...should be back Tuesday (PST).

EDIT: Back.

z2 is down again. Seeing as belsambar.net is also down, I'm guessing this is the result of another DreamHost mess-up. Should be back up sometime soon.

Even so, I have somewhat recent (Dec 28, 2007) backups of the database and most of the files (everything except personal folders). So don't panic just yet!

EDIT: It's up again.

If people from a few hundred years ago could see the progress we have made since then, I think they would be amused.

If Bruce Schneier rot-13s a plaintext, it cannot be broken by applying rot-13 again.

(For those not in the know, Schneier is well known in the fields of cryptography and computer security.)

Yes, I know z2 is broken. But fear not - I have recent backups of the essentials.

More info later.

UPDATE: Turns out the problem was some backup that got messed up or something. Not quite sure what it was, but it was on Dreamhost's end, and they fixed whatever broke. Everything should be back to normal now.

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