A Word Of Explanation
Things have been a little bit less than normal around the Crabitat for several days. Longtime readers will realize that. New visitors will not. By way of explaining what is happening here, this website has been under a pretty hefty attack since about the time voting started for the Weblog Awards. I have absolutely no idea if the timing is coincidental or not. But Blue Crab Boulevard has been knocked offline repeatedly by waves of spam attacks that are defeating every WordPress Plugin. The only reason this site is still on line is by sheer luck and a tech who saved it.
The attacks are coming in massed waves, so you may have noticed occasional slow loads if you happened to visit when one was going on. (There was a particularly rough one this afternoon sometime after noon.) I have been blocking IPs like mad when the attacks come in. I apologize to long term readers and to the small community of regular commenters for all this. I wish I could turn the comments back on, but until this is resolved, I can't risk it. And I apologize that the Crabitat has been a little different than normal as well.
UPDATE: Thanks for the link, Jawa Report. The site went down again for a short time today when it got really bad, but so far I've mostly been able to stay online through this. It is by sheer luck, not skill.
Blogosphere, Geek Stuff | Gaius Wednesday, 13 December , 2006
