Tuesday, October 05, 2004


short yoga break and feature note

first let me say that while i was away, atomz, who hosts my search feature, decided to incorporate ads into the search results. they just appeared one day.

this is completely horrible. i don't get to choose the ads -- many of which i consider inappropriate -- nor do i gain any benefit from them.

i have been offered many times the "opportunity" to carry various ads or get certain kinds of sponsorship for this site, all of which i have refused. gotta be independent, after all, right?

thus, sometime this week when i have a moment, i will be temporarily disabling the search altogether. sadly, there is not currently a good search feature for blogs that is reasonably priced.

i will probably be replacing atomz with some flavor of google search, altho' i will end up featuring their ads if i do this. i am not sure how to keep bccy ad-free at this point in time and offer a good search feature without moving the site from blogspot, which would be quite disruptive.

in this light, some have suggested that i sign up for the google "adsense" program, whereby if i have to show google ads, i at least get some benefit from them. however, i still hesitate.

what do you all think? if i host ads, am i selling out? i could sell little banner ads myself, as mark prince does on coffeegeek, but then i get into a whole situation in terms of not really being a pure consumer in the coffee industry.

difficult! i hope you readers will take a moment to advise me on what direction you would prefer. . .

on a lighter (heavier?) note, i took a complete break from yoga while in italy. the first couple of classes have been a little tough; my flexibility did retreat a bit.

for example, i can't just flop over and kiss my knees with my palms flat on the floor! my balance isn't quite as sure; yesterday's bending tree (like regular tree, but where you put one arm along the top of the bent leg and bend towards that side) was a bit wobbly at the ankle.

but i'm not worried. i expect to be back where i was in about 2 weeks, feeling light and floating thru the surya namaskar as always!

while gazing at a starry sky is lovely, i must say nothing replaces the gentle, peaceful, flying feeling of a great sun salutation. . .

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