InvestorBlogger is now celebrating one year as this blog, focusing on tech, blogging, and money. It’s quite a celebration as during that year, we passed a number of thresholds… and I’d just like to share them with you.

1. We broke through 100K Alexa for the first time (it’s now about 130K since then, because of a soft summer season). I’m not sure how reliable Alexa really is, because it’s been declining while my real traffic has been rising. Google has recorded an increase in traffic. So…

2. We broke through 100K Technorati Ranking (it’s 95K or so!).

3. We are just this month recording 1,250 Uniques according to Analytics, despite a period of five days where the code on the site was broken!

4. The non-salary money that I have saved since August 26th last year is now just over $5,000 (before any taxes) during that time. I’m sure that blogging helped to put away a considerable amount of that (approx. 50%), but the focus it brought on my finances also paid off.

5. The post count is approximately:

= 176,235 total all words from 1,028 posts
= 171 average words per post
217 (21.1089%) posts contain 300+ words

6. As seen in 105 Countries and Territories worldwide!

7. It’s odd that 54% of my visitors who use Windows actually prefer to visit my blog with Firefox! And only 5% use Vista!

The last few months have been less exciting, perhaps. But when you look back and evaluate the last year, it’s amazing to see how much the blog has grown since then. I’ll have to think of a suitable way to celebrate!

We’ve been watching our local Broadband TV for more than a year now. One of the channels I really enjoy is ABC Australia Pacific or Australia Network as it is now called. There is one program that is particularly good and that is 4 Corners, which is a public affairs program that investigates economic matters, politics, religion, and business.

http://abc.net.au/4corners/specials.htm

Eyes Wide Open – Quentin McDermott reports on the high cost to society when we no longer value sleep. Also available in Windows Media video format.

*The Home Front – Jonathan Holmes explores practical, achievable ways for Australians to cut energy consumption. How do we improve the design of our homes and the products that we put inside them?

*You Only Live Twice – Four Corners takes you on an unusual trip – and asks, just how far can we all go in virtual worlds like Second Life?

*Peak Oil? – Jonathan Holmes investigates why oil prices are high and asks how long the world has left to prepare for a day when there is not enough oil to go around. This edition provides extended interviews and interactives exploring both sides of the peak oil debate.

*Who’s Afraid of Nuclear Power? – Is Australia’s aversion to nuclear power soundly based? Or are there lessons to be learned from other countries’ experience?

*The Kilwa Incident – Four Corners presents an online edition of “The Kilwa Incident” first broadcast on 20 June 2005, examing how an Australian mining company became implicated in a massacre.

*The High Frontier – Four Corners presents an extended edition of our program The High Frontier, we explore this little-known but booming industry high above our heads.

I’ve marked good programs for those interested in business news as well as financial issues! Happy viewing. BTW, some of the programs are deemed unsafe for U.S. Republicans who support Pat Robertson, and those on the right! Those on the other side might find the programs enlightening.

Watch them, and share which one you find interesting in the comments!