https://web.archive.org/web/20150930225625/https://www.jwz.o...
[edited with more recent version] https://web.archive.org/web/20160310204843/https://www.jwz.o...
The url I posted and removed still works fine, so long as it's not originating from HN (i.e. 'referer' checking). If you do a quick web search on 'youtubedown' you'll find it.
If jwz is trying to avoid the HN-effect, then sending people via another route won't completely mitigate the problem.
I went ahead and updated the archive.org link. Providing that means HN users don't need to do yet another search and his site shouldn't get hammered nearly as much.