so i finally got fed up with MT allowing spambots to take over my comment entries (you probably noticed all of the trash that had been piling up under some of the older comments, and the fact that the comments have been disabled for awhile now as a result), and decided to completely scrap the old blog and start anew. you can see the results of my frustration — i’d heard good things (TM) about wordpress so decided to check it out. it seems like a fairly robust and flexible blogging package, with built-in comment spam protection, which is definitely a must have. another sweet feature is the huge selection and variety of themes available… i ganked this one [it's called "falling dreams"] from alex king’s theme browser, which allows you to view the available themes in real-time by selecting from a dropdown list — the page automatically refreshes with the chosen theme. one thing i was certainly impressed with is the fact that wordpress themes can actually have a different look-and-feel: they don’t all have the same generic cookie-cutter layout, which is nice.

anyway, always the blog slacker, i have an end-of-summer goodness update i’ve been working on that i’ll try to post shortly