@five15design Maybe they've blocked all NZ traffic since that's probably where the DDOS is coming from.

@five15design http://www.protectmarriage.org.nz/ loads lickity split for me. Definitely not down unless it's cached somewhere between there and here.

@five15design I thought it was http://www.protectmarriage.org.nz/ you were referring to.

@five15design It loaded for me fine just now.

@five15design I'd never even seen that site until now. I need to resist a sudden urge to load test it 😉

@colignylaurent Cookies for Comments is very similar to my plugin. It should be able to kill 95-99% of the spammers dead in their tracks.

@colignylaurent In the mean time, try installing Cookies for Comments. That should help quite a bit if you aren't running it already.

@colignylaurent Yep, I can help alleviate that for you. Just gotta find time to add that functionality.

@colignylaurent What is "posting of the blog"?

@colignylaurent Ah, well I should be able to do that. I'll see what I can do over the next few weeks for you.

@colignylaurent It's probably not too hard to piggy back the comment system onto the login/registration system in WordPress too.

@colignylaurent Is it just the login system you need secured against spam for BuddyPress?

@Ipstenu Ohhhh, THAT sidebat! Well use the following command to fix it … sudo apt-get update sidebat

@Ipstenu What is a sidebat?

For a plugin which has created so many tweets, Spam Destroyer has a pitiful download count … http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spam-destroyer/

@colignylaurent Just a release of code from my own site. I don't use BuddyPress or allowed others to login, so not stuff I've thought about.

@colignylaurent It's intended for comments only, although I'm not adverse to adding support for other things if it makes sense to do so.

@colignylaurent It doesn't protect the login form. I don't think it would be very useful with BuddyPress either.

@simonwheatley And when I stored them, I could do it all in one hit perhaps to save on queries.

@simonwheatley I was thinking of just stashing them into regular WP Cache objects, so wouldn't hit the database until I chose to.

@simonwheatley What did you mean by "killing the query cache"?

@simonwheatley I sporadically get bored and want fun projects to knock out quickly. If I can hammer out a plan, this might be one of them.

@simonwheatley Slamming the DB once per second would be reasonable if it were just myself and one other person.

@simonwheatley Although, scaling is somewhat moot since the only person using it would be myself and the person on the other end.

@simonwheatley WP Cache with APC running should scale well enough IMHO.

@simonwheatley If I was custom building it, I'd cache it all via WP Cache API, then just stash it periodically as custom post-type data.

wish I wasn't as anal retentive about keeping my WP install clean and tidy. I'd have a lot more fun randomly installing plugins otherwise.

@simonwheatley @mikelittlezed1 @mkjones @caseypicker @AlanMairson This suggestion from @Ipstenu looks okay'ish too … http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-chat/

@Ipstenu Hmmm, that looks okay too.

@simonwheatley I just want to be nosey and chat to my blog visitors … perhaps freak them out by having me chat live to them!

@simonwheatley I am in no hurry at all. I'm just interested in this as a potential side project if nothing suitable is out there.

@simonwheatley How would you go about doing that? I'm mostly anal retentive about not adding tables for elegance sake.

@simonwheatley @mikelittlezed1 @Ipstenu @caseypicker @AlanMairson This suggestion from @mkjones looks okay'ish … http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/chat/

@mkjones Thanks. That's not too bad (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/chat/). It does use it's own tables though, which I'd rather avoid if possible.

@UKTesco Do you really paste user passwords into reminder emails?

RT @UKTesco: @troyhunt Passwords are stored in a secure way. They’re only copied into plain text when pasted automatically into a passwo …

@hanlasse @christinewendel Why Tumblr? Just wondering, as so many people seem to like it.

@christopherbull very true

@christopherbull Not sure I'll ever have the time to build it though. It'd mostly be so I can be nosey and chat to my blog visitors.

@christopherbull WordPress is reasonably good for storing the data since they'd just be stashed as post comments.

@christopherbull Inefficient as hell, but would suffice considering only one chat would ever happen at a time.

@christopherbull Meh, I'd just use AJAX to pepper the server with requests and update stuff constantly.

@christopherbull What would be the correct platform to use for such a thing?

@juvasoft It's doable. Are you keen to build such a plugin?

@juvasoft It's reasonably complex, but doable. Are you keen to do it?

@christopherbull Since it would only be me doing the chatting, it wouldn't matter too much.

@Ipstenu If I feel motivated some day, I might make a plugin to do it all internally within WordPress.

I want a WP plugin that allows me to chat with individual site visitors in real time. I don't want to use a hosted service. Does this exist?

