So how did IKN do in the awards that went on for a week's worth of voting and got boring after four days and got people irritated while I bugged you to vote every day? The answer is remarkably well and I'm thankful to you all.

First the basics; IKN got 1043 votes and came third in the category "Best Latino Caribbean or South American Blog". First place went to Venezuelan financial blog 'Dolar Paralelo' and second place went to English language Cuban blog 'Generation Y'. Hearty congratulations to both.

However, as you know (or should do by now) your wonky Otto is a nerd for numbers, stats and such, so here's a bit of extra context. They tend to pump the result we managed to get quite shamelessly, but as it's Sunday morning there are less people around to annoy, let's do it.

Finally, all the above is wonky, obsessive numberstuff and should be taken lightly, but there is a point to this post (that's cribbed and adapted from a mail I wrote recently). I'd like to say to say that I know 3rd place in some online poll isn't going to change the course of human history, but the way you guys turned out is one of those silly things that shows human generosity and general niceness. I hope with these few words I can reciprocate some of the fuzzy warm feeling you've handed over to me in January. A sincere 'thank you' for voting the site. i mean it; you guys rock.