Last night, for no discernible reason, the whole MYSQL database for this site turned into oatmeal and was eaten by a goat.

Everything from the last dreamhost backup (6 weeks ago) was restored. I will be working to get the goat to cough up the last two months worth of posts, which will be getting added back manually.

Please pardon any links that take you to goat droppings instead of what should have been there.

And if you happen to be savvy about this kind of thing, and can give some advice about how the hell it can be prevented from ever happening again, I’d be really grateful. 99% of what was lost can be replaced, but that 1% is pretty devastating to lose nonetheless.

🙁