September 27, 2008 – 1:41 pm
Due to a recent maddening increase in the amount of spam sent to me, I’ve decided to delete the following email accounts from my server:
- info@heartsunlimited.net
- admin@heartsunlimited.net
- patricia@heartsunlimited.net
- patricia@my-happy-heart.com
- patricia@marketingfrontline.com
- patricia@letsmakesoftware.com
- patricia@thinelectrons.com
- patricia@wizzkunde.nl
- patricia@educare.nl
Please use my contact form to reach me. All known and trusted friends, family and business contacts will receive my new email address personally.
From August 2nd till August 24th I’m away on vacation and I will not be able to answer any emails or phone calls.
Have a great summer!
April 29, 2008 – 11:47 am
Recently the server where I host my websites got hacked. The damage to my sites varied and most of them could be restored fairly easily, but a couple of them are totally or partly dysfunctional at the moment:
- ProgrammerSecretsRevealed.com - site is down completely
- MappingYourMind.com - site is down completely
- InstantSoftwareBuilder.org - partially damaged, but most information can be accessed
- MarketingFrontline.com - partially damaged, but most information can be accessed
- LoveJoyAndPeace.org - visible, but currently it’s not possible to add a wish
- ReplyToPatricia - guestbook section down
- We-Get-What-We-Want - guestbook section down
- ThinElectrons.com - word tags section and viral friend script down
- PatriciaRitsemaVanEck.name - database destroyed, no post survived…
In general any script which required public write access on some of their folders (chmod 777 for the techies) was vulnerable to this hack. But in addition it seems like there was also something wrong with the server settings that made it possible to bypass regular protection for these scripts.
It’s a bummer as I already had a list of sites that required urgent make-overs etc. so this added to my to-do list. But I’m taking the opportunity to re-launch some of these sites with new designs and better scripting so in the end it will be for the benefit of all. 
I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this caused.
January 22, 2008 – 5:55 pm
Due to some type of serial misfortune with telecom companies I haven’t been able to access the internet since December 5th. But since a few days we have a brand new internet high speed connection, are able to retrieve emails again and reply to support questions.
I deeply apologize for all inconvenience this caused with customer support. From now on you can expect the normal service again. Replies within 48 hours on weekdays, often much quicker.
Thanks for all patience and understanding!
November 16, 2007 – 1:19 pm
My host attempted to fix the helpdesk at www.heartsunlimitedservices.net/helpdesk but this resulted in a complete breakdown of what was left… I will look for a different helpdesk script which is more reliable. In the mean time please continue to use the support form on this site. Thanks!
