Akismet (and Spam Karma) have collectively caught over 15,000 comment and trackback spams since I’ve installed it last year. I missed the exact milestone due to an attack from Abu Dhabi on Monday morning where someone from that part of the world thought it brilliant to announce to the world that his new blog about hacking was available. On a Google Blogger account, no less.

That’s pretty l33t, buddy!

Regardless, we here at Dead Robot dot Com would like to assure you that your reading of trivial fluff pieces will continue to be uninterrupted on this, the day that the city of York in Upper Canada was incorporated as Toronto.