Although I have resisted comment moderation for some years, the tidal wave of spam my pathetically unloved little bloggette is receiving has become irritating beyond measure. So you will notice that, nowadays if you are kind enough to leave me a comment, you will received a snotty little message in return which, rather arrogantly, announces that your comment may be visible after blog-owner approval.
However, having watched the video I have placed here, I've changed over to using a captcha code for verification. Slightly more fiddly and involving more work on behalf of you, the punter, but watch this and you will see why.
I discovered TED talks a while ago and, when we have nothing better to do, the Shah and I are given to perusing Netflix where you can find many short TED films (none longer than around 16 minutes) on hundreds of fascinating topics. This one is delivered with humour and, if you have a quarter of an hour to spare, I recommend you watch it. You'll learn something!
Finally, all I can say is that I am delighted to have thwarted the spammers and I hope they leave me alone from now on (unlikely, but I can dream). At least I can say that the code means that I captcha the arseholes. Sorry but you didn't think you were going to get away without one appalling pun, did you?!
However, having watched the video I have placed here, I've changed over to using a captcha code for verification. Slightly more fiddly and involving more work on behalf of you, the punter, but watch this and you will see why.
I discovered TED talks a while ago and, when we have nothing better to do, the Shah and I are given to perusing Netflix where you can find many short TED films (none longer than around 16 minutes) on hundreds of fascinating topics. This one is delivered with humour and, if you have a quarter of an hour to spare, I recommend you watch it. You'll learn something!
Finally, all I can say is that I am delighted to have thwarted the spammers and I hope they leave me alone from now on (unlikely, but I can dream). At least I can say that the code means that I captcha the arseholes. Sorry but you didn't think you were going to get away without one appalling pun, did you?!
