Site History For 2005


site history for 2006

End of year statistics:
 
  2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
pages
595
547 512 434 325 188
non-wallpaper photographs 2744 2592 2081 2070 1769 1264
wallpaper photographs 1125 890 673 490 184  
airshows and military museums 296 220 168 146 39  
fighters 65 45
bombers 27 19        
attack 25 19        
naval 44 36        
non-combatants 34 30        
displays 35 23        
helicopters 25 15        
civil 19 16        
museums 22 16        
life on earth 522 439 354 248 90  
amphibians 16 14      
ants 13 10        
beetles 24 18        
birds 100 89        
waders 24          
swimmers 8          
divers 12          
shore 4          
forest and field 20          
jungle 8          
parrots 8          
hummingbirds 8          
raptors 8          
bugs 20 14        
butterflies 44 38        
caterpillars 40 36        
dragonflies 28 23        
fungus 16 12        
grasshoppers 16 11        
horrors 24 21        
mammals 20 18        
moths 21 14        
reptiles 36 29        
spiders 38 33        
underwater 66 59        
fish 36          
invertebrates 12          
horrors 8          
misc 10          
New Zealand 71 57        
activities 12 12        
cities 12 12        
North Island 16 12        
South Island 24 21        
travel 166 119 70 51 37  
Asia 41 21        
Caribbean basin 28 21        
Europe 29 17        
Middle East 36 33        
Pacific 32 27        
USA 70 55 34 23 18  
activities 10 9        
cities 32 23        
seasons 8 7        
states 20 16        

December was my first ever month with an average of over 15,000 visitors per day:
Summary by Month
Month Daily Avg Monthly Totals
Hits Files Pages Visits Sites KBytes Visits Pages Files Hits
Dec 2005 738129 643694 31352 17641 664308 526332144 546893 971918 19954532 22882027
Nov 2005 390005 346019 17729 10575 438733 260727700 317264 531884 10380583 11700163
Oct 2005 302028 267569 15157 8750 414093 224375232 271261 469878 8294642 9362888
Sep 2005 283742 252153 13818 8204 369579 198075690 246144 414549 7564608 8512263
Aug 2005 280401 248617 13081 7564 385881 193865646 234502 405523 7707128 8692433
Jul 2005 231152 203404 11143 6327 318801 177924099 196145 345455 6305540 7165716
Jun 2005 245464 220040 12953 7154 278401 164423092 214647 388592 6601212 7363924
May 2005 261944 234202 13839 7541 268731 169868827 233790 429035 7260292 8120277
Apr 2005 255582 228712 12731 7464 39364 21206197 29858 50927 914850 1022329
Mar 2005 249628 217152 12002 6783 9252 4809893 6783 12002 217152 249628
Totals 1943807556 2299380 4023903 75274834 85153722

I don't have statistics for January and February because the site moved to a new dedicated web server at that time, and it took some time to work the bugs out of the statistics package.
 
 

2005/12/30 added the Singapore Merlion to the Asian travel wallpaper page, which was replaced on 2008/06/18 by a better photo of the Singapore Merlion.

2005/12/29 added an F-14 Tomcat to the naval aircraft wallpaper page to replace a lousy F-14 Tomcat photo from 1999.

2005/12/28 added an orange peel fungus to the fungus wallpaper page.

2005/12/27 added a Pohutakawa tree in Paihia to the North Island of New Zealand wallpaper page.

2005/12/25 added a page about the B-2 Spirit "stealth bomber" demonstration at the 2005 Edwards AFB airshow.

2005/12/22 added an OV-10 Bronco to the attack aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/12/21 added orange wood cup to the fungus wallpaper page.

2005/12/20 added the Wairakei geothermal power station to the North Island of New Zealand wallpaper page.

2005/12/19 put a photo of an F-22 Raptor onto the fighter aircraft wallpaper page, in place of an earlier F-22 shot which wasn't as good.

2005/12/16 added a page of Underwater Highlights of the Sinai Peninsula, and added a Hector's dolphin to the mammal wallpaper page.

2005/12/15 added the Hundertwasser public toilet in Kawakawa to the North Island of New Zealand wallpaper page.

2005/12/14 added a C-17 Globemaster III to the non-combatant aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/12/13 added a resting hummingbird from Costa Rica to the hummingbird wallpaper page.

2005/12/12 added a photo of Whangaparoa Peninsula from Tiritiri Matangi to the North Island of New Zealand wallpaper page.

