It is very gratifying that I finally found an easy solution to spam, which was turning off comments on archived entries. People can still comment off of main page links just not on links from individual entries, and that has killed 99.99% of spam that used to hit the site, a much better batting average than blacklist had (though blacklist still blocks 99% of what remains, which is still way too much).
I forgot to mention earlier that at the festival this weekend we saw a really interesting little band called Ume. Punk rock, and a little blond girl on lead guitar was also the lead singer, and she spasmed all over the stage, then after offered a petite little "thank you, we're Ume" like a cartoon character. This video is fairly representative. I couldn't listen to it for any extended length of time, but it was a neat little show.
Posted by Observer at May 7, 2008 05:45 PMComments on entries can only be made in pop-up windows while those entries are still on the main index page. Sorry for the inconvenience this causes, but this blocks about 99.99% of the spam the blog receives.
Hey, at least there is one team suckier than the Rangers! :)
Posted by: Humbaba on May 8, 2008 08:55 AMThe season is young. Don't forget about the classic late summer Ranger meltdown. August is officially "mathematical elimination" month in Texas, though occasionally a Ranger reliever sees his shadow because he's not watching home run balls fly over his head. In that case, elimination is put off a few weeks until September.
Posted by: Observer on May 8, 2008 11:20 AM