0 What have I been up to, you ask?

Well firstly, since Google Reader is shutting down, everyone's jumping ship, so I thought it was a good time to jump on Bloglovin'.
You can follow me here.  Follow my Blog with Bloglovin'

Weird bit of code from bloglovin' I need to claim my blog- ignore this.  It's supposed to be a link but it's all broken. lol. <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3496625/?claim=ttxf7q93wak">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>

And no, I don't fully comprehend Bloglovin' yet but rest assured I won't be using that creepy topless lady icon.  Bleck!

 In other news, I've been hideously ill with a cold for a while, which has prevented me from making cool stuff, AND made me miss a bloggers' meet-up.  How annoying is that??

About the only new thing I've managed to do is attempt to start a new knitting pattern and get caught in yet another gauge/size quandary.  Hmmph!  That'll teach me to cheat on my Peabody.  For which I still don't have the needles I need.  Double Hmmph.

Agatha, the new knitting pattern to drive myself unnecessarily nuts over. 

So all-in-all, a very unproductive period for me, but hopefully I'll be back on that horse soon.  And I have a few finished things to blog, if ya know, I can get those darned photos.  I promise to have something worthwhile to show you soon!  :)

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0 Spam Be Gone

I absolutely love getting comments from you all!  I think the blogging community is so exciting and wonderful.

So, I recently mentioned how I was taking off recaptchas as I hate them with a passion... who wants to have to squint at their computer screen and type out gibberish just to prove they're a real person?

Looking into it, I found a few options.
I removed my recaptchas.  Of course, I found after a while that I started getting a LOT of spam.  Spam is the worst!   It was driving me bonkers.  So next I tried changing my settings to only letting "Registered Users" comment.  Which was great until someone emailed me saying they wanted to comment but couldn't.  The last thing I'd want!

Now I'm trying out Disqus.  I just want commenting to be quick and easy....hopefully this works out. 

The Pros of Disqus are:
-You can reply to comments and it sends a notification (sweet!  I always wanted this).
-You can attach images to your comments (okay, I can't see this being used heaps but it's a great idea).
-If you have a Google account you can use that to comment.

The Cons if Disqus are:
-You have to register with one of the accounts Disqus uses, which I know, seems like another hassle.

So guys, have you had any similar struggles with commenting formats?  Do you have any ideas or solutions for me?  
If you hate Disqus throw me an email.  If you love it, let me know!
The point is, I just want to be able to talk to you guys! :)

I really don't want to go back to recaptchas but if that's what it'll take I'll do it!

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