Wednesday, May 16, 2012

still ticking

“Your blog has been deleted.”

That was the notice I received when I tried to open Mexpatriate on my arrival at Los Angeles International Airport. 

Something must happened while I was in Dubai -- or in the air.

”Suspicious activity” said the notice.  Even Hemingway’s prose was more forthcoming.

Commie spies?  Islamic terrorists?  Angry tour guides?

We will never know.  But I now know what the staff at The News of the World must have felt when the Murdochs swept in and locked the doors.

Well, other than the fact that I don't work for the Murdochs.  I work for no one other than you, faithful readers. 

For now, at least, Mexpatriate is up and running.  And soon to be publishing from Melaque.

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13 comments:

  1. Felipe ZapataMay 16, 2012 at 7:49 PM

    Yeah, I noticed that a few hours ago. Glad you're functioning again.

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  2. Steve CottonMay 16, 2012 at 7:51 PM

     And no hint why it happened.

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  3. tanchoMay 16, 2012 at 8:55 PM

    I've been having some weird thing happening off and on the last week or so, hopefully they will fix it......
    Safe journey!

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  4. Kim GMay 16, 2012 at 9:02 PM

    "Suspicious Activity" is why I read this blog.  LOL

    Kim G
    Boston, MA
    Where we suspect you will continue to amuse us.

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  5. Steve CottonMay 16, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    I knew the problem had to be more wide spread than my little blog.  Blogger has a full section on what to do if your blog is inadvertently deleted.  Making it sounds as if Google is an innocent bystander.

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  6. Steve CottonMay 16, 2012 at 9:09 PM

     Suspicious -- and, I hope, questionable.

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  7. LeslieLimonMay 16, 2012 at 10:27 PM

    I had a similar experience last week.  I could not access my blog, nor could anyone view it.  But I was able to solve the problem quickly.  This is a reminder to all of us bloggers to back up our blogs.  

    Glad to see that you are up and running again. :)   

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  8. AndeanMay 17, 2012 at 12:28 AM

    Interesting. Not working in their original said manner here either, slow and hard to log on ... but apparently lot's of updates available...  

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  9. Steve CottonMay 17, 2012 at 1:08 AM

     It will be interesting to see if other problems develop.

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  10. Steve CottonMay 17, 2012 at 1:08 AM

     And I, you.

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  11. AndeanMay 17, 2012 at 1:24 AM

    We can all hope not, ugh... 

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  12. Don CuevasMay 17, 2012 at 5:09 AM

    I had to log in to access the Edit function of my blog—not too unusual in itself— but Google pressed me to register a phone number, which I would not do. It took a while to dismiss the "invitation".

    Saludos,Don Cuevas 

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  13. Steve CottonMay 17, 2012 at 11:35 AM

     I had a similar experience.  To obtain a reactivation code, Google wanted both my telephone number and my old password.

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