Patience.  Like db said, stuff happens.  Servers crash, sites are migrated between servers, IP's get blacklisted, etc....  If you have never managed a website, you don't know the half of all the stuff that can happen.  From what I understand, he is in the middle of a pretty big project with mncanoeing, is he not?  He had the courtesy to show up here so give him a break.

Or, here's a thought.  Maybe he's on a frickin' canoe trip!!!  Imagine that.  A guy dedicated enough to build a canoe website is on a canoe trip?!?!?

Amazing how we all turn into whiny bitches when we don't get what we want when we want it.