Rusty's Return (and other author notes)

The migration is nearly complete...so Rusty is scheduled to return to his regular posting schedule of 3-4 posts per week (and more when possible) starting tomorrow, September 7, 2005.

Because of a recent spate of spam commenters, I have turned on a feature that requires the commenter to verify a word inside of a box, that should shut out the spam comments since they are done by programs as opposed to people. So, please feel free to comment again, just be aware that there is a teeny, tiny extra step required now to verify that you are a real person and not a machine posting spam.

For any readers who would like to comment on the reader poll, I am reactivating that post for comments now that the verification process is turned on.

Thanks for your patience. I can't wait to see what Rusty has been up to in my absence.

Doug