While adding a few new entries to my spam blacklist yesterday, I noticed that a new version of Movable Type had been released. 3.2, to be specific. I had been running 3.11 without issue for almost a year, so I didn’t really see any reason to go through the hassle of upgrading until I came across the new features list. 3.2 has some pretty hefty built-in spam fighting measures, so I couldn’t resist.

Even though MT-Blacklist has served me beautifully, and I have waxed amorously about its effectiveness more than once on here, I love messing with new gizmos. 3.2 has new spam gizmos, so I installed it. In keeping with Murphy’s Law, my site is experiencing a respite from spam since the new software was installed, so unfortunately I can’t yet know how good these new gizmos are. I will update as warranted, or far less than warranted, as usual.

P.S. - a few entries back, I mentioned that I had switched from Firefox to Maxthon, and pledged to explain why at a later date. I was reminded yesterday that I failed to do that, so here is the latest on my browsing equipment: I switched back to Firefox again. Originally, I quit using Firefox because of a memory leak in 0.6 or whatever version was current back then, which caused it to eventually eat my entire gig of ram. Maxthon served me well during that period, and I still use it today when I need IE6 for something. However, Firefox had its memory leak fixed, so I switched back. I also quit using the Moog builds, finding that I preferred to be bleeding-edge than a hair quicker. Currently, I’m using the Firefox 1.5 beta 2 build, and I like it quite a bit. Maybe soon I’ll do a post about my extremely tailored configuration, but that time is not now.