You may notice that a couple of days ago the comment system we were using changed.  We were having so many Spam comments that we were having to go through and delete them every day.  The comment system that we chose is IntenseDebate which is a local Boulder startup.  I have briefly met the founder, and a friend of mine from a previous job now works there (shout-out to Michael).

Beyond stopping Spam the new system will allow threaded comments so you can respond directly to a particular person instead of a general comment.  It should make discussions within the comments easier.  If you actually sign up for IntenseDebate you can do things like receive emails if anyone comments on your comment, and it also has ranking features to show you which comments were popular.  For right now, you don’t have to sign up for IntenseDebate to comment on our blog, but it is probably a good idea and will save you some time if you think you will leave a lot of comments, plus you can upload a picture.   Try it out, leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Jake in his Earth Day gear (thanks Melissa!)

Most of you won’t see this post until Earth Day is over, but we have been out enjoying our day. We didn’t really do anything too out of the ordinary today. It was a beautiful day here, so I took Nikko and Jake out in our backyard and planted seeds.  I finally got our leeks, basil, and cauliflower started. Then when Jeremy got home we all went and watered our seeds at the garden plot, which was bone dry (I’ll definitely have to go every day to water until we have our drip system in place).  Then we went for a walk back behind our garden plot where we found a new walking path we’d never noticed with a beautiful view of the mountains.  And to top it off, we talked ourselves out of going to Dairy Queen for Blizzards and instead went to Whole Foods for Organic Boulder Ice Cream (the Lava Crunch flavor), which is delicious and cheaper than Dairy Queen anyway.

I believe we should be learning to live better every day and not just one day a year, but Earth Day is a great day to start.  We do have an Earth Day resolution of sorts, to start composting. We’ll be posting more about that in the next few days. Did anyone else out there do anything to celebrate Earth Day?  Or, do you have any Earth Day resolutions?