Ch-Ch-Changes

Changes are coming to What's Left of Maplewood!

First of all, we apologize for the "radio silence" this past week. Blogger now belongs to Google, and they are forcing migration to the "new Blogger," a process that was giving us some problems in the last few days. We think we're all set on the new system now, but please be patient with any difficulties we might have, or any technical things that may have changed that we don't even know about yet.

Second, DrawnLeftward and I are pleased to welcome another name to our masthead. LookingNorth may already be a familiar name to you, from the discussions in our comments and his frequent missives that have been topics unto themselves; now he's an official contributor. We're looking forward to his continuing commentary on Maplewood politics, and the "south leg" perspective he brings.

Finally, we are expecting to make a significant change in comment management in the near future. Up until now, we have allowed unregistered, anonymous commenters. What we would like to do is to require registration, as some of our frequent visitors have requested. We would not force people to reveal their real-world identities; rather, commenters would log in with Google and write under unique handles (like Frostbrand, drawnLeftward, and LookingNorth). We think this would make it a lot easier for everyone to follow and participate in the discussions.

As usual, we welcome your feedback in our comments or by e-mail to WhatsLeftOfMaplewood@yahoo.com.