We were down for about 16 hours thanks to Dreamhost

Update: Dreamhost is still having problems, although not as bad as yesterday.  So I just signed up for CloudFlare.  Once the nameserver changes get propagated it will help keep us online by displaying cached pages if Dreamhost goes down again.  It should also make our web pages load quicker and provide some additional protection against

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We got hacked (and I could use a little advice)

We got hacked Sunday morning.  Malicious code was added to our index files, Javascripts were replaced and file permissions were changed.  I noticed it almost right away and was able to fix it quickly.  But I had to delete all my WordPress plug-ins and I still haven’t finished reinstalling or reconfiguring some of them.  So

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MachinistBlog.com is 2 years old

No, traffic didn't suddenly drop off. That last point only shows our hits for the first week of January.

January 6th was the second anniversary of MachinistBlog.com.  I’m not usually one to brag but I am proud of this achievement.  Almost everyone who starts a blog quits within a few months,

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I’ve had an itch to spend more time in my workshop

Yes, I know.  I haven’t added much new material to MachinistBlog.com lately.  If it weren’t for Mike and Nate this web site would be as stale as 3-week old bread.  The reason is that I’ve had a strong itch to spend as much time as I can in my workshop before I get busy with

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