Browser and Operating System Statistics as of November 24 in year 2013

Posted on by John Nash

Browser and Operating System Statistics from the jdnash.com series of web sites. Sites are mostly un-promoted and as such visitors are considered a random sample, most likely representative of current market conditions. This is useful for seeing which browser or os is currently most in use. Browsers used were 337,000 accesses from unnamed Mozilla compatible browsers, 308,000 from Safari-like, 193,000 from FireFox, 162,000 from Microsoft Internet Explorer in some form. Google Chrome is reported in the summary as part of the Safari stats. Adding up the lines in the Browser Detailed Report (below) that specifically state Chrome or Chromium there were around 99,500 accesses from a Google Chromium based browser.

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Christmas Crafting

Posted on by John Nash

Christmas crafting: the season is upon us, and that means hand crafted belts, smart phone cases, and key fobs from API Leathercrafting. We already have several orders, this one for four smart phone cases and three key fobs. To get your handcrafted leather gifts this year, go to http://apileathercrafting.us/. We price aggressively: hand crafted goods made…

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Washer Won’t Spin

Posted on by John Nash

I found lots of articles and youtube.com videos on changing transmissions on Kenmore Washers. But the problem was a lid (safety interlock) switch. As shown in the photos below, it was a simple process to identify the problem, remove the failed switch, and now all I need to do is order a replacement switch and install it.

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Not Working: links in email

Posted on by John Nash

Clicking a link in email is supposed to open the browser, but after a fresh install of Ubuntu Mint/MATE Thunderbird with Chromium-Browser does not open links at all. You are forced to copy the link, change to the browser, then paste the link to open it. This actually worked: In Thunderbird 11.0.1, it is simple,…

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