From time to time, I get a message that someone has registered with this Web site to post comments. Most of the e-mail addresses seem genuinely strange, as if not actually belonging to a person, and I’ve never received any actual comments.
The other day I tried to register and post a comment, and found that I couldn’t, or at least I couldn’t find the magic link that enabled one to post a comment. I could register, and sign in, but then I couldn’t actually do anything.
So we’ll have to use an old-school fix. Long ago, before magic blogging software, I kept what was known at the time as a ‘Web journal,’ and I posted an e-mail address for comments.
And indeed, I got comments; I also got vast quantities of spam. To avoid the spam, I now have to play a stupid little game:
Please write me at some_guy _at_ harderworld.com.
If I include the actual @ in the address, the robots of the world conclude, ‘Aha! An e-mail address!’ and proceed to send me dubious ads for Canadian drugs.
And I’ll see about getting the magic blog software kicked in the pants so that you can send real comments.
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