First, as others have said, don't try and judge OoTS by random episodes. Especially for the past year or so, they just won't be very good without a context. Start and read straight through. If you start at the very beginning, there will be a number of "joke" strips before you get into the main plot. To start out on an early story arc, try here:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0044.html To start out on the really big, world defining story arc, try start here:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0272.html I personally started getting into the strip around #439, the "Sexy, shoeless god of war" strip posted above.
If you can't get past the art style or the way the story can get sidetracked (really really badly), you'll probably never like the strip. But if you focus on the jokes (make sure to read the names of the individual strips) and characters, you'll probably learn to like it a lot.
I will also admit that the strip has been losing my interest. I've been hanging on for a year to get the main plot back on track, and I'm still waiting. The random intervals between strips has also started to affect my interest (this is caused by the author's medical problems - but its still a pain in the ass). And the server problems are far too numerous at this point for me to say that they aren't a hinderance to enjoyment. I'm starting to think that a good plan right now is to just ignore the strip for six months, then come back and read it through in one fell swoop. It's also a perfect time to go and re-read the early strips, or to buy the book.