Spammers are chewing my bandwidth; I really don't give a fuck.
SPACE FOR RENT
Kim, a couple of things were happening, some of them unrelated.
You were getting hammered by trackback spam - that's been stopped.
Even after it was stopped though, your posts weren't showing up for me. I think that's because the piece-of-shit "partner" that Sitemeter's gone and integrated into their counter was timing out, causing everything after the sidebar load to fail.
When I disabled Sitemeter, the posts loaded, but because the time had turned over past midnight, your post page was blank as it's set to display only the last 7 days posts, and your last post then fell to 8 days ago. When you did this post, there was again something within the 7 days to show.
Here's what I've done, just so you'll know:
- blocked the spam
- changed your front page to show the last 10 posts, instead of the last 7 days. (can be changed back, as you've previously mentioned you like it the old way)
- re-enabled Sitemeter for now, but you should really look at alternatives (StatCounter or Google Analytics)
Time to upgrade, dude. then pretty much all this shit would go away and you could just blog.
Don't let the spammers win. Use the tech available to beat them into submission so you don't have to.
Paul
Posted by: Light & Dark at May 5, 2007 3:41 AMThat trackback spam is insidious. They like to go after old posts, where they think you won't find it. Fucktards.
Posted by: Elisson at May 5, 2007 6:36 AM"THe Big Muskie"? Is that an oder reference?
Posted by: JohnB at May 5, 2007 8:11 AMSounds like a great time to convert to wordpress.
Posted by: agent bedhead at May 5, 2007 3:22 PMPerhaps turn off comments and trackbacks for posts older than a month. That might help a bit, too.
Posted by: zonker at May 5, 2007 3:33 PMI ain't a spammer, just an asshole, so havin' fessed up to that, what's it cost to rent the space brother?
Upgrade complete and spam-proofing applied. Kim.
Enjoy.
Paul
Posted by: Light and Dark at May 6, 2007 5:00 PMPaul, you are the bomb!
V-dude -- start writing! No excuses now. We want YOU on this space!!! No absentee landlordism allowed. Although I was good with the old Beatles and Swingin' Medallions clips. Took me right back to my girlhood, they did.
Posted by: Marianne at May 6, 2007 7:52 PMSorry you are getting spamolated. I've been sitting on my stats like a buzzard due to trollage. Looks like you are good to go now. Kees has thrown down the daddy glove at you, I see.
Posted by: Rosie at May 6, 2007 10:41 PM