limpy boy

Jeff broke or sprained his toe a couple days ago. He says it's not serious enough to go to the hospital, and he's seeing his doctor this week anyway. But meanwhile, he's limping about, and his toe/foot is getting puffier. I've started to (affectionately) call him Limpy Boy, but perhaps that's not the best choice of a term of endearment. I welcome other suggestions!

Since setting up the UBB Blatherchat message board, I've heard from several people who have told me that they don't post because they don't like the interface for some reason. Too complicated, too many clicks, worry about security. When I first set up Blatherchat, Movable Type and its comment capabilities didn't exist, and there was no IP-banning and other security features.

I'm thinking about switching on the Movable Type comment option in Blatherings so that people can post more easily, mainly because I've been hearing from people who say they'd like to post but don't want to do so via UBB for some reason. You can see an example of how the Movable Type commenting feature works in Harald Koch's blog (click on "Comments" under any entry). I would still keep UBB running for the existing message boards (like the Tolkien boards, the filk-related boards, etc.).

Advantage of keeping things as they are: Even if people don't keep up with my Blatherings every day, they can still just go to one place to see the central discussion, rather than have discussions scattered throughout different entries. Plus I've noticed that people don't necessary talk about my Blatherings but go off on other conversation tangents, which I think is kind of cool.

But I'm interested in hearing people's feedback: Click here to take survey (three questions, you don't have to give your name) or let me know by e-mail.

Thanks!