Friday at Five
I think it's basically impossible not to get in a better mood and frame of mind when we're having as nice a day as we're having today in Blacksburg. It's the weekend, spring is here (more or less), and people are starting to wear a lot less clothing. I'm determined to enjoy it while I can, because next week begins the dreaded Test Schedule From Hell, Part II! (Read that in your best Vincent Price impression.) This weekend, I'll be preparing for that as much as possible. Send food, or help, or someone who can take my tests for me.
For now, off I go to work on a few things (like Tour photo galleries and homework), before heading off to some place in Salem that has go-karts and the like. Have an enjoyable weekend, everyone.
Oh, and one more item: If I turn comments off over the next couple of days, it'll be because the spammers have found my humble little blog. Do they think any reasonable person would actually click on their links?
The way to eliminate those spammers (or at least crack down hard on them) is MT-Blacklist. I installed it over at BTN and cut my comment-spam by at least a factor of 10.
Thanks for the info, Josh. I'll definitely check out the blacklist, though it seems that for now, the spammers have passed me by. I don't imagine it'll last for long.
Ironically, mine has just started getting bad too. Finally, this morning for the first time, there was about one per hour from the same person. So I am in the process of installing blacklist also...
And then my server is down for an upgrade...ironically at the same time. So now I'm just hoping that my site doesn't disinigrate in the process!!! :) Blacklist or no!
Blacklist installed with minimal problems (I just had to play with the directories a little bit), and a few days later, it looks like I'm good to go. I haven't had to catch or delete any more comments since Tuesday.