Recent Drama, But All Is Well

Just a quick note to the regular readers of the blog about the commotion earlier today. I found some malicious code that had been placed in every single file on every single website today by some jack-ass hacker or something, so things were a bit wonky for a while. My web host (Media Temple) helped me clear out the malicious code, but a bunch of the files were still damaged.

Lucky for me, I carry backups and I only lost a few days worth of material. I've never had to go this extreme before due to an attack, but I had to delete the entire website and database before reinstalling my backup files. Everything seems to have gone smoothly and the site is back to it's old self. I reposted the last 2 articles manually, so you feed readers shouldn't be alarmed when you see those fly through again. Now to fix the other two blogs in a similar fashion…

I'm also extending the deadline for the current contest and giveaway for a few reasons. Mainly, because I don't know if the site was reachable this weekend (I didn't even turn on my computer on Saturday). Another reason is because I'm going to be busy over the next day or two fixing my other blogs that got screwed up. And also because we only have a few entries (like in the range of 4 or 5, and I'm giving away 3 prizes). So the new deadline is the 13th of this month — that's only a few days away, so hurry up and get those entries in for a chance at some free software.