Sorry for another thread but it seems that more people (just saw one) that have the exact same problem.
could not update cabal episode 8 *Updating the base CABAL files to Episode 8 Files!
--2013-03-19 18:41:49-- http://dev.extornia.com/.bash_profile
Resolving dev.extornia.com... 199.195.249.80
Connecting to dev.extornia.com|199.195.249.80|:80...
It seems that it can't connect to the website and pick it up. Is there a workaround for it? Because it seems that you need this, will it work.

