I wish I could afford a new 5D. Wow. Great stuff!

I guess that a lot of these changes don't make them apparent until you see them face-to-face. Also, the American media doesn't tell us much about how China really works and what their workers are capable of so we tend to underestimate them. When you visit and get a good tour you see that they are far more skilled than your media tells you they are. I saw a group of workers using a scanning electron microscope. Do you know how to use one of those? I don't. Also, the speed at which things are done here is stunning.

I totally agree. I have dramatically changed my views, too. No longer do I allow even mere jerks in forums I control. They are welcome to be jerks somewhere else, but if they can't be constructive and come for the conversations they are gonna get deleted more and more in my comment areas, FriendFeed clusters, and on the other sites I have something to do with. It's not just racism, either. The stuff aimed at Kathy Sierra and my wife were very awful things. I have no idea why people want to injure other people, but they do. Even if they don't use sticks and stones to do it.

I'm bummed out! Anyone throwing you a going-away party?