For over a year now, my friend Frank has been secretly going into the database for the blogs and
removing unapproved postings that the viewing public never gets to see. Mainly they are not seen because we don't approve them for viewing in any form. The security scheme that is supposed to prevent these kinds of posts from entering the db at all is called capcha. Its great on some sites. On mine... not so great.

The main security feature is to post an image and then have the user type in the letters in order to allow their post to be submitted. If you succeed, the post is submitted for approval. If you fail, its trashed.

Well, the bots are apparently much smarter and have figured out the list of capcha words.

Just to give you an idea of what appears in these postings (minus the active links, of course)...

Found this great Christmas site and want to share it with you... has recipes, videos of christmas houses and lights, cooking how to videos for the holidays and a great selection of Christmas decorations and gifts for everyone. The place is "**********" Again that address is ********** I hope you enjoy it as much as I did... got most of my shopping knocked out in one night this year.

Now... why in the hell would someone post a message like this in a blog entry discussing the claim Studio 28 had too much competition? The blog was over a year old now and probably sees no traffic, except for the idoits who think, they are being seen. They are not. Unless I go in and check off a box, these message never get seen. Then there are the fun ones like this...

My iPhone is currently off, and I want a app that has good off-line maps. One thats a good GPS replacement. ________________ [**********]

They ask about finding a particular piece of software or some nonsense and then embed a link to a virus ridden site that infects, your computer, your iPhone and all the rest.

But I'm basically tired of getting all these posts in the comments section. So I'm debtaing whether or not to remove the comment areas of the blogs. There ae no real conversations going on here. No real discussions. While it was a nice feature to add, there has been no real value added to the website. If you have any thoughts on this, feel free to drop me an e-mail.

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