Computer Heck

It all started when my ISP, my buddy Steve, got hit with an enormous power surge. Now it must be understood that the reason I have hosted my erstwhile blog with Steve is that it is 100% free. This means, however, that certain amenities, such as peering, UPSs, and backups, have not been forthcoming. Hence, the surge reduced his equipment room (I cannot bring myself to call it a "data center") to a pile of smoldering, non-recoverable garbage. Nelliphant is history. (It exists as an sqldump from three months ago, but I'm not sure I want to put it back up on Steve's equipment.)

( Long, boring semi-geekery behind this cut. )