Just a few administrative items:

If you're reading this on the web site, you might notice some big design changes that don't really make sense. No need to be alarmed; I'll explain it all later once I'm finished with the changes. :)

If you're consuming this through a feed reader, great! You won't notice anything different. :)

If you click on a link on this site, it no longer opens automatically in a new window.

I will start to use affiliate links in posts. I'm not going to comment that I'm using an affiliate link; you will be able to see that it is an affiliate link by putting your mouse over it and checking the URL. Also, at some point I'm going to have all links to Amazon turned into affiliate links, which means that even products I am criticizing will be linked to with an affiliate link. As such, you should use context to determine whether or not I am really advocating the purchase of something (an affiliate link alone is not an indicator of endorsement; that's only an indicator that I want money :)). As always if you are ever unsure, just hit the reply button and feel free to ask. At this point experimentation is my top priority.