Traffic spike redux

Shouldn't be nearly as bad as last time traced to:

Pharyngula

Power outage

Power outage took out the server, things are back on now but looks like the MYSQL tables need to be checked. Site should be back on line shortly.

Upgrade, phase 2

I have officially started phase 2b of the upgrade procedure. Hence the site will be down.

Proof of concept fail

So my proof of concept test failed for the "easy" setup version of my plan. But the pieces are all ready in place so just pushing forward with the "harder" version. I will be as quick as I can. Sorry for lack of real notice.

UPDATE(11:53pm 5/6):
You reach a point where you are far enough along you might as well push to the finish. Lets just get this all done while its all broken. Problems abound, but I will fix them eventually. It will be up before I go to sleep.