Author disappeared...
LOL last time online was today. How you came to the conclusion that the author is disappeared?
I checked a few days ago and the last time when he was online was about a month ago. So it's good to see he is been online today.
His miner still works for most people. A few competitors have new miners if you want to try those.
I don't think frequency on bitcointalk translates to the quality of the miner! Phoenix miner works great for me.