Rants and Articles.
Selling out
It’s official. I am a sellout. A stinking, no-good, money-grubbing, treacherous sellout.
And I have Google Ads.
How did this happen, Sergio, you ask? Who could possibly be behind this? Have you forgotten your principles? your moral upstanding? What about all your ranting and raving about Google’s evilosity? Are you really that shallow? Will you swallow your pride so easily once a little money is tantalizingly waved in your general direction?
There is no simple answer to those questions… No, wait… Ok. There is a simple answer to those questions: yes.
Yesterday I received an email from the Google Adsense folk telling me that they’re expanding now and can acommodate more content, and that they revised my application and had granted it, thus ending my status as one of the last true renegades of the internet — fighting the man with my subversive writing.
Fear not, for I will continue my rebellious crusade as one of the truly free voices of the internet. Only difference is that now I will do it from WiFi hot spots while sipping my latteccino and patting my golf clubs in anticipation to engaging in self-indulgent debauchery.
Fight the power!
— sergio on April 29, 2004 
Comments
Chido!!!
Ahora… que Sergio invite las chelas!!
Great!!
Finally you have money to pay all your debts….
Like one white linen suit..you still owe me you M!”“·$$·% F&$%&#@#~!!
Can’t pay for white linen suits… Too busy… FIGHTING THE MAN!!!
I’m *so* hardcore. Truth.
Hey Sergio… If we keep clicking on the google links do you receive more money?… so that you can invite the tacos from now on…
hehehe
I’d advise against it. Google frowns on that sort of behavior and could remove my account. Only click if you’re interested in seeing what’s on the other end.
man, you ain’t selling out. if you can’t afford to be online, there’s no way to fight the man. it’s all about fighting from within, yo. Know what I mean? Word.
Hey What’s going on?
Is this a Market?
Now the site looks like a Tianguis…
: )
Great!
Do you know what I thought about your post against Google Adsense? It was great! A perfect mixture of a misunderstood genius and a true rebel against the system. If only the comics would… okay, thats another topic…
Now that you chose to fight the system from within (while drinking some coffee speciality)… I don’t know. This is hard for me.
Honestly. I’m not joking. Nor am I kidding. Nor do I congratulate you to your new richness. Well… maybe a little…
Okay, with that being said: what about a new comic?
Instigate revolution.
I’m really commenting because I wanted to point out that the “French” link in your comics section should really read “français.” (note the lack of a capital “F”)
Mind you, to get here, they would have to know a bit of English. Ah well.
Fight the power?
Sergio, don’t you see? You are the power.
They must have really expanded, because I was also let in just last week and I know of others as well…all were denied previously because of “personal sites”, but for some reason now it is OK. I guess I won’t complain when I start getting the checks. :-)
This is most interesting indeed. Apparently they softened the “too personal” requirement. I’ve seen other comments like yours, MtDewVirus (wouldn’t have anything to do with their IPO, right?)
Let’s continue the revolutiony arrangements…
Man I don’t care if you move to e-bay, just keep on creating these comics, I sware I have never seen anything so close to home as a programmer. This stuff is funny and you deserve to make some cash off your talent.
Latteccino… believe it or not that is the first time I read that one.
Fear not! Sell-outs unite!
(I just got my first check for Google ads…. wow! I should make enough money to easily cover all my expenses for the year to runt he site, as well as buy a new iPod. Works for me.)