Site acting weird
My site has been acting a little slow and weird today. I checked my logs, and I’m seeing a lot of GET requests causing strange errors. Most of the requests have escaped Unicode characters, but they don’t appear valid. Sorry that the site is kinda slow; I’m going to be away from the computer until around late Monday, so I don’t have time to check it now, but I’ll try to track it down when I get back.
Update: The site wasn’t really slow or getting weird attempts against it. This post was part of getting ready for April Fool’s Day.
Bryce Said,
March 31, 2007 @ 7:02 pm
To theme.php and/or feed.php? It’s the WP 2.1.1 vunerability - but you’re on 2.1.2 so it should be safe
bobrains Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 8:18 am
So was that just an April fools hack?
Spaggie Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 8:24 am
Welcome back
Sebastian Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 8:26 am
>So was that just an April fools hack?
http://twitter.com/mattcutts
I hate dark backgrounds, thanks for restoring the brightness
Harith Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 8:26 am
Welcome back, Matt.
And I thought that Ozzie will guard your blog while you were away
Ash Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 8:27 am
An April fools hack by hackers maybe...
Step Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 8:28 am
heh - missed this, but nice setup for April 1st .
I really hope that was a joke.
Marek Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 8:29 am
Matt, nice setup leading to the grand finale ... I must admit I fell for it, partially because you did it so well, and partially because my blog was hacked 2 weeks ago, but no archives were deleted. So, that should have tipped me off...
Again, well done... Hats off.
Rajat Rajwansh Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 8:30 am
Hello Matts, I hope everything is working well for you now, I read on digitalpoint forums that your blog has been hacked. Although now I am relieved that you are here finally.
Keep posting!
Chris Boggs Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 9:19 am
First of all, the math is getting more difficult in your spam protector sum question.
Second, you are very devious, aren’t you? :p
Thirdy, and most importantly, did my email from couple weeks ago make it through your filters?
CB
AjiNIMC Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 10:43 am
i can’t believe it, I am reading all the apr fool blog posts. Lucky darkseoteam
Robert Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
I wish your previous post about the trials of upgrading WordPress was an April Fools joke. :/
Robert Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 12:26 pm
I wish your previous post about the trials and tribulations of uprgading Word Press was a mere April Fools joke.
gbacchin Said,
April 2, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
Not funny!
Welcome back Matt! At least the whole hacking thing served to remember me to back up all my Wordpress files...
islami site Said,
April 4, 2007 @ 1:07 am
sometimes I’m seeing that kind of problem in my website but I couldn’t know why. Thanks.
erik Said,
April 4, 2007 @ 6:09 am
So this entry about your site acting slow is the prelude to your april fool’s prank. Pretty clever.
ben Said,
May 2, 2007 @ 1:49 am
nice joke matt!
I can’t believe that I forgot it was april 1st.
But you did have everyone fooled.
Nice one!
forum Said,
May 17, 2007 @ 5:39 am
heh - missed this, but nice setup for April 1st
Sterling Silver Jewelry Said,
June 6, 2007 @ 7:33 am
Cool joke, Matt!
Scented Candles Said,
June 6, 2007 @ 7:34 am
That’s pretty funny ,sir!
Decorative Pillows Said,
June 13, 2007 @ 6:45 am
Very funny joke, Matt!
hotindir Said,
June 15, 2007 @ 6:15 am
wish your previous post about the trials of upgrading WordPress was an April Fools joke. :/
DJtoo Said,
July 5, 2007 @ 8:48 pm
Cool joke, Matt!
toys Said,
August 2, 2007 @ 2:47 pm
Awesome. You know, for the longest time, the internet was almost exclusively the province of programmers, who were always a wild and wooly lot, and I would venture to say that more than half the sites and programs out there in the world had to do with a joke in one form or another. Obviously the web has changed in dramatic ways over the last ten years, mostly in the direction of commercialism, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. One way or another it was bound to happen, and certainly the web is a stronger structure as a result. But every now and then I miss those early days of hijinks and pranks. Thanks for bringing them back, if only for one day this year.
Richly Scented Candles Said,
August 5, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
Looked up “slow” and this popped up. Didn’t know it was a joke until I kept reading. Funny, when my computer is running slow big G still is the fasting loading site.
Night Owl Said,
August 9, 2007 @ 11:15 am
Wish i could post a joke like that on my site. Coz its slower than slow. And its my fault bcoz i cant resist not to put lots of pictures.
Nice captcha btw.
Kredi Said,
September 12, 2007 @ 7:21 am
A little bit funny joke
Thanks for this Matt.
Creative Designing Said,
September 29, 2007 @ 6:03 am
Come on Matt, April fool is over and this post is still fooling me. I thought I might search your blog for solution for my friends site which is acting weird and bumped in to this post. lol
Borsa Said,
October 15, 2007 @ 1:25 am
“Come on Matt, April fool is over and this post is still fooling me.” I think this is the funniest post
:D
hakem Said,
October 19, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
Welcome back, Matt.
reza Said,
December 27, 2007 @ 4:39 am
Welcome back, Matt.