Comments working properly and Captcha now in place

I've been following through with my own personal New Year's resolution of tweaking various areas of my site, and I just came across a bug. Somehow all the comments on my blog entries (from about December or so) were set to Closed, which means they weren't showing up! I think somehow comment moderating was turned on in EE, but I honestly don't know how. I went through and approved all the comments that were valid, but there were also a ton of spam comments. Hopefully I didn't miss any real comments, but if you notice I haven't approved yours, please let me know! To fix the problem, I have put in captcha tags, and from my own tests it seems to be working well. I also turned off comment moderation.
I apologize for not noticing this sooner, and if I've com across as a blog snob, I'm truly sorry. I wasn't ignoring anyone on purpose. In fact, I was thinking no one ever commented on my blog and was feeling a bit sorry for myself. Hah. So please, feel free to leave comments. In a couple days my portfolio pieces will be open for comments as well, and I'm always happy to get feedback on my work.
Other small updates I have made include the search feature in my blog section (and soon my portfolio section), as well as archives by date and category. More little things will be showing up soon, and I will keep you updated as to what's changing.


See? The comments are actually working now!