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A Brief History
Martin was first exposed to the internet while attending university in the early 90s.
He owned a Datsun 1200 at the time, and found a considerable
amount of information on Datsun 1600s, but nothing relevant to a Datsun 1200.
As a result, he decided to start my Datsun 1200 Modifications
website.
Over the years, Martin has continued to add a lot of additional content, including information
on Smoothwall, wireless networking,
U12 Pintaras, software applications, and more.
He then decided to register a domain name, to remove his dependence on his ISP for web hosting,
and to provide a more recognisable and more easily remembered URL.
The MartyBugs.net Name
As Martin always use the nick "mpot" on-line, he wanted to register
mpot.net and/or mpot.com. However, both these domain names were already registered
by Mobile Phone Of Texas.
(The .au domain names are significantly more expensive to register,
and require proof of ownership of a business/product name.)
Friends and aquantances have been calling him "Marty" for quite some time, and
one of his close friends occasionally calls him "MartyBugs".
He though it was a catchy and recognisable name for his website, and
therefore registered martybugs.net.
The MartyBugs.net Web Templates
The MartyBugs.net website has been built using some perl templates
that Martin created. The templates dynamically generate the
page layout, header, footer, menu items, etc.
This simplifies the maintenance of the site significantly,
allowing the look and feel of the site to be changed very easily.
The templates allow the use of different "themes" for different pages,
and also allows new themes to easily be created and added.
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some examples of the different themes which can be used
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The MartyBugs.net Photo Gallery
There are many photo gallery packages available on the internet, but Martin couldn't
find one that had the functionality and flexibilty that he wanted.
He also wanted something that could be integrated into the web templates that are being
used for MartyBugs.net
As a result, Martin wrote his own
photo gallery software, using Perl, with
a SQLite database backend.
MartyBugs Photo Gallery
The gallery software supports multiple hierarchical galleries, and allows
photos to be easily added to public or private galleries.
This custom gallery software provides Martin with the functionality and flexibilty
that he was looking for, and also allows additional functionality and features
to be added at a later date, if required.
The MartyBugs.net Photography Blog
In early 2008, Martin started a
photography blog, as a means to
share some of my photos, as well as post some articles, reviews and tutorials on various topics relating to photography.
Photography Blog
Printing Pages
Content on MartyBugs.net has been designed to be
printer friendly.
When printing pages from this site using a modern browser,
elements such as the left menu column
and the right column (where used) will be hidden, thus
ensuring there's more room on the printed page for the main content.
Please ensure you adhere to the MartyBugs.net
copyright policy when printing content from
this site.
No-www Compliance
The MartyBugs.net website meets Class B no-www compliance.
This means the website is
accessible via either martybugs.net
or www.martybugs.net.
However, all traffic to www.martybugs.net
is silently redirected to martybugs.net
(ie, the deprecated leading www is dropped).
MartyBugs.net Hits
Since going live in January 2003, traffic to MartyBugs.net has steadily increased,
with hits from all around the world.
The table below contains monthly statistics for the site, generated by
Webalizer.
