my site, along with several other movable type published weblogs, has been victim to a spam robot leaving obscene links in the comments on old entries. not a huge deal, since i am notified by email of any new comments and i can delete them immediately, but just more of a huge annoyance.

in an effort to prevent future attacks, i've incorporated a security check plug-in in the comments section. which, even writing that sentence out now, sounds entirely absurd and pathetic. and makes me think, if that's the way it's going to be from now on, this blog is one step away from going comments-free... regardless, i don't want any spam type links associated with my site.

so, if you're one of the few who do leave comments on my site, you'll notice an image with a number that must be copied into the box below it. hopefully, i will be able to remove the whole security check system in the near future. but for now, seems like the easiest solution.