Well, I've deleted 323 trackback spams in the past two weeks all before they ever saw the light of day! And with Matt's help, I've tweaked the spam prevention so that I haven't gotten anything new in about 19 hours. Looking good!

One effect you'll probably notice is that if you try to comment on any post over a day old, you might not be able to use the name "Texas Bob" or anything with Texas in it, since it's now on the banned authors list. Sorry to all the Texas Bobs and Texas Joes and Texas Whatevers out there.

Other stuff on the banned list: casino, blackjack, slots, etc. If anyone does have trouble with the commenting, I'd like to hear about it so I can fix the problem. You can give me a shout via email: (Those new graphical buttons are neat, hopefully it keeps me from getting even more spam. You can get your own at privacysig.com.)

Update: D'OH! I somehow managed to completely turn off all the comments today. I think it's fixed now, Matt and I have both been testing it. I now realize that it doesn't even tell you this until you try to submit your comment, so I sincerely apologize to anyone who took time out of their day to leave comments which were immediately rejected.