If you had problems accessing this site (or sending me email), it’s because “the box” was sitting on a Northpoint DSL line (thanks to some very nice friends). Northpoint had filed for bankruptcy in January and pulled the plug on Thursday, taking many by surprise. Since then, the state has told Northpoint that since they are a utility, they have to give customers 30 days notice (Mercury News article), but I doubt they can quickly and smoothly manage getting everything back up. “The box” has been moved (well, strictly speaking, the contents of the box have been copied to a nicer box in a different location, which had kinda been the plan anyway, so the timing was almost right) and when everything propogates I hopefully will be completely back in business. Thanks to all my nice friends!