admitting ignorance, not a first

[mmegaera]

Not to sound stupid, but I'm still new to this blogging thing, and the one thing I'm really having trouble with is keeping up with who has typed something at me. I have email notification, but I get that at home (and that's not really changeable), and I don't get on LJ at home a) because of my abysmal connection there, and b) because that's not where I need the timesink to be (g).

Anyone have any advice?

Anyone willing to forgive me for not answering a message they may have sent to me that I've lost in the ether?