BigNick
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
At the moment, when I display any forum thread, the "still loading" spinner spins for ever, and the status at the bottom of the page says "Transferring data from ping.westley.crowdscience.com...".
Sounds like you are having trouble reaching the ping.westley.crowdscience.com website.
What happens when you ping it? Type "ping ping.westley.crowdscience.com" without the quotes at a dos prompt.
Also try "tracert ping.westley.crowdscience.com" without the quotes.