Since I can't work right now in SL:

[14:55] Renae Leigh: [14:40] Amber Linden: SL is experiencing a bit of a slowdown right now, which may result in lag, avatar, TP, and balance issues, etc. we're aware of the issues and they are being looked at thanks for your patience and please keep an eye at http://blog.secondlife.com/ for further info.
[14:55] BigRedWood Fapp: apparently the colocation in Dallas is dropping packets
[14:55] Renae Leigh: yea. reading the blog now
[14:55] BigRedWood Fapp: i'm still in the same exact boat as earlier, only now i can see you on my friends list
[14:56] BigRedWood Fapp: and it's down to 26k peeps online
[14:57] Renae Leigh: i don't feel bad now when i make a typo: "We’re got more problems inworld right now."
[14:57] BigRedWood Fapp: yeah, i noticed that as well =)
[14:57] BigRedWood Fapp: it's no better at 750m up in the sky
[14:57] BigRedWood Fapp: darn =(
[14:58] Renae Leigh: i don't know much about this stuff, but from what little i've read, it seems that Dallas comes up a lot
[14:58] BigRedWood Fapp: they use hamsters on wheels to power the servers in dallas
[14:58] Renae Leigh: ahhhhh
[14:58] BigRedWood Fapp: and the poor litle guys are plum tired right now
[14:59] BigRedWood Fapp: i hear that they're hitting up all the local PetCo's to find fresh ones
[14:59] BigRedWood Fapp: hey, the only thing i can do right now is chat, so i guess it'll be creative chat =/