As I posted back in February, I wanted to have the next alpha release out by mid-March. That didn’t happen, and it’s starting to look like early April before I’ll have something out. The reasons for this are as follows:

First off, you all should understand that I don’t work a regular 9-to-5 job like most people. In fact, I haven’t since last summer. I live solely on the income that I make blogging and from performing WordPress and other programming work for various clients. And while Bad Behavior has many generous donors, one of whom helped me obtain a computer when I needed it most, it isn’t enough to live on. Because of this, the work which generates the income that I live on must always come first. Unless Bad Behavior becomes a lot more popular than it already is, it will likely always take a back seat to the other work I must do in order to pay the rent and buy the groceries.

This means blogging and slinging code for anyone willing to pay for it. Almost. I did tell a splogger to go to hell the other day, and probably lost a couple hundred bucks. But some things just aren’t worth it. I’m trying to eliminate these guys, not help them.

Anyway, enough of that. For the past few weeks, I’ve had several clients engage me for various things, and actually been able to pick up a halfway decent desktop computer as well. And I’ll be working for at least the next week on a couple of other projects. And then there’s whoever else comes along.

Once I’ve gotten all this paid work off my plate, and have enough money to live on for a couple of months, then I’ll return to Bad Behavior with a vengeance. I’ve seen the spammers who have managed to evade Bad Behavior. They’ve hit me as well. And they’ve hit hard. For the first time I can remember, Bad Behavior is less than 80% effective, and that just won’t stand. I’ll be back on the case shortly, just as soon as I’m reasonably sure that I can stop taking paid clients for a short while and still have enough money to live on.

If you have suggestions for Bad Behavior 2, please leave a comment.

(By the way, if Bad Behavior 1 has blocked you, your friends, or a robot you want to crawl your site, read this.)