It seems things are back to normal, though I did end up doing way more work than necessary. Actually as it stands things may have improved a bit. I used Simple Scripts to install this time and I have a fresh install with all my old posts.
I have lost my links (well they are actually still sort of available to me, I just have to figure out how drag them out), but that seems to be the worst of it.
Aloha!
Slower, cheaper, less useful…