Some regular visitors to the blog will possibly have noticed the all-too-frequent attempts to spam me, originating with some nut-case in France. I am taking steps to counter this, but it could possibly mean that for a short period the “Comment” facility is suspended. I’m sorry about that, and things will get back to normal as soon as possible. I’m sure that you will understand, and will want to join me in condemning this kind of discourtesy.
I’ve done a little investigating, and it seems that the opportunity to spam is, in part, actually an artifact of the way Google works. Sadly, Google doesn’t seem to be very enthusiastic about protecting the interests and quality of experience of most normal internet users.
Best wishes.