Well, the “spam protection implemented”:http://peter.mapledesign.co.uk/weblog/archives/basic_comment_spam_protection.html on this weblog seemed to fox a lot of people yesterday 
Sorry guys, didn’t realise that the HTTP-Basic-Auth message wasn’t particularly visible in some browsers. I’ve added the username/password to the comment form; hopefully that should make it easier while still keeping spambots at bay.
I’ll be posting a roundup of weblog entries etc on the topic at some point - although probably not tomorrow! If I don’t post again, have a Happy Christmas, and try to separate yourself from the computer for a few hours…