General site cleanup

I did some housekeeping on the Actual Site.  I cleaned up the sidebar: Presence is updated, for instance, and content is more logically organized.  A metric assload of advertising is gone: Adwords (from site, feed, and search); the Amazon sidebar; and the kind-of-slimy “Endorsed Sites”, with all but one of which I had an affiliate relationship.

ForexYard is gone as a site sponsor, as I have no idea how to vet them appropriately, cannot honestly endorse them, and want to be rid of any animated graphics on the site (unlike the other site sponsors, I was paid by them [theoretically] according to the number of accounts I referred rather than for simple placement, so I don’t have to refund anyone.)

And if you haven’t been by in a while, the little ego photo has changed.

Brutal — and brutally honest — feedback is courted.  Is the remaining “Drag this Amazon link” thing (which is almost never used) still too much?  Is there a tip jar system that is vaguely classy and has the likelihood of generating nonzero income?  If I could generate enough money to break even on the hosting, I’d be thrilled.

[ Replace this ad for $1/month ]



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