Japan is suffering. First an earthquake, then a tsunami, and now a possible nuclear meltdown. Perhaps I’m capitalizing on the current catchphrases of the day, but in a sense I too was in disaster management mode the last night, and if you are a regular reader of this blog, and if you happened to visit me between 1930 and 2130 GMT last night, you will know why. My blog was down. While this does happen from time to time and still is within the 99,99% uptime my web host promises me, this time was different. I had caused it myself, by messing around with settings better left untouched, and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to solve it. Well, that was until I found the rescue button, after some harrowing hours in front of my computer: BlueHost Site Backup and Restore. These two hours were the best supply chain disruption and business continuity lesson I could have had, and this post is about what I learned. Mind you, if you’re unfamiliar with blogging in general, and WordPress in particular, this may not be the most interesting post for you, but I hope you will enjoy it anyway.

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