Just a quick note that spammers have killed my commenting script. Actually, my web host turned off my commenting script because (I think) that so many spammers are hitting the site trying to get comments through that it's causing undue server load. If you've noticed the steady stream of spam comments that I've been swatting for the past few months, well let me assure you that many, many more are trying to get through for every one that does.

When comments come back up (I will update this post when that happens Back Up), unregistered (anonymous) comments will no longer be accepted. You will need to log in either with an account you register here, locally, TypeKey, OpenID, or LiveJournal. Note that you can still be "anonymous," it's just that you will have to be logged in to comment. This will hopefully keep down server churn until I figure out another solution.

It's all quite silly, since the intent of spam comments is to steal my hard earned Google influence and bump the spammer's ranking up, yet no link in comments ever does so, since they all get 'rel="nofollow"' added to them automatically. Rel="nofollow" added to your link code tells the major search engines "Don't look at this link. Don't count it when determining your rankings."

Another good thing ruined by spam.

On another subject, if you are a Steam user (it's free even if you're not yet), I have one more guest pass for the full version of Killing Floor available on a first-come first-served basis. That means you can play the full game for free until January 15. I've played it just a little, and while it's no Left 4 Dead, it's certainly good for a few giggles. Just email/Twit/whatever me and I'll send off the guest pass.