is what happened to the old braintalk really? I was a bit jarred to find it gone one day and fortunatley had a few e-mail connections, but I know that many didn't. I am highly suspect as to why it disappeared and have several subversion theories (perhaps I'm just becoming paranoid). Yes I agree with you that we should have a backup plan in the event of future unforseen catastrophes. I went thru a week or so of withdrawl then got on with life. Fortunatley it was summer so the routine in my life is pretty non existant anyway. If everyone made a point of connecting to at least two others on the board we could make sure we have some community connection. The PLWP website has disappeared without explaination also...