| Month |
Daily Avg |
Monthly Totals |
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| Hits |
Files |
Pages |
Visits |
Sites |
KBytes |
Visits |
Pages |
Files |
Hits |
|---|
| Oct 2009 |
88553 |
81016 |
9762 |
4330 |
103461 |
24081102 |
134235 |
302637 |
2511499 |
2745153 |
| Sep 2009 |
86528 |
79257 |
8880 |
4184 |
97809 |
22116710 |
125546 |
266409 |
2377736 |
2595857 |
| Aug 2009 |
81945 |
74890 |
8280 |
3888 |
95470 |
25517812 |
120544 |
256685 |
2321595 |
2540297 |
| Jul 2009 |
82299 |
75150 |
8449 |
3673 |
90637 |
38417606 |
113889 |
261933 |
2329664 |
2551276 |
| Jun 2009 |
89264 |
81933 |
9160 |
3827 |
92108 |
27145574 |
114834 |
274808 |
2458010 |
2677939 |
| May 2009 |
83488 |
76018 |
8285 |
3707 |
93337 |
21467637 |
114945 |
256837 |
2356581 |
2588143 |
| Apr 2009 |
87842 |
79134 |
7973 |
3594 |
92809 |
20207978 |
107830 |
239210 |
2374026 |
2635260 |
| Mar 2009 |
90402 |
81414 |
8160 |
3617 |
99321 |
21180744 |
112128 |
252964 |
2523835 |
2802471 |
| Feb 2009 |
93558 |
84382 |
8466 |
3809 |
95691 |
19771934 |
106658 |
237060 |
2362714 |
2619649 |
| Jan 2009 |
90204 |
81335 |
7663 |
3461 |
97223 |
21051453 |
107298 |
237564 |
2521413 |
2796353 |
| Dec 2008 |
82635 |
75125 |
7603 |
3312 |
87891 |
18179209 |
102672 |
235706 |
2328879 |
2561703 |
| Nov 2008 |
81926 |
73943 |
7481 |
3451 |
88860 |
18984145 |
103556 |
224448 |
2218292 |
2457794 |
| Oct 2008 |
79394 |
71834 |
7455 |
3286 |
87725 |
18545084 |
101891 |
231126 |
2226856 |
2461215 |
| Sep 2008 |
79565 |
71656 |
7453 |
3260 |
88024 |
18247492 |
97809 |
223598 |
2149697 |
2386970 |
| Aug 2008 |
77809 |
69901 |
7259 |
3147 |
83211 |
17537752 |
97559 |
225046 |
2166957 |
2412080 |
| Jul 2008 |
77064 |
68977 |
7825 |
3355 |
86146 |
18951266 |
104008 |
242598 |
2138310 |
2389014 |
| Jun 2008 |
74702 |
66333 |
8117 |
3689 |
89861 |
17941946 |
110670 |
243539 |
1989999 |
2241063 |
| May 2008 |
78472 |
69593 |
7866 |
4039 |
89374 |
18329975 |
125218 |
243864 |
2157407 |
2432640 |
| Apr 2008 |
83707 |
74089 |
7696 |
4118 |
87015 |
18471650 |
123553 |
230901 |
2222685 |
2511235 |
| Mar 2008 |
84497 |
74227 |
7188 |
3795 |
89994 |
19369476 |
117662 |
222840 |
2301065 |
2619414 |
| Feb 2008 |
89301 |
78757 |
7362 |
3743 |
87464 |
21091323 |
108549 |
213519 |
2283957 |
2589756 |
| Jan 2008 |
85202 |
74678 |
6877 |
3525 |
89079 |
22006536 |
109291 |
213205 |
2315021 |
2641264 |
| Dec 2007 |
76585 |
66979 |
6615 |
3294 |
82890 |
23849950 |
102130 |
205071 |
2076351 |
2374165 |
| Nov 2007 |
76778 |
67888 |
6329 |
3382 |
81822 |
16445342 |
101470 |
189896 |
2036657 |
2303345 |
| Oct 2007 |
77370 |
68129 |
6169 |
3292 |
81987 |
17453803 |
102077 |
191249 |
2112019 |
2398480 |
| Sep 2007 |
75191 |
66084 |
5973 |
3091 |
76074 |
18354020 |
92752 |
179204 |
1982535 |
2255745 |
| Aug 2007 |
81355 |
71401 |
