Just a heads up that during this last website maintenance, Slush or a representative, posted updates on his Facebook page. Maybe things are turning around in the communications dept. ?

"We are experiencing connectivity issues between our US and EU datacentres. Mining is operational, all shares are being counted. We will keep you posted once the connectivity resumes."

"Connectivity between US and EU datacenters has been restored, web is now accessible, too. Thank you for your patience."

I even got a response to a comment I made on the latest post there.