I am late to this thread, and I don't know if you'll see this eric, but you've been a sort of hero of mine for a long time and I'm sad both on your behalf and the worlds' that your work is being abandoned. I followed your blog waaay back in msft days, when I was just getting started, and you were a small part of why I applied to Microsoft, got into .net, and became the programmer I am.

You've build a large number of wonderful things and I wish we could have all experienced the latest.

I hope after a long rest you find your way back to software and perhaps share what you were working on in some other way.