18 May 2010: Rags ‘n Ram 1st Anniversary!
Here we go! ONE SUCCESSFUL YEAR of running Rags ‘n Ram. I’m on top of the world right now as I type this, seeing the amount of good response I’m getting from my readers. For a medium sized variety blog, with only the help Twitter and Facebook (at times), this is indeed very encouraging and joyful.
As at 12am on 18 May 2010 – 16,100 legitimate views and almost 8500 visitors (83% returning)! How do you think I would be reacting seeing these numbers? Woah!
I take this opportunity to thank everyone who had made this possible!
Some important specs:
- - Highest legitimate views for a post: 1550 for Michael Bay Boasts About ILM and Transformers 2
- - Fastest traffic inflow for a post: Nokia N900 Review
- - Highest traffic from: Surprise! Malaysia with 3100 visitors followed by the US with 1790 visitors!
- - Major traffic sources: Google with 1900 visitors followed by direct access with 1800 visitors.
Thanks a million (again) for your continuous support! 
Regards,
Raghuram
Tags: Rags 'n Ram 1 year, Rags n Ram, ragsnram.com
J.J. Abram’s Super 8 Teaser Trailer! [Updated]
Filed under Entertainment, General, Trailers, Youtube/Vimeo/Videos
I saw a bootleg version of this a few days ago, and finally the official version hits the net.
Enjoy the HD version on Apple.
Tags: J.J. Abram, J.J. Abram's Super 8, Steven Spielber, Super 8
Rags ‘n Ram hits 10,000 Views!
After some calculation and evaluations, finally I’m happy to announce that Rags ‘n Ram has hit over 10,000 legitimate views as of last week!
By next week, the site will be 10 months old, and this is very promising indeed. With less and infrequent advertisements/referrals (except for Facebook), it has gotten this far, means my readers are of great value; their word of mouth has become a prime factor in driving this traffic in. So I take this opportunity to thank everyone who had made this possible!
Other important specs: 5100 legitimate visitors (~70% returning) with 6,500 new and returning visits from them. 72% traffic comes through referral sites, with remaining from direct access and/or search engines.
Thanks a 10,000 times!
Regards,
Raghuram
Tags: Rags n Ram, Ragsnram
Rags ‘n Ram Downtime: 28 Feb 2010 & 1 March 2010
Filed under General
Dear readers,
Please be noted that Rags ‘n Ram will be down for scheduled maintenance over the weekend. So if you head over here and end up getting error messages, don’t give up; you can come again the next day or few hours later!
The expected Interruption hours: 5 – 9 hours (or more)
9.00PM onwards (Malaysian time), 28 Feb 2010
&
6.00AM onwards (Malaysian time), 1 March 2010
Regards,
Raghuram S.
Tags: Rags n Ram
Happy Lunar New Year!
Filed under General, Malaysia, People, World
To all my Chinese friends and readers from around the world, have a nice and prosperous Lunar New Year 2010!
Regards,
Raghuram S.
Tags: Happy Chinese New Year, Happy Lunar New Year
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Filed under General, People, World
To all my readers, have a nice and joyous Valentine’s day! For the singles, wish for something nice on this nice day
Regards,
Raghuram S.
Tags: happy valentine's day, valentine's day, valentine's day 2010
Oscar 2010 Nominations Announced!
Filed under Entertainment, General
Finally the Oscar 2010 Nominees are in, announced less than a minute ago, live on Oscar’s site.
Here’s the primary list:
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron — Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow — The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino — Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels — Precious
Jason Reitman — Up in the Air
BEST ACTOR
Morgan Freeman — Invictus
Jeff Bridges — Crazy Heart
George Clooney — Up in the Air
Colin Firth — A Single Man
Jeremy Renner — The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep — Julie & Julia in It’s Complicated
Sandra Bullock — The Blind Side
Helen Mirren — The Last Station
Gabourey Sidibe — Precious
Carey Mulligan — An Education
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz — Inglourious Basterds
Christopher Plummer — The Last Station
Matt Damon — Invictus
Stanley Tucci — The Lovely Bones
Woody Harrelson — The Messengers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique — Precious
Vera Farmiga — Up in the Air
Penélope Cruz — Nine
Diane Kruger — Inglourious Basterds
Maggie Gyllenhaal — Crazy Heart
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Marc Boal — The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino — Inglourious Basterds
Aessandro Camon and Oren Moverman — The Messenger
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen — the Serious Man
Up
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
District 9
Nick Hornby — An Education
In the Loop
Jeffrey Fletcher — Precious
Jason Reitman — Up in the Air
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline — Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr Fox — Wes Anderson
The Princess
The Secret of Kells
Up
Click here to view the full list.
Anything unexpected? Plenty of it I guess.
Tags: Academy Award 2010, Avatar, District 9, Oscar, Oscar 2010, Oscars 2010, The Hurt Locker
DiGi’s Customer Service
Me: My 3G’s not getting any signal for 3 hours now!
DiGi: Sorry sir, there’s no coverage in your area…
Me: But I’ve been using for weeks! Reception and speed have been good!
DiGi: There’s no coverage in your area, that’s why you’ve not been receiving 3G today.
Me: Wah??
Just found this hilarious; my own experience last week:D
I think the conversation could go on indefinitely if I continued. LMAO..
Training at ILKAP
Filed under General
No time for blogging this weekend, no thanks to the bloody ILKAP training in Bangi. At least this week’s one is going ok, next week’s will be worse than hell.
Regards,
Raghuram S.
2009 Comes to End
Filed under General, People, World
2009 was a good year to many, but not for me, I can frankly say. From renal issues to grandmother’s passing, plenty of things had happened this year that would change me in times to come. There were some good times of course, like graduation and getting a new job, but overall, 2009 was not an exciting year for me.
Now that it’s coming to an end tonight, I’m looking forward to 2010 in being tonnes better, for everyone, and myself likewise.
Happy New Year to everyone reading this blog!
Regards,
Raghuram S.
