In order to prevent my comments from being filled with spam, I require users to register and have their first comment approved by me. After that first comment is approved, then the poster can comment freely, subject to my deciding they are about as smart as a city of Houston council member and deleting their drivel. (No one has been that stupid yet, but then I don’t expect Carol Alvarado to show up and start the Houblog fan club anyway.)

So yesterday I noticed that I had eight comments waiting to be approved. Eight? I’ve had four, when I was too lazy to check for a few days, but eight? Ah, a spam-bot has found me, I bet. I looked, and sure enough, it’s all gambling, porn, insurance, loans, and drugs, etc., all from different IP’s. Mass delete, “You are the weakest link, goodbye!”

So then this morning, the genius computer that managed to do so much for its products the day before decided to crap on my site to the tune of 61 messages.

Mass delete. Sigh. I say we take off and nuke the server from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

Update, 15:35: and another 108 just sent to the bit bucket. This is getting tiresome. If you’re commenting on any of the articles and don’t see it appear, I apologize, but I just don’t have time to view every single post in detail. I just whiz through them, and if yours doesn’t stand out from the spam, it gets nuked.

Gomeh.

Edit: And stay tuned over the next week, as I’ve got a special surprise coming up.

Update 5/19/06: and another 100+ today. I know there’s a solution, but I just haven’t had time to look it up and implement it.