Jessica - I've only been having issues with Yahoo! Messenger as of late, same with everyone I know. It's made work hard, because it's the primary way I communicate with everyone. I haven't heard of any issues with Flickr or HotJobs though, so I hope they start working soon for you!
A Spark is the level of Girl Guiding for 5 and 6 year olds. It's part of the same global organization as the Girl Scouts you have in the US. The girls start as Sparks (5-6), then go to Brownies (7-8, this is the group I lead), then Guides (9-11), then Pathfinders (12-14, then Rangers/Junior Leaders/Cadets (15-17), then you can be an adult leader.
Celina - I am almost never online from home anymore. I noticed that my daughter's behaviour was getting bad, so I stopped going online when she was awake, but then foudn myself staying up until midnight every night, and then my health started suffering. So I'm lucky if I get online for 30 min a day. I usually have my msn on invisible, but I haven't seen you on either!
I'll say hi when I see you next.