FNORD Building eats my web log post!
Something sinister is afoot… So a last week, I posted an entry about this building next to (practically in) the Apple campus. I few days later, I accidentally deleted all of the comments posted to that entry before reading them. That was a result of my not being used to the new MovableType and MT-Blacklist hooey I just installed.
But mysterously, this morning people were telling me that the entire entry dissapeared, which was news to me. I certainly didn't delete it. But sure enough, it's not my web log any more, nor can I find it using the web log management page. Now that's just creepy. Perhaps the building coerced me into deleting the post and then wiped my brain. Ew. And maybe the "accidental" deletion of the comments (which may have contained a warning!) wasn't all that accidental after all. Or maybe Mark (it's possible he's been assimilated) snuck onto my machine while I wasn't looking and did something sneaky. I did let Abe use my laptop while I was logged into it. Maybe he's been assimilated. And he's staying at my house for a few days. So much for sleeping…
I then thought that maybe Google could have cached it, so I did a Google search for "wsanchez invisible building apple" and sure enough, there it was. In fact, Google pointed at the original entry, which is still on my server; it had just be removed form the MovableType database and the index pages. I'm guessing TrackBack pings are broken as well.
In an attempt to rectify things, I have created a new entry with the same date and contents as the original. I might have to set the superuser immutable bit on the blog files or something. We'll see if this lasts…