Out of the Blue

A few complaints have rolled in about the ad that scrolls a list of names as a memorial to gameplay casualties as being in questionable taste. I can't disagree about these concerns, and I asked the powers that be to remove this, and they were very accommodating. I am told that the offending spot ran for the last time last night. I've also seen other references to some Telco ad that plays an annoying ring tone... some said it was a Gator dealie, but others say they see it even after spyware checks. It turns out that some of the spots here are sold to folks who place ads specific to localities. I don't think there's supposed to be anything so obtrusive running in these overage spots, so we may be able to get the kibosh put on that one as well, the hard part may be tracking down who to contact about it (it may be helpful for those who are experiencing this one to pass along information about where they are located to aid in the detective work).

All this optimism aside, I do have to fire a warning shot that the days of being able to run this site with the relatively low-key ad presence are rapidly coming to a close. I have been battling this development forever, and seeing the need to give some ground here, have been battling equally hard to make sure that the advertising presence here remains tolerable. We will indeed be dragged into the 21st century here soon enough, and I can only hope you will continue to enjoy the ride.

Play Time: Plastic Balls.
Links of the Day: WiFi Speed Spray. Thanks Morg.
Keep your mouse clean. More maintenance help. Thanks Travis.
Bastard Operator From Hell-Style Excuses.
Stories of the Day: Britons want to spend it like Beckham.
Toymakers turn back to the '80s. And they look slick in shoulder pads.
Wild Science: Bedwetting 'linked to breathing problems'.
Skydiver in record Channel flight.
Cable or Satellite? Please Stay Tuned (registration required).
Weird Science: Artistic Robots Augment Human Art.
Virtual reality conquers sense of taste. Thanks Shane, Who Is The Drizzle?
Search for web's favourite colour. Thanks Ant.
Auction of the Day: Vancouver 2010 Domain Names (thanks Sam) and Cybersquatters hit Winter Games.
Images of the Day: Strange Spots on Mars. Thanks Rattlehead.
Infrared Zoo Gallery. Thanks Ant.
Follow-ups: Poindexter to Quit Pentagon Post Amid Controversy. Thanks Bronco.
For Snopes.com, Debunking the Bambi Hoax Was All in a Day's Work.
Thanks Mike Martinez.
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Go for it. Plaster them everywhere. Put them in-between news items. The more ads the better.

Of course I'm insane - but that has nothing to do with it. I want Blue's News to go on forever, and that can only happen if Blue can pay the bills. And the more money he pulls-in, the more he can do for us, the readers. So the ads are a small price to pay.

Subscriptions don't work. You get a bunch at the start, but then it will decrease continually. Look at the straights a lot of subscription and donation sites are in. And they have to make like PBS and run subscription drives, which is always far more annoying than ads.

Slap 'em on! More ads!

-tAE-

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