monoceros blogs1. I've finally taken steps (or just one, in this case) to prevent spam comments here. Yesterday, I received some 30 comments from a user called Viagra who left messages about cables and satellite televisions. This morning, it was 20. So I've gotten rid of the pop-up comment boxes.
2. Have been playing tennis (or learning it, rather) quite a bit. It's been fun.
3. Almost done with my little research project on Maria Hertogh, the Dutch girl who was raised as Muslim, and whose parents claimed her from her foster mother 8 years after she was given away. The British judge's decision in 1950 angered many Muslims, who eventually rioted. The Dutch felt their pride was at stake if Maria wasn't brought home; and the Malays felt that Islam and the sanctity of a Muslim wedding was being attacked - Maria was placed in a convent in Singapore after her separation from her foster mother, and her marriage to a young Malay man was annulled by Dutch authorities.
4. My brother has given me a cool Crumpler messenger bag called the Wonder Weenie. Peculiar name, but it's spacious enough to fit books, documents, scarf, gloves, lunch, and water bottle come fall.
5. Lin Kiat has got us a larger fish tank - upgrade for our fish and shrimp. I should do a profile on each of the brood soon. One of my favorites, a blue tang called Chunk, eats a lot, has a healthy bowel system, and dreams for long hours (he's always the first to sleep and the last to rise - I usually spot him lying on his side, his tail beating a rock occasionally).
Posted by Monoceros at July 12, 2004 10:28 PMcool monoceros! :C)
Posted by: tiggie at July 13, 2004 4:14 AMThanks, Tiggie! Finally got around to putting it up. Thanks for the instructions you gave me long ago!
Posted by: V Heng at July 13, 2004 6:41 AM*Gasp*
You got a Wonder Weenie?! I want that too!!! *Drool*... ;)
Posted by: deb at July 13, 2004 8:36 PMHi, Deb! I suppose I'm a little clueless about how popular these Crumpler bags are - I only just found out about them. They certainly are nice, aren't they? Do you have an older brother too? Maybe you can persuade him to get you one as well!
Posted by: V Heng at July 13, 2004 10:14 PMActually, it doesn't matter whether you use popup comments or not. The evil spam bots can still find the Name, Email Address, URL and Comments fields.
When I was using MT2.X, I installed Jay Allen's MT-Blacklist, which worked like a charm although there would always be new spammers not on the blacklist, who would get through.
Interestingly, after upgrading to MT3.0, MT-Blacklist no longer worked. Now I have to approve every comment that comes through, before it gets displayed on my site.
On the plus side, I hardly get any more comment spam. The spam bots probably think that their efforts are not working.
Posted by: Van Tan at July 18, 2004 12:13 AM