Greg Isaac's Blog  

Monday morning bluehost suspended the hosting account for SaveDisneyShows.org. The SDS hosting account includes all of the SDS related sites including SaveKP.com, SDSForum.com, DisneysWitch.com, and the site that was targeted by the hackers, FixDisney.com.

We believe the hackers where able to access the site through a security hole in an outdated version of phpList. I upgraded the mailing list software and remove the phishing site the hackers had installed on the server. /after speaking with Wayne, we felt we had the problem solved.

We were wrong. This morning Bluehost re-suspended the account. And after discussing the situation with Bluehost, I was again given access to the site and I found the tool the hackers had installed that gave them access to the site after we plugged the original security hole. I went through every file on the server and found several problem files which I’ve all removed.

The site should be secure now, and should be back up Wednesday Morning.

 UPDATE 06/10/09: SDS is back up.

This past weekend (May 14 - 17) was the yearly CDA Convention at the Anaheim convention Center.

As a W.I.T.C.H. fan, I found the Quintessence booth amusing and had to take a photo.

On the whole, the convention definately seemed slower than years past. There where empty booths where there seldom where before.

In the afternoon I headed across the street to Disneyland.

Lines where insane! Just look at the Indiana Jones fastpass line!

And I will say this, Disney has really been promoting the Hatching Pete and Dadnapped DVD set.

And then we rounded out the day with a trip to the Fullerton Train station

I am happy to announce the creation of the G2I Media Store!

(I also considered calling it Greg’s Disney Shop or something like that)

Anyway,  I’ve bought and sold textbooks on Amazon and eBay for ages, but recently I’ve started to feel like I could really make use of my own site. I certainly have the necessary experience with online stores, and the timing just seemed right.

The heart of the new store are the media items, gently used DVDs and CDs. All at reasonable prices of course. Also listed are a couple books and of course some great Disney Pins! Any and all sales generated by the store will, of course, help cover web hosting costs for all my sites.

The pins are probably the coolest things in the store, just because I’ve put together a good cross section of Disney Channel related items including Kim Possible, High School Musical, and Hannah Montana.

Please feel free to pass the link on to anyone you know that might be interested.

I wanted to take a moment to formally announce the launch of two new celebrity websites. Both of course are related to Demi Lovato’s new show Sonny with a Chance.

The first is dedicated to Tiffany Thornton, TiffanyThornton.us.

Tiffany plays in-control diva Tawni Hart. She’s also in the upcoming DCOM Hatching Pete.

The second is dedicated to Jillian Murray, JillianMurray.net.

Jillian has a smaller role on Sonny as Portlyn, one of the Mackenzie Falls cast members. Jillian also stars in the new direct to DVD film, American High School.

I hate April Fools day. I mean, seriously, I wish it would just, like, go away. At MKP and later SDS, we’ve had quite a few serious prank gone wrong events. The first was many years ago and involved Mike, Adam, Tuc and the management of RS.net and MKP. It was quite a mess and eventually wound up getting Mike tossed out of the movement. It was that day that I first saw Tuc actually mad at someone, and I decided to make sure I never got him mad at me. And of course, I broke that rule too.

While that was probably the worst prank gone wrong, we’ve gotten the usual “OMG ___ show has been renewed! Here’s a link on wikipedia” messages every single time. Usually for more than one show. And these rumors take WEEKS to stamp out. Even win the original author admits it’s a prank.

There was even one year when we where gonna make zei Admin for a day on SDS, but Phil promoted her for real like a week beforehand. Talk about killing my moment!

Anyway, just remember to not trust anything that anyone says today. All ” important forum announcements” are probably gags. And if you fall for anything, well, you’re just not thinking straight.

Oh, and the SDS Forum is a Hannah Forum now. Click the banner

My Mom’s birthday was March 26th, so she cashed in her free birthday ticket and me and her went that day,

Among other things,  she wanted to see Billy Hill and the Hillbillies at the Golden Horseshoe Saloon.

But the most interesting thing that happened while we where there happened at the end of the day, a few minutes after the park officially closed. We had just gotten off of the Nemo subs and where walking through tomorrowland toward the exit. And as we where walking past, they where playing “Call Me, Beep Me” (The Kim Possible theme song) at the tomorrowland terrace. I was a little slow on identifying it, but I pulled out my camera and took a video as proof that  Disney hasn’t forgotten about KP.

I can’t wait for Ashley’s new album. And I seriously hopes she does a decent concert tour to promote it. And I don’t mean a little mall tour like she did for Headstrong.

I’m proud to announce the formation and soft-launch of two new celeb websites. EmilyOsment.ws and TiffanyThornton.us.

Emily Osment, of course, plays Lilly Truscott on Hannah Montana. But the timing for this addition has a lot more to do with the upcoming premiere of her DCOM Dadnapped.

Tiffany Thornton, a less familiar name to most, plays Tawni Hart on the new DC series Sonny With a Chance along with Demi Lovato.

So yesterday, I came across a like to my old webpage on the UCR Engineering server. And boy, was it out of date! I gave it a through refresh. Have a look!

http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~gisaac/

I doubt any of you would have remembered, but a few weeks ago I found an old DVD which contained footage of the first ever DC games, and the first episode of WITCH season two. It also contained something I never thought I’d see again, Amy Bruckner’s DC cast opening intro.

As I’m sure you all remember, I had the opportunity to meet Amy, so finding this footage brought back many good memories.

And of course, I’ve added screencaps of it to DC Fans.