Thief, thief!

Evil Glennn stole my evil glennn quote! No, really!

I made my changes at the beginning of the month, just like normal. I put the new layout in place, made some minor adjustments, then sat back to admire my handiwork before I moved all the blogrolls code. Then I noticed it -- my Evil Glennn quote was gone. Missing. Absolutely no sign of it.

So, I did what all computer geek web designers do, I simply cursed, finished my pop-tart, popped another can of Mountain Dew, and went back to the code. I thought for a moment, then came up with a brilliant, brand-new evil Glennn quote. I posted it on the source, saved it, and republished it. As I finished off the Mountain Dew, I watched the page load with expectation. The quote appeared!

I went to the fridge and got another Mountain Dew and tried to up my hit count by hitting the "refresh" button (my mind blocking out the 1/2-hour limit for hits to count) -- the quote was gone! I refreshed AGAIN, and it was still missing. Well, maybe I had not saved or rebuilt the site correctly. Back to the site, check the quote -- nope, it's missing. Put it back in, save again, republish, throw away empty Mountain Dew, then back to previewing the site. Bam -- quote is there, everything is OK.

I got up to pee, came back and hit refresh (after grabbing another Mountain Dew). The quote was gone again! I checked the access logs and found this interesting entry:

Domain Name: INSTAPUNDIT.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS.HMDNS.NET
Name Server: NS2.HMDNS.NET
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 08-apr-2004
Creation Date: 23-may-2001
Expiration Date: 23-may-2006

So evil Glennn is now apparently expanding his empire, attempting to assimilate and steal all the miscellaneous Alliance evil Glennn quotes! Alliance members, keep a close eye on YOUR quote -- the war has just escalated!

Posted by: Ogre at 07:55 PM

Comments

1 Thank goodness you got rid of that horrid horizontal layout. I saw it once, a couple of weeks ago, and I haven't been back till now. PLEASE don't ever use it again!

Posted by: Bonnie at July 07, 2005 11:23 PM (CK4Yb)

2 (1)I can't say for sure-but, it might be that all that Mountain Dew is making you hallucinate.

(2)I second what Bonnie said.

Posted by: Ashley at July 07, 2005 11:42 PM (g7rdQ)

3 Glad you both like the new layout, thanks for stopping by.

And the horizontal layout is pretty much gone -- I tend to think of it now as an experiment gone horribly wrong.

Posted by: Ogre at July 08, 2005 05:17 AM (L0IGK)

4 *runs to check her quote" mines safe.

Posted by: Kari Holtz at July 08, 2005 07:51 AM (C5kJN)

5 I have to find and evil glen quote to put on my site ... but people keep stealing them it seems!

Posted by: Jo at July 08, 2005 08:30 AM (fCLMC)

6 "People" aren't stealing them! Evil Glennn himself is stealing them!! Beware!

Posted by: Ogre at July 08, 2005 08:55 AM (/k+l4)

7 I don't understand how this stole your quote. Is this for real?

(*)>

Posted by: birdwoman at July 11, 2005 01:19 PM (vR7Sl)

8 Nah, it's just total silliness -- another Filthy Lie (TM) about evil Glennn.

History about the Filthy Lies (TM) can be found here:
http://gevkaffeegal.typepad.com/the_alliance/2003/09/the_blog_war_an.html

Posted by: Ogre at July 11, 2005 01:52 PM (/k+l4)

9 I've got the garlic and wooden stakes ready! Steal my friend's quotes, will ya Reynolds?! No... I meant steal his... not mine. Sorry Ogre, you're on your own.

BTW, if you don't work up that diagonal layout, I'm not coming back until next time!

Posted by: That 1 Guy at July 11, 2005 09:01 PM (nBM2l)

10 Diagonal...now THERE'S an idea...

Posted by: Ogre at July 12, 2005 11:56 AM (/k+l4)

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