There were some template issues that I didn't feel like dealing with. Wasn't happy with from the get-go, which tempered my willingness to post. And then there were the holidays, and a deep dive back into work. The spam was terrible, too, clogging up not only my database here, but my e-mail account with all those notifications of "unapproved comments." Plenty of reasons to stay away.
Today, though, saw some long overdue house cleaning. I apologize to anyone if I inadvertently deleted your comments that might have been left during my last month or more of inactivity. I had to blow through about 500 spam comments, and I stopped taking the time to scan through every subject line, at least until I made my way back to the beginning.
I'm feeling pretty good, though. The cobwebs have been dusted. The templates, while not exactly perfectly perfect, will more than suffice until the urge to tinker surfaces again. Spam will be well handled by the same plug-in I'd used prior to my 4.x upgrade (http://alogblog.com/movabletype/plugins/ccode_and_tcode_for_mt_40/) -- which should see pretty much no comments going through that aren't generated by a human. So comment moderation, finally, has been turned off.
What else? The time away from these pages has been good (and I can honestly say I missed it only a little bit), but not now that I've taken the time to get the behind-the-scenes and set things right, I'm very much looking forward to returning.
Today, though, saw some long overdue house cleaning. I apologize to anyone if I inadvertently deleted your comments that might have been left during my last month or more of inactivity. I had to blow through about 500 spam comments, and I stopped taking the time to scan through every subject line, at least until I made my way back to the beginning.
I'm feeling pretty good, though. The cobwebs have been dusted. The templates, while not exactly perfectly perfect, will more than suffice until the urge to tinker surfaces again. Spam will be well handled by the same plug-in I'd used prior to my 4.x upgrade (http://alogblog.com/movabletype/plugins/ccode_and_tcode_for_mt_40/) -- which should see pretty much no comments going through that aren't generated by a human. So comment moderation, finally, has been turned off.
What else? The time away from these pages has been good (and I can honestly say I missed it only a little bit), but not now that I've taken the time to get the behind-the-scenes and set things right, I'm very much looking forward to returning.
Welcome back.
Thanks, Tim. It's good to be back.