Technorati profile spam

I took a look at my Technorati profile this evening to discover I have been linked to three very odd sites that have absolutely nothing to do with my blog or any of its contents.

WTF will they spam next?

By the way, Akismet still reigns supreme for catching blog spam!

192 pieces of processed meat caught to-date!

Stopping Blog Spam

If you’re running WordPress, then Akismet is your best friend. Below is my current report on spam it’s caught. The good thing is the spam doesn’t even make it to moderation so it doesn’t hit my email box for approval. I also utilize the default word list from WordPress under Options > Discussion.

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Caught Spam

Akismet has caught 133 for you since you installed it.

You have no spam currently in the queue. Must be your lucky day. :)

Catch-up

I haven’t had much time lately to blog anything. Last week we set up a new office in Brussels. Since there’s a seven hour time difference I ended up working 22 hours on monday and a teammate worked something crazy like 30+ hours.

Next week I’ll be in training all week then next Saturday I’m off to London for a month, after-which I hope to head straight to Iran for 11 days. (more…)

New pictures posted

It’s gorgeous here today so I got off the bus early and took some pictures along the walk.

http://www.mcwresearch.com/gallery/v/Chicago/

Site improvements

In all the shuffling and rearranging and upgrades it seems I’ve made it difficult for those who were used to the old site to find their way around the new site.

To wit; (more…)