The Gimcrack Miscellany

My Blog Exploded Into A Billion Pieces

Posted on 05. Jun, 2007 by The Gimcracker in Blogging

But don’t worry, it’s back up now – minus a few of my most recent posts (namely the one about the seatbelt checkpoints).

What happened?

I host my own blog, which means my database is separate from the Wordpress blog sea. So, if I lose my database I’m SOL. Guess what – I lost my database. Actually, my web host lost my database and has been apologizing profusely, saying something about it not being… well, I’ll let you read what my support tech said, as he has put it so extraordinarily well:

Hi Brain, any database which does not in client’s list will be removed my our system periodically. I’ve added it to your list therefore it should not happen again.

That’s a verbatim copy/paste from my help ticket. I really love how he compliments my wit by calling me “Brain”. It sure does make me feel real good knowing people like this are taking care of my precious blog posts.. I know, I know, he’s probably not so much “dumb” as he is “Pakistani”, but it’s fun to throw jabs at someone who caused me to lose my blog for almost a week. His salutation made everything better:

Let us know if you get problem.
Thanks!

Will do, my main man Habeeb, will do.