Edgy and controversial

I'm sick, and in a pissy mood, so I feel it's time to attack someone for no reason. Here goes.

You may notice that this weblog does not offer much original content. In fact, most of my blog posts simply link to another website and then say something snarky. For that, I apologize. In fact, I feel so bad about it, I'm willing to refund the full amount you paid to read it. :)

But it does not take much effort (or many resources) to read a bunch of feeds in NetNewsWire and link to the interesting stuff. I pay $5 a month to host Geekable.com. It's not really breaking the bank, and thus I don't have any Google ads or a tipjar. A website dedicated to someone's own vanity should be paid for by the vain motherfucker who created it. If I posted a lot of original content, and had enormous bandwidth costs, that's when I would start to beg.

But Mac Net Journal has some of the same issues as my blog, yet contains Google ads and tipjars. This is especially strange when you read through the archives and look at the ratio of original content to links. Here's how Mac Net Journal reads to me. (Note: This was written by me. It is not an actual quotation.)

Cult of Mac had an interesting entry about blah blah blah today. They argue that blah blah blah blah.

People are talking about the Think Secret article that discusses rumored blah blah blah at Apple. It really has me excited, and it also has John Gruber excited!

While I was working today, Microsoft Word 2004 crashed on me. What experiences have you had with Office 2004? [comments]

It reads a lot like... well, like my blog really. But the difference is I do not ask my readers (whomever they might be) to donate money or buy things through an Amazon referral link. Here's my take: if you want to run a silly little blog like Geekable.com out of your own pocket, I say rock on! If you want to generate an immense amount of content and then charge for access to your archives (like MacFixit), I also support you wholeheartedly. But asking others to support your NetNewsWire habit is kind of lame.

(Before you attack me, yes, I realize this blog post was uncalled for. It's rude, whiny, and not classy. That's the blogosphere, baby!)