If you tried visit here earlier today, you probably got the “server timed out” error or something like it. The site was not loading. I was in the same boat–unable to view or update the blog. I reported the problem to the hosting service, and received this reply:

Thanks for the problem report. There was an xmlrpc attack ongoing against multiple WordPress sites on the server earlier. The server load has since been stabilized and your web site should be working normally now.

I don’t know what an “xmlrpc attack” consists of, but I let them know that the site isn’t acting normally. At last check, about 7:10 a.m., it was loading, but painfully slowly.

Thanks for your patience while the hosting service technicians work on the problems.

As of 8 a.m., they had finished offloading some data from the server, which caused certain services to be cut off.

Hopefully it has now been solve, I’ll be able to upload this notice, and you’ll be able to read it.

Happy Halloween!