I use the blog engine dasBlog for this site. In browsing their wiki page, it appears that version 1.7 of the dasBlog engine has been released.

I'll be in the process of updating; if things go wonky that is most likely the cause.

Update: Blog engine updating completed. Not much will be visible on the outside, most of the updates are in handling site logs and such, along with some solutions to handle the ever-growing problem of referral spam. You will see a groovy little RSS logo/graphic in your feed readers now. I've wanted this for a long time. Here's the picture:

This is from a small lit sign at a Mexican restaurant in Port Angeles, WA.

Also, there is some very groovy comment spam prevention going on. It uses MTBlacklist and also allows me to specify keywords and such to block. But coolest is the confirmation code. You really need to click the "comment" link below and check it out, even if you don't leave a comment. An image with a code is generated; the value entered in the confirmation box must match the code, otherwise the comment won't be accepted. Very cool.

Another enhancement is the Archive view. I'll be adding a link on the sidebar for this soon. There's also a larger month calendar view, but it looks pretty dumpy so I won't be highlighting it.

All in all, it seems all right, though the updating process was a bit tedious. If you have problems and think it might be due to the updating, please, by all means, drop me an email to let me know (address in bar to right).

Thanks!