2005/12/11 added a page of Highlights of the 2005 Nellis AFB "Aviation Nation" airshow, together with a 2005 "Aviation Nation" airshow photo gallery.

2005/12/09 added the P-51D Mustang "Big Beautiful Doll" to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/12/08 added the monastery of St Jacob in the Russian town of Rostov-Veliky to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/12/07 added a pair of Costa Rican hummingbirds fighting to the hummingbird wallpaper page.

2005/12/06 added a MiG-15 "Fagot" to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/12/05 added a photo of Port Vila in Vanuatu to the Pacific travel wallpaper page.

2005/12/04 added a page about the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico, together with a Mexico photo gallery.

2005/12/02 added a roadside hawk from Costa Rica to the raptor wallpaper page.

2005/12/01 added the B-25 Mitchell "Yankee Warrior" to the bomber wallpaper page.

The Oceana airshow highlights page pushed the average daily visitor numbers over 10,000 for the month of November, the first time this has happened since the SpaceShipOne highlights page pushed the July of 2004 average daily visitor numbers over 10,000:
 
 
 

Summary by Month
Month Daily Avg Monthly Totals
Hits Files Pages Visits Sites KBytes Visits Pages Files Hits
Nov 2005 390005 346019 17729 10575 438733 260727700 317264 531884 10380583 11700163
Oct 2005 302028 267569 15157 8750 414093 224375232 271261 469878 8294642 9362888
Sep 2005 283742 252153 13818 8204 369579 198075690 246144 414549 7564608 8512263
Aug 2005 280401 248617 13081 7564 385881 193865646 234502 405523 7707128 8692433
Jul 2005 231152 203404 11143 6327 318801 177924099 196145 345455 6305540 7165716
Jun 2005 245464 220040 12953 7154 278401 164423092 214647 388592 6601212 7363924
May 2005 261944 234202 13839 7541 268731 169868827 233790 429035 7260292 8120277
Apr 2005 255582 228712 12731 7464 39364 21206197 29858 50927 914850 1022329
Mar 2005 249628 217152 12002 6783 9252 4809893 6783 12002 217152 249628
Totals 1435205773 1768390 3078532 55931114 62963525

 
Daily Statistics for November 2005
Day Hits Files Pages Visits Sites KBytes
1 324578 2.77% 288852 2.78% 15714 2.95% 9723 3.06% 22315 5.09% 8334239 3.20%
2 325656 2.78% 289121 2.79% 16021 3.01% 10020 3.16% 22773 5.19% 8534802 3.27%
3 330259 2.82% 292883 2.82% 16220 3.05% 9658 3.04% 20719 4.72% 8453794 3.24%
4 284359 2.43% 254214 2.45% 14003 2.63% 8372 2.64% 17115 3.90% 6684627 2.56%
5 237854 2.03% 212281 2.04% 11201 2.11% 6956 2.19% 17215 3.92% 5879666 2.26%
6 275456 2.35% 245080 2.36% 13280 2.50% 8266 2.61% 16814 3.83% 6661374 2.55%
7 346487 2.96% 309101 2.98% 17081 3.21% 10115 3.19% 17808 4.06% 7731828 2.97%
8 339313 2.90% 305405 2.94% 16394 3.08% 10279 3.24% 18056 4.12% 7212692 2.77%
9 348674 2.98% 317895 3.06% 16400 3.08% 10312 3.25% 18047 4.11% 7104204 2.72%
10 348381 2.98% 315103 3.04% 16050 3.02% 9912 3.12% 17734 4.04% 7049495 2.70%
11 321928 2.75% 287576 2.77% 14679 2.76% 8592 2.71% 16808 3.83% 6402475 2.46%
12 268117 2.29% 238963 2.30% 12441 2.34% 7282 2.30% 14813 3.38% 5420914 2.08%
13 369416 3.16% 329367 3.17% 17603 3.31% 9739 3.07% 17984 4.10% 8131187 3.12%
14 363646 3.11% 326364 3.14% 17425 3.28% 10552 3.33% 18314 4.17% 7415556 2.84%
15 374738 3.20% 337263 3.25% 17804 3.35% 10977 3.46% 20440 4.66% 7694671 2.95%
16 392681 3.36% 352125 3.39% 18216 3.42% 11519 3.63% 19876 4.53% 7861929 3.02%
17 391394 3.35% 349979 3.37% 17810 3.35% 11264 3.55% 18857 4.30% 7983706 3.06%
18 376357 3.22% 334892 3.23% 17162 3.23% 10005 3.15% 18482 4.21% 7904947 3.03%
19 305156 2.61% 271118 2.61% 14035 2.64% 8210 2.59% 16898 3.85% 8623754 3.31%
20 367745 3.14% 326095 3.14% 17262 3.25% 9713 3.06% 18336 4.18% 9080867 3.48%
21 458911 3.92% 412886 3.98% 20859 3.92% 11969 3.77% 20597 4.69% 11465341 4.40%
22 483179 4.13% 424598 4.09% 20577 3.87% 12187 3.84% 20052 4.57% 10315624 3.96%
23 453846 3.88% 400354 3.86% 19637 3.69% 11921 3.76% 19800 4.51% 9629918 3.69%
24 392770 3.36% 343684 3.31% 17877 3.36% 9795 3.09% 17069 3.89% 8503321 3.26%
25 386026 3.30% 336959 3.25% 16605 3.12% 9660 3.04% 17105 3.90% 8098645 3.11%
26 387519 3.31% 336852 3.25% 16254 3.06% 9420 2.97% 17215 3.92% 8422080 3.23%
27 432763 3.70% 376179 3.62% 18771 3.53% 11509 3.63% 19462 4.44% 9430239 3.62%
28 657693 5.62% 578033 5.57% 27856 5.24% 16333 5.15% 23836 5.43% 14342378 5.50%
29 660843 5.65% 578419 5.57% 28008 5.27% 16434 5.18% 23680 5.40% 14274273 5.47%
30 694418 5.94% 608942 5.87% 28639 5.38% 16713 5.27% 26253 5.98% 16079155 6.17%

