[] Spam, the not-Monty-Python-cool way
Well, it was bound to happen sometime. I just removed 256 spam comments. I hadn’t cleaned up for 4 days. Which is not too strange considering I don’t have internet at home, but still. I need a good way to shield this blog from spam, apparently. Suggestions are welcome.
In other news, I moved succesfully. I have tv by now, but still no internet or landline phone at my new home. Which is a shame, but oh well. Otherwise I like my new place. I have a couch now! If you’re in the area (Amsterdam) and want to drop by, let me know.
In other social news, I turned 19 a little less than an hour ago. I’m not sure what there is to be excited about, but the rest of the world seems to disagree. So be it.
November 5th, 2006 at 12:40
http://akismet.com/
This is a project by the Wordpress.com-founders. You can use it for free, given that there’s an Askimet-add-in for your blogging software (which seems to be Wordpress, so no problem here).
Just register a wordpress.com-account (you don’t need a blog, just an account without a blog for using Askimet)
A lot of people swear on Askimet, including Robert Scoble and others (which would get a LOT of spam without Askimet…). At my blog, so far no SPAM came through.
November 5th, 2006 at 13:11
Thanks. I actually enabled it a few days after this post (which is nearly a month old - I don’t update as often as I should). I should have mentioned it. Sorry! So far it’s been really great to me, too.