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two weeks in a nutshell
Posted on | December 11, 2008 | 22 Comments
* OMG – my blog’s been hacked! Help! *
* Web host can’t help me and the hack has removed my edit rights so I can’t help myself *
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* But I have a backup from three days before the hack! Hooray! *
I have a finished object! Yay! But I can’t blog about it. Boo.
* Web host tells me there’s no data on my backup *
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* I try unsuccessfully to open the backup and can’t. Bring in the troops!*
Hey! It’s my birthday! Happy Birthday to me, don’t wanna be blog-free…
* Tad saves the day! Extracts the data from my backup, rebuilds my blog and imports it all to my host’s server!*
Another finished object!!!
* I can’t post to my blog! The WordPress install my host did won’t let me write to it!*
furiously spin laceweight merino/bamboo blend…spit a few nails…
* I sign on with a new host, Tad rebuilds my site and imports all my data to it! 365 posts and a ton of pictures and comments. Two and a half years of blogging. Saved by someone who knows what they’re doing and is delightful to work with! (I really hate the word delightful, but in this instance, it fits). Thank you, Tad!!!*
I am so glad to be off this roller coaster. I missed you guys SO MUCH! As soon as it stops raining (snowing? that’s the forecast, but I’m not holding my breath), I”ll take pictures of my two finished items, but by that time, there’s likely to be three!
God, it’s good to be home.
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December 11th, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
I was beginning to worry about your blog and I’m so glad you found the right person to help. Welcome back!
December 11th, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
Glad you got everything back! I’m going to have to do that when I get home. I just screwed up and wiped out my blog. On my own. Gah.
December 11th, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
Yay! Welcome back! Hooray for finished objects! Happy Birthday! I am waiting for my snow too! If Mississippi gets is SO SHOULD WE.
December 11th, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
Um, scuse me? “Web host can’t help me”?!?! Why wasn’t the next step “Lay waste to web hosting ‘service’”?
Glad you’re back. I was wondering, but figured it was holiday stuff…
December 11th, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
Oh yeah, and Happy Birthday!
December 11th, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
Great zeus! Support that doesn’t really stinks. Glad to see you back!
December 11th, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
I was starting to wonder after yesterdays test posts that we met with a dead end error message. Glad you’re back! Yay Tad!
And a belated Happy Birthday! Now you can celebrate. :-0
December 11th, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
Aw thanks Elizabeth! You’re way too kind. Seriously. It was definitely a pleasure working with you and, for an IT guy, that’s pretty damn priceless!
It’s so cool to see all of this back up and running for you! Even better to see you and everyone enjoying it again! WOOHOO! YAY for happy endings! :D
December 11th, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
He is pretty great, I agree, even if I’m biased! ;) I’m SO glad that he was able to help – missed you too (and we did happy dances for you)!! Welcome back!!!
And, happy belated birthday! Can’t wait to see your knitting/spinning!!
December 11th, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
Bad Hacker!!!! Some people need to find a better use of their time.
Glad Tad was able to save everything!
December 11th, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
You’re back!!!! Yeah!!! Yippeee!!!!Hooray!!! Celebrate – have a glass of wine :)
December 12th, 2008 @ 3:10 am
Good grief! Glad there is a happy ending!
December 12th, 2008 @ 4:03 am
Oh gosh, sorry to hear about the jacking, ekk, that bites. I’m glad you were able to get someone to help fix things. What’s the new webhost btw so if something were to go awry I’d totally switch too.
December 12th, 2008 @ 8:10 am
well that’s a relief. and happy birthday
December 12th, 2008 @ 8:19 am
Yay! I was wondering where you were :-)
December 12th, 2008 @ 10:03 am
Happy Birthday!
December 12th, 2008 @ 10:08 am
Welcome back! Glad you got it fixed. I missed you too. Happy Birthday!
December 12th, 2008 @ 8:42 pm
Ain’t nobody gladder than me that she’s back up. I think the “Big Hack of ’08″ had her pretty close to breaking out the sledge hammer–she’s been threatening to knock down a wall in our kitchen & I was getting scared the blog frustration was gonna push her over the edge. Tad, if I ever meet ya, I owe you a beer.
December 13th, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
Happy birthday, plus OMG. That is a NIGHTMARE. I’m glad you blinked back into existence.
December 13th, 2008 @ 6:48 pm
OMG, what a horror story! Glad you got it all fixed.
December 14th, 2008 @ 10:19 am
@ Sgt. Britty
I’m just glad I could help out! If we ever do meet, I’d love to grab a beer with ya! But only if I can get the second round ;) !
December 17th, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
I wondered where you’d disappeared to!! Glad to have you back… xxx