 

2005/11/30 added a photo of Vietnamese villagers cycling to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/11/29 added an unidentified Australian duck to the swimming bird wallpaper page.

2005/11/28 added a B-25 Mitchell with the Wall of Fire to the bomber wallpaper page, and split the airshow sitemap into separate airshow sitemap, aircraft listed by type, aircraft listed by nickname and aircraft listed by manufacturer pages.

2005/11/25 added a page about the F-14 Tomcat display at the 2005 NAS Oceana airshow.

2005/11/23 added an unidentified spreadwing damselfly from Volo Bog in Northern Illinois to the damselfly wallpaper page.

2005/11/22 added a Vietnamese fisherman paddling a coracle to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/11/21 added a Heinkel He111 to the bomber wallpaper page.

2005/11/18 added an unidentified Vietnamese damselfly to the damselfly wallpaper page.

2005/11/17 added a photo of a woman with ducks to the Asian travel wallpaper page, and an air-to-air photoshoot of the Collings Foundation F-4D Phantom II, together with a photo gallery.

2005/11/16 added Rhinocypha perforata limbata to the damselfly wallpaper page, and a B-1B Lancer to the bomber wallpaper page.

2005/11/15 added a motorcycle pillion passenger in Hanoi carrying a sheet of glass to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/11/14 added a B-2 Spirit "stealth bomber" to the bomber wallpaper page.

2005/11/10 added an unidentified Vietnamese damselfly to the dragonfly and damselfly wallpaper page.

2005/11/09 added some statues from the tomb of Minh Mang near Hue to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/11/08 added a Russian Mi-8 "Hip" to the helicopter wallpaper page, and added a page of highlights of the 2005 Edwards AFB airshow, as well as an Edwards AFB 2005 Airshow photo gallery.

2005/11/07 added a Forster's Hawkfish to the fish wallpaper page.

2005/11/04 added a photo of the Thu Bon River at the Vietnamese town of Hoi An to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/11/03 added a Kamov Ka-31 "Helix" to the helicopter wallpaper page.

2005/11/02 added Fourth of July fireworks at the Statue of Liberty to the USA seasons wallpaper page.

2005/11/01 added the tomb of Ho Chi Minh to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/10/31 added a CH-21 Shawnee to the helicopter wallpaper page.

2005/10/30 added a page of highlights of the 2005 Prescott Air Fair (Arizona Skyfest), as well as a Prescott Air Fair 2005 photo gallery.

2005/10/28 added a photo of Ka Lae, the southernmost point in the United States, to the USA states wallpaper page.

2005/10/27 added a Red Sea Anemonefish to the fish wallpaper page, which was replaced on 2010/02/12 by a photo of a pair of pink anemonefishes.

2005/10/26 added a photo of Halong Bay to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/10/25 added a Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark gunship (also known as the Werewolf or "Hokum") to the helicopter wallpaper page.

