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+---
+published: true
+date: jan 6 2020
+title: back up after downtime
+author: ben
+---
+
+we moved once more to a new physical host. the process was simple,
+but the backup/archive took much longer than i expected.
+
+everything should be back up and running, please feel free to ping
+on irc if something is still amiss.
+
+the new primary ip is now 167.114.7.65
+
+happy new year 2020!
+