As you may have noticed, we were down yesterday.  The pesky Mr. Hackerman was putting his lame nose where it didn’t belong (our database) and really mucked some things up. Luckily, there is such a thing as backups, changing passwords and other super-secret-we-can’t-tell-you-because-HE-is-listening measures.

In the process of restoring backups, we had to re-post a few things which means that you would have gotten old posts in your feed reader and email inbox. Sorry. The hacker made us do it.

Our main suspect (kinda looks like me in highschool?)

At any rate, we’re back in action…for now.  But, in the meantime if you notice anything fishy it’s because we’re still dealing with this dude.  The I-don’t-have-anything-better-to-do-than-%@#-up-other-people’s-sites douchebag of the internet world.

So we’re switching things up a bit this month with cSpot. We’ve been hibernating a bit, but we’re ready to come out in full force for spring.

Spring in Savannah after all is well…marvelous.

It’s a great season for socializing with a new crop of folks ready to mix and mingle. And, we’ve picked a good night to be merry in Savannah – the Music Festival will be in full swing and Stewart Copeland is playing at 8pm @ Trustees, so come drop by for a drink beforehand.

who: The cSpot
what: Monthly cocktail shenanigans
when: Tonight, March 26th, from 5:30-7:30pm
where: Bacchus Wine Lounge (map)
details: Ground floor of Drayton Towers, next to J. Christopher’s

Anytime I get an email that starts with “can you help a sista out” and  ends with anything having to do with Hamburger Helper, you’ve got my attention.

While I don’t think I’ve ever actually had Hamburger Helper, I do (strangely) have fond memories of their commercials from childhood. Yea, not sure why either.

At any rate, DaVena from A.W.O.L. emailed me and asked for a little assitance. A.W.O.L. applied to Hamburger Helper to get some funds for thier IT program and they need community members to post comments about our program on the Hamburger Helper site to support the effort.

A little about the program:

The AWOL Youth Tech Training Program will serve 45 at-risk young people. The goal of the project is to enable youth to enter the world of Information Technology and enhance abilities, employability and ultimately, self-sufficiency by providing them with computer skills training leading to industry standard certifications.

This project will impact our community by providing alternative education and employment avenues for at-risk youth living in a community with decades of entrenched poverty and a current high rate of juvenile crime.

So, it finally happened: We got hacked! (Or our blog did.)  Some loser managed to hack our WordPress installation and keeps disabling comments on the IDSA post. Wierd thing is, it’s ONLY on that post.

I guess I should feel lucky…initially, he deleted the entire post and substituted a cornucopia of assorted pornography and prescription drug links. As if I didn’t have enough of those in my overflowing-with-nastyness inbox.

At any rate, the reason I mention it is so that if you notice any sillyness on the blog, you know why. Rest assured our web monkeys (me) are diligently banging away at the problem, but if you have any suggestions, let us know.  (BTW, thanks Nick for the tip on 2.3.3…I upgraded the file that contained the vulnerability but unfortunately Mr. Hackerman is still at large.)

Anyhoo, just an FYI.