I have successfully vanquished the spam on blog.evula.net. This doesn't mean it is entirely gone; of course there will be the constant barrage that I'll be contesting with, and there are still a few scattered spam posts here and there, but on the whole, most of it is gone. I estimate that I've deleted somewhere around 8,000 comments, and 6,000 pings. I'll be spending some time Saturday killing some more.
Hopefully this weekend will allow me to get some work done on the first evula.com update of 2006. Nothing crazy; just a review or two. The determining factor, though, will be what else I've got planned; Saturday is my 2-month anniversary, and if I can spend time with Molly, I'll opt for that over the Lair.
Something else I want to do with Monday's (possible) update is add a bit of pizzazz to the Reviews. I've had this idea floating around my head for a while, but lacked an internet connection; I have found that it's really difficult to get online to get images and links when you don't have an ISP. And they say technology has advanced... Anyway, the update will provide me with another way to make money off the Reviews. It isn't anything crass; trust me, I don't want to stuff up my website with ads out the wazoo (and I'll never have pop up/unders). I think you'll agree with me when you see what I'm talking about; it'll actually add a bit of functionality to the Reviews, which is the most important thing to me.
Once all this spam stuff and update are behind me, I'd like to start discussing (with pretty much anyone who will listen) some of the things that will change on evula.com in 2006. I brought my laptop with me to the theatre tonight; I've got long stretches of time, so I figured I could get some Lair work done between scenes. I was able to tweak the front page so that it better matched what I had planned, but doing creative coding like that on my laptop is horrible inefficient; I could have done the same thing in half the time on my tower. I think I'll just read a book tomorrow and Saturday (with a review of it coming soon).
I'd like to point out that I've somehow managed to post to this blog for four days straight. This is a terribly impressive marathon for me, but don't expect me to keep doing it; eventually life will dwindle back to it's usual mundane nature, and I'd rather have high-quality posts than mindless drivel.
Posted by Eric at February 9, 2006 11:03 PM