Great site, but it's better to check out this guy's Twitter. He's the guy who actually fixes the site. http://twitter.com/mollstam Also, the site is now online.
Oh, and for times like this I always like to see this for some quick amusement: http://twitter.com/#search?q=minecraft%20down
I avoided all of the downtime due to having it on my desktop. I just finished playing on the new beta update. Beds are wonderful things to have. I hate the night time... and creepers.