thanks for the great tips, but I wouldn't have posted the question had I not already tried Chrome Opera and Firefox ( my "browsers") as I mentioned in my earlier post. none of them seem to want to display that damned captcha! lol not looking to circumvent the system, just trying to finally get a copy of this ROM so I can justify the nightmare and hoops I've gone through to flash back to stock, zv5 update, etc. to finally try out what i keep reading is a kick ass rom! So anyway, if Chev (Mad Respect btw) could pm me a temporary alt link or something, I would be eternally grateful! thanks again to Chev and those who sacrificed much much time and many excedrin in the making of this ROM and the overall development of the Android community. for many years I've had and used a Windows Mobile phone and learned Windows programming from the ground up to hack that phone backwards and forwards. in the couple of months that I've had this Android phone I've bricked/unbricked it, rooted and flashed ClockworkMod recovery, custom kernel, and lots of blacked out apps, and been forced to learn Linux and Android from the ground up. pretty sure the Devs will concur its no cakewalk. but it's been fun exciting and educational, and nothing beats that familiar feeling of "Look what I can do!" after you hack something and make it your own! looking forward to pushing the limits of this phone and its software and learn everything that can be done with it, someday teaching others to do the same.