uCool was not the only one to be inaccessible.

after much frustration, I discovered that various site were experiencing connectivity issues in the past 24 hours.

aa.com
aceofspades.com
ancestry.com
facebook.com
homes.com
realtor.com

[hell even nsa.gov was shut down today]

numerous reports from customers of At&t, and T-Mobile saying they had literally no cell signal.
my guess is that somewhere in the world, a coalition of malicious internet moguls decided to play internet war games.