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Update: Due to lack of time and interest (on my part), I am no longer maintaining JSSpamBlock or ImageScaler.
JSSpamBlock and ImageScaler were both originally one-day projects that turned out to be a bit more popular than I expected. Recently I have neglected to update them at all, but with reports of ImageScaler not working on [...]

Update: Due to lack of time and interest (on my part), I am no longer maintaining JSSpamBlock or ImageScaler.
I just noticed a trackback from Brandon Cheketts about a PHP script he has released that lets you incorporate functionality similar to JSSpamBlock in any website, called bcSpamBlock. He also released a WordPress plugin based on JSSpamBlock [...]

Update: Due to lack of time and interest (on my part), I am no longer maintaining JSSpamBlock or ImageScaler.
The way JSSpamBlock has evolved since I first released it has reminded me why I love open-source. From day one, I had users pointing out bugs and features they would like added, sometimes even submitting a fix [...]

Update: Due to lack of time and interest (on my part), I am no longer maintaining JSSpamBlock or ImageScaler.
It must look like JSSpamBlock is all I have been working on these days, which is the opposite of true. I have a couple cool projects coming along that I hope to post soon, but I fixed [...]

Update: Due to lack of time and interest (on my part), I am no longer maintaining JSSpamBlock or ImageScaler.
A user of JSSpamBlock found a bug which is rather undesirable; it incorrectly assumes that comments are spam if a new comment hash has since been generated. Versions up to 1.2 have this bug. The new version [...]

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 [...]