I’ve received Technical Analysis Magazine pretty much forever. At the end of each year, they conduct a reader’s survey. This year, they’ve added a write-in category for technical analysis web sites.

If you get this magazine, I would love it if you would be kind enough to take a minute to send in Slope’s name in your entry. All you need to do is go to this link and……..

(1) Enter your last name and subscriber ID in the fields (the subscriber ID is the number in the upper-left corner of your address label)

(2) Go to the 4th page of the ballot (you don’t have to fill out the other categories if you don’t want to) and, if you’d be so kind, write in Slope as your vote

Once you’ve submitted your ballot, you’re done! Thank you!

As most of you know, comments are a vital part of Slope (perhaps, on the whole, even more important than the posts themselves). A lot of bloggers treat their readers with contempt when it comes to the comments section, and that attitude puzzles me. I want to encourage and nurture community and discussion as much as I can.

It dawned on me that I’ve never really had a decent page about the basics of using comments, so I’ve substantially updated this page (which is accessible via the Help menu) to give people some basic information about the comments system and how to use it. For your lurkers out there, I strongly encourage you to read it, because – – as I say on the page – – most lurkers want to participate, but they are afraid of saying something that would embarrass them. This fear is utterly unfounded. Some blogs (cough cough ZeroHedge cough cough) have a brutal, abusive environment, but Slopers are sweeties. Please read the page!

Greetings from the chilly interior of my attic, where I finished diagnosing some network issues (Springheel Jack and I seem to be having computer woes at the same time!) I am sitting here, cross-legged, Kobe watching me curiously, as I bang out a post that has a couple of purposes. (more…)