Update: Due to lack of time and interest (on my part), I am no longer maintaining JSSpamBlock or ImageScaler.
I have made a few small changes to JSSpamBlock, my WordPress spam detection plugin. I found that the plugin had some problems with custom WordPress themes, since some theme developers apparently don’t include the comment form hook. [...]
Update: Due to lack of time and interest (on my part), I am no longer maintaining JSSpamBlock or ImageScaler.
I got my first comment spam on this blog the other day. It inspired me to try an idea I got a few months back. My theory was that these bots aren’t very smart – they are [...]
I'm Paul Butler, a Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo. I grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In my free time, I write code for open-source and my own projects. Away from the keyboard, I enjoy reading, sailing, running, geocaching, travel, and learning French.
You can find me on LinkedIn, twitter, and Facebook. You can also contact me the old-fashioned way at blog@paulbutler.org.
