Third-Party Components

This site contains components from the following third-party sites:

• cdnjs.cloudflare.com (Intending to replace)
  • Used to serve javascript for:
    • Fancybox
    • Font-awesome
    • highlight.js
    • jquery
• - www.gravitar.com (removed)
  • - Power icon for “About” page
• storage.ko-fi.com
  • Used for the “Support Me” Overlay Widget
• fonts.gstatic.com (Intending to replace)
  • Used for the main font
• www.disqus.com (Intending to replace)
  • Used to provide comment functionality to posts
  • While I’m not happy to have to use Disqus for the commenting system, that was basically the only option for a static site when I started this blog. Things have changed since then so one of the things I intend to do is convert to something like Staticman. That will allow me to keep all the comments local instead of relying on a third-party service that inserts their own tracking links, etc.

If any third-party site is not listed above it is an error/oversight on my part.

Metrics

• A tracking link to metrics.techbit.ca is included on every page, and is used to determine visitor metrics for this site

  • This is not a third-party tracker. The tracking link connects to a tracking server that I run for my own websites.
    • DoNotTrack settings in browsers are respected
    • Ad-blockers (such as Ublock Origin) or other privacy extensions (Privacy Badger) will likely block the tracking as well
  • I intend on tracking the bare minimum required to make metrics worthwhile. This includes but is not necessarily limited to:
    • IP Address (first two octets only: x.x.0.0)
      • Note: The full IP Address of those accessing this site will be saved in the local servers access/error log files
    • Country
    • Browser Version
    • User Agent
    • Platform (ie: desktop, laptop, mobile, etc.)
    • Visit Time
    • Pages visited
      • Entry Page
      • Exit page
    • Referrer (i.e. Google, DuckDuckGo, etc.)

• 2026-02-09 - Tracking removed. There’s web server logs. That’s it.

Monetization

First and foremost, I want to make it clear that there will never be advertising on this site, nor will there be any form of exploiting visitors data (selling visitor information). I don’t like advertising, invasive web tracking, or my data being bought and sold by data brokers so that is something that I will never subject my readers too.

Affiliate Marketing

• Affiliate links may be used in articles that when clicked through to the third-party site and followed by a sale will provide me with a percentage of the items sales.

• Any web tracking/data harvesting/selling that may occur from those sitess are all outside the scope of this privacy notice and all subject to the privacy policies of those third-party sites.

• Affiliate programs currently in use will be listed in the below section

  • Current affiliate programs in use:
    • None

• In addition, on every page where an affiliate link is used, a disclaimer will appear on the page informing the reader that the article contains affiliate links to the products discussed therein.

• 2026-02-09 - Yeah never doing this nonsense either.

Sponsorships

If this site every becomes big enough for “Sponsors” to reach out, the following “Sponsorship” options may be used:

• A locally hosted, static sponsorship banner may be displayed at the top of the site

• A locally hosted, static sponsorship banner may be displayed at the top of a specific article

• An article may be sponsored such that the content of the article is influenced by the sponsorship.

  • Note that even in this case, I will not accept a sponsorship that would require me to give a false interpretation or give a biased opinion of the sponsoring brand.
  • Sponsors will only be accepted if I can provide my honest thoughts, feelings, and unbiased opinions about the sponsoring products, items, or brands.

• 2026-02-09 - Meh

Donations

One-off donations are greatly appreciated and accepted through Ko-Fi, either through the “Support Me” widget on the Support Me page, or through my Ko-Fi page directly.

The minimum donation amount is $5.

Ko-Fi can also be used for ongoing subscriptions, commissions, sales, etc. While these are not features I am currently using I may explore some of these options in the future.