Well, I just moved my site to a new host. All in all, it was a prettys smooth and painless transition, once I got some of the database quirks worked out. It was pretty easy to restore the MT db and so far, everything seems okay. But as is always the case, I’m sure I missed something, so if you notice any problems with the site, archives, commenting, etc. please just drop me a line.

Last week I made the jump to MovableType 3.0, and so far I’m very happy with the decision. I host a couple of blogs for friends, and I think the 3.0 interface is really great. Not that operation of MT was complicated before, but it’s even easier now.

However, the best feature, bar none, is comment registration. I had noticed an increase in comment spam before the upgrade, and I was wasting a lot of time deleting comment spam. I don’t know if the increase in spam means an increase in visibility for the blog, but I sure hope so. No matter, with MT 3.0, registered users can post comments to the ol’ blog without my intervention, but all other comments are caught before they go live. That let’s me stop the “Penis Enlargement” comments on my posts before the go live. That alone is worth the price of the upgrade.

Well, I made the jump… I’ve upgraded the site to MovableType 3.0. I did it for a couple of reasons:

1. I think the folks at Six Apart deserve some hard earned $$$ for building a very nice, robust blogging system, which I have enjoyed for a long time without paying them anything.
2. I needed better comment spam protection.
3. I just like futzing around with the site.

So there you have it. MT3.0. So far it’s been a painless upgrade and smooth going on new features. I’ll let you know if I run into any problems.