upandrunning

Agreed. That said, one should not pass up opportunities to actually improve, but doing something "just because people will like it" doesn't seem consistent with the notion of creativity.

I just wanted to say that I've been following/using blender since before the c-key and it's still one of the things I've admired most in my life.

What are you doing to reverse the flagrant abuse of asset forfeiture laws?

Do you see any parallels between what is happening in the US right now (with the NSA, secret courts, etc), and what happened in the USSR?