I’ve been working on a WordPress plugin that stops comment spam from ‘bots’. It uses a technique that I’ve built into a package of custom programs that block comment and contact form spam. The technique is quite effective. When I put it on a web site that gets spam from ‘bots’ (automated programs), the spam immediately stops.<\/p>\n
The details are on the FormSpammerTrap <\/a>web site; that’s were spambots go when they try to submit their spam on a form that I’ve protected. The whole thing is free to anyone that wants it (details on the site).<\/p>\n It was interesting to write and debug (with those steps repeated). But I got it submitted to the WordPress overlords, and it is now available <\/a>(here, if you are interested).\u00a0 Of course, there are tons of other plugins that purport to do the same thing, but I think mine is more clever than theirs.<\/p>\n I’m thinking of some enhancements for it, but also thinking of a new project involving the new Raspberry Pi 2<\/a> . The RP2 is a small computer about the size of a deck of cards, but it can be quite powerful. Although Linux-based, Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will be available for it.<\/p>\n There are lots of projects that use the RP2, and I have found some good (and some not-so-good) tutorials on the project that I am interested in.<\/p>\n The RP2 is not quite shipping yet, but I will be ordering one soon, and it might arrive before the end of this month. More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been working on a WordPress plugin that stops comment spam from ‘bots’. It uses a technique that I’ve built into a package of custom programs that block comment and contact form spam. The technique is quite effective. When I put it on a web site that gets spam from ‘bots’ (automated programs), the spam immediately stops.<\/p>\n The details are on the FormSpammerTrap <\/a>web site; that’s were spambots go when they try to submit their spam on a form that I’ve protected.<\/p>\n