If you visit the site regularly you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been testing a few of those social network buttons you see all over the internet these days, namely Facebook’s “Share” and Tweetmeme’s “Retweet.”

By clicking on the blue Facebook icon, visitors can re-post specific articles and a thumbnail (if desired) from this site directly to their Facebook wall. The green Retweet button works basically the same way via a Twitter account: the site name, the post’s title and a shortened link back to it will automatically appear in the 140-character text area ready for re-tweeting.

We were a little hesitant about all this at first (hey, deep down inside we’re old school) but have gone ahead and caved in to the latest trend. The buttons are bit quirky and require a little coding trial-and-error, meaning there’s a chance at first you may get sent to virtual purgatory, so please bear with us. We appreciate your being sociable!