On 6/15/08, there are access problems with Scalzi.com, relating to the fact that my host provider (1and1.com) is being blocked by a number of ISPs for not particularly good reason as far as I can see. Which is to say that the site is up, you just might not be able to get to it from your ISP. Who knows how long this tomfoolery will last.

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So, I reinstalled MT4 on my site (after uninstalling it and the previous MT installs as well), and it appears to be a great deal more stable than the previous install. So that's good ( Read more... )

The pictures of the newly-groomed Kodi that were on the Whatever earlier today:


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God only knows how I manage it. The back end installed just fine; it's the front end that's the issue. When I try to post an entry it gives me the following error message ( Read more... )

My host provider is having systemwide issues at the moment, so Scalzi.com and a whole bunch of other sites are down. Hopefully it should be back up soon. Yay! It's not my fault this time!

I have the Whatever up and running again (mostly) and so will resume posting there.

My AOL Journal is also currently down.

It's a conspiracy, is what this is.

Conspiracy!

(Still fixing the Whatever. In the meantime, here's what I was going to post there this morning)

It comes from Matt Feeney in Slate, discussing whether various action films are homoerotic (in this case, the Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze Surf Crime Dude flick Point Break):

Indeed, claiming a macho film friendship is not-so-secretly gay has become ( Read more... )

The header says it all. I'm trying to fix things; in the meantime I'll be posting here if I need to.

Feel free to leave a comment.

Update, 11:30am: Maybe this has something to do with it: 13,363 junk comments in the 24 hours before the database broke.