill pornstars, while North Korea and mobile phones don’t mix. Oh, and China’s being having problems with variety.

Don’t worry, it’s not all about hate.

A republican wants more terrorist attacks, while Bush is at the frontlines every day, although the run for President 2008 is well under way. In the mean time, check out what the FBI had to say about grandpapa.

New Yorkers don’t really care about all this, as they’re too busy sipping absinthe.

• Nature Strikes Back: Bird Poops On President Bush During Press Conference [Video]

• GOP Chief: More Terrorist Attacks On U.S. Soil, Please. ¿Que?

• Absinthe Available In The United States, Finally

• TSA Clowning Around, Confiscates Clown’s Makeup

• EU Thinking About Banning Fast Cars

• Iran To Execute Porn Stars, Distributors, Directors, etc…

• Wanna See Your Grandparents’ FBI File?

• Poll: Who Will Be Elected President In 2008?

• President Bush On The Frontlines Of War

• North Korea: Dead Man Talking

• One Billion People, Not Enough Last Names

Coming Up: “WhatTheHell…?”

Most of the stuff I read and write about are snippets of news from roughly 100 sources online, encompassing everything from climate issues to politics, from defence to general news, from humor sports, and from mobiles to gadgets. And a lot more.

Although right now, as of writing this, I have a backlog of some twenty posts still awaiting my attention, I’ve added a new segment to Hellipsis called “WhatTheHell…?”.

Beginning next Sunday (July 1st 2007), I’ll begin to gather up the published posts of the past week in a short post, as well as collecting them on the blog site on a separate page. So “WhatTheHell…?” will not include anything new, but will rather be a round up of the week’s posts.

The “WhatTheHell…?” posts will appear in the RSS feed of the blog with the rest of the posts.