I absolutely agree with you on the importance of his creative legacy. I was bowled over by his work when I encountered it (but sadly not him) a few years ago at Xerox Research, Cambridge (which was downsized by the same heavy-handed axe). As an artist-turned-technologist-turned-researcher myself, I find his approach startling and inspiring.

I notice that http://www.richgold.org is now offline. I'd like to try to make sure it is back on (and permanently so). If anyone is organising this effort, and needs some assistance, let me know -- tim (at) red56.co.uk