Well, that sucks. I haven't read his blog much (I don't read all that many climate blogs in general), but I've seen a couple of interesting articles there on climate and paleoclimate statistics.

 On that note, are there any good primers on what to look out for on that subject that are readable for a layman? I know, for example, that in order to do a proper analysis, you have to take into account interannual correlations, which some contrarian studies have failed to do. Understanding basic subtleties like that help a lot in seeing through some poor quality studies. I have some experience with statistical analysis in my own field of study (AI), but time series statistics haven't been dealt with a lot in my courses, let alone those specific to climate.

For a while now I have been slowly making backups of the posts in my blog. Things mentioned here suggest that I should make it my first priority.