In an attempt to stay in the know of how things work, I've sumitted an application to get an AdSense account for this website.  I really don't plan on making any money from this.  It's mostly curiousity.  AdSense works by paying the site owner a small percentage based on ads that are clicked or viewed.  On average, this tiny blog gets about two hundred visits a month.  That's an infinitessimal small spec on the back of the lion turtle that is the internet.  I would need thousands of visits a month to cover the site hosting fees.  I would need hundreds of thousands to make any real money.  I would need hundreds of millions to quit my day job.  So yeah, this isn't about the money.