I took the time to upgrade to the latest version of dasBlog 1.7.  Things went quite smoothly.  Some of the directions needed to be read several times to make sense, but everything worked on the first try.  Something new in the comments is the "capcha" image that makes sure that an actual person is commenting.  If this is annoying, tell me, and I'll turn it off.  I'm also excited about the new Publish option, which will allow me to put in entries just for myself, for historical purposes.  Ooh, and it looks like we've got FreeTextBox 3.0 for entries now!