More on Comment Spam

There’s a discussion about possible methods of stopping blog comments spamming over at Adam Kalsey’s blog. Go add your thoughts.

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Ban This IP Address!

I’ve just received my second (porn) spam comment in about a 2 weeks from the same range of IP addresses. The first came from 61.181.5.80 and the second came from 61.181.5.147. I’ve now blocked both, as well as the whole range of 61.181.5.* (I hope). Does anyone know how to report such things to the… Continue reading Ban This IP Address!

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The Hits Man

Congrats to my brother Tony on his 10,000th visitor (per SiteMeter) at his blog, Technically Speaking. Here’s to the next 10K. As for me, I’m flying to the 20K mark because of all the fools people who are still searching for pictures of that female rapper who shall remain nameless. What a waste of my… Continue reading The Hits Man

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21st Century Slaves

This issue of National Geographic looks like a must read for the story on modern day slavery: There are more slaves today than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The modern commerce in humans rivals illegal drug trafficking in its global reach—and in the destruction of lives. via (Anil’s… Continue reading 21st Century Slaves

Reggae Guide

BBCi has an impressive reggae guide. (via Abstract Dynamics)

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LocalFeeds = RSS + GeoURL

Here’s a site I just noticed via my referrer logs — LocalFeeds. Here’s what it does: Localfeeds is a collection of local news services, gathering headlines from over 500 sources every hour and organizing them by city. Feed discovery and processing is entirely automatic. If a publisher supports certain standards, lists with the GeoURL location… Continue reading LocalFeeds = RSS + GeoURL

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