We will be shutting down in one hour (about 7AM GMT) to move to the new servers. While we are shut down, you will not be able to post comments on any of the mu.nu sites.
Do not panic!
Make sure you have the following supplies at hand:
12 sheets of 1/4 inch plywood, at least 3' by 4'
6 gallons of water
At least one dozen batteries in each of the common sizes
String
Sticky tape
Wire
Tinned food such as beans; at least three tins per person per day
Use the sticky tape and string to construct a cubby house (or "fort") out of the plywood. The tins of beans can be used to defend your fort. Either throw them at people who approach, or, in close combat, ding them on the head.
For entertainment you can try touching the batteries to your tongue. Wire them in sequence and parallel and see what difference it makes!
For extra value, spill the water on the carpet and blame it on the dog.
MuNu will be moving to its new home this coming Saturday, the 12th of November. I'm not sure the exact time just yet, but since the process will take four to six hours (if everything goes smoothly) I'm not sure the exact time matters that much.
Blogs should be readable through most of that time, though all updates - posts, comments and trackbacks - will be disabled. Forums will be moved first, as they are much smaller and easier to move than the blogs. (About 500MB vs. more than 15GB.) Due to DNS issues, though, even the forums will likely be down or inaccessible for a couple of hours.
When all is done, we will be running on a much more powerful platform, with completely a up-to-date operating system and the latest databases and libraries and stuff. We'll still be stuck on Movable Type 2.6, alas. I have some potential news there, but we'll go into that after the move.