Hackers take site down, yet again, and Next Week's Quiz

Despite massive concentrated efforts to find the vulnerability that's letting hackers into my website, it's down yet again. I'm unsure of what the way forward might be, but for the time being I'll post details of my quiz nights here, duplicated on my quiz nights Facebook page. This week's rounds (WC 090717) are as follows:

1: Current Affairs
2: Pot Luck
3: In a Word
4: On the Box
5: The Natural World
6: General Musical Knowledge

The Mystery Picture:

Clink this link to email your answer, remembering to include your name AND the quiz you're going to (Tempest or Barnoldswick Cricket Club):  james@jameswilson.org

Tempest Arms, Elslack (Tuesday night, starting at 8.30pm prompt)

Cricket Club, Victory Park, Barnoldswick (Friday night, 9.00pm start)

Website back up and running (Monday 3 July 01:44)

My personal website - www.jameswilson.org - is finally back up and running, after being hacked for the second time in a couple of months. We're still looking for the vulnerability the left the site open to cyber-attack, and some visitors may find limited access etc. Many thanks to Ross Lee for his invaluable help and support

Still no website

My website is still not on line, having been taken down by hackers for the second time in a matter of weeks. I'm going to have to use my old blog to pass on details of coming quizzes and events, starting with next weeks - week commencing 2nd of July. 

First of all, a list of the rounds:

Current Affairs
Pot Luck
Science & Technology
History of the World
Food and Drink
General Musical Knowledge

Our Mystery Picture: 

And the e-mail address to send your entries (NO LATER than 6pm on the night of the relevant quiz) - james@jameswilson.org

Hackers strike again - tonight's quiz

Once again, hackers have broken my website. I haven't the faintest idea what they get out of it - all they've done is taken the site down so that no-one can see it. It's the second time it's happened - the first time my web hosts seemed to have done everything possible to secure it from attack, but to no avail. 

Anyhow, this is now the only way, other than social media, for me to pass on details of our quiz nights. Tonight we're at Barnoldswick Cricket Club, which you'll find at the bottom end of Victory Park. 

The rounds are as follows:

Current Affairs
Pot Luck
Transport & Travel
Who's Who (audio clips)
Politics, Religion & Sex
Bits and Pieces (60s or 00s)

THREEWINEMEN come to Harrogate

We're getting a little excited now as the Solid Gold Sunday crew prepare to head for Harrogate at the weekend, to meet up with ThreeWineMen - alias Oz Clark, Tim Atkins and Olly Smith. I talked to Olly last Friday afternoon about the show, which runs for the entire weekend at the Harrogate International Centre. He told me about his role on Saturday Kitchen, working alongside James Martin, and gave me a number of tips about where to buy and what to buy, as well as dispelling some myths about wine. Tickets are still available for the event, if you want to come long too - follow this link for more information: http://tinyurl.com/3winemen

2012? Pffft!

Well, as 2012 finally winds to a close, on balance I have to say "Good riddance!" It's been an unbelievably challenging and frustrating year, with lots of obstacles, some of which have seemed at times unsurmountable. Despite having been given an onerous responsibility there's been significant opposition on some fronts, but I've also had amazing support from Judith and a small but significant group of true friends and colleagues.

We've also made significant advances and improvements over the last 12 months, but we've still a long, long way to go. Facebook has been a fantastically useful tool, but sadly it's also been used in a pretty negative way too. I've got hopes for the coming year; I look forward to a number of advances, but I'm filled with trepidation.

12 months ago I'd been made redundant by a company I set up with a small group of colleagues, who all lost significant sums in the venture. But it WAS all worthwhile; over the 15 years Yorkshire Dales Radio, then Fresh Radio broadcast we made a lot of friends across the dales, many of whom have now found themselves without their "little chum in the corner of the room", their local radio. But a significant number have moved on, and joined us at Drystone Radio - either on line or on air.

Over the last 12 months we've lifted on-line listening from the lower hundreds to more than 50,000 - and it's still growing. I don't know what the future holds for me, but at least I'm more than pleased with that, and with the improvements in broadcasting standards.

I know the coming months are set to be extremely challenging for both of us, for personal reasons I won't go into on this public forum; there are some who know why. Wishing all those who've shown us genuine support a very happy new year, and the very best of luck and love to you all.

This weeks quiz (w/c 22 July 2012)

I'm having a major issue with my web hosts, Vodahost, who have been unable to sort out a problem with loading my updated web page for the quiz nights this week. As a result I'm putting this week's mystery picture here, plus e-mail links - they are 
tempest@jameswilson.org.uk  
crown@jameswilson.org.uk  and 
rolls@jameswilson.org.uk 
The Mystery picture is above. 


THIS WEEKS ROUNDS:

1: Current Affairs

2: Pot Luck

3: Around the World

4: Myths & Legends

5: Crime & Punishment

6: Bits & Pieces