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June 7, 2009 in All Entries
So, I’m going through a nasty bout with RSI (repetitive stress injury) again. I can’t really complain a great deal, as I’ve not had any such problems since last August, which is amazing considering how much I use computers. But I have to complain a bit, because as the title states, this sucks pretty bad. [...]
May 26, 2009 in All Entries
Well, something must be done. I’m the same boat that Cas was in a few days back. Unless I want my blog to “wither and die like week-old cut flowers in a vase” (Cas’s words), I’m going to have to get back into the groove. I can no longer whip out the standby excuse that [...]
May 8, 2009 in All Entries
I’ve successfully made it through another semester. Technically, it’s not over yet, but all I have left to do is proofread a paper and email it to the prof, so I’m labeling this semester as officially “done.”
Based on my last check, I’ve fulfilled all of the requirements for my degree in history, except for a [...]
May 4, 2009 in All Entries
I’m not that crazy about video posts, but sometimes, a video is too good to not be shared. This catchy little creation has burrowed into my mind and won’t leave me alone; it’s given me solace this past week as I’ve studied for final exams. Who knew global warming could be so sexy?
If you have [...]
May 1, 2009 in All Entries
I decided to try my hand at book repair last night, and learned an important lesson. Wax paper is not plastic – or more specifically, you can’t use wax paper in place of plastic.
The repair was to be rather simple. I had a Collins Concise German-English dictionary which had a cracked spine, and I was [...]
Bad Spammers, Bad!
February 2, 2008 | 6 comments
It seems that the amount of spam comments my blog receives is directly linked to how old the blog is – the older it gets, the more junk it gets thrown at it.
Akismet has done a marvelous job in blocking most of the spam – it’s caught nearly 40,000 spam comments so far – but alas, it’s not enough. Every day, I get 1 or 2 comments to be moderated that are total junk; apparently someone really wanted to spam my site during the night, because when I checked my email, I had 10 comments to moderate, all of which were spam.
To (hopefully) cut back on the amount of spam I need to manually check, I’ve just installed the Bad Behavior plugin, which catches spambots in the act, long before they’ve had a chance to actually post anything. I don’t really know how this works – at the time of posting this, they’re claiming it works via black magic – but if it works, I don’t really care. I’ll be thankful.
In the unlikely chance that Bad Behavior blocks you from commenting, you can get in touch with me at: myfirstname @ my domain name. I’ll whitelist your IP address for you.
To my dear spammers who have stuck with me this long: hah! I hope I don’t see much of you anymore.
Update: So much for my hopes. I checked my email today (the day after setting up Bad Behavior), and found 2 spam comments to be moderated.
Bad Behavior is indeed working – it’s caught around 200 spam bots so far – but I also had over 100 spam emails hit Akismet. 2 of those got through, and I’m not really sure why. They’re not subtle in anyway, they’re just comments with tons of links about porn, photos, etc. Akismet has literally blocked thousands of comments just like these, and yet some keep popping up in my moderation list. It’s strange.
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