Dean's World will be switching to a new hosting provider on Saturday night. There may be a brief confusing period for a day or two where in some of you will still see the old Dean's World and some will see the new one because of the way that internet domain names work--when there's a switch, some people get the new location information sooner than others.
You'll know you're seeing the new Dean's World when you see that the format of the blog has changed somewhat (we're going to a three-column layout) and when you find that you have to register for an account before you can leave comments.
Yes, we're going to start requing registration before you're allowed to comment. Sorry about that, but we've had too many jerks and trolls and spammers to keep things open anymore. The good news will be that I think the signal-to-noise ratio in the comments will improve significantly once we implement that.
Dean:
The good news will be that I think the signal-to-noise ratio in the comments will improve significantly once we implement that.
I'd think so, too. And I'm looking forward to it.
Does this mean you're upgrading to MT 3? If so, mind if I pick your brain a bit about how it works?
Do what you have to do to keep strangers from dumping trash in your backyard. I shall be happy to be among the first to register as one of your honored guests along with Paul Burgess, Arnold Harris, John Kusch, Wince and Nod, Tim the Soldier, Mark Noonan, and others who have made Dean's World such a fun place to be.
Nope, I'm not going to MT3.0. I'm moving over to Powerblogs.
Well, maybe bugmenot.com will start tracking blog registrations too. As a frequent reader and very occasional commenter on many blogs, this particular trend will probably mean even fewer comments from folks like me. Oh well.