DEBRIS.COMgood for a laugh, or possibly an aneurysm

Four statistics describe how often this site is updated:

• number of days this week
• number of days this month
• number of days this year
• number of days since the site was launched

All are shown as percentages. For example, if I post something to the site on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, my posting rate for the week as of Friday would be 3/6 or 50%.

I put these counters together so site visitors can get a sense of how frequently the site is updated. There are four counters of decreasing recency so that when taken as a group they would reflect trends. For example, as I write this, my overall (site-to-date) post rate is 55%, but this month I’ve been writing much more than that. So far this month (and this year), I’ve posted on 87% of days.

By subtracting these values from 100, the reader can calculate a related measure, which I call the “Flake Rate” — the percentage of days I’ve flaked by not writing. I chose not to display these counts because I don’t want to tempt Fate. She is tempting enough already.

Current values appear elsewhere on this page, under the calendar.