For almost as long as Blogger.com has existed, SinisterVisions.com has used it to post news and updates to the front page of the website. At the end of March, however, Blogger.com will no longer support the key feature (FTP publishing) that made this possible. So I've moved the blog over to Posterous.com, which I've discovered (a) makes posting ridiculously easy (so expect more frequent updates) and (b) allows commenting on posts (look for the link under each entry), so feel free to talk back in the comments!

Further, I was never able to get my old mailing list to work properly on the new server after last years crash, so I'm dumping it in favor of Posterous.com's "Subscribe" feature, which allows you to basically subscribe to the Sinister Visions blog via email. So if you're interested in keeping up with what we do around here and don't want to have to check the site for new free fonts and such, go to http://sinistervisions.posterous.com and click "Subscribe to this posterous >>" under "GET UPDATES" on the right-hand side of the page.

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I was surfing on the web
When I found this killer site
And I wanted them to work for me.
They said “I’ve never seen a page
With code so filled with blight,
Could you use a better company?

If you can pay the right price
Your website will be nice,
And you can go and send it on its way.”
I said “You’re such a swell designer
Why you do this to yourself?”
They looked at me and this is what they said:

“Oh, there ain’t no rest for the Freelance,
Money don’t grow on trees.
I got bills to pay,
I got mouths to feed,
There ain’t nothing in this world for free.
I know I can’t slow down,
I can’t hold back,
Though you know, I wish I could.
No there ain’t no rest for the Freelance,
Until we close our eyes for good”.

Chad Savage: I’m curious – do you know anything about me or the type of websites I do?
[OTHER GUY]: which type
[OTHER GUY]: tell me
Chad Savage: You didn’t answer the question.
Chad Savage: Different question: How is it that you IM’d me?
Chad Savage: Where did you get my name?
[OTHER GUY]: why r u getting upset
[OTHER GUY]: ?
Chad Savage: I’m not upset. These are very, very simple questions.
Chad Savage: That you aren’t answering.
[OTHER GUY]: i don’t know about u n your sites

Some guy just IM’d me wanting to do a link exchange. His sites were total affiliate-based garbage, and he couldn’t name any site of mine (specifically) that he wanted to exchange links with (he kept asking me to suggest my own sites that matched the crappy links he wouldn’t stop sending). When I gave him an undeservedly polite “No, thanks”, he pressed the issue and demanded to know why.

To my credit, I did not use the terms “parasite” or “jackass” in my explanation, nor did I accuse him specifically of being everything that’s wrong with the internet.

The Moral of the Story: If you try to inflict your useless bullshit on strangers, and they say “no”, accept it. You’re not in a position to be indignant.