Back Again

Apparently this thing gets the same number of hits whether I update it or not.

Anyway, my project is (96%) complete. I defended it successfully, but there a few revisions that I need to complete in the next few days. Nothing major, this is a standard part of the process. In the next few weeks, I dive into the publication process as I start the process of submitting the manuscript to a journal.

I’m going on vacation next week, so posting won’t pick back up for awhile. I’ll backlog some stuff, but I don’t expect to start averaging a post a day until September or so.

Blogging for Dollars

So this is all getting crazy.  Last month's traffic increased significantly again as did the number of clicks on those annoying Adsense ads.  I'm actually not far away from receiving an actual check in the mail (albeit a small one) for writing ridiculous nonsense and posting youtube videos.

I feel sort of silly about all of this.  I'm not supposed to encourage people to click on the ads and I'm embarrassed that I am getting actual, real-life, money for blogging, but I'm certainly not going to complain.  I'll probably end getting some comics, books, and other useless nonsense after cashing the check.  Comics, books, and other useless nonsense that I'll end up writing about on this very blog.

Maybe this will become a self-perpetuating thing.  Who knows.

Link Clicking

Much to my surprise someone somewhere has been clicking on the adsense links.  To the point where I've earned something like $30 in 2 months.  This of course is $30 dollars too much considering how little effort I put into this most of the time.  I'm not sure why anyone would want to click on ads for for-profit universities (much more on those later) and other random things... but thanks I guess?

The fact that I'm getting something like 1300 hits a month now (and 7 subscribers via Google Reader!) is just stupid .  I don't get that many comments so I really have no concept of who is reading all the drivel that I write.  I wouldn't read it myself except to proofread.

Ads

You might have noticed that there is now some advertising on this blog.  I implemented Google Adsense mostly to get some better reports on the traffic that this blog generates (not much).  I'm really not trying to make money off this thing, so please don't feel like you should click on anything on my account.  If something appeals to you then by all means, but the last thing I want is to throw up some annoying ads just to make a few pennies.  Same goes for any Amazon links I post.

Canadia

I'm headed up to Montreal for a few days.  There will be pictures of poutine when I get back.  The blog will be on automatic posting mode until then.