Comments on: Samizdata just had a near death experience

By: Dale Amon

Dale Amon — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:35:28 +0000

One could also blame it on the Northern Ireland power company for taking out the backup server while I was (am) on the road for 6 months…

By: Sunfish

Sunfish — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:50:24 +0000

I kind of like Mid’s idea.

You can also try turning off the lights, lighting some incense and playing “Dust in the Wind.”

Now, the real question: How can we blame this on George W. Bush, Da Jooz, or capitalist globalism?

By: RAB

RAB — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:33:10 +0000

All I can say, understanding none of the technicalities
is welcome back.
You must be short of a little hair by now Perry!

By: Alisa

Alisa — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:28:01 +0000

Permalinks, that’s what iIhave – thanks, Mid.

By: Andrew Duffin

Andrew Duffin — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:04:32 +0000

Sounds like you need a competent sysadmin.

Now where did I leave my CV? Perhaps I forgot to back it up

By: Aegir

Aegir — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:49:10 +0000

MT does not have any way to edit the comment times and dates and therefore I cannot get them back into chronological order in batches

MT has an import function where you can feed it text files with all the post information included in it, including comments and trackbacks (with all dates and times intact). I used it a few times back in the day when I was on MT, though the format is still very useful for backing up/restoring ExpressionEngine blogs.

Even if you don’t include comments it should be a hell of a lot faster for restoring the posts.

Let me know if you need any assistance.

By: Alisa

Alisa — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:48:02 +0000

Damn it, Perry. Now we might never find out what Clarkson’s liver tastes like, and whether smoking squirrels have nice knees.

By: nick g.

nick g. — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:23:59 +0000

Did samizdata see a white tunnel? and meet any dead relatives? Awesome!! An actual witness!! Tell us more, please!

By: Ted Schuerzinger

Ted Schuerzinger — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:23:02 +0000

I’d blame it on global warming. After all, that’s being given as the cause of everything else these days….

By: Perry de Havilland

Perry de Havilland — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:43:49 +0000

Nah, just the internet gremlins, Isaac

By: Isaac

Isaac — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:38:12 +0000

It was the Man trying to keep you down…

By: Perry de Havilland

Perry de Havilland — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:38:25 +0000

That is fine, Brian, splendid in fact, but please note that I also have an e-mail address that works just fine