Google’s “Dear John” Letter (Click for much more legable copy)
After running my blog for over five years, and supporting the fees of my open sourced software through AdSense since 2003, they’ve killed my account with no rhyme or reason.
I asked for clarification, and was told “Our system is proprietary, we’re not going to tell you as it would tell you too much how our software works.” No shit.
I appealed by stating my case, that I have used AdSense for years, and I’ve never had an issue. However, two weeks from PayOut (which only took two fucking years with my amazing $0.08 AdSense clickthrough rate), they terminate me.
Appealed for further information, and, as you see above, got none, but they think I’m a low down nasty baddy-badbad who’s trying to steal their wonderful bounty of $0.08/click. Like I can live on that.
Well, Google, fine. AdEngage and AdBrite pay much better, and don’t treat their resources this way.
Just in case you’ve missed it, FoxyTunes 2.0 is out:
This FireFox and Thunderbird/etc plugin enables you to control your media player from a small little section of the status panel you mostly ignored anyhow. No more fumbling back and forth between applications with Alt-Tab, or mousing. Finally, Feng Shui for the desktop.
I have nothing I can say, or offer to those families directly affected, or indirectly by this act of terrorism, but my heart goes out to them.
It makes me sad, yes – yet, sickly, I feel pride: We don’t deal with these attacks every day. For all of our faults, we are strong, and we shall not forget.
I’ve heard these are all the rage, and shave at least ten years off of your intellectual profile..
You scored higher than 99% on darkness.
You scored higher than 99% on spontaneity.
You scored higher than 99% on vulgarity.
Oh my, it’s true. Everyone my age is dead, or doesn’t waste their time on tests like this. That, or nobody laughs about someone who passed out drunk, and had a marker moustache drawn upon them. :(
