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Akismet, A-tasket

I should’ve installed the anti-spam plug-in Akismet a long time ago. I activated it today and it shows I’ve got 396 comments identified as spam dating all the way back to October 2005! I guess these are ones that…  Read more

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The Past Week

Last Sunday

We don’t get snow here in the Bay Area – frost is all we get when it becomes cold – like last Sunday morning.
Frosty Sunday morn

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Island Confusion

The narrator in the opening animation of the new arts and culture website Canvas.ph says he was “born and raised in Hawaii.” His distinct Manileño accent betrays him though. But I suppose this gaffe is easily forgiven since we…  Read more

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Comment Spam Rationale

A spammer attempts to rationalize his actions in this comment spam I just received:

What I’m talking about is interjecting ads within the aggegated (sic) content of the community blog entries. Sort of like the way commercials

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Be Gone, Comment Spam!

Should’ve installed MT-Blacklist sooner. I’ll see how well it does blocking spam comments. If it ain’t good enough, I’d have to change the name of my comments file (as suggested here).

Update: Hey, it works:

MT-Blacklist Success

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