@bluelimemedia It's not the reviewers which are the problem, it's the requirements they follow.

@Ipstenu I will make sure I keep all my evil intentions secret from now on then 🙂

@Ipstenu Yay! I'm considered a known "good guy" 🙂 I'm guessing you haven't seen all the crap that I've produced in my time then!

@Ipstenu But thanks anyway of course 🙂

@Ipstenu Why was it approved when I seem to have forgotten the download link for you!?

1x stupidly small plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/customizer-link/) in response to a Trac ticket by @janeforshort http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21413

@Ipstenu Okeedokee then 🙂

@Ipstenu As my hockey coach always said "it's not against the rules until you get caught"

@Ipstenu I tried finding something more "legal" but they weren't as funny.

@Ipstenu Damnit! No one was supposed to notice! Gimme an hour and I'll have something else up.

RT @jan_dembowski: @Krogsgard @ryanhellyer "BAM! Suck on that sploggers!" The comments are always fun too.

@jan_dembowski @Krogsgard I like to keep myself amused whilst coding 🙂 I wasn't expecting anyone else to read them.

RT @Krogsgard: View the source. Best function names ever. MT @ryanhellyer: I've released a new spam solution for WordPress … http://t. …

@Krogsgard haha, glad to hear you enjoyed it 🙂

@janeforshort It's a bit of a mess right now, so just tidying some things up first. I meant to put it on the repo. but I forgot.

@janeforshort I'll make the plugin for people to try it with first.

@socialspace I haven't used Akismet on my personal blog for a year or so now. I haven't had any need for it.

@socialspace If you can, use both at the same time. They're complimentary.

@janeforshort I have a plugin that does that! I'll wrap it up into a zip and post it for you to download.

@DeFries Awesome! I look forward to hearing the results.

@DeFries Thanks 🙂 Hopefully it works for people.

@bronsonquick @tellyworth Major advantage of raw Akismet, is that it works without Javascript on.

@bronsonquick I also combined the payload file into one since having two for the different methods was pointless.

@bronsonquick It's not very different from Hascash and Cookies for Comments. Just packed as one unit and minus an options page.

@bronsonquick I only have Spam Destroyer running on my blog at the moment, with no moderation. So far nothing has gotten through yet.

@bronsonquick WP Hashcash and Cookies for Comments still work, despite having been around for a long time now.

@bronsonquick I assumed the spammers would find ways around this sort of thing over time, but it seems not.

@bronsonquick Some people keep telling me they can't block spam properly, even with Akismet.

@bronsonquick This plugin is part of my plan to teach them they don't need CAPTCHA. If I'm wrong, then I'll add an extension for CAPTCHA's.

@bronsonquick Yeah, I've never resorted to CAPTCHA's before. I've been told by some people that they need them to block all spam though.

@bronsonquick @tellyworth It's not a flaw in Akismet, just that blocking it WP side is more effective sometimes.

@bronsonquick @tellyworth Akismet is awesome, just not suitable when the cost rises and with shit-ton of spam, it won't block it all.

@bronsonquick Blocking it at your site before sending the rest to Akismet for checking makes the most sense IMHO.

@bronsonquick Akismet on it's own can't block it all, albeit it blocks most.

@bronsonquick Combo of Akismet and "sporting methods" like mine, tend to blitz all spam entirely in my experience.

@bronsonquick At some point, I'll probably make a plugin for it which adds more words and perhaps a CAPTCHA. For REALLY bad spam problems.

@bronsonquick "vagin" will cover any comments with "vagina" in them too.

@bronsonquick Lol. That's not a typo 😉 I've seen "vagin" used in comments before, presumably to avoid being picked up by anti-spam tools.

I've released a new spam solution for WordPress … http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spam-destroyer/. Simple, but highly effective in my experience.

If anyone is interested in trying out a new anti-spam tool for WordPress, then lemme know and I'll DM you a link 🙂

@iwebtweets Thanks fort he writeup!

@gormer I haven't looked. I just being nosey about what you are building 🙂

@gormer Are you using that plugin anywhere already?

Hmmm, so I moved to a CDN, and now I have no browser caching. Go figure …. https://ryan.hellyer.kiwi/

@Ipstenu Are you from San Diego originally?

@TCBarrett 30 seconds is mighty damn quick. I was impressed with the 3 mins I got from @linode

@scottbasgaard Bummer.

@five15design Of more pressing concern is that you are tweeting and driving!

@adii If you are stopping in Oslo and have time to meet up, lemme know.