Some server issues - and progress fixing them

I have this site running on a Slicehost VPS. I have previously raved about Slicehost. About a week ago I started to notice the site going down. To know when that happens, I use a free service called Montastic. Montastic will alert me by email if my site (or up to 9 others) go down. This is great when you have to maintain multiple sites across multiple servers (or if you want to know if someone else dropped the ball!). (more…)