Misc.

Oh the mysteries of databases, the internet, and blogging. How can a post show up after you publish it and 12 hours later just be gone? I know it was there. I know it was published. It had a page id number, the page showed up on the search engines.

There were only 5 visits to this small unknown site between the publishing and the disappearance of the post. I have reposted the article and we shall see what happens this time . . .

I detest Gremlins. Perhaps they are not mystical creatures after all.

WooHoo. since the upgrade to WordPress 2.01 the feeds have not worked. Finally one works now. All I can say is white space, white space, and maybe white space. Now if I could figure out what I did right to fix the rss2, maybe I could fix the rss .92 .

I will date myself here, I liked using dos and dbase. Modern tech stuff seems to have passed me by. Remember the old BB’s, when modems where slow, and most people had never heard of the internet?

Augh…..

All your blog belong are Us

This is a story long and, for me, worthy of a semi rant.

I backed up mysql database and my WordPress Database in preparation of a WordPress Upgrade. As I was in mid process SBC Global DSL line started to degrade. Suddenly, oh no lost connection. When I was able to reestablish my connection mysql database was to say the least, warped, toast, scrambled. I could not access it. Seems I no longer was authorized. OH my.

This is the point where I complain about SBC Global, Geocities, and Yahoo. Goodness, they have a wonderful circle of hell set up. On my site control panel the help files lead to error pages. When you do locate a help file it says they do not support mysql. When you try and contact geocites pro people you end up chatting with an SBC person who tells you to go to the page you just came from…….

So, alone I tackle this corrupt database problem. I finally commit the sin of changing a password that you are not suppose to change and am able to gain access through yroot. Just then the DSL goes down again. As I pick up the phone, start to call, the phone line goes dead! AUGHHHHHHHHHHH……

Here I am now, I have retrieved most of my posts, some of my site setup and am a little angry. To be fair, Geocites did send me an email requesting info I already sent them, and info on how to go to the pages I had already been to.