Beginning December 1, 2009, the FTC requires bloggers to provide disclosures whenever there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to recommendations.

Per the FTC rules, if I review a company’s equipment and they gave me the equipment to review, I would need to specify this. Ditto if I use an affiliate link that makes me pennies on the dollar. If someone gives me a comfy t-shirt with a logo and I wear it in a photo, same deal. Disclaimers all over the place.

This would be tedious for me, and annoying for you to look at. But rules is rules.

To cover my ass and preserve your reading/viewing experience, please assume that, for every recommendation, link, and product I use, the following all hold true: