How to stop comment spam

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Its been awhile since I last login to blog. Last I did want while playing with WordPress iPhone app on the train. Today I managed to find sometime after a few crazy months to come in and do some spring cleaning.

Guess what, 195 comments that’s the figure I was greeted with since my last login to RyanPham.com. All of which are just spam. This comment spam is quite irritating as it takes up alot of space and time to actually remove them all.

Ok its all my fault for not installing or activating Akismet and other spam plugins. So now, I am here to make it right.Here’s what I did to stop comment spam on wordpress short of changing the default comment page

  • Activate Akismet with my API key
  • Dont allow a set of keywords
  • Close all comments after a set amount of days
  • All comments to be approved by moderator

That’s about what I just did, do you have more to add?

Wondered what people did without an iphone

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Ever wonder what did people do on the train when there wasnt a thing called the iphone?

Well looking around, I get people sleeping, people playing with their fingers, people staring into a blank space (deep in thought), people listening to their iPods or mp3 players, people playing the psp(popular gadget on the train), people reading newspaper, people chatting on the phone, couples hugging, kids sitting on the train floor, people using their laptops, all doing their own things.

Wonder what will happen if someone goes up and chats with a total stranger In the train, would they take the fellow as crazy, be on their guard or embrace his friendliness?

Ok Im bored and to fill my time on the train where there isn’t any 3g, I decided to write this. Now that I have 3g it’s back to my regular iPhone activities.

But if u do have a take on the above please feel free to drop a comment