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July 18, 2006
Bad Guest Blogger
My recent stint as a guest blogger over as Bastish has come to an abrupt halt. Last week someone hacked Mr. Bastish's server and used his site to send a spoof email to people. The web page resembled a Chase Manhatten Bank site, and solicited bank account information that would, I suppose, be used for various nefarious purposes.
I was alerted to this problem by several readers (or possible recipients of the spoof email--it wasn't quite clear), but I was unable to do anything since I didn't have the web server information. I did write an explanation to Bastish readers, but apparently it wasn't enough and, well, the site has been temporarily disabled.
My guess is that Mr. Bastish will be able to resolve the problem once he gets back, but unfortunately that won't be until late August at the earliest. So for the next 30+ days, Bastish will be closed for repairs. Sigh. That didn't go well at all.
So I'm back to writing *exlusively* for Write Again Soon. Should any of you loyal readers go out of town and leave your blogs open to the deviancies of the 'net please do let me know--I'd love to write a couple entries and then bear the brunt of the blame when everything goes to hell.
Comments
Very sad news. I was looking forward to the "how to" sketches, the agonizing over consumerism, and the interesting, unexpected things that happen when one slides into another's shoes for any length of time. Maybe you can shake it up a bit and comment on your entries as Bastish?
Posted by: ada at July 18, 2006 08:45 AM
I don't think anyone really believes the problems with Bastish's site are your fault.
Posted by: La at July 18, 2006 09:29 AM
