It looks like the lights are back on here after the upgrade though comments are not yet switched back. I expect they will be soon.
More like this
From slashdot:
On Friday there will be some upgrading of the site so commenting will be off for a while, and possibly, comments will be stuck in moderation. That is all thank you very much.
Hear me, Ubuntu-using brothers and sisters! Never use the on-line upgrade option to switch to a newer version of the operating system!
ScienceBlogs is getting some back-end work done this evening, with yet another server/ MT upgrade. This is intended to help with the frequent timeout problems that bloggers and commenters have been having.
Let's see if you're wrong about the comments. :-)
Of course I'm wrong!
some blogs have comments on but others not. And at least one comment made before the upgrade is missing in action.
There are bound to be teething troubles over the next few weeks. Hopefully everything will be up to speed fairly soon.
I am so glad SB is back. I was beginning to get the shakes.