Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

Blogosphere

Charting the Browsers at CB&D

I was looking at the server statistics logs today and the browser type stat aroused my interest. I decided to take the figures and put them into a graphical format.

Even though our blog doesn’t get a very large number of hits, the Never Forget Tribute gets over 1500 hits per hour. When a browser is JavaScript enabled, it gets logged when it hits either the blog or the Tribute. Bottom line to this is I believe that the figures below are derived from a reasonably-sized sample. The figures were accumulated over the first week of 2009.

browsers.jpg

Clearly, Internet Explorer 6 and 7 have over half of the market. Firefox comes in second with over a quarter of the take. Last year, when I looked at this, there was more usage of IE 6 than 7 and more of Firefox 2 versus 3. That has changed as both Mozilla’s and Microsoft’s latest browsers have matured. Safari shows up better than Netscape and several other types which do not get named on the chart.

We appreciate all of our viewers regardless of their browser type.

08 Jan 2009 by Blogosphere

Victory In Iraq Day

VI DayI’m a couple of days late on this, but there is movement in the blogosphere to proclaim last Saturday as “VICTORY IN IRAQ” day. I have placed this logo in the sidebar for a few days with a link to the Victory in Iraq website.

Despite clear signals from the military and others in a position to know that the war is won, you won’t see or hear much from the media. Congress won’t be declaring victory. The talking heads from the left will continue to trivialize the tremendous effect that the surge had in securing Iraq.

Worst of all, the men and women of our armed forces that took part in this significant achievement will be coming home to the complacent masses who don’t know why they voted the way they did except it ‘felt right.’

We commend our armed forces and wish the best for them as they return to their civilian or military regular jobs. Good work folks, and God Speed.

Hat tip to Kini who put the bug in our ear about this.

24 Nov 2008 by Blogosphere Islamic Terrorism Media Military

Warthog Courtesy Call

WarthogI got a call today from Kerby Smith, the director of communications and public relations for Para Ordinance Firearms; he called to follow up on Damsel’s Warthog. Kerby arranged a factory return for the pistol after learning about the problems Damsel was having with it.

We talked about several issues concerning short-barrel .45s. We touched on the topics of lube and maintenance, ammunition, shooting procedures and what to do when you get a misfeed. Kerby seemed to be very knowledgeable about his product line and offered suggestions for us to get the best performance from the Warthog.

I have to say that the Warthog requires a little more in the way of TLC, but it is a very nice gun and Damsel loves it in spite of its history. I also have to say that I’m very impressed with Para’s support of their products and the lengths to which Kerby Smith went to make sure Damsel would be happy with the pistol.

Kerby mentioned that he will be participating in the Para-sponsored Bloggers event at Blackwater where Michael Bane, Ahab, Robb Allen, Sebastian, Say Uncle and others are headed this weekend. Have fun, guys and gals, shooting those Para Pistols.

20 Aug 2008 by Blogosphere Firearms

One Hundred Thousand and Counting

devils-tongue-flower.jpgWe don’t get a lot of hits here on Cap’n Bob & the Damsel when compared to some of the hit powerhouses on the net these days. But, thanks to the 200+ hits per day we get most days, we’re finally into six digits on the SiteMeter counter.

Today, Damsel took this photo of our Devil’s Tongue barrel cactus, which just got its first flower of the summer. Do ya think there might be 100,000 of those little pollen doodads in the middle of this little buttercup? Well I don’t have the time, inclination or image resolution to count ’em, but it looks like there could be.

At any rate, thanks to you who are regular visitors and thanks to all the Google image and search referrals, we’re now past the 100K milestone. Also we made another milestone earlier this month when our Never Forget Tribute, seen on hundreds of websites worldwide, passed the 40 million hits threshold.

Thanks to Damsel for all the beautiful pictures she takes, including this one. Click on the image for maximal magnamification.

27 Jun 2008 by Blogosphere Home & Garden Photography

Bad Behavior

logo-ghostIf you tried to comment here and got a weird message about “Your Internet Protocol address is listed on a blacklist of addresses involved in malicious or illegal activity,” please disregard the message.

We were using a plug-in called “Bad Behavior” which was supposed to protect us from spam bots and the like. Well, apparently the plug-in was compromised and started living up to it’s name by sending that message whenever any management functions were invoked, including comments and even posting blogs or managing the links list.

Quite frustrating until I found out what was causing it. The plug-in has been removed and all should be OK now. We also upgraded to the latest WordPress version.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Update: John A. reported more about the problem on Steve McIntyre’s Climate Report Blog:

All users should update to Bad Behavior 2.0.11 immediately to prevent being blocked from your own site.

Within the past two days users have found themselves blocked from their own sites while using recent versions of Bad Behavior. A third party blacklist which Bad Behavior queries recently began sending false positives for any IP address queried, causing everyone using Bad Behavior to be blocked. This issue is fixed in Bad Behavior 2.0.11.

06 Dec 2007 by Blogosphere Cyberspace Technobabble

The Great Crash of November ’07

The Great Crash of November ’07 is where we had two computers die within a few days of each other. First, the laptop stopped working and a couple of nights later, the power supply in my old desktop computer went out. This made me wonder what could be next. My question was answered the night before last when the big 36″ TV croaked with a loud snap and burnt smell right after. I’m not asking about anything else for fear of another self-fulfilling prophecy.

The hard drive in the old laptop started making noises that sounded just like somebody was doing something bad to a cat. It completely died shortly thereafter. I’m going to try and see if there is a way to recover the data from it, but if not, then it’s not going to be a big deal. Last year, I started backing up all our photos and other files to one of those monster external hard drives. We might lose some data, but at least it’s minimized.

Dell 1721 NotebookThe old Dell desktop didn’t lose any data – it just stopped working. I removed the hard disk from it and installed it into another desktop that we use upstairs. The upstairs computer is now downstairs to fill the gap caused by the failure. All of my old files are there although there are some problems activating some of the software I use. Also not a biggie since I can reinstall the software.

Moving the computer downstairs was the only the start of our recovery. The next step is shown in the image (click for a large view). The new Dell 1721 Notebook arrived yesterday as an early Christmas Present.

Now to figure out which flat-screen HDTV is going to replace the old smelly CRT-type TV.

29 Nov 2007 by Blogosphere Cyberspace Technobabble

Karen’s Korner – WOW

karen.jpgOur choice for Weblog of the Week (WOW) this week is Karen’s Korner.

Karen’s blog is filled with Americana and down-to-Earth views on interesting articles, news and humor. The blog is supportive toward our Military and posts articles and links to that effect. Karen doesn’t pull any punches in her commentary and offers sobering, to-the-point thoughts on topics at hand. Karen has a great weblog and we visit often.

We’re glad to select Karen’s Korner as this week’s Weblog of the Week. A link to Karen’s Korner will ride along with the Never Forget Tribute this week.

10 Jul 2007 by Blogosphere

Categories

Archives