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[26 Nov 2008 | 42 Comments | ]

Getting a lot of comments on a blog post is totally rewarding – it makes me feel like people are not only reading my posts but find them interesting/inspiring/irritating…but not ignored.
The last few posts I’ve written have gotten a lot of comments – and once again, I’ve fallen behind responding to them and have become overwhelmed with the task.
So, I’ve decided to respond to them as a group and include some updates on previous blog posts too. I sincerely hope you aren’t offended or have hurt feelings if I …

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[29 Sep 2008 | 12 Comments | ]

Wow, step away from the computer for a few days and see what happens!
I got a ton of great comments (it’s gonna take me awhile to catch up with all of you), and spammed like crazy by persons mostly located in Russia.
Akismet usually does a great job catching them, but even it had trouble this time around. Several of them got by, so if you found some totally senseless comments or comments with strange characters in them, I’ve weeded them out. And if your blog comment got caught by …

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[6 Sep 2008 | 14 Comments | ]

Do you see my comment badge over there on the right side? You know, this one:

I think it’s pretty cool. I love it that 7.3 of you (on average) comment on my posts.
The creator of this plugin gives you a bunch of options to colorize it, and it’s your option whether or not it links to him.
By clicking on ‘badge’ you can get one for your site. I wish I could have that page open into a new tab, though. I don’t want you to go away quite yet!