{"id":1971,"date":"2011-05-06T12:06:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T12:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2011-05-06T12:06:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T12:06:11","slug":"in-the-names-you-couldnt-make-up-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2011\/05\/06\/in-the-names-you-couldnt-make-up-department\/","title":{"rendered":"In the &quot;Names You Couldn&#039;t Make Up&quot; Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; padding: 8px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erps-Kwerps\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"The church of the Erps parish\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/25\/Sint-Amanduskerk_Erps.jpg\/220px-Sint-Amanduskerk_Erps.jpg\" alt=\"The church of Erps\" width=\"220\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I was checking on something over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeancuisines.com\" target=\"_blank\">EuropeanCuisines.com<\/a> and found (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woopra.com\" target=\"_blank\">Woopra<\/a>) that someone from Belgium was looking at a recipe. Hardly an unusual occurrence by itself, as EC.com is normally moderately busy and has visitors from all over the world. (I remember the time I found someone from Ulan Bator looking at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeancuisines.com\/Peters-Mums-Soda-Bread-Recipe\" target=\"_blank\">Peter&#8217;s Mum&#8217;s soda bread recipe.<\/a> I wound up having to show her Outer Mongolia on a map, as neither of us was absolutely sure of its exact location that early in the morning.)<\/p>\n<p>Now, Woopra also shows you (if it has enough info) where in the world each visitor is surfing in from. 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