Spam Blocks & Fun

September 12th, 2007

Grrr! I am getting fed up with my Guestblock because it keeps being riddled with spam. :( It's weird because that's never happened before like a couple weeks ago. So much spam bombards it at one time that the only feasible way for me to delete it is to actually go into phpMyAdmin and delete them all straight from the database. The Guestblock control panel doesn't have a "check all" feature, so I'd be sitting there for a long time checking all the boxes to delete the spam if I did it that way. :P Oh well, I'll have to figure something out.

I made another video of Cody! He was being extra hyper one day and I just happened to have my camera around. The quality isn't fabulous, my camera is crappy, but it's still cute! :D It has a background song that might be familiar to some Disney fanatics, hehe. ;) I have some more pictures of him too that I'll be uploading today.

I've been playing WoW a bunch lately in my downtime! I leveled my priest to 60 and somewhat retired Roshata for the time being. I'll never fully give her up because she has so much history and so many good memories on her...but just right now I have more fun playing Kindlady. :D

The Sims 2: Bon Voyage

Also speaking of games, the Bon Voyage expansion for the Sims 2 is out as of last week! Chaz surprised me with it, hehe! It is my favorite expansion yet, they just keep outdoing themselves. :P

I did find a "bug" during the first few minutes of play. I had a couple who were going to get married and supposedly you can "book a honeymoon" now to one of the vacation destinations in the expansion. The little shuttle that was supposed to come pick them up right after their wedding party never showed up! I wondered if it was because the couple had a bad party, hehe. I was dumb and made the party really late and the guests ended up leaving too early because of sleep deprivation, haha! So oh well.

Oh yes and everyone should check out the amazing Quilting Bee! We're just at the end of finishing up a huge revamp to the club website! Now everything is more organized and easier to manage for the staff as well as the rest of the bees. :D

Once you are accepted into the club, you actually get your own little profile on the site that is linked to your bee number! You can nominate bees for awards, submit free*bee graphics and even send other bees messages right on the Q*Bee website. I totally love it and everyone who joins will too!

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Cristina Sep 12, 2007

I love how out of all the Disney songs, THAT particular one was stuck in my head today! Cody is such a cutie! :heart:

I had the same spam problem with former guestbooks so I eventually stopped using them. You’d think there would be a better way to eliminate spam. :(

Tracy Sep 13, 2007

I never knew what’s so great about those guestblocks anyways :P But then again, I never really read about it. The qbee is great so far. Everybody did a wonderful job! :award:

hutzi Sep 15, 2007

you’re right, the latest Sims 2 expansion is the best! :medal: :medal:

I left a question in the installing-guestblock part…maybe you can help me one more time?!

Heidi Sep 15, 2007

aaaaaw what a cute video *puuuuurrrr* reminds me of my Happy when he was a kitten hehe so playful.
I can’t wait to get the new Sims expansion, it sounds like a lot of fun.

Shae Sep 25, 2007

There should be a spam filter in place for your Guestblock. But if it’s in php, you can simply add some coding that will limit the time in which someone can post and add some words to be ignored.

Arien Sep 25, 2007

So, we bought WoW. And are playing together. We should totaly meet up in game if you’re near us… we’re only in Darnasuss, still completely 4 quests and only at level 7, lol, but we’re getting there… sorta.

Melissa Oct 02, 2007

My guestbook gets a little bit of spam but since it’s hooked up to my wordpress I let akismet eat it. I’ll probably remove my guestbook sometime in the near future, the poor little guy gets zero love but ah well, he had his fun I suppose.

The expansion pack sounds neat but I’m sorry to hear your poor little couple was left without a ride, maybe next time they can ride bikes? :P hehe

And yes, the new qbee is awesomeness and 2 halves by far. So much more to do on there now and much easier to keep track of your mushroom count which I find highly useful!

Gemma @ Pink Garden Oct 03, 2007

OMG, what a cutie! That video made me laugh, if I had a cute little pet I wouldn’t be able to leave the house! He he he.

I totally love the Sims too. I deliberately didn’t install it on to my new computer earlier this year because I know I’ll never get anything done if I did. But I might take a visit to Amazon and see what expansions are now available in the UK… mu ha ha…

Gem x :game:

Lisa Oct 05, 2007

I love the sims! I just got the seasons expansion pack, and I love it, I love it when it’s snow :) I just wish I had more time to play…
I love the qbee :) I haven’t had time to check out all the new features, but I have gotten so far that I’ve updated my profile :)

Tracy Oct 05, 2007

Umm… Melissa… you need to keep on BLOGGING girl!!! :gb:

Meggan Oct 06, 2007

I finally had to ditch my guestblock because the spam got totally out of hand. Until you mentioned it, I had forgotten all the times I sat in front of PHPmyAdmin manually deleting every stupid spam entry. UGH. Even though I loved it, I couldn’t justify keeping it when nobody posted on it anymore and all I got was spam. :( I was always proud of the Kirby, whale, and pineapple blocks though; those were mine. ;)

Speaking of the Qbee - are you participating in the latest event? I am going to email my entries in tonight, so if you are, we should totally trade. I’m trying to be more active in the club because I’ve really let things slide lately. I’ve almost been a member for two years! Crazy.

Cristina Oct 13, 2007

DOODE where are you? It’s been like a month!

Katy Oct 13, 2007

I love The Sims!! I have every expansion pack but haven’t even got a chance to play some of the yet. I find myself spending hours downloading objects, spend more hours building a house then way less time actually playing the Sims themselves.

Caitlin Oct 15, 2007

Hahaha Cody is awesome.

I always find it ironic that we both started out with hunter mains and went to a priest haha. Glad you’re enjoying her. :)

I should check out the qbee again. Last time it took so long for me to get approved that I just gave up haha.

Nanda Oct 16, 2007

That video with your cat is awesome, and so adorable!

Have fun with your priest! My favourite classes have always been priest and hunter, but I like mages as well!

Too bad to hear about that bug in TS2 Bon Voyage. I haven’t noticed it yet.

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