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Funny how the change in the new year only brought a problem to this website, or namely my secretive plan to monitor all those who view any pages on michaelpiotter.com. My log file analyzer AWSTATS kicked out before the new year. I finally tracked down the problem to the way dates/weeks are recognized (See help).

Had an inkling it had something to do with the calendar year ending, but wasn’t quite sure. After firing an email to 1and1 (anything but excellent support) they said they couldn’t find the missing file that AWSTATS said it was missing when I tried updating it. Well DUH, anyone that can ftp can do that thank you very much! So I decided someone else on the ‘Net had had this experience and lo and behold I found the answer.

Lesson learned? Maybe. But now I’m happy to track all the unsuspecting viewers of this site. Oh and while searching for answers to my problem, I was suprised I actually got a mention from Michael, whom I had contacted about getting AWSTATS installed correctly on 1and1 in the first place. Networking rules!