I have finally implemented comments for my weblog here, however, they are slightly different from what most other sites do. I have integrated the forum with my front page comments so that any logged in user can spawn a comment thread based on any post that I make.

I figured that since this seems to happen informally on occasion, that this would be the best way to implement it. It carries with it the benefit/drawback (you decide) that only registered users of the site can make or read the comments — which are the restrictions of the forum in general.

If a post doesn't have a comment thread, then the link "Respond via Forum" will appear below the post. If there is one already started, the link will be called "View Comment Thread (n)" where n is the current number of entries in the thread. If you aren't logged in, neither link will be there.

Since I mentioned it in my last post — and other times as well I'm sure, I thought I should point out the RSI Awareness Day page that Geoff and I are putting together on the Society Wiki.

This isn't just a problem for Computer Scientists anymore — although we are still very much a primary risk group. More and more people are finding themselves in front of a computer these days — often for longer periods of time and our body just wasn't made to handle that form factor. Look for more on this from me in the next couple of weeks leading up to the annual RSI Awareness Day on Feb. 28.