Notes on today's comic (26 May 2010):

Oh, I watched the final episode of NCIS' seventh season... I fully expected a cliffhanger, and we got one, but all the same - whew! This is the problem with being completely caught up with all the episodes - I've now got to hold on for season 8, like everyone else! I could try to find episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles, but it's not the same without Gibbs and the gang! Sigh... To paraphrase Carole King's classic song, I might as well wait until September...

(Of course, the hard part was actually trying to figure out a joke related to the cliffhanger!)

News, Views and Just Plain Schmooze...

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Well, it seems the supply of countries has dried up again for the moment, but not the visits - up until yesterday, there have been just 3 short of 5,300!

Monday 17 May 2010

A few items, this time: First of all, a resident of Barbados has been to visit the site, bringing the total up to 80! Word is certainly getting around - even though it seems that most visits are single ones... though I do know that there are people who come back! A special thanks to those people!

Speaking of which, Google Analytics gives clues as to how often people come back (subject to shifting IP addresses): the "new visit percentage". For example, the USA is presently logged (from 22 Dec 08 to 15 May 2010) as 2,756 visits, but 81.60% new visits, though this can be misleading, because many Internet providers assign users a different "location" each time you visit. However, Norway (#4 on the list with 128 visits) has only a 3.91% new visit rate, of which the city of Trondheim has a 1.61% rate! As far as I can tell, I seem to have quite a fan in Trondheim! Thank you! (Please remember that I don't know who this person is, nor where they live, other than the city itself!)

Last but not least, Canada (#3) has gone over 200 visits, so thanks also to the Canadian readers!

Wednesday 12 May 2010

Yet another country, which makes 79... The latest is Switzerland! Oh, in case anyone is worried about Google Analytics (which I'm using to get information about visitors to the site), I would just like to point out that the closest anyone can get with the service is down to the city, town or village; it's not like I can track down anyone's address with the thing! Besides, I'm too damned lazy to be a stalker in any case :)

Monday 10 May 2010

First of all, yet another country in very short order: Ethiopia! I'd been hoping to get more countries in Africa, but couldn't figure out how to do it. But I seem to be managing it without any effort!

Update on my computer: I've had the wretched thing apart completely, but couldn't see anything wrong with it :( I decided that, under the circumstances, that it wasn't worth pursuing the matter (though my friend John Karpich was on-hand via email with advice). So until I can get a replacement motherboard or computer, I'll just have to be very careful...