2005/10/24 added the Hollywood Sign to the USA cities wallpaper page.

2005/10/20 added a photo of the coast of Queensland in Australia to the Pacific Travel wallpaper page.

2005/10/19 added an intermediate phase barred thicklip wrasse to the fish wallpaper page.

2005/10/18 added a MiG-35 "Fulcrum" (also known as the MiG-29OVT) to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/10/17 added a photo of the La Brea tar pits to the USA cities wallpaper page.

2005/10/13 added the Monastery of St Jacob to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/10/12 added a bluespine unicornfish to the fish wallpaper page.

2005/10/11 added an Su-30MK "Flanker" to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/10/10 added the Johnny Ramone memorial at the Hollywood Forever cemetery to the USA cities wallpaper page.

2005/10/07 added the Church of St Lazarus in the Russian "Golden Ring" town of Suzdal to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/10/06 added an unidentified Vietnamese moth to the moth wallpaper page.

2005/10/05 added an Su-27SMK "Flanker" to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/10/04 added the Santa Monica pier to the American cities wallpaper page.

2005/10/03 added a relief from the Church of the Intercession on the River Nerl to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/09/30 added an unidentified bird dropping mimic moth to the moth wallpaper page.

2005/09/28 added a page of Highlights of the 2005 Oceana Airshow together with an Oceana Airshow 2005 Photo Gallery, and a MiG-29M2 "Fulcrum" to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/09/27 added the Church of the Intercession on the River Nerl to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/09/26 added the spider mimic hawk moth Psilogramma increta to the moth wallpaper page.

2005/09/23 added a formation flight by a Spitfire, P-40 Warhawk, P-51 Mustang and F4U Corsair to the aircraft display wallpaper page.

2005/09/22 addedthe kremlin in the Russian "Golden Ring" town of Rostov-Veliky to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/09/21 added a mating pair of unidentified Vietnamese plume moths to the moth wallpaper page.

2005/09/20 added some Swiss cloudsto the horrors wallpaper page.

2005/09/14 added a Mirage 2000 to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/09/13 added a page of Highlights of the Russian Air Force Museum at Monino together with a Russian Air Force Museum at Monino photo gallery, and also put a photo of a green metallic bee onto the Hymenoptera wallpaper page to replace an earlier photo which wasn't as good.

2005/09/12 added a photo of Nikolsky Women's monastery in the Russian town of Pereslavl Zalessky to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/09/09 added an Su-25 "Frogfoot" to the attack aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/09/08 added a photo of the Russian Air Force "Russian Knights and "Swifts" jet display teams flying together to the aircraft display wallpaper page.

2005/09/07 added an unidentified bee fly to the horrors wallpaper page.

2005/09/06 added Bogolyubovo monastery in Russia to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/09/05 added a page of highlights from the MAKS 2005 airshow in Russia, Moscow, as well as a MAKS 2005 photo gallery.

2005/09/02 addeda pair of Russian Air Force "Russian Knights" display teams Su-27s to the aircraft display wallpaper page.

2005/09/01 added a V-12 "Homer" helicopter at the Russian Air Force Museum at Monino to the aircraft museum wallpaper page.

2005/08/31 added an unidentified American robber fly to the horrors wallpaper page.

2005/08/30 added a photo of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/08/29 added a pair of Russian Air Force "Swifts" display team MiG-29s to the aircraft display wallpaper page.

2005/08/26 added a Grumman Duck to the naval aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/08/25 added a photo of the Katoomba Skyway in Australia's Blue Mountains to the Pacific travel wallpaper page.

2005/08/24 added a carpenter bee from Vietnam to the horrors wallpaper page.

2005/08/23 added an unidentified orange slime mold to the fungi wallpaper page.

2005/08/22 added a Messerschmitt Bf109E "Emil" to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/08/03 added a photo of the Great Barrier Reef to the Pacific travel wallpaper page.

2005/08/02 added the Vietnamese longhorn beetle Stratioceros princeps to the beetle wallpaper page.

2005/08/01 added a T-38 Talon in Thunderbirds paint scheme to the aircraft display wallpaper page.

2005/07/29 added a Bell model 47 to the helicopter wallpaper page.

2005/07/28 added a photo of Sydney Opera House to the Pacific travel wallpaper page.

2005/07/27 added an unidentified Vietnamese giraffe necked beetle to the beetle wallpaper page.

