I've left the comments feature enabled on my blog despite the majority of entries being spam. But it just seems silly anymore. The number of valid comments pales in comparison to the number of spam messages so I'm just going to turn it off. I wish I had the time to add some sort of captcha function and will look at adding it in the future.
I still encourage you to send me comments via the contact form. I will now edit posts to include any comments I receive. If you need to send me a link, do not format it as HTML and leave off the “http://” (those message will get blocked). I will format it correctly when it's posted.
Thanks,
Eric Marvets