So yes we were hacked AGAIN. This is the 4th – 5th time or something like that. You may be saying to yourself “tighten up security”, but there is a fine line between security and usability. Also that is the problem with running a pre-rolled CMS system. I don’t have the desire or the time to write my own system, it took me three days to just decide to fix this site. I did do some database maintenance and found about 25MB (that is a lot) of text Pr0n / warez / shit ads embedded in our comments, as well as some injected user accounts that didn’t belong. I figure I will wait until the hosting expires on our site, then perhaps get a .Mac account. That will allow us to keep a simple blog, with good picture integration using iPhoto / iWeb.
Kelly and I worked on the house a bit more this weekend with the hope that we can get it on the market in the coming week or so. We are desperate to get it sold so that we can prepare to leave VA and the DC area. I still have not heard anything about any of the positions that I have applied for. It may still be a few weeks until I hear about the one I REALLY want. But hopefully the people I know at that position are putting in good words for me to grease the wheels a little.
This week I have to write up a design document outlining the organizations patch management strategy. Fun Fun Fun. Things have been mostly Ad hoc until now, and there is a constant power struggle between certain people here, making the environment a real drag to work in. But I haven’t cracked yet (came close a few times). I don’t know what is wrong with me, and why I can’t find a job that I enjoy. I can’t tell if I like to be busy / rushed, or slow /steady. I do know that I would like to be in more of an enterprise storage engineering role, but those are very hard to come by unless I manage to get on with EMC or NetApp. I can dream can’t I.