Has anyone else noticed the Orchard being extremely slow to load lately? Or is it just me?

yes. it's been slow... sometimes even inaccessible.

edit to clarify that it's the site, not stiv

sometimes I can't even access the site.. I dunno if that's a related issue or what? maybe the server is just overwhelmed or something. meh.

*computer retarded*

It wasn't just the Orchard, the whole overtherhine.com site was slow yesterday.

If "everything" seems slow sometimes, you might want to have your computer checked for spyware.

Several months ago my cable internet connection slowed down noticably. It turned out to be that the coax connector at the wall was a little loose and was driving the cable modem bonkers due to a weak signal.