Binary Code

After much consideration I’ve decided to close comments on all posts on this blog. I do this for a number of reasons:

1. Once again dealing with the comment spam has become far too annoying. Akismet has been great but enough spam was slipping through that it had become a chore to manage each morning. Under different circumstances I might continue to put up with it but…
2. The nature of this blog is such that for the most part the posts don’t generate comments-based discussion. I use it place primarily as a storage device for things I think might be useful later and often, via Google, other people find these posts and find them useful as well. Thus, most of the comments are of the “thank you” nature, which is immensely gratifying and I thoroughly enjoy them but massaging my own ego is not a good enough reason to wade through the spam each morning!
3. And on the few posts that do warrant discussion or criticism I’m very much on board with reading your responses on your blogs (and thus I’ve left open trackback and pingback). It seems that people do tend to write more thoughtfully when writing from their own pulpit so if you’re so inclined then link back to me and let’s run discussions that way. It’ll be fun!

All that said, whether or not you’ve ever left a comment, thanks for reading!