But it wasn't my fault. Sure, I hadn't written anything since Halloween. But I was preparing a whole set of posts; there were a bunch of topics I wanted to write about. Yet when I tried to log onto the site on January 2nd, it wouldn't load. So I checked out my hosting company's site to see if there was some known server issues. Instead, I was greeted with the following text:
Dear Valued Clients!Well awesome! So you deleted my site, didn't warn me you were going to do so, and charged me on December 28th for hosting in January? What a great deal! I sent them an email, and while they never responded, they did credit my card back the $8 monthly hosting fee I was paying.
We have been a hosting provider for the past 6 years in the industry, but the time has come and we will be closing our doors for ever.
Please note that as of January 1, 2007 we will stop the hosting service. We will be glade to issue refunds if you have paid for yearly or quarterly base packages at prorated price for the unused portion of the term. To get the refund please send an email. Please note no refund will be issued after January 1st.
Of course, that $8 didn't do much to gain my files back and I certainly hadn't bothered to backup any of my files. In the midst of my frustration I did come up with an idea- Google. Google cache specifically. I did a site specific search on, clicked on the cached versions of my various posts, and saved them on my hard drive. It should just be a matter of time (and cutting & pasting) before I fill the archives back up with what was there before. I'm hoping I can restore comments as well...you know, because this site was so insanely popular and attracted thousands of comments.
And all those topics I wanted to write about on the 2nd? I haven't forgotten them. They'll be appearing soon. If I have a resolution for '07, it's to write more regularly. And like all resolutions, it's something I've said before and I probably won't do.