The Bad News
Unforunately, through my own neglect (by not keeping my Wordpress blogging software up to date) someone used a known exploit in the older version I was running and was able to gain access to my site. Obviously I didn't intend for this to happen; I'm a busy college student and just wasn't paying attention.
I got a nice email from Google letting me know that their spiders thought my site had been compromised on their last visit, so they removed me from the search results. Doh.
Like I said before, I'm a busy college student. With a 17 unit courseload this quarter, plus the fact that I'll be gone a good chunk of the summer, I'm not sure when I'll have the time to get things back up. This is definitely low on my priority list.
The Good News
I've actually been working on a complete redesign for a while now, in my spare time. It's completely new from the ground up, and does not use any third party software, like Wordpress. It's a homerolled solution that I think you'll all really enjoy.
It's not done though, so I can't throw it up yet. In light of recent events, I'm just going to leave this site down until I have the new design finished. This site will be back though, it's most definitely not dead.
My database is fine, so I didn't lose any posts or your replies. All my original blog content and articles will be moved over to the new site when it's finished.
In the Meantime
You can follow short blurbs about what I'm up to through my Twitter page.
At 6:46pm on Wednesday, July 1st, this is what I was up to:
I absolutely refuse to call the Tcl programming language "tickle". Programmers come up with a lot of stupid names, and "tickle" is up there.
That's my latest Twitter post, in case you were curious.
Looking for Something?
Here are some quick links to a few of the more popular things that people visit my site for. (Shame on me, I just ended a sentence with a preposition!)
- Implementation of Steve Gibson's PPP in PHP. Note that this has NOT been updated to Steve's latest PPP spec, version 3.
- The WiiDrums project that you probably saw on YouTube. This is not recommended for people who aren't willing to put in some effort to make it work, I'm really too busy to answer questions about it. Take a look at the source code, you're on your own.
- The XviD DVD Converting tutorial can temporarily be found in PDF form, but the Adding Explosions to Your Movies tutorial will have to wait, as it's buried in my old Wordpress databases.
- Any of my articles will have to wait as well, for the same reason.
Need to Get in Contact?
You can find me in various places around the net, including Facebook. Don't get offended if I don't approve your friend request, I usually use Facebook as a Rolodex of people who I've actually met face-to-face. ("Face"-book, get it?)
The best way to get in contact with me before the new site is up is to send me an email. My email address is my first name at this website. If you can't figure it out from that hint, well, you might find email more of a challenge than figuring out my address.
If you need to send me an email (at the above address) that is sensitive in nature, please sign it and encrypt it using my PGP public key. Don't have some form of PGP? Check out FireGPG if you use Gmail and Firefox or Enigmail if you're using Thunderbird. Anything else and you're on your own.
If you're a recruiter looking to offer me an awesome job, check out my equally awesome resume.