It was bought by a straw purchaser on behalf of BFL, a Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer with an aversion to shipping in a timely fashion, as a reputation management ploy. They edited some pointed posts about BFL and left the rest of the blog up.
The buttcoiners seem to make light of the BFL purchase, since in their mind, the former owner has done something that many Bitcoin investors have not - made a profit off of Bitcoin.
Just another day in the Bitcoin economy.