Hi guys!

Well, jury duty is finally over. It started last Thursday, Monday was a court holiday, and we finished today just before lunch. Guy was found guilty of posession of phencycladine (PCP) for the purpose of sale. Luckily, most of the people on the panel were cool and nice to talk to. I kept having lunch with #11 the whole time. 🙂

The google adsense program is doing good. So far, in the week (5 days that we’ve had it) it has made $8.24).

Date                                            Page impressions            Clicks          Page CTR      Page eCPM  [?]  Earnings
Monday, October 10, 2005         2,790                           14         0.5%               $0.54         $1.50
Tuesday, October 11, 2005         6,599                           16         0.2%               $0.14         $0.93
Wednesd, October 12, 2005         9,055                           31         0.3%               $0.27         $2.47
Thursday, October 13, 2005         7,816                           17         0.2%               $0.29         $2.26
Friday, October 14, 2005         4,899                           11         0.2%               $0.22         $1.08
Totals                                       31,159                           89         0.3%               $0.26         $8.24
Averages                         6,231                           17                                             $1.65

So, although the actual math is part of Google’s secret equations, if you see the numbers, the higher the CTR (clickthrough rate), the higher the eCPM (effective cost per thousand impressions) and ultimately, the earnings (if there are lots of impressions and lots of clicks). See how that ads up? They also have some super secret way of telling artificial clicks from real ones, whatever that means. I guess they don’t want you training your parrot to hit the mouse button all day long. :p

So thanks for putting up with the ads, they will really help out. I expect to get a deposit once every three months if things go this well (we need $100 minimum for a payment) and they have my tax info, so i assume that i will have to report this, so I will have to check how much of that I have to set aside for tax purposes. Anyone here know?

GOF IMAX. OMG. Can’t wait! (and don’t even get me started on Lumos!).

Hm, the news just told me that HP is doing a recall on their laptop batteries for overheating. They’re replacing them. Better get in touch then. I’ve never owned one before, and thought this freakin blazin’ battery was normal (I mean, they sell cooling pads). Cool.

And the avatar? Just felt like it. And? So? :p