I just spent the evening writing code for work… because it was interesting.

Now, I did this while downstairs with Pam and the boys, watching Samurai Jack/Avatar/Babylon 5 (lots of media this evening), but it was actually fun.

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s been years since that has happened.

Also, I’m actually picking up some mad SQL Sk1llZ. I managed to write a script that pulls IP addresses out of 5 separate databases and blacklists them in the hope of reducing blog spam. While it is reactive – it doesn’t prevent the first instance of spam from that host – it does kill all following spam. And, it has given me an interesting view of a couple of IP networks that are obviously owned by blog spammers. Data mining can be fun!

And, yes, I realize that a lot of these machines are simply open proxies or zombies, but my thinking is this: If you are running an open proxy or you’ve been zombified then we don’t want to exchange bits with you – you are a contagion. Fix your system.