Hi, there! Hadn't realized you started blogging! I am experimenting with blogs too..mostly journaling for now..if you are curious, here is the site: http://journals.aol.com/gotomaria/TheLittleThings/
I'm thinking of starting another blog on Elegance...you've got that down pat! I am adding more elegance into my life (I figure clutter is not elegant so there you go...)
I think blogging is great and I'll have to add you to my growing blog list. I just signed up for your November session in Seattle. I'm so excited. I had taken your seminar a few years back and had fallen off the wagon so to speak. The house is a mess with paper all over! Work is better though and I have to thank you for that. I also bought your CD set and it is great to listen to in the car while I drive back and forth to and from work. Can't wait for November...:)

Don't think my previous note took...it didn't post right away so here goes again. Not so long this time...I am blogging too! I added it the URL. In any case, elegance is on the top of my list. I've signed up for your session in November in Seattle....can't wait..:)

Wow! That's nice. I don't suppose you would share how you implemented this by any chance. ;^)

Maria, et al
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Adrian,

If you mean, how did I implement the spam blocking using CAPTCHA, I hired people who know what they're doing about this and asked them to make it happen. You could check with my CTO, Robert Peake, if you want - robert@davidco.com - David

David,

Indeed blog spam is a big problem. I have an elaborate system to avoid all those bots and folks that post unrelated stuff... captchas are definitely a good thing.

regards,
Leo
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Hello David,

It's a little late to be commenting on this, but you might consider hosting your blog at TextDrive.

My wife's on a WordPress blog, and was having problems similar to yours: pills, porn and casinos regularly flooded her comments. I had installed a few plugins; they helped, but didn't eliminate the problem.

Since switching to TxD in February, the problem has stopped -- so much so, that I've removed the anti-spam plugins as they're no longer needed.

They claim "furious server-side" blocking of spam attempts, both email and comment spam. The creators of WordPress and TextPattern are both principals of the company; perhaps this explains their success. Whatever the reason, it works.

Hi there. Good to see you have disabled comment moderation process.

I had posted a comment few days back but it didn't display.

The inventors of WordPress and TextPattern are both principals of the company.