I think I've made my position fairly clear that I am not a manufacturer, nor am I out for profit. I do have a target number of blocks in mind to make but even then we're only talking break even and not paying myself a wage for my time.
I do understand people's confusion with what to classify me as though, especially in the modern commercial world of watercooling. Sometimes I even wonder myself. I think as I get older I get a little more eccentric about it. I'm just doing my own thing my own way. I have a real job that pays well, I don't really want for anything, and any money I would make from waterblocks if I ever got truly commercial about it pretty much pales in comparison to my present salary. I've gotten more philosophical about it and have just decided to do what I do purely because I enjoy it, and that's the reward I get. I'm serious enough to stand behind and support the blocks I make, but that's more out of love for what I do, being pride in what I do, rather than an actual commercial policy.
Someone from OCAU described me as a "productional water-cooling philanthropist", and I quite liked that term myself. In a world where money talks and everyone's out for a buck, I appreciate the anachronