News You Can Bruise for 2004 July 24

For the combination of Nick Moffitt and me that inhabits us all.

• This train is bound for Gorey, this train.
• What's your function?

Has anyone else noticed that Project Gutenberg (and ibiblio, and indeed the entire University of North Carolina) is inaccessible? Is there a thunderstorm or backhoe I should be worried about, or is the universe just trying to prevent me from doing my cool project?

Update: looks like a local problem. Dang universe.