7387 |
3465 |
80471 |
16705374 |
107641 |
208332 |
2028940 |
2311364 |
| Jul 2007 |
70300 |
61629 |
6257 |
3352 |
77215 |
16390362 |
103942 |
193972 |
1910501 |
2179300 |
| Jun 2007 |
96959 |
85270 |
8556 |
3063 |
61125 |
15892325 |
73300 |
187770 |
1862429 |
2118618 |
| May 2007 |
75458 |
65940 |
6222 |
3338 |
84709 |
16897312 |
103481 |
192909 |
2044165 |
2339226 |
| Apr 2007 |
76873 |
66865 |
6244 |
3350 |
79056 |
16284553 |
100516 |
187334 |
2005973 |
2306204 |
| Mar 2007 |
81424 |
70721 |
7311 |
3548 |
80528 |
19129807 |
110007 |
226652 |
2192378 |
2524165 |
| Feb 2007 |
81360 |
70095 |
6808 |
3338 |
73414 |
14725164 |
93466 |
190637 |
1962669 |
2278081 |
| Jan 2007 |
79462 |
69197 |
6507 |
3247 |
80408 |
16960388 |
100663 |
201737 |
2145128 |
2463344 |
| Dec 2006 |
70695 |
61543 |
5749 |
2898 |
71842 |
18073629 |
89860 |
178245 |
1907842 |
2191570 |
| Nov 2006 |
76073 |
65777 |
6174 |
3002 |
74514 |
14591924 |
90062 |
185239 |
1973310 |
2282203 |
| Oct 2006 |
75486 |
65171 |
6375 |
3110 |
75294 |
15786927 |
96410 |
197633 |
2020331 |
2340079 |
| Sep 2006 |
74800 |
64568 |
5815 |
3033 |
70940 |
14884455 |
91014 |
174460 |
1937051 |
2244017 |
| Aug 2006 |
74063 |
63921 |
5606 |
2947 |
72296 |
17208945 |
91384 |
173786 |
1981580 |
2295968 |
| Jul 2006 |
67512 |
57737 |
5382 |
2693 |
68141 |
13976182 |
83512 |
166854 |
1789874 |
2092884 |
| Jun 2006 |
68745 |
58482 |
5551 |
2713 |
72390 |
13174931 |
81413 |
166532 |
1754462 |
2062375 |
| May 2006 |
65931 |
55623 |
5366 |
2634 |
68905 |
12044652 |
81680 |
166360 |
1724327 |
2043867 |
| Apr 2006 |
63785 |
53397 |
5240 |
2541 |
60075 |
11923432 |
76254 |
157226 |
1601935 |
1913558 |
| Mar 2006 |
69504 |
58108 |
5542 |
2793 |
65196 |
13117017 |
86593 |
171813 |
1801350 |
2154625 |
| Feb 2006 |
69692 |
58320 |
5319 |
2693 |
60080 |
11800166 |
75407 |
148946 |
1632981 |
1951385 |
| Jan 2006 |
66118 |
55718 |
5236 |
2623 |
64387 |
11904887 |
81328 |
162319 |
1727268 |
2049679 |
| Dec 2005 |
59440 |
49530 |
4765 |
2367 |
57765 |
11692108 |
73397 |
147721 |
1535431 |
1842661 |
| Nov 2005 |
64986 |
54684 |
5374 |
2586 |
60009 |
11447816 |
77587 |
161226 |
1640533 |
1949606 |
| Oct 2005 |
61446 |
51511 |
5127 |
2359 |
55622 |
11076104 |
73142 |
158937 |
1596870 |
1904833 |
| Sep 2005 |
56000 |
46216 |
4452 |
2113 |
48840 |
9098512 |
63392 |
133572 |
1386483 |
1680001 |
| Aug 2005 |
53488 |
44784 |
5731 |
1980 |
51465 |
11438111 |
61384 |
177670 |
1388319 |
1658143 |
| Jul 2005 |
46474 |
38000 |
3717 |
1742 |
44718 |
7006755 |
54029 |
115256 |
1178025 |
1440717 |
| Jun 2005 |
50884 |
41882 |
4007 |
1845 |
50015 |
6990656 |
55376 |
120210 |
1256460 |
1526534 |
| May 2005 |
67563 |
56666 |
4992 |
2323 |
61557 |
9501769 |
72041 |
154753 |
1756656 |
2094467 |
| Apr 2005 |
52052 |
41577 |
4145 |
1841 |
48707 |
7236645 |
55249 |
