Also having problems with icons.
All icons showing up as empty squares with a red dot in the upper left hand corner.
Trying to add a new icon results in this error:
[Error: Can't locate object method "as_string" via package "Unable to contact storage server. Your picture has not been saved. at /home/lj/cgi-bin/LJ/Userpic.pm line 486 " (perhaps you forgot to load "Unable to contact storage server. Your picture has not been saved. at /home/lj/cgi-bin/LJ/Userpic.pm line 486 "?) at '/home/lj/htdocs/editpics.bml' line 518, line 4. @ tugboat.insanewebhosting.com]