I found this site that claims to alert you when your favorite site (AKA GeekDrop) is down and you don't want to continue to hit refresh for an indefinite amount of time. You can have it alert you via text message, email or Twitter. I haven't gotten to try it yet, but I'm posting for everyone to check it out. Report back if you get to give it a whirl!

sweet! will come in handy for the next time you break the site. 
*lol*

Wellington Florida
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ohhhh I have a site to try this on - its been down 2 weeks. Last time it went down was for a year then poof it came back (I think do to legal issues). I'm wondering it this has a time limit but I will check it out for sure - thanks critter