124358 |
1247326 |
1561565 |
| Mar 2005 |
50362 |
40355 |
3952 |
1720 |
47866 |
6941213 |
53334 |
122520 |
1251022 |
1561238 |
| Feb 2005 |
50443 |
40322 |
4640 |
1650 |
42759 |
7092895 |
46216 |
129944 |
1129043 |
1412417 |
| Jan 2005 |
44380 |
35125 |
3333 |
1440 |
42776 |
6461473 |
44665 |
103331 |
1088883 |
1375797 |
| Dec 2004 |
37231 |
29525 |
2916 |
1253 |
36882 |
5313772 |
38865 |
90413 |
915298 |
1154169 |
| Nov 2004 |
45282 |
35848 |
3382 |
1450 |
40756 |
6299436 |
43516 |
101469 |
1075441 |
1358469 |
| Oct 2004 |
46634 |
37130 |
3506 |
1543 |
43811 |
6597534 |
47837 |
108704 |
1151046 |
1445683 |
| Sep 2004 |
45901 |
36036 |
3444 |
1452 |
42057 |
5950373 |
43571 |
103335 |
1081092 |
1377031 |
| Aug 2004 |
38542 |
30909 |
3069 |
1290 |
39179 |
5766655 |
40001 |
95144 |
958198 |
1194822 |
| Jul 2004 |
35773 |
28586 |
2698 |
1180 |
36159 |
5774752 |
36591 |
83655 |
886194 |
1108984 |
| Jun 2004 |
29820 |
23143 |
2212 |
882 |
28973 |
5005151 |
26463 |
66379 |
694303 |
894614 |
| May 2004 |
29374 |
22819 |
2204 |
841 |
30359 |
5351489 |
26092 |
68326 |
707394 |
910596 |
| Apr 2004 |
29893 |
22863 |
2173 |
838 |
31372 |
5264212 |
25155 |
65191 |
685895 |
896811 |
| Mar 2004 |
31725 |
24065 |
2374 |
903 |
33026 |
5483637 |
28007 |
73609 |
746029 |
983486 |
| Feb 2004 |
30842 |
22612 |
2314 |
820 |
29494 |
4985065 |
23792 |
67109 |
655770 |
894420 |
| Jan 2004 |
27542 |
20371 |
2093 |
733 |
31148 |
4911697 |
22751 |
64903 |
631531 |
853810 |
| Dec 2003 |
23769 |
17513 |
1960 |
610 |
28298 |
4396552 |
18921 |
60784 |
542927 |
736859 |
| Nov 2003 |
24382 |
18027 |
1749 |
603 |
28200 |
4277501 |
18103 |
52484 |
540820 |
731470 |
| Oct 2003 |
22178 |
16456 |
1652 |
561 |
26063 |
4084057 |
17398 |
51226 |
510160 |
687539 |
| Sep 2003 |
21431 |
16036 |
1811 |
549 |
21919 |
4010918 |
16478 |
54341 |
481101 |
642936 |
| Aug 2003 |
19327 |
14587 |
1761 |
500 |
16041 |
3681648 |
15518 |
54606 |
452215 |
599163 |
| Jul 2003 |
19228 |
14579 |
1587 |
501 |
15907 |
3538298 |
15553 |
49213 |
451961 |
596087 |
| Jun 2003 |
18650 |
13944 |
1416 |
479 |
11307 |
3436138 |
14389 |
42493 |
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559512 |
| May 2003 |
18499 |
13969 |
1459 |
474 |
12073 |
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14708 |
45233 |
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573481 |
| Apr 2003 |
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13666 |
1451 |
486 |
11477 |
3338254 |
14582 |
43546 |
409990 |
549640 |
| Mar 2003 |
17199 |
12664 |
1397 |
455 |
11217 |
3281047 |
14124 |
43332 |
392584 |
533182 |
| Feb 2003 |
14362 |
10827 |
1479 |
391 |
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10955 |
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| Jan 2003 |
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