Downtime / Uptime

Dscn1358-w-umbrella [Update: and we're back]

ScienceBlogs is migrating to a new server / service, so I'm told. This will occur on "Wednesday".

Please look on the main ScienceBlogs page for more details. You should avoid posting any comments that you care deeply about until then; or at least, make sure you take a backup.

I've noticed recently that I don't always get emails about comments received; hopefully the move will resolve that.

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