A couple of months ago, I decided to disable comments on this blog (yes, it’s still a blog). It wasn’t because of irrelevant comments, it wasn’t because of abuse and it wasn’t because of spam. All of those things can be dealt with using moderation (especially on such a low-traffic site).

The reason I disable comments is simple. For the most part, I don’t care what people who read this think about it. For me, comments are about engaging with the author of a post and I’m just not interested in that. There’s been such huge proliferation of social networks now that if you want to talk about something I post, you could link it on Facebook or Twitter and talk about it with your social circle. If I’m in your social circle or you want me to see your response, find a way to tag me. If you can’t, that’s not an accident.

Arrogant? Probably. But note my, the possessive pronoun.

Turns out, you can make a kitten spin using a laser pen. This is regularly very funny, and I feel it may be the turning point of my evening for the next few years!

On an unrelated note, I got an email from Portsmouth Developer and blogger, David Otton yesterday. He’s trying to kick start a South Coast developer blogging network, so if you fit that remit, get in touch with him and make we can get some sort of directory and syndication of all our nonsensical geekery going.