As far as the pages sort of freezing, it could possibly be a DNS issue. Lately, Telus' DNS has been shot, and according to Nicao, the Shaw DNS has been having some trouble lately as well.
I really don't know why the code is getting scrambled like that though. I've never had that problem. Anyone else having pages look like Pedro's?
I could take the time and make a Windows XP slur here, but I won't.