I think “Alas” is now back online! As you can see, it looks a bit weird around here – or, more precisely, it’s failing <\/i>to look weird in the particular weird way I prefer. I’ll be fixing that gradually over the next while.<\/p>\n
But in the meanwhile, the archives can be read, new comments can be left, and new posts can be written. After the last few days, this seems like a magnificently great status quo to me.<\/p>\n
Huge, HUGE thanks to Podz<\/a>, who stepped in and got “Alas” up and running when I was tearing my hair out in frustration. (If you enjoy “Alas” and you’d like to stop by and tell him “thanks,” this thread<\/a> is probably a good place for it.)<\/p>\n UPDATE<\/strong>: I thought y’all might enjoy seeing this email from Podz (reproduced with permission) about getting “Alas” back online:<\/p>\n Of all the database rescues I’ve done, that was the second hardest, and by far the longest.<\/p>\n It’s a combination of factors – phpmyadmin \/ your hosts settings \/file sizes and of course your incredibly verbose commenters :) Either way, yes it took some work to get it all back, but back it did go.<\/p>\n I hope you are running regular backups – that’s a huge site to lose !<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So take note – this was partly your fault, you incredibly wordy comment-writers, you!<\/p>\n (Just kidding. I wuv you all).<\/p>\n If by any chance you’d like to thank Podz with a little cash, there’s a donation button on his page of WordPress Help files<\/a>. I’ve already left a little something, but I’m sure he’d appreciate a little bit more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I think “Alas” is now back online! As you can see, it looks a bit weird around here – or, more precisely, it’s failing to look weird in the particular weird way I prefer. I’ll be fixing that gradually over … Continue reading