I’ve upgraded my wordpress installation and marsedit, and in the process of exploring the new features closed comments on at least one post I didn’t intend to close. In general, I’m trying to require less moderation for discussion, but them spammers make it hard to trust the world.

It’s an ad, I warned you.

Motivated by seeing people like Mike Shaver and John Lilly talking about it, I gave Miro (née Democracy) another shot. I’m hooked. It’s a very refreshing take on video — finding, downloading, and playing. I’ve been filling the odd 10-minute spare time chunks with videos from TED.com, which are inspiring...