Author: spierzchala

GrabPERF: Search Index Weekly Results (Sep 19-25, 2005)

2005-09-26 / spierzchala / 2 Comments

The weekly GrabPERF Search Index Results are in.
Week of September 19-25, 2005

TEST                                 RESULT  SUCCESS  ATTEMPTS
--------------------------------  ---------  -------  --------
PubSub - Search                   0.1641161    99.82      7037
Google - Search                   0.2469639   100.00      7037
Google Blogsearch (ATOM)- Search  0.5754907    99.89      6201
Google Blogsearch - Search        0.5844869    99.67      7037
MSN - Search                      0.6129932    99.99      7036
Yahoo - Search                    0.6375895    99.94      7031
eBay - Search                     0.6750205   100.00      7036
Amazon - Search                   1.0858985    99.95      1832
Technorati - Search               1.1052304    99.89      7036
BestBuy.com - Search              1.3558370    99.52      7036
Newsgator - Search                1.5025822    99.97      7037
Feedster - Search                 1.5255779    99.52      7036
BENCHMARK RESULTS                 1.5572177    99.66    106498
Blogdigger - Search               1.7119017    99.94      7016
BlogLines - Search                2.6147261    97.24      7036
IceRocket - Search                3.4088173    99.86      7018
Blogpulse - Search                6.6481991    99.55      7036

These results are based on data gathered from two remote measurement locations in North America. Each location takes a measurement approximately once every five minutes.
The measurements are for the base HTML document only. No images or referenced files are included.

Technorati: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring, search index, SEO
IceRocket: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring, search index, SEO

Rojo: I’m following Peter

2005-09-25 / spierzchala / 0 Comments

Peter Caputa of PC4Media has bailed on Bloglines for rojo. [here]
I tried it.
Been nice hanging with you Bloglines. Maybe Diller will throw a few bones your way sometime soon.
Must be something about Marlborough, MA.

GrabPERF: Sponsorship Logos Up, Sponsors Roll In

2005-09-25 / spierzchala / 0 Comments

If you are a user of GrabPERF you have noticed a few changes.
Thanks to the sponsors we have so far:

There are a couple of more in the pipeline, and I look forward to working with all of the sponsors.
On this blog and the GrabPERF site, you will see the icon. If you want to support the developer, there are a few items there that will bring a smile to my face! 😉

Introverts Everywhere

2005-09-24 / spierzchala / 0 Comments

Seems that us Introverts are busting out everywhere.
Jonathan Rauch hits for six with this article.
I work at a company run by Extroverts, who, without a second thought, promote the Extroverts and marginalize the Introverts.
The thing is that in my company, outside of sales, the company is dominated by Introverts. In fact, because it is a technology company, the Introverts are really the ones who have the power.
And the Extroverts wonder why the Introverts DESPISE the open plan office — no cubes, no offices.
Where are the companies run by Introverts, for Introverts?

Weblogs.com: Problem solved

2005-09-23 / spierzchala / 0 Comments

Looks like Weblogs.com resolved their issues.

The Introvert Advantage

2005-09-23 / spierzchala / 0 Comments

Lifehack.org lists the top ten reasons to being an Introvert. As an INTJ, I can relate to these.

10) Work Well With Others, Especially In One-to-One Relationships
9) Maintain Long-Term Friendships
8) Flexible
7) Independent
6) Strong Ability To Concentrate
5) Self-Reflective
4) Responsible
3) Creative, Out-of-the-Box thinking
2) Analytical Skills That Integrate Complexity
1) Studious and Smart

Looks like I need to buy The Introvert Advantage.

GrabPERF: Corporate Donors Wanted!

2005-09-23 / spierzchala / 0 Comments

If you or your company would like to donate to GrabPERF, here is what we need!

Opera: Free Browser, Web Site Issues?

2005-09-22 / spierzchala / 0 Comments

Opera, my #2 browser choice is now free. Go get it!
Now, Netcraft reports that the site is slowing down as a result. I am also measuring it using GrabPERF
—- START RANT
Now, if they turned on compression and had some explicit cache-control information, they might not be doing to badly.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:51:09 GMT
Server: mod-xslt/1.3.8 Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) \
                           mod_perl/1.999.21 Perl/v5.8.4
Last-Modified: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:25:37 GMT
ETag: "771846-1277-63ed7240"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 4727
Content-Type: text/html

They are using Apache. Apache has mod_deflate. TURN IT ON!
—- END RANT

GrabIP: IP Registrar Stats for September 22, 2005

2005-09-22 / spierzchala / 0 Comments

Here are the IP Block and Address allocation by registrar, as well as the number of officially allocated IP Addresses in each country (with 65536 Hosts or more) as of September 22, 2005 00:30 UTC.
This data has been extracted from the GrabIP database

IP REGISTRAR BREAKDOWN

registry   NUM_HOSTS  NUM_BLOCKS
--------  ----------  ----------
arin      1484282368       36395
ripencc    363643440       19126
apnic      293023232       11504
lacnic      38634752        1551
afrinic     10626304         479