2005/07/26 added a rock climber on the Devil's Doorway at Devil's Lake in Wisconsin to the American activities wallpaper page.

2005/07/25 added an F-117 Nighthawk "stealth fighter" landing with parachute to the attack aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/07/22 added an unidentified Vietnamese firefly to the beetle wallpaper page.

2005/07/21 added a V2 rocket to the aircraft museum wallpaper page.

2005/07/20 added a New Zealand common green gecko to the reptile wallpaper page.

2005/07/19 added a page of Highlights of the 2005 Riverside Airshow, and a horse mosaic at the Tu Hieu Pagoda outside Hue to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/07/18 added the Canadian "Snowbirds" military jet display team to the aircraft display wallpaper page.

2005/07/15 added a female Duliticola sp. net-winged beetle larva to the beetle wallpaper page.

2005/07/14 added a desert banded gecko to the reptile wallpaper page.

2005/07/13 added an aerial photo of Salt Lake City to the USA cities wallpaper page.

2005/07/12 added a B-52 Stratofortress with its landing gear down to the bomber wallpaper page.

2005/07/11 added an egg-bearing female banded rock lizard to the reptile wallpaper page.

2005/07/10 added a page of Highlights of the city of London.

2005/07/08 added a Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly helicopter to the aircraft museum wallpaper page.

2005/07/07 added a rain pipe from the Imperial City of Hue in Vietnam to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/07/06 added a B-17G Flying Fortress to the bomber wallpaper page.

2005/07/05 added a granite spiny lizard to the reptile wallpaper page.

2005/06/30 added a detail from a gate in the Imperial City of Hue to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/06/29 added an unidentified stink bug (shield bug) nymph eating a beetle to the true bug wallpaper page.

2005/06/28 addeda photo of the last Hawker Hurricane ever built to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/06/27 added a gateway in the Imperial City of Hue to the Asian travel wallpaper page.

2005/06/24 added a Vietnamese Air Force Ka-25 "Hormone" helicopter to the military museum wallpaper page.

2005/06/23 added an unidentified Vietnamese bug to the true bug wallpaper page.

2005/06/22 added Chicago's James R. Thompson Center to the USA cities wallpaper page.

2005/06/21 added a Mirage F1 to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/06/20 added a water strider (also known as a pond skater) to the true bug wallpaper page.

2005/06/17 added a sharpshooter photographed in southern California to the true bug wallpaper page.

2005/06/16 added a photo of St John's College, Cambridge to the European travel wallpaper page.

2005/06/15 added an F-14 Tomcat to the naval aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/06/14 added a mallard duck to the swimming bird wallpaper page.

2005/06/13 added a photo of fish milling around a coral head to the miscellaneous underwater wallpaper page.

2005/06/11 added a page featuring the Spiders of Vietnam.

2005/06/10 added an OH-6 Cayuse to the helicopter wallpaper page.

2005/06/09 added a photo of King's College in Cambridge to the UK wallpaper page.

2005/06/08 added a dead stick mimic mantis from Vietnam to the mantis wallpaper page.

2005/06/06 added an AV-8B Harrier to the attack aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/06/03 added a snowy egret to the wading bird wallpaper page.

2005/06/02 added an unidentified Vietnamese ant to the ant wallpaper page.

2005/06/01 added a photo of Arthur's Pass to the South Island of New Zealand wallpaper page.

2005/05/31 added an A-1H Skyraider to the attack aircraft wallpaper page, which was replaced on 2006/12/22 by a better photo of the same A-1H Skyraider.

2005/05/30 added a page of Butterflies of Vietnam together with a Vietnam arthropods photo gallery.

2005/05/28 added a page of highlights of the 2005 Selfridge ANGB airshow together with a 2005 Selfridge airshow photo gallery.

2005/05/27 added an Indian brittle starfish to the underwater invertebrates wallpaper page.

2005/05/26 added an unidentified lichen mimic bush cricket to the cricket wallpaper page.

2005/05/25 added an F-104 Starfighter to the fighter aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/05/24 added a photo of the Mexican volcano Popocatepetl to the Caribbean travel wallpaper page.

2005/05/23 added a pied kingfisher to the Diving Bird wallpaper page.

2005/05/18 added a Grumman Avenger in Royal Navy colors to the Naval Aircraft wallpaper page, which was replaced on 2007/10/09 by a better photo of a Grumman Avenger.

2005/05/17 added a photo of La Jolla in San Diego to the USA Cities wallpaper page.

