Despite the blog being only a few weeks old, I’m already getting a lot of spam in the comments. I have now installed the WordPress Hashcash plugin to prevent spambots from sending comments. The plugin works by requiring the browser to perform a proof-of-work to ensure that it is in fact a browser and not a bot. It also checks that trackback URLs in fact contain a link to the page and that comment IP addresses match.

The plugin should not interfere with any valid comments and allow me to use my time blogging, not filtering through heaps of spam. If it does block your comment, make sure that you have JavaScript enabled in your browser. If it still doesn’t work, send me an email at marcus [at] marcushellberg.com.

Everything seems to be moving along nicely. I really like WordPress, it was very easy to set up and start blogging. I currently use ready made theme that I found, which I think suits my blog very nicely. I may build an own theme some time in the future, but I’m sticking to this theme for now.

Dreamhost is still working very nicely. The biggest issue I have encountered is that I can’t access the stats page of my domain because WordPress’ .htaccess file tries to map the url to a page within the blog.

I have a lot of ideas for posts, so stay tuned!

//Marcus