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All fixed now!
ByGarfApologies to readers who had difficulty accessing this site between 2007-07-12 & 2007-07-20. We suffered several simultaneous technical issues including a cock-up on the part of British Telecom and a hard disk failure in the GarfNet server. We also had some essential maintenance that needed doing, including to upgrading the operating system and various content…
