Phew
I've just finished a marathon de-spamming of my site. I got hit pretty nastily by a load of comment-spambots (87 comments in 1 day!).
Most of the work was done using MT-Blacklist, which is a wonderful plugin built to not only de-spam your site but also to learn from the de-spamming in the same way that your body learns to develop anti-bodies to a virus. After it's cleared spam from a source it will block that source from attacking you next time.
I also found some new flames which had been nestled in older posts, I laughed myself silly reading them before deleting them with the same satisfaction one might garner from pulling out a very deep-rooted weed.
Not the best way to spend your birthday evening, I'll grant you but I did at least have a wonderful dinner with my family. I ate so much Tortellini that it's a wonder I can stand.
My sister made me some totally rocking T-Shirts featuring old family photos with sarcastic captions. I'm lovin' them!
Right, tomorrow I actually get to have my haircut for the first time in 4 months! Curse my laziness!
Still at least I'll look less like wurzel gummage.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at March 25, 2004 01:13 AM