For now, at least, we’re back online. It was a server load too high issue again – something is causing the entire database to be copied to a “tmp” file, over and over again. I wish I knew how to fix it.
For now, I’ve turned almost all the plug-ins off (I’ve left the plug-in that enables the “recently commented posts” thingy on the right running), in case it’s a bug in one of them. Meanwhile, until this problem is fixed, my server retains the option of shutting “Alas” off at any point.
I was going to email you about this–I was worried!
Curiously, it was while this site was down that I had several occasions to recommend it.