Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Traffic Spotting
The easiest way to determine your site’s Interweb success is to analyze the traffic logs.
However, downloading raw traffic logs from the web-host and writing a perl script to extract something meaningful probably isn’t what most people envisage doing on their Sunday afternoons. Fortunately, there are various excellent resources available that do this for you for [...]
No Comments » - Posted in IT by michelle
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Wanted: An 11-sided cookie cutter
Our recent caving expedition produced numerous photos of starfish. This then prompted a wiki investigation.
Nom, Nom, Nom - Sun Star (Stichaster Australis) vomits its way through some mussels at the Bay with the Dragon Boat Rock.
This particular starfish (Stichaster australis), commonly known as a Sun Star, or patangaroa is native to New [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Auckland, Photos, observations by michelle
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Job Stalking
I found out that my previous employer was advertising for my old position. This immediately prompted a bit of job-stalking.
The problem with job-stalking is that it inevitably leads to job-browsing.
I soon found out that while I’m on a five-figure salary here, I’d be on an easy six-figure salary in Australia, doing the same work.
Of [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in IT, politics by michelle
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Nom, Nom, Nom
Spotted in the Star Mart on the waterfront:
Not sure what troubles me more, the fact that you can buy instant cheese burger in a bag, or the fact that it was the last one left on the shelf.
2 Comments » - Posted in Auckland, observations by michelle
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
How To: Improve your Google Rank
A couple weeks into my blog, I did what every new blogger does, I google-stalked myself.
Alas my posts were so deeply buried in the Internet jungle that I could only find them by doing the ego-search: “How to Terminate a rat” site:lorenz.co.nz. And even then I got a link to a 404 page-not-found error.
I [...]