AS SOME readers have already noticed, we experienced long downtimes yesterday. The server got overloaded, so we are working to upgrade the CMS and put better caching in place.

In the mean time, rather stripped-down pages will appear. We are assessing server load to ensure the problems do not recur. We also looking at the possibility of moving to VPS. This site has almost outgrown its capacity to deliver.

The major news right now is that TomTom countersued Microsoft. We will report on that shortly, as soon as technical work on the server is complete.

We beg readers for one thing: if you spot something -- virtually anything -- that seems odd or erroneous, please inform us as soon as possible in IRC or in the comments. It's likely that the upgrades and changes result in some quirks we simply cannot see and thus cannot resolve. ⬆