Things are getting tight again, specifically with the widget. You may have noticed a few resets the last couple of days, so we’re setting up a second widget server to balance the load slightly. Things should improve soon 
Also work on getting /list back working etc is progressing…. honest 
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the autoconnect feature was lost on feb 3rd 09 i hope it will regain back very quickly
@sami sorry about that, it was caused by a switch to using irc.mibbit.net as the default. Should all be fixed now.