Had
you loaded Evidently last Saturday, you would have noticed a very
different look to the site. Instead of flowers and beetles, you
would have been greeted by the
Lovely Keanu Reeves and the cast of the Matrix. That’s right, I
got hacked. By none other than Net-Devil himself. I say that like I
know who this idiot is–but I don’t. And he is probably a they–known
only to the likes of the Geek half of the cast of Beauty and
the Geek. Let’s face it–they are gods (or demi-gods, or in this
case, anti-gods) in their own minds and no where else.
Unless. Unless they happen to choose your little site as a
target. Then your ears perk up and you pay some attention to
their stupidity. You have no choice–they have locked you out
of admin site by loading malicious code onto your platform.
If that was not enough to offend your sensitive ears, your site now
loads poor quality Arabic music on a perpetual loop all with a Matrix
calling card.
Note to Net Devil: Could you be any more creative? The Matrix is the best you can do? You don’t really think that Keanu is who I see when I think of you? Or that you even resemble the guy? Or that I think of you at all? Face it–you have no life other than hacking mostly unread blog sites. Tell the guys at McDonald’s I said Hi! Oh, and your mom too!
Now, something you should know about me, if you
don’t already. I hate the Matrix. Really. Hate. The
Matrix. More than I detest Star Wars episode 1. So, when
Net.Devil came calling last weekend I near enough lost it. I
discovered my new look about six minutes before Pam emailed me to ask, “Is it just me, or have you been hacked?” Much
jumping and shouting and general poor behaviour on my part ensued.
Since then, I’ve been compelled to update to a more secure
platform. An update that is full of glitches. Linking went
down. RSS feeds went down. For awhile IE wouldn’t load the
page. And on top of all this, my computer keyboard decides
NOW would be a good time to be productive! Why type
one letter “a” when two or three or four looks oh so much better?
You use the letter “a” only slightly less than the letter “e” which
meaant I haad aaa lot of extraa “a”s to eraaase. See what I
mean?
Fun fun fun. Is it any wonder I took all of this as a sign from
up above? Quit Now.
Or in this case… down below. Well, the devil can make me upgrade, but he can’t make me quit. Yet. Dear Pam
wrote lovely words and I stopped feeling so
sorry for myself. It’s not like jumping out my window would do
any real damage anyhow–it would just be more drama. A pointless
trip to the emergency room. A probable standing appointment with a
shrink, a HUGE medical bill… you know, the drill. Poor IZ has
enough to deal with without me adding any more theatrics. He was able
to remove the offending Matrix calling card within an hour however,
he spent the better part of his weekend
and all his free time this week sorting out the aftermath.
And my
keyboard that types extra “a”s? Well, I’ve discovered if I really
concentrate and will it to only type ONE–it works half the time.
I’m doing a lot of backspacing these days.
In the next instalment of “The Devil Made Me Do It” (TDMMDI for short) I will address this virus going about the Internets called memes. That is to say, I’ve been tagged by the glorious Ms. HG. to talk about my “weird habits.” This whole thing is proving difficult for me as I do not have weird habits. Me? Ha! I’m perfect. 🙂 Stay tuned.
