here's doug's post from eight-oh-eight forum on june-01: --------------------- Hiya everybody, I don't know how far the word spread, but I've been mostly out of circulation for the last five months or so. That really sucks, because all my projects have been on hold, and I know a lot of people have been waiting on me for parts, panels, kits, and who knows what else... Interestingly, I'm now healthy enough to donate a second batch of bone marrow for the leukemia patient I matched. (I think he and I have saved each other - I wasn't aware of my own health problems until I went in for the pre-donation physical.) Anyway, I'll be at St. Joseph's hospital over in Orange County, CA, USA, on June 8th for the donation. If anyone is in the area, come on over and visit! (PM me for my cell number.) Anyway, once I get back from that, we're really gonna start cranking on the third batch of kits. It'll be nice to get these boxes of parts out of my living room!!! I'm setting up a shopping cart on the MIDIboxAddict web site, so you'll be able to buy switches, potentiometers, and when we're ready, the kits. I'll post here when it's up and running... I'll get to the backlog of PM's this week too...! -------------------------------- and then on june-11 -------------------------------- The donation happened Monday. I was connected to the apheresis machine for about six and a half hours, and they collected 400 ml of stem cells and 100 ml of plasma. I'm almost recovered from everything, and I even went to work yesterday for a little while. Next up: finishing prototypes! -------------------------------- :-) so please keep on patience peoples, No hurry... soon, all soon. Kart