Tag Archives: spam

My conversation with a hacker

27 Nov

So, thanks to Kara and Travis, who mimicked the comments of spammers on my post about blogging spam (those wisecrackers), I had a very funny conversation with a spammer/hacker this week. On Tuesday, I received this e-mail that said it was from my nephew Blake: Hello, How are you doing today? I’m written you in tears [...]

Flattery will get you everywhere

18 Nov

Right now I have nine spam comments on my blog just sitting here, waiting for me to delete them. The thing about comments generated by spammers (people who don’t actually read your blog, but want others to click on a link from their comment to an advertisement for genital herpes medication – or some other stupid product)   is [...]