One benefit of switching my new webhost, TextDrive, is that they have a much cooler statistics program called Urchin. With it, I can see a lot of information about who’s visiting the site, and what articles they’re reading. Plus, I can learn what browsers they’re using. Here are the current percentages: 26% Internet Explorer 22% […]
Geek Alert
A new year, new technical difficulties
I’m back from two weeks in Australia, a country that’s just as great as everyone makes it out to be. While I was gone, there was all kinds of behind-the-digital-scenes drama at johnaugust.com, most of which hopefully wasn’t visible to Loyal Readers. Basically, the webhosting company moved the site to a “non-production server” because we […]
Comments temporarily off
Due to some mysteriously high server loads, I’ve had to turn off comments until I get back from vacation. Hope everyone is having a great holiday.
New comment spam blocker
Over the weekend, the site got hit by more than 130 comment spams. These are junk messages added to the comment sections of individual articles, usually consisting of links to off-shore gambling, viagra and vioxx. Spammers use automated scripts to leave the same message on article after article, site after site. It’s hard to say […]