Regular readers (all three of you!) may have noticed the recent appearance of advertising in my sidebar.

For the longest time, I was strongly against showing any form of advertising on this site. Partly because I just don’t like it, and partly because the site doesn’t really look that big. Looks can be deceiving however, and the reality is that I get close to 1000 unique hits per month because of other projects that I am involved with. Still not a lot, but bandwidth adds up.

Am I selling out? No. To help myself justify the presence of advertising, I’ve committed to only showing products and services that I regularly use and recommend to my friends.

As a strong believer in Open Source, I also plan to show some unpaid advertisements to help play my part in the process. Again, only for those projects that I regularly use and recommend.

Will it make me rich? Not at all, but hopefully it will cover the cost of my web hosting and maybe the occasional caffeinated beverage.

Thanks for your understanding.