Technical Difficulties

Dreadfully sorry for the lack of updates: a perfect storm of internet, technological, organizational and software troubles have conspired like a Rebel Four to usurp me from control of the blog. But fear not, for as far as this blog goes, I AM KING OR CORPSE.

I Spent an Entire Evening Writing a Post.

It was full of links, citations, quotes, you name it. I was very proud.

I mistyped. Oh dear, I'll have to undo that: CTRL-Z, my friend!

CTRL-Z. Whole page goes blank.

Shock.

Panic.

CTRL-Y. Nothing. CTRL-Z. Nothing.

Backspace in desperation.

Auto-Save.

It goes to previous page, even as I knew the cursor was in the typing field.

I scour the internet for solutions.

You cannot turn off Auto-Save. You cannot retrieve unpublished posts. You cannot restore previous drafts.

It is gone.

It has drifted on the aether of night's Plutonian shores.

Despair.

Panic.

Rage.

Impotent rage.

Oh, Bother.

Well, my usual source for the internet has died on me. My back-up too. I'm currently writing this from the Museum computer, and I only have another 18 minutes left.

Therefore, until the Holy Internet Service Providers of the Celestial Domain deign to restore access to the Holy of Holies, I'm going to be MIA for a while. Just a heads-up for anyone wondering what happened to that beardy chap.

Fear not: this will not be the last you hear of me!