Something strange happened on the site this morning. Our Turducken is Tasty, Tuesday Tech Talk, and How to Do It videos were removed from the site, along with a forum post about Battlemaster.
Nothing else appears to have been changed, but logs were truncated due to SQL server performance issues. So, we can't exactly pinpoint what happened via Drupal.
We can't pinpoint what happened via server logs either. There doesn't appear to be any red flags in our server logs. SQL doesn't appear to have been compromised, and there's no evidence of the database being downloaded.
So, something happened. Maybe it was a flaw in a module I didn't get around to updating. It could have been Kin being silly and trying to delete spam comments but instead deleting the entire node. It could have been a brute-force attack on any one administrators account. It also could be that the system itself was compromised.
The database contains your: username, hashed and salted password, e-mail address, and any other additional information you provided in your profile.
This could have just been an exploited bug, or some jackass with a vendetta (I'm keeping my eye on a few of you pricks in particular that couldn't shut up about the videos not being up for TTT and HTDI). I just find it odd that only those videos were deleted, and only that one forum post was removed.
In any case, out of an abundance of caution, I urge you to change your account password.
Hi guys, it's that time of year again.
Well, actually, by this time last year we already had some pretty solid plans for the meetup. Right now, there aren't any plans whatsoever, and there are a couple of reasons for that.
First off, it take an amazing amount of work to put something like this together. Just finding a venue that will host us is enough of a pain in the ass that I'm not looking forward to doing it again.
Second, it costs a lot of money up front (and I ended up losing about $1k last time)
Finally, every time we do this, about 20% of the registered people show up. I had hoped that having people pay for tickets would encourage them to show up, but out of the 90 total paid registrations we had 28 people show up. It's just disheartening.
I just really don't know where to go with this. So, I have a couple of questions I'd like to ask everyone:
1) Do you care about our annual meetups at all?
2) If given the option of no-refund tickets, would you buy them (dependent on price, of course)?
3) What, if anything, would you like to do for the next meetup?
Thanks!
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Wow! It got on Wikipedia, and several local news outlets! Thanks for checking out the video :)
Here are some other interesting clips:
Guy decides he needs to move his car in the middle of a flood ... and the car works.
Oh, hey, would you look at that: another post on Engadget about Apple's pending world domination thanks to their unique patents. Let's trawl through the comments and see just how batshit insane some of these Apple Cultists can get.
... and it sure as hell didn't take long.
Aries - Your positive polarity won't help you today as your legs get cut off by a bus while crossing the street. Try not to take too many blood thinners early in the morning.
Taurus - The only problem you'll have today is a lack of oxygen to your brain as the blood flow gets cut off by a severed artery. Double-check to make sure your health insurance is up to date.
Gemini - Remember to unload the shotgun before cleaning the barrel.
Cancer - You have cancer.
Leo - During your LSD trip later tonight a tiger will call to you to play bocce ball. Don't listen to him; he's trying to trick you into giving him your skittles. Also, he may or may not eat you, depending on if you wandered into the local zoo.
Virgo - Because of your lack of self-esteem a great opportunity to meet your significant other will be missed. Make sure you jump at least 5 stories and launch yourself head-first.
Libra - Your skin is not mildly irritated. Those are scales growing on your skin. You are, in fact, a reptilian attempting to take over the Earth. The only solution is to throw yourself in a fire or start sun-bathing more.
Scorpio - Don't cut your pubes off and stick them in the cake batter tonight. That prank will backfire on you when you wake up in a hung-over stupor the next morning and see the cake sitting there, ready to be eaten.
Sagittarius - Go back to sleep, you're off today.
Capricorn - Don't be surprised when your face explodes into flames suddenly. Your lucky numbers are 12, 18 32, 876.
Aquarius - Remember to inform your loved ones of the location of your last will and testament. Also, be sure to feed those fish one last time.
Pisces - Don't count on dying or hitting the lottery today. Your rent is due tomorrow and you don't have the money for it; your best clients will be on the corner of 33rd & 4th because they won't force you to swallow.
OK guys, this is an e-book in PDF format. This is currently in BETA and is for review purposes only. We're going to give this book away for free on the Warrior Special Offer forum, and see what kind of reaction we can get.
If you have any suggestions, tips or jokes to add in, post a comment. I'll post a revision by the end of the week.
Click here to download.
Kick back, relax, it's time for an open thread! Let's talk about whatever the fuck you want to. I'll get things started off:
