As of this writing (at 2:00 am) I still only have a valuation of $0.00 [1] over at BlogShares [2]. The reason for the low valuation? Because there are no inbound links to my site, which is what the valuation is based upon.
So when Mark Pilgrim [3], who has a valuation of over $14,000 [4], decided to sponsor links for a gift of 100 shares [5] I decided to take him up on the offer [6], although I should not have mentioned that he could pick up shares for free (and even he was surprised that one could “buy” shares for nothing [7]). He's going to make more money on this than I am.
Which is one reason I don't play in the stock market; I don't really grok this stuff. Well, that and the fact that the economy is tanked right now …
[1] http://www.blogshares.com/blogs.php?blog=http://boston.conman.org
[2] http://www.blogshares.com/
[4] http://www.blogshares.com/blogs.php?blog=http%3A%2F%2Fdiveintomark.org%2F
[5] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/04/12/about_the_sponsored_links.html
[6] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/04/12/about_the_sponsored_links.html#c001163
[7] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/04/12/about_the_sponsored_links.html#c001169