In upgrading my Movable Type system, I've encountered some difficulties in getting comments to work correctly. If you've tried to comment recently, you may have found that the forms didn't work properly. I think the forms work alright now, however, they don't look that great. So I expect to do some more tweaking in the coming days and weeks.

Over the holidays, it seems many bloggers--including myself--were especially hard hit by spammers. It's an ongoing struggle to deal with this issue on the backend. Readers will notice a few changes as I've taken steps to reduce the level of spam on this blog. I've closed comments on older entries, stopped using pop-up windows for comments, and all comments are now moderated, which means they won't show up immediately after you've posted a comment.