Changing Things Up a Little

I've been playing around here with the layout, trying to reduce some of the clutter and making things a little more straightforward. I got rid of some of the widgets and gadgets and set it to display only one post per page.

I also made a change to the way comments are handled. Now the comment form is embedded in each post. If you want to add a comment, you no longer have to go to a separate page. I also set it to allow you to comment anonymously so put a name or something in the comment so I know who it's from. Your comments may not display immediately. All comments are emailed to me and I have to approve them before they're posted. I don't like doing this but feel like I have to. I've had a few morons with nothing better to do try to add some profane comments. If this extra step makes it too much of a hassle, let me know and I'll consider turning it off.

All these changes are intended to make your experience here a little more pleasant and hopefully to make it more interactive. I sometimes feel like I'm working in a vacuum here, not knowing if anyone is actually reading this drivel. I would love to hear what you guys think and maybe even strike up a few conversations amongst yourselves.

This is a work in progress so let me know if something is not functioning properly. It's a bit of a hassle administering this site from overseas. While the Internet is opening up more all the time, there are still a lot of sites that are restricted. Unfortunately, the site where I make all the layout changes is one of them so I can only access it from my office, not from my apartment.

So check back here often and don't be surprised if things change again. Feel free to yell at me if any of these "improvements" end up making things worse. And if you know of any enhancements that you would like to see, please send them my way. Thanks.

Update: OK, I don't know what's going on now. For some unknown reason, after making these changes to how comments are handled, now the link for comments doesn't appear on this post. I have no idea. At least it shows up on all the older posts.