As I continue to get the new KoHoSo.us up and running, I want to let my readers know that, even for those who know me personally, I encourage leaving comments on the things I post…of course, once there is something worth commenting upon.  However, I do want all to be aware that the comments sections on a WordPress-powered blog are just a susceptible to spammers as my old phpBB-powered forum was.  Thus, I have no choice but to engage a few settings behind the scenes here to prevent my site from being used to spread useless advertisements and malware.

The main one anybody should ever have to deal with is if a link is included in the comment.  As 99.9% of all spam contains a link where one either gets exposed to an ad or something worse if it is clicked upon, the programming for this site is set up so that I have to approve any comment containing a link before it will appear on this site.  I apologize that such comments (which I highly encourage to exchange important and/or fun information) will be delayed until I can be at my computer to OK them.  However, until WordPress can program a better system or I can find a suitable plug-in for their software that is effective and user-friendly, I believe all will understand that a delay in having a comment containing a link appear here for everybody else to read is better than having any spam.

As for regular comments that do not contain a link, those should appear within seconds after being submitted.

On a completely different topic…I don’t really like to be cryptic or seem like I am superstitious but I don’t want to jinx myself.  Let me just say that I hope to have some very good personal news to share within the next several days — something that came completely out of the blue less than a day before I had to make some huge and unchangeable decisions about my future.  Stay tuned as my next entry could very well be filled with elation…or, some of the best cussing I that have engaged in online in quite some time. >:-)

As can be seen, I have been trying to spruce this place up a bit.  Now that my other big Web-related projects are mostly out of the way, I can get in here to start doing stuff without feeling guilty.

As for what will follow, it is hard to say at this point.  I am still considering what all I want to do now that the old version of the site is totally blown up and I finally have the time to start fresh.

As all can plainly see, getting this new version of KoHoSo.us up to snuff is about as slow as trying to get something through Congress.  It doesn’t help that I am much more familiar with Blogger/Blogspot software than WordPress but the learning experience will be good for me.

As it turns out, I have ended up with a lot on my plate as we begin 2010.  Unfortunately, most of it is not very “nutritious” and I am still going to be regularly shitting my pants as the time is soon coming when I might have to think about defaulting on my financial obligations.  I certainly do not relish that idea one bit but, then again, if it’s good enough for Enron…

Anyway…for today, I just wanted to pop in here and give a progress report…such as it is.  I already have a few topics in mind but I need to get some other things out of my way first before I can spend my personal time thinking and typing them out.