Comments on: Gentlemen, we can rebuild him

By: jenny

jenny — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:42:48 +0000

asia: if you lose your google identity, who are you, really? nobody, that’s who.
shari: if you’re on twitter, you’re definitely not 80% luddite. or else that means that i’m actually 85% luddite.
delmer: exactly! i’m changing the name of my blog to run steve austin run.

By: delmer

delmer — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:40:40 +0000

You know, if you read the paragraph that starts “And now” while making the “nu nu nu nu …” sound in your head you get a bit of a bionic chill.

By: shari

shari — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:59:25 +0000

I saw the hacked-ness, and panicked. I even co-miserated with Vahid on Twitter. But, unlike Vahid, I couldn’t do anything to help because I’m actually 80% luddite, with the remaining 20% simpleton. So I contented myself with holding my breath until you came back online. Lucky for me, you were quick.

By: asia

asia — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:12:43 +0000

thank goodness i didn’t know you had been hacked until after i got home for the holiday, and the problem was solved. already being at my patience threshold i might have just died of peevishness. whew.
people are always trying to reset the password to my gmail account which gives me new outbreaks of peevishness and a crippling sense of vulnerability. after all, without my google identity, who am i? no blog, no blog reader, no google chat…
*shudder*

By: jenny

jenny — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:24:37 +0000

derfina: well, i’m not sure you want to look to me as any sort of model – assuming i find the time to learn how to update my site, it will likely be riddled with bugs and glitches until my smart friends point them out and teach me how to fix them…
claire: always surround yourself with people who are smarter and more talented than you are, that’s what i always say!
hilly: wow. knowing that your life depends on my blog makes me think twice about being so lax in updating it. don’t walk toward the light, whatever you do!
dave2: oh believe me – that will be the #1 thing i fix, since it has almost pushed shari to the brink of insanity. (and really – i’ve tried all the fixes i found online – they don’t work, i swear! but i would welcome the assistance – as would shari…)
sir: well, if you had come here wed night or thursday morning, you would’ve seen nothing but a black page that said “HACKED!” again – thanks to the quick actions of my friends and the laughing squid rockstars, it was up and running pretty quickly.
churlita: yeah, i never understood that either. i think you’d make a really good hacker. at least stealing movies makes more sense than denying innocent blog readers the opportunity to see what amazing new youtube video i just posted.

By: churlita

churlita — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:57:42 +0000

I will never understand hackers. Are they really that lame that they have to waste their time messing with someone’s blog? If I had those kind of skills, I’d be using them to download all the free music and movies I wanted without getting caught. That’s the kind of lame I am.

By: You can call me, 'Sir'

You can call me, 'Sir' — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:58:08 +0000

I didn’t see anything obviously hack-like, so it must’ve been subtle and behind-the-scenes flavored. Still, geeks certainly are handy (I can say that because I have my own Badge of Geekery).

By: Dave2

Dave2 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:14:04 +0000

And hey, if you ever want me to add back in the missing javascript to your site so that “Remember Me?” actually remembers me… I’m happy to help there too.

By: Hilly

Hilly — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:54:09 +0000

Thank GOD for friends who know how to fix things. I’d die without my Jenny fix!

By: claire

claire — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:35:28 +0000

That sucks about the hackage, but I’m glad you had help to sort it out.