Jack Kukoda

What kind of loser writes in his blog on Christmas day? This kind, apparently. I didn’t post anything for two days, which is something I promised myself I wouldn’t let happen when I started this site, but it wasn’t my fault. The company that hosts this site had their servers attacked by hackers, which meant I could not access my account.

This experience has profoundly affected my perception of hackers. I always pictured hackers as lovable nerds cooped up in their apartments, cracked out on red bull and caffeine, striking a blow for the little guy by exposing secret government plots or stealing money from the Republican Party.

Now I find out that hackers do things like flood the servers of a small Internet hosting company that specializes in websites for small businesses and individuals. And they do it on Christmas Eve!

Well, hackers, you have lost my tacit support. I won’t go so far as to say that you have made an enemy because I’m afraid that you’ll crash this site and then I won’t know what to do. Let’s just say that right now we have a lukewarm relationship. That’s right, I said lukewarm. And I’m not going to take it back.