Dreamhost messed up system upgrades yesterday. Consequently this blog and "msgpad":http://msgpad.com were down for a few hours. Their response was pretty quick and I guess if it were my box it would have been me fixing the system late Friday night instead of them.
I've asked Dreamhost if I can help them test their upgrades before they roll them out for real. This would be a benefit to them and me I'm sure. If they come back with a negative response I'm not entirely sure what I'll do.