NUMBER OF ALLOCATED IP ADDRESSES BY COUNTRY (65536 Hosts or more)**

COUNTRY                                     COUNTRY_CODE   NUM_HOSTS  NUM_BLOCKS
------------------------------------------  ------------  ----------  ----------
UNITED STATES                               US            1316020992       31251
JAPAN                                       JP             141465088        1510
EUROPEAN UNION                              EU             113823420        4604
CHINA                                       CN              72603904         889
CANADA                                      CA              66684672        4926
GERMANY                                     DE              50096208        1622
FRANCE                                      FR              42913408        1197
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF                          KR              40838400         359
UNITED KINGDOM                              UK              39511928        1702
UNITED KINGDOM                              GB              33562368          25
AUSTRALIA                                   AU              26556416        4762
NETHERLANDS                                 NL              16418208        1001
SPAIN                                       ES              16367648         419
ITALY                                       IT              16228448         733
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA                   TW              15157248         322
BRAZIL                                      BR              15075072         261
SWEDEN                                      SE              12087680         533
MEXICO                                      MX              11030528         154
RUSSIAN FEDERATION                          RU              10549832        1191
SOUTH AFRICA                                ZA               8198656         255
POLAND                                      PL               7411332         729
FINLAND                                     FI               7364224         266
SWITZERLAND                                 CH               6889408         763
DENMARK                                     DK               6860064         277
HONG KONG                                   HK               6193152         538
INDIA                                       IN               5993472         360
AUSTRIA                                     AT               5763744         388
NORWAY                                      NO               5068448         244
BELGIUM                                     BE               4318208         293
NEW ZEALAND                                 NZ               4291072        1129
TURKEY                                      TR               3674304         169
CHILE                                       CL               3022592         316
ARGENTINA                                   AR               2974720         241
IRELAND                                     IE               2905504         116
THAILAND                                    TH               2857472         296
CZECH REPUBLIC                              CZ               2815232         190
ROMANIA                                     RO               2774144         292
ISRAEL                                      IL               2727296         122
SINGAPORE                                   SG               2686976         307
PORTUGAL                                    PT               2609216          98
MALAYSIA                                    MY               2569472         191
HUNGARY                                     HU               2220416         132
GREECE                                      GR               1766656         162
VENEZUELA                                   VE               1753088          79
INDONESIA                                   ID               1615872         244
BULGARIA                                    BG               1452032         196
UKRAINE                                     UA               1369536         631
EGYPT                                       EG               1280768          55
COSTA RICA                                  CR               1254144          12
PHILIPPINES                                 PH               1173248         189
SLOVAKIA                                    SK                992256          89
SAUDI ARABIA                                SA                969984          81
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES                        AE                964608          14
COLOMBIA                                    CO                938752         106
LATVIA                                      LV                882496         107
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF                   IR                844288          53
LITHUANIA                                   LT                812928          69
PERU                                        PE                679424          59
SLOVENIA                                    SI                668160         103
ESTONIA                                     EE                649472          45
VIET NAM                                    VN                627712          39
ICELAND                                     IS                507904          28
PANAMA                                      PA                469760          31
YUGOSLAVIA                                  YU                347392          35
CROATIA                                     HR                346688          34
PAKISTAN                                    PK                345600          77
LUXEMBOURG                                  LU                307968          50
KUWAIT                                      KW                297984          25
CYPRUS                                      CY                274720          58
BOLIVIA                                     BO                263424          20
KAZAKHSTAN                                  KZ                259072          28
ECUADOR                                     EC                258816         127
MALTA                                       MT                242432          32
MOROCCO                                     MA                233728           9
PUERTO RICO                                 PR                220928          30
URUGUAY                                     UY                206592          25
JORDAN                                      JO                191744          29
BANGLADESH                                  BD                187904          56
QATAR                                       QA                176128           6
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED             PS                173824          17
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM                           BN                172544          11
OMAN                                        OM                163840           5
SRI LANKA                                   LK                163840          29
NIGERIA                                     NG                159744          24
EL SALVADOR                                 SV                156672          13
GUATEMALA                                   GT                145152          19
MACAO                                       MO                143616          16
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF  MK                143360          11
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA                      BA                137216          25
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC                          DO                128768          21
GEORGIA                                     GE                126976          20
BELARUS                                     BY                119552          16
LEBANON                                     LB                112640          16
KENYA                                       KE                107776          22
TUNISIA                                     TN                106752           4
AZERBAIJAN                                  AZ                 92160          11
ALGERIA                                     DZ                 90880          16
NICARAGUA                                   NI                 89344          10
FIJI                                        FJ                 88832          10
CUBA                                        CU                 87040          11
ARMENIA                                     AM                 86016          10
UZBEKISTAN                                  UZ                 77824           9
UGANDA                                      UG                 75008           4
GHANA                                       GH                 74496          13
BAHRAIN                                     BH                 73728          14
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF                        MD                 71680          16
BERMUDA                                     BM                 66048          18
KYRGYZSTAN                                  KG                 65536           9

The attempt to post these weekly has been inconsistent. Let’s shoot for monthly!
**Please note that the total number of IP Addresses for the United Kingdom is the sum of totals for the two unique country codes used when registering IP Blocks — UK and GB.

Technorati: ARIN, RIPE, LACNIC, APNIC, AFRINIC, GrabIP, GeoIP
IceRocket: ARIN, RIPE, LACNIC, APNIC, AFRINIC, GrabIP, GeoIP

Bush bought Florida in 2004

2005-09-22 / spierzchala / 0 Comments

This story should come as no surprise to anyone.

Michael Brown, the embattled head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approved payments in excess of $31 million in taxpayer money to thousands of Florida residents who were unaffected by Hurricane Frances and three other hurricanes last year in an effort to help President Bush win a majority of votes in that state during his reelection campaign, according to published reports.

Via: raving lunacy