2005/05/16 addedan unidentified Australian stick insect to the Orthoptera wallpaper page.

2005/05/13 added a Fairey Firefly to the Naval Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/05/12 added an ant with aphids to the Ant, Wasp and Bee wallpaper page.

2005/05/11 added a photo of the Roman wall around Londonium to the European Travel wallpaper page.

2005/05/10 added a cedar waxwing to the Forest and Field Bird wallpaper page.

2005/05/09 added a Grumman Albatross to the Naval Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/05/06 added a photo from the Valley of Fire in Nevada to the American States wallpaper page.

2005/05/05 added a leaf-footed bug from Vietnam called the citron bug to the True Bug wallpaper page.

2005/05/04 added a highlights page for the 2005 Wings over Gillespie airshow, as well as a Wings over Gillespie 2005 photo gallery, and a photo of the modern church at the Mexican shrine of Guadalupe to the Caribbean Basin Travel wallpaper page.

2005/05/03 added a harbor seal to the Mammal wallpaper page.

2005/05/02 added a Hispano Buchon to the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/04/29 added the B-24 Liberator called "The Dragon and His Tail" to the Bomber wallpaper page.

2005/04/28 added Yasukuni-jinja war memorial shrine to the Asian Travel wallpaper page.

2005/04/27 added a banded rail to the Forest and Field Bird wallpaper page.

2005/04/26 added an unidentified beetle from the Anza-Borrego desert in southern California to the Beetle wallpaper page.

2005/04/25 added a Russian MiG-17 "Fagot" jet fighter to the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/04/22 added the Corn God of Cacaxtla to the Caribbean Basin Travel wallpaper page.

2005/04/21 added a Holloman Airshow 2005 photo gallery and a pale spitting spider with eggs to the Spider wallpaper page.

2005/04/20 added a Holloman Airshow 2005 Highlights page and an unidentified Mexican snake to the Reptile wallpaper page.

2005/04/19 added a QF-4 Phantom II drone to the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/04/18 added a photo of the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico to the USA States wallpaper page.

2005/04/14 addeda pair of F7F Tigercat fighters to the Naval Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/04/13 added a photo of the river leading to the Perfume Pagoda to the Asian Travel wallpaper page.

2005/04/12 added a P-40 Warhawk to the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/04/11 added a replica 1911 Wright Flyer to the Civil Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/04/08 added an unidentified Vietnamese caterpillar to the Caterpillar wallpaper page.

2005/04/07 added a photo of the Fortress of Europe and the Fatih Bridge in Istanbul to the Middle Eastern Travel wallpaper page.

2005/04/06 added an unidentified red and green bug from Vietnam to the True Bug wallpaper page.

2005/04/05 added a photo of snorkellers at Ras Mohammed on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to the Middle Eastern Travel wallpaper page.

2005/04/04 added a Hawker Hurricane to the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/04/01 added an unidentified praying mantis from Vietnam to the Mantis wallpaper page.

2005/03/31 added a DC-7 fire bomber to the Civil Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/03/30 added the longhorn beetle Macrochenus isabellinus to the Beetle wallpaper page.

2005/03/29 added a Vietnamese Air Force Mil Mi-6 "Hook" helicopter to the Aircraft Museum wallpaper page.

2005/03/28 added a photo of the Temple of Literature in Hanoi to the Asian Travel wallpaper page.

2005/03/27 added a page about Vietnam, together with a Vietnam Photo Gallery.

2005/03/25 added a photo of the Tutuko River to the New Zealand wallpaper page.

2005/03/24 added a photo of the city of Taxco in Mexico to the Caribbean Travel wallpaper page.

2005/03/23 added a strangely shaped grasshopper from Vietnam to the Grasshopper wallpaper page.

2005/03/22 put a photo of a C-141 Starlifter dropping cargo onto the Non-Combatant Aircraft wallpaper page, to replace a photo of a C-141 Starlifter dropping paratroops which wasn't as good.

2005/03/21 added a German world war two "Fritz-X" radio-controlled bomb to the Aircraft Museums wallpaper page.

2005/03/20 added a page about the 2005 Yuma Air Show, together with separate pages about the flying display and the static display, as well as a photo gallery.

2005/03/18 added an unidentified brown and red Vietnamese moth to the Moth wallpaper page.

2005/03/17 added a photo of a coral reef at Ras Mohammed on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to the Middle Eastern Travel wallpaper page.

2005/03/16 added The Elf to the Butterfly wallpaper page.

