The folks from Joost dropped me a note yesterday telling me that they had increased the number of invites I have available to me. If you need one, drop an email address into the comments below.
If you don’t know what Joost is, it’s the Skype founders latest venture, using peer to peer technology to broadcast television programming via the internet. There’s a surprising amount of good stuff on it, especially if you’re interested in documentary. They’ll also have the Stanley Cup hockey games in the coming weeks.
Twelve months ago from today this blog was being inundated with blog spam. After trying capcha's and other kinds of filters, I turned to Akismet. Installing it was simple, although it did require getting a WordPress.com account. Since that time, the volume of spam I personally deal with has dropped dramatically.
How dramatically?
As of this morning, Akismet has trapped 332,579 spam comments. That's more than 911 per day all year. Currently, more than 2,000 spam comments get entered daily on this blog. It's more than any human being could manage manually,ever.
Thank you, Akismet, for making this blog manageable.
