This morning my IM client of choice, Proteus, did not start up. At first I thought it was related to a system update, I tried to check if there was a newer version available on the author site, but the site was not responding (it looks like a DNS configuration problem)

When later I found out that none of my co-workers could get on line I realized that at startup the application was placing a call to the server, and not getting a response it would not finish the process and crash (I don't think that the application is trying to send any personal info, most probably it's just check for newer versions of the software).

Mapping the indigofield.com domain name to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file temporarily fixed the problem and reminded me how not only people, but also servers are "temporary" .

If anybody has any information about what happened to Justin Wood and his site, please post a comment below, his software is simply great. Thanks.