2005/03/15 moved the website to a dedicated server.

Put a photo of the Blue Angels "Fat Albert" C-130 Hercules rocket-assisted takeoff (RATO/JATO) onto the Aircraft Displays wallpaper page, to replace a photo of the same display which wasn't as good.

2005/03/14 put a photo of the Blue Angels Echelon Pass onto the Aircraft Displays wallpaper page, to replace a photo of the same formation which wasn't as good.

2005/03/11 added a Spitfire flying in formation with a Hurricane to the Aircraft Displays wallpaper page.

2005/03/10 added the fish farms at Cat Ba Island in Vietnam's Halong Bay to the Asian Travel wallpaper page.

2005/03/09 added another unidentified Vietnamese lynx spider to the Spider wallpaper page.

2005/03/08 added a Super Cobra gunship with the Wall of Fire to the Helicopter wallpaper page.

2005/03/07 added a photo of the Shade House in Balboa Park, San Diego, to the USA Cities wallpaper page.

2005/03/04 added a painted pine moth caterpillar to the Caterpillar wallpaper page.

2005/03/03 added a pink and yellow Vietnamese moth called Ischnurges gratiosalis to the Moth wallpaper page.

2005/03/02 added an F-15 Eagle to the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/03/01 added a photo of Devil's Lake in Wisconsin to the USA States wallpaper page.

2005/02/28 added an F-16 Fighting Falcon to the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page, which was replaced on 2014/04/18 by a better photo of an F-16 Fighting Falcon.

2005/02/25 added a white-rayed pixie to the Butterfly wallpaper page.

2005/02/24 added a photo of the Road to Dalat in Vietnam to the Asian Travel wallpaper page.

2005/02/23 replaced an existing photo of the Blue Angels diamond formation on the Aircraft Displays wallpaper page with a better photo of the same formation.

2005/02/22 added an unidentified Vietnamese lynx spider to the Spider wallpaper page.

2005/02/18 added a large green and orange Vietnamese spider to the Spider wallpaper page.

2005/02/17 added a photo of Calliteara horsfeldii to the Caterpillar wallpaper page.

2005/02/16 added a Slovenian Air Force Pilatus PC-9 to the Non-combatant aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/02/15 added a banded quail from Mexico to the Forest and Field Bird wallpaper page.

2005/02/14 Moved to a new web server.  Added a photo of Milford Sound to the New Zealand wallpaper page.

2005/02/13 added a page about Mexico.

2005/02/11 added a Miles M-38 Messenger to the Non-combatant aircraft wallpaper page.

2005/02/10 added Rainford's Butterflyfish to the Fish wallpaper page.

2005/02/09 added a male two-tailed tiger swallowtail to the Butterfly wallpaper page.

2005/02/08 added a stone mask from the Templo Mayor in Mexico city to the Caribbean Travel wallpaper page.

2005/02/07 added an Asian toad to the Amphibian wallpaper page, and added an Amphibian section to the site map.

2005/02/06 added a tighter crop of the B-52 Stratofortress which I added on Friday to the Bomber wallpaper page.

2005/02/05 added pages describing the Nellis Air Force Base Threat Training Facility, the aircraft at the Nellis Threat Training Facility, as well as a Nellis AFB Threat Training Facility photo gallery.

2005/02/04 added a B-52 Stratofortress to the Bomber wallpaper page.

2005/02/03 added a purple sapphire to the butterfly wallpaper page, which was replaced on 2010/03/02 by a better photo of a purple sapphire.

2005/02/02 added a Vietnamese clearwing moth with a pink body to the Moth wallpaper page.

2005/02/01 added the Xung Khiem Pavilion at the tomb of Tu Duc near Hue to the Asian Travel wallpaper page.

2005/01/31 added a British Apache Longbow to the Helicopter wallpaper page.

2005/01/28 added a changeable lizard to the Reptile wallpaper page.

2005/01/27 added a colorful Vietnamese caterpillar with a blue face to the Caterpillar wallpaper page.

2005/01/26 moved a photo of a P-40 Warhawk, P-51 Mustang, F4U Corsair and Spitfire in formation from the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page to the Aircraft Displays wallpaper page, and replaced two photos of an F-86 Sabre and MiG 15 in formation on the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page with a single much better photo of the same two aircraft in formation on the Aircraft Displays wallpaper page.

2005/01/25 added a photo of the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial to the USA Cities wallpaper page.

