I went ahead and moved this blog into Movable Type version 4. It's a beta, so if you see anything that doesn't seem to be working right, definitely let me know.
There are a bunch of changes behind the scenes that will make the site better or at least different for me, and don't matter in the least to you. The only major change on the public site is in the comments. The new version has much better comment authentication, and so I'm turning off anonymous comments and trying out the authentication.
What this means is that if you want to post a comment here, you will have to sign in. There are a bunch of different authentication methods, including LJ, that will cover most people. Otherwise you'll have to create a userID on this site. If you're offended by the very idea of comment authentication and you refuse to do it, well I'm sorry and I'm sure I'll miss you terribly. But I tried it out and I don't think it will be a big deal. If you let the site set a cookie then you only have to sign in once, and it will remember you after that.
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Hey, looks good!
nice fresh new template!
i used my LJ credentials to sign in, because i use them often and the password is fresh in my mind.
it was quite slow, and i got a rather odd validation screen on the LJ site which i at first mistook for an error page, but it did work. hopefully the cookie i set will stay "baked" and i won't have to go through that process often. i can certainly appreciate using logins for comments.
I signed in with my LJ id and it was really fast. But I was already signed in on LJ, that might be why. I also tried TypeKey and MovableType (which means creating a new account on this site). TypeKey was slow and annoying, but only because I couldn't remember my password.
Hey, my pretend livejournal is actually good for something other than reading inflammatory communities!
What inflammatory communities do you read?