Everyone’s accounts have been downgraded to contributer. I *think* I’ve cleaned out all the offending code but I’m not sure. There was also a wordpress upgrade today. I’m still going to replace the install with a fresh copy to make sure we’re clean, but I’m still unsure how to make sure we can have all our content back to normal, unaltered after the refresh. Also, you can check out the blogger archives at http://doomlazer.com/classic.
Just seeing what’s up.
June 11th, 2009Holy Lord the site is hosed.
June 10th, 2009Yeah, this shit isn’t going away. I’m at an absolute loss when it comes to fixing it, so I guess we’re going to do a scratch installation of wordpress. We’re not going to lose anything, I have backups of everything. Every post, comment, image and video have been backed up. Will update when it’s done. FUN FUN FUN.
Still working on it.
May 8th, 2009Done a lot of reading and found out a lot about the potential risks associated with having a malware infection on the site. I’m working to get rid of the offending code but since I’m not sure just how badly I might break things I’m holding off until I can learn a little more. There is a hidden link somewhere on the site. Either being generated by one of the files that’s infected or hard coded in some random html. I’m not sure how it got there, but I will find it and remove it eventually. I still recommend that each of you obtain a free antivirus solution and update/scan regularly. I normally don’t even use antivirus software. Practicing safe browsing habits has almost always been enough. Since I would like to consider doomlazer a safe website to visit I apologize for the inconvinience associated with this nonsense. The site linked to appears to be broken. I’ve used more than one page scanning tool to assess the situation and it appears that the infection is more mild annoyance than actual threat but still. Please be careful with your personal data. If you use online banking please PLEASE download one of the antivirus solutions and use it.
This brings about another important discussion. The kind folks at blogger decided to wipe every blog created before a certain date. I’m sure this freed up serveral hundred megabytes of space, but unfortunately it also means our old blog is gone. To prevent anything like this happening in the future I’m going to opt in to our hosts backup plan. It will mean we have a recent backup of both the site and the database for archive purposes. Hooray for us. That is all.
Site possibly infected with malware.
April 28th, 2009We’re experiencing some possible infection problems with our wordpress installation. I haven’t been able to find anything yet but I don’t want anyone to get infected with any nonsense while I’m learning about it. So for now we’re back to the default theme and everything is being backed up. I’ll post a link to a backup of the site a little later so many copies can be distributed around in case something bad happens to the site or to the hosting. I’ll probably try and do this regularly to avoid losing content for any reason. So, if you have an antivirus client please use it. If not please download and use one of the free antivirus solutions available on the internet. I know a lot of people use AVG and Avast. Try one, get back to me with any positive results so I can add to the pile of evidence and possible find the infection quicker.
I’m an angry gorilla
April 23rd, 2009Rage Wave
April 19th, 2009Crude Charm 49
April 17th, 2009
Krpan is in the lead…
April 16th, 2009I know i never post, but I’m trying to raise money for a charity so forgive this shameless plug.
http://www.active.com/donate/cellmatesontherun/jhewkin
P.S. Krpan says that his goal in life is to be better than Bill… he said that after donating. BUM! BUM! BUM! Oh, and happy birthday Kurt!
An elephant never forgets…
April 14th, 2009That it’s Kurt’s birthday!
Now remember to file your taxes.
You’re projecting.
April 12th, 2009Lots of fun projects going on among doomlazer users this year. Here are a couple of the projects we’ve done recently.
DTV Antennas
With the coming digital tv conversion there’s a lot of talk about the new hd over-the-air channels going on. There was a multi-billion dollar government program to subsidize the purchase of the converter boxes and like many families all over the country we chose to take advantage. One of the things that you’ll need if you plan on using the box is an antenna. You can pull in stations using a small set top antenna or you can buy a larger outdoor antenna. Last weekend we chose to make our own using plans found on the internet. We focused on two designs found here and here for our project. The first site has very clear instructions and a flashy video, the second isn’t as detailed but has the added feature of a reflector panel. We chose a little from each to construct our antennas since we wanted a reflector panel. Being smack dab in the middle of two large cities means there is some risk of interference, the reflector eliminates that and helps to concentrate the signal from the chosen area.
Beer Off
Jason will be doing a post on his beer project so I’ll keep it short and just link to the photos.
Grow
Last but not least, we have a sister blog for projects related to gardening. Andy is working on a garden and will be cataloging his progress at grow.doomlazer.com for us all to keep up on things. I might also do a post or two as we’ve got a couple things growing over here. If you’re going to grow anything let andy know and he can create an account for you to post your progress and show us your leet dirt skillz. When this post makes it’s way off the front page those of you looking for the link can find it on the top right hand corner of the blog.
Hope that’s enough to keep everyone entertained for a bit. If you’re doing any project no matter how small I encourage you to do a write up. If you’re feeling really generous about it you can even take some photos. Never underestimate group interest in even the smallest thing.