2005/01/24 added a photo of the statue of adoring Indians at the shrine of Guadalupe in Mexico to the Caribbean Travel wallpaper page.

2005/01/21 added a white-throated kingfisher to the Diving Bird wallpaper page.

2005/01/20 added a Sud-Ouest So.1221 Djinn to the Helicopter wallpaper page.

2005/01/19 added a dawn dropwing to the Dragonfly wallpaper page.

2005/01/18 added an unidentified frog from Vietnam to the Amphibian wallpaper page.

2005/01/17 put a P-63 Kingcobra on the Fighter Aircraft wallpaper page, which was replaced on 2006/07/10 by a better photo of the same P-63 Kingcobra.

2005/01/14 put a photo of a Sea Fury on the Naval Aircraft wallpaper page (which was replaced on 2011/05/18 by a better photo of the same Sea Fury) to replace an earlier one which wasn't as good.

2005/01/13 added Tran Quoc pagoda in Hanoi to the Asian Travel wallpaper page.

2005/01/12 added a Common Imperial to the Butterfly wallpaper page.

2005/01/10 added some eyelash fungi to the Fungi wallpaper page and a Mexican Totonac Voladores performer to the Caribbean Basin wallpaper page.

2005/01/08 added a page about Vietnamese Air Force aircraft in operation, as well as a page about the Vietnamese Air Force Museum in Hanoi, with a Vietnamese Air Force Museum Photo Gallery and sub-pages showing Captured American Aircraft in Communist Vietnamese Air Force Colors and Russian Helicopters in Vietnamese Air Force Colors.

2005/01/06 put a pair of CH-46 Sea Knights on the Helicopter wallpaper page to replace an earlier one which wasn't as good.   This new photo was in turn replaced on 2011/06/15 by an even better photo of a pair of CH-46 Sea Knights.

2005/01/05 added a Red Lacewing to the Butterfly wallpaper page.

2005/01/04 added a Thailand black tarantula (also called an Asian bird-eating spider) to the Spider wallpaper page.

2005/01/03 added Moellendorff's rat snake to the Reptile wallpaper page.

End of year statistics:

  2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
pages 547 512 434 325 188
regular photographs 2592 2081 2070 1769 1264
wallpaper photographs 890 673 490 184  
airshows and military museums 220 168 146 39  
fighters 45        
bombers 19        
attack 19        
naval 36        
non-combatants 30        
displays 23        
helicopters 15        
civil 16        
museums 16        
life on earth 439 354 248 90  
amphibians 14        
ants 10        
beetles 18        
birds 89        
bugs 14        
butterflies 38        
caterpillars 36        
dragonflies 23        
fungus 12        
grasshoppers 11        
horrors 21        
mammals 18        
moths 14        
reptiles 29        
spiders 33        
underwater 59        
New Zealand 57        
activities 12        
cities 12        
North Island 12        
South Island 21        
travel 119 70 51 37  
Asia 21        
Caribbean basin 21        
Europe 17        
Middle East 33        
Pacific 27        
USA 55 34 23 18  
activities 9        
cities 23        
seasons 7        
states 16        
Summary by Month
Month Daily Avg Monthly Totals
Hits Files Pages Visits Sites KBytes Visits Pages Files Hits
Dec 2004 149248 131713 7429 4046 126849 84240326 125453 230313 4083105 4626716
Nov 2004 145050 129597 7479 4182 120041 84413546 125465 224391 3887916 4351501
Oct 2004 188011 168672 10466 4995 160100 157231476 154870 324464 5228845 5828361
Sep 2004 157536 142457 8111 4488 134386 128984258 134649 243334 4273731 4726103
Aug 2004 119378 106341 6063 3161 105488 92781577 98017 187963 3296591 3700730
Jul 2004 390186 330535 17459 10183 262272 296277504 315686 541244 10246591 12095792
Jun 2004 307786 266156 13720 7725 195059 216968726 231779 411611 7984695 9233608
May 2004 94059 85918 4951 2610 74125 74078869 80931 153506 2663477 2915857
Apr 2004 98651 90136 5285 2687 73891 70526853 80635 158561 2704080 2959557
Mar 2004 102316 93428 5600 2790 79901 78709888 86493 173628 2896286 3171800
Feb 2004 91245 83400 4960 2492 69544 64952047 72277 143865 2418620 2646118
Jan 2004 69258 63162 3915 1730 50347 53570028 53634 121394 1958035 2147022
Totals 1402735098 1559889 2914274 51641972 58403165