Posted by Jed Lewison on Tue Feb 3, 2009 at 12:24 PM Pacific

Test Post

On Saturday, I was unable to login to my TJR account or the origin server for Daily Kos TV beta. (The origin server is basically the source of content used by content delivery networks, also known as CDNs. CDNs enable large scale content delivery for things like video or highly trafficked sites like Daily Kos.)

After four hours of being unable to login, my web host (not the CDN) told me that my account had been hacked. That gave me quite a heart attack, but it just didn't seem right, in large part because there were no markings on the front page of the site to indicate a hacking attempt.

It turns out that, after all, I wasn't hacked. My web host simply changed some of its configurations and broke my blogging software.

Not exactly great timing, given that I'm still heads down on DKTV development work. But I finally figured out a workaround for their screwup (and to their credit they gave me a $100 free hosting credit after I told them how to fix the problem).

Anyway, I fully expect that this post will make it to the front page just fine, but I need to try out a test just to make sure.

I guess I got my fingers crossed, but if you're reading this, there isn't any real suspense.

Also, the impetus for getting things working right now is that the Republicans have done something outrageous today. I'll be posting on that momentarily, assuming this works out.

Test Post

On Saturday, I was unable to login to my TJR account or the origin server for Daily Kos TV beta. (The origin server is basically the source of content used by content delivery networks, also known as CDNs. CDNs enable large scale content delivery for things like video or highly trafficked sites like Daily Kos.)

After four hours of being unable to login, my web host (not the CDN) told me that my account had been hacked. That gave me quite a heart attack, but it just didn't seem right, in large part because there were no markings on the front page of the site to indicate a hacking attempt.

It turns out that, after all, I wasn't hacked. My web host simply changed some of its configurations and broke my blogging software.

Not exactly great timing, given that I'm still heads down on DKTV development work. But I finally figured out a workaround for their screwup (and to their credit they gave me a $100 free hosting credit after I told them how to fix the problem).

Anyway, I fully expect that this post will make it to the front page just fine, but I need to try out a test just to make sure.

I guess I got my fingers crossed, but if you're reading this, there isn't any real suspense.

Also, the impetus for getting things working right now is that the Republicans have done something outrageous today. I'll be posting on that momentarily, assuming this works out.

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