This is indeed sad news, Laserman. I can only echo the sentiments of others and wish you all luck with the treatments. Perhaps by the time you get back, I'll have scraped together enough to make my second donation to the project! ;^_^
Thanks for all your hard work and informative commentary, and may the force be with you!
I just found out about this fan preservation thing, but already I think yours looks the most promising (well, and mverta's for different reasons). I don't have much practical video experience, but if I had the equipment I'm sure I'd be trying something like X0 myself. Until then, I'm glad to offer what little I can to your cause. I don't have any hard drives lying around, I'm afraid, but I've made a small donation through the site. I hope it helps!
A site question (sorry if it's been answered here and I just missed it): Why is there a 'login' form? Or is that just for X0 team members?