It's been brought to my attention by a friend who is having difficulty logging in right now that there aren't any good ways of recovering one's account in case of log-out. At the very least, there should be a confirmation email sent when you create an account and a way to recover lost passwords

Yeah, at the moment the "password recovery system" is "email Alex". Which isn't a very sensible system. I agree I should make something better. (The "email Alex" system does work, it just takes a few hours if you're not in my timezone.)

Or at least a message on the log in screen saying, "lost password? password recovery not implemented yet, but email me at xxxx and I'll take care of it" if there isn't already. It may not be obvious to people who aren't already regulars that you would respond to such emails when you get them.