Who's On Cosmic Variance?

Occasionally, I take a look at the "who's on?" feature of our web stats, because I find it fascinating to see the spread of people who take time to read blogs. This one time, I thought I'd share the result with you. I've annnotated the list where I recognized the domain; typically university addresses. I realize that the time of the day that one looks at the stats plays a large part in determining which time zones the majority of visitors are from. But I had to do it at some time and I just happened to have a half hour free right now. At 8:46pm this evening, people from the following locations were reading Cosmic Variance (more than one person from several of these locations). 1. Chicago, IL, USA. 2. Springfield, IL, USA (Lincoln Land Community College). 3. Lumberport, WV, USA. 4. Rochester, NY, USA (University of Rochester). 5. Mount Laurel, NJ, USA. 6. Sarasota, FL, USA. 7. West Newton, MA, USA (Harvard University). 8. Davis, CA, USA (University of California, Davis). 9. Chaichiaotou, Taiwan. 10. Los Angeles, CA, USA (University of California, Los Angeles). 11. Portsmouth, OH, USA. 12. Baltimore, MD, USA. 13. Columbus, OH, USA. 14. Westborough, MA, USA. 15. Tallahassee, FL, USA. 16. Locke, NY, USA. 17. New York, NY, USA. 18. Cambridge, MA, USA (Harvard University). 19. Seattle, WA, USA. 20. Costa Mesa, CA, USA. 21. Brooklyn, NY, USA. 22. Newark, DE, USA. 23. Amsterdam, NY, USA. 24. Glendale Heights, IL, USA. 25. Bronx, NY, USA. 26. Cardiff, Wales, UK. 27. Plano, TX, USA. 28. Jamaica Plain, MA, USA. 29. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (.edu.au). 30. Tucson, AZ, USA. 31. Ottawa, ON, Canada. 32. Bensenville, IL, USA. 33. Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia (.edu.au) 34. San Diego, CA, USA. 35. Parkersburg, WV, USA. 36. Canyon County, CA, USA. 37. Amherst, MA, USA. 38. Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. 39. Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia. 40. Fort Collins, CO, USA. 41. Livermore, CA, USA (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) 42. Bozeman, MT, USA. 43. Brighton, MA, USA. 44. Landala, Sweden. 45. Suquamish, WA, USA. 46. Lokeren, Belgium. 47. Atlanta, GA, USA. 48. Vancouver, BC, Canada. 49. Bylehamn, Sweden. 50. Coudersport, PA, USA. 51. Princeton, NJ, USA (The Institute for Advanced Study). 52. Dover, NH, USA (University of New Hampshire).