Is the initial offer still valid?
Yeah, it's dead. The OP isn't replying to PMs or posts in this thread. I sent the OP a PM a few days ago and posted in the thread and no word for him/her. But I'm willing to make a similar offer. I just posted a new thread:
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14048.0is the same guy from the original offer different nickname, don't pay attention to him, pays nothing