OT: My "Big Apple" website is gone

[Grant Barrett]

I agree, a paper is most secure. Barry's site is fine now and has
been freshly backed up. It was a corrupt database table.

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
http://www.doubletongued.org/

On Mar 29, 2006, at 12:46, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:

>   This illustrates a shortcoming of high tech and emphasizes that a
> more permanent record should be prepared in hard copy.  In a few
> months I'd like to compile all relevant material into the second
> edition of _Origin of  New York City's Nickname "The Big Apple"_ --
> this time with Barry listed as
> co-author in recognition of his extraordinary work on the subject.
>
> Gerald Cohen
>
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>> From:         American Dialect Society on behalf of
>> Bapopik at AOL.COM, March 29, 2006.
>>
>> I just put ads on my "Big Apple" website, with help from Grant
>> Barrett. I got over 8,200 website hits yesterday
>> ...
>> I checked just after midnight, and saw that I made  $1.36,
>> finally, after all these years. Then I wanted to make some
>> improvements to my website
>> and...everything has disappeared!
>> ...
>> Amazing. I should have killed myself years ago, before I could
>> destroy someone else's life.
>>
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