Bummed By The Boss
We were watching the Catherine Tate show yesterday
(17th February 2009) and one of her characters mentioned a web site called bummedbytheboss.co.uk.
We typed it in and nothing happened so we thought we'd register it -- just to
see how many sad people like us type it into their browsers. Since the
series is being repeated everywhere we figured the logs could be quite
interesting in terms of the countries the visitors come from. So welcome
to the Bummed By The Boss Logs Analysis Project; we have no idea what to expect
from it so keep watching this space. We have no expectations other than we
think we'll get visitors - how many and where from we have no idea!
Geordie Georgie
The character in the show who provided the impetus to registering the domain
name was Geordie Georgie and it's doubly appropriate as we live in the North
East of England!
She is constantly raising money for weird good causes and doing it in bizarre ways
(like dragging a Boeing 747 from Whitley Bay to Tynemouth using only B roads).
At some point in her conversations she will say "If you don't believe me check
the web site at .....". One of our favourites whilst she was raising money
for obsessive compulsives was
www.christivelefttheironon.co.uk/noihavent/yesihave.
The Logs Project
The reason this site exists is to see how many people try visiting the site as a
result of watching the show. Because the domain is broadcast in the television
show (which we assume is shown around the world) we can assume that the site
will get hits no matter what we do. We want to see if there is a pattern to the
visits - do we get more hits when the series is repeated? Do people type in the
URL whilst watching the show - can we see that spike in the logs on a minute by
minute basis? Could we predict which countries the show is being shown in? Is
it just English speakers who type in the address? Are the addresses shown in
foreign language subtitles? Do people outside the UK care?
We hope that these questions and many more will be answered by analysing our log
files and we present them here for you to follow. They are accessible via
your browser and we update them every night at midnight G.M.T.
www.bummedbytheboss.co.uk/logs
If you'd like to comment on the project please click here.
If you think this is a fun idea you are welcome to
buy the developer
a drink or get your
own virtual pub
where your friends can buy you a drink with real money!
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