Me too, until a day later I realised I should probably try Ctrl+F5, worked like a charm.
Me too, followed the HNStatus on twitter too
So apparently I have a natural pressure gauge that makes me click my HN bookmark to let off some steam after some minutes of intense concentration. I found it incredibly bizarre that being unable to access the site prevented me from letting off steam so that I was clicking the bookmark compulsively every 30 seconds before remembering that it was down.