European Internet Usage Statistics

November 15, 2007 – 5:00 am

Eurostat 2006: Internet usage in the EU25: ?Nearly half of individuals in the EU25 used the internet at least once a week in 2006 and a third of households and three-quarters of enterprises had broadband internet access.? Statistics Denmark 2007: Access to the Internet: 78% of population has home internet access.

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Checkouts Vs. GPA?

September 25, 2007 – 9:53 am

Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian at Colgate University, posted to the IUG list with this notion today:
I’m clearing out a large group of expired student records, and wonder if anyone else has had the same idea that has occurred to me. [Our ILS] keeps track in the patron record of TOTCHKOUTs (total checkouts). At the [...]

By Casey | Posted in Dispatches, Libraries & Networked Information | Comments (1)

bsuite Bug Fixes (release b2v7)

April 16, 2007 – 9:14 am

redirect: http://maisonbisson.com/blog/bsuite

Contents:

bsuite Features
Fixed/Changed/Added
Installation

Upgrading

Commands

Clear bsuite_speedcache
Rebuild bsuite tag index

Options

Minimum userlevel to view bsuite reports
Output default CSS
Default pulse graph style
Suggest related entries in post
Tag input format
Highlight search words and offer search help
Filter incoming search terms using comment moderation and blacklist words
Ignore hits from registered users at or above userlevel
Ignore hits from these IP numbers

Tag Support
Using bsuite Functions
Known Bugs
Money [...]

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Damn Daylight Saving Doesn’t Save

March 12, 2007 – 12:29 pm

NPR covered it like an eclipse or astronomic curiosity, and did little to question the claimed energy saving benefits. But, as Michael Downing asks in Spring Forward, how can something understood by so few be done by so many? And why go through this twice annual madness?
Supposedly, we subject ourselves to the rule of time [...]

By Casey | Posted in Politics & Controversy, Technology | Comments (8)

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

January 1, 2007 – 12:11 pm

Thanks to MetaFilter for pointing this out, and Matty, for putting it to good use.
Yes, you really can use this to make authoritative looking reports on anything.
esolutions, lies, statistics, data, pirates, ninjas, bullshit

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Competition, Market Position, and Statistics

December 19, 2006 – 12:42 pm

Watch this video a few times. It’s funny. It’s catchy. It’s kitsch.
Now watch it a few times more. The ad, for a Lada VAZ 2109, appeared sometime in the 90s. It reflects the influence of MTV and other cultural imports from the West, but the details betray it’s command economy provenance. The snow appears trodden [...]

By Casey | Posted in Libraries & Networked Information, Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Questionable...funny. Pointless. | Comments (4)

bsuite Bug Fixes (release b2v6)

July 24, 2006 – 12:39 pm

redirect: http://maisonbisson.com/blog/bsuite

Contents:

bsuite Features
Fixed/Changed/Added
Installation
Upgrading
Commands
Options
Tag Support
Using bsuite Functions
Known Bugs

Update: bugfix release b2v7 available.
It’s been a while since I released a new version of bsuite, my multi-purpose WordPress plugin. I’d been hoping to finish up a series of new features, but those have been delayed and this is mostly just a collection of bugfixes. This update is recommended [...]

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US Census on Internet Access and Computing

January 16, 2006 – 5:27 pm

Rebecca Lieb reports for ClickZ Stats that, based on US Census data (report), most Americans have PCs and web access:
Sixty-two million U.S. households, or 55 percent of American homes, had a Web-connected computer in 2003, according to just-released U.S. Census data. That’s up from 50 percent in 2001, and more than triple 1997’s 18 [...]

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bsuite Bug Fixes (release b2v3)

December 14, 2005 – 7:56 pm

redirect: http://maisonbisson.com/blog/bsuite

Contents:

Fixed
Installation
bsuite Features

I’ve fixed another bug in bsuite b2, my multi-purpose plugin. This update is recommended for all bsuite users.
Fixed

Previous versions would throw errors at the bottom of the page when the http referrer info included search words from a recognized search engine. 

Installation
Follow the directions for the bsuite b2 release. The download link there will [...]

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bsuite Bug Fixes (release b2b)

December 3, 2005 – 10:17 am

redirect: http://maisonbisson.com/blog/bsuite

Contents:

Fixes
Installation
bsuite Features

I’ve fixed a couple bugs in bsuite b2, released last week.
Fixes

A bug with search word highlighting that caused it to litter the display in some cases. 
A silly mistake of mine that cause a mysql error for some users.

Installation
Follow the directions for the bsuite b2 release. The download link there will always fetch the [...]

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bsuite Features: The Photo Spread

December 1, 2005 – 6:49 am

bsuite highlights the search words used to find blog posts in Google and other search engines, and uses those search terms to recommend other related posts at your WordPress site.
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bsuite uses the tags of one post to recommend related posts in your WordPress blog.
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bsuite includes an easy [...]

By Casey | Posted in Technology | Comments (11)

bsuite WordPress Plugin (b2 release)

November 28, 2005 – 9:52 pm

redirect: http://maisonbisson.com/blog/bsuite

Contents:

bsuite Features
Changes
Installation
Options
Tag Support
Using bsuite Functions
Known Bugs

The first thing we all have to agree on is that bsuite is the replacement for bstat. The name change reflects that fact that the plugin is doing a lot more than simply track page loads. The most exciting new feature is a module I can’t help but call [...]

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bstat Beta 4 Release

July 19, 2005 – 1:58 am

[[pageindex]]UPDATE: shout outs to Zach, Cliff, Justin, and Thomas who’ve submitted bug reports. Their feedback has been rolled in to the B4 July 20 release, available now (look for the link below).
This is likely the last release before the code gets bundled into bsuite (more details on that later).
Changes
This documentation supersedes any previous documentation.
More [...]

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bStat Features

July 9, 2005 – 5:37 am

UPDATE: bstat has been updated.
bStat is a hit and search term stats tracking plugin for WordPress. In addition to reporting lists of popular stories and popular search terms, it will report recent comments and a unique ?pulse? graph showing the activity for a story or the entire blog over time.
The documentation for the current release [...]

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bstat Beta 3 Release

July 6, 2005 – 3:33 am

UPDATE: bstat has been updated.
Beta 2 never went public. This is beta 3.
Changes
This documentation supersedes any previous documentation.
The bstat_pulse() function has been improved and now uses your CSS for appearance. Call bstat_pulse_style() to add my default styles inline if you don’t want to modify your CSS. Also, bstat_pulse() now has two switches to control [...]

By Casey | Posted in Technology | Comments (14)