Speaking of web development... I've decided to try having a "recent comments" feature on the side of the blog like many others do.
I'll have to see if I like it. One benefit is that it could help keep some discussions going that are otherwise buried in the site. On the other hand, it could end up being taken over by spam.
I currently have it set to five comments in order not push the categories too far down, but that may or may not be enough to make it worth having.
Instructions for how to do it gleaned and adapted from here and here.