Sunspots or what?

We've been having connectivity problems, hence the paucity of new posts.

Some folks with the same ISP claim that the problem originates at the uplink; others say it's caused by solar flares.

Regardless, it's been making the connection time out. Plenty of problems surfing, and much worse when doing something interactive like filling in forms for blog posts.

We're very much looking forward to DSL by the end of this year :-).