Good News!
After different attempts at tracing, and a few broken email addresses, I managed to track him down, and got a response. I won't quote it entirely to preserve his privacy, but here's the key points:
you're absolutely correct, my health has been quite poor for several months. The good news is that things are improving finally
I have about 3 months or so worth of unread email...
it may be a while before I get completely dug out...
anyone with anything REALLY urgent to go ahead and re-email me...
I can't say enuf about the Zaurus community centered around OESF
and their friendliness and thoughtfullness...
kind souls at the forums patiently emailing me hoping to find out how things are! It gives me a TON of encouragement and keeps my morale high so THANK YOU and send a sincere THANKS to anyone who has been asking! I have never found a group of kinder souls and gentleminded folks anywhere in the cyber-world. =)
so hopefully our friend Dan will be able to catch up in due course. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'll welcome him back warmly.