Well, I was wondering why I wasn't seeing many new comments after this morning. Apparently I ran out of disk space, which made no sense to me since X-E's server doesn't come cheap and it was my understanding that I had enough space to archive pretty much anything I wanted. After some investigating, it turns out that there was an account on the server (one I didn't commission, mind you) that's been in existence since last April. Whomever it was had been using it to store (and probably distribute) a large amount of full-length DVD rips, video games, shit like that. Finally it hit the wall, disk space gone, and that's why you couldn't post comments today.

Fortunately I know good people willing to help, but Jesus Christ...semi-hacked? Thankfully this hasn't caused me to lose any old articles or anything like that...but what's really concerning me here is that I may have been paying enormous bandwidth bills since April of 2003 (when the bogus account was created) for something I had nothing to do with/no way of preventing. Frankly, even after having what's gone down explained to me in detail from the server guys, I still have no idea what to make of it.

The good news is, despite signs pointing differently, the blog's never actually been defective. It's been a poor victim of outta-space circumstances. My friend Rob just put everything back together and upgraded the software for added umpfph, so looks like it's business as usual. Huge thanks to him for even spending the extra time to put all of your comments back up. I'm obsessive about keeping this section of the site as organized as possible (helps take the edge off the fact that the rest of X-E is like a third grader's messy bedroom), and Rob's help is mucho appreciated.

In other news, my pal Gael over at MSNBC shot the blog some nice traffic by linking the various Shrek-related quests. Speaking of those, more to come! Wait till you see Shrek Operation. Thanks a bunch, Gael...you're one of the good ones.

So, tell me about your day. If you had anything you were trying to add to the previous bunch of comments sections, you can head back there now.