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Old 02-11-2011, 09:31 PM
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Angry Argh %&^$#&@ Arghhh!

Fuggity fug fug!!!
I just literally deleted my whole website.. hahaha man I'm dumb. Here I was going to be sneaky and try to sneak in an even newer site on your and the rest of the unsuspecting world (world =10 people and one dog that read my side), and like a total newb, I zapped the whole thing!!

Good thing my host backs it all up, but I wonder how late it'll be tonight before it's back up.. hmmm.

Damn, I'm a dumb @ss sometimes.

Just thought I'd rant while re-installing Wordpress and processing some photos.
In the meantime...kittens!
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Old 02-11-2011, 09:43 PM
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The evidence is mounting that you might be human after all!

Lol!

We've all done that, hit don't save when we've meant save, hit save when we've wanted don't save.

Hope you've not lost too much time.
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Old 02-11-2011, 09:50 PM
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Holy sh**! That sucks man. Hope the recovery goes quickly!

ETA: Damn! Just took a peek, what a barren, lonely site....
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Old 02-11-2011, 10:11 PM
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Wow. Umm.... have you considered doing your own backups so you don't have to rely on your ISP to do a restore?

There are a bunch of WordPress plugins to help you with this, too.
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Old 02-11-2011, 10:19 PM
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for a price i could probably upload the pirated version of your site that i have here locally..i have a couple of doamins you might be interested in also
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:05 PM
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I feel your pain!
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:19 PM
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You ought to post a little "temporarily down" message on there.
Wouldn't want potential clients to view it as it is and get a bad impression.
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Old 02-12-2011, 12:03 AM
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lol - I like your link. So, how many kittens have you killed?
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man oh man. I would be in full panic mode
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Old 02-12-2011, 04:19 AM
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I know a lot of people design their website directly on their webspace, but Ive always had a backup on my HD. Always.
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