Spammers, and a break from the football

If the mark that you've made it as a blogger is a monumental spam attack, then I've hit the big time this week, with a number of unruly peoples (or bots, probably) hammering the site, bypassing most of WordPress'defensive efforts, which frankly make Silvestre's look watertight.

One long clean up later, and we're back on track, with a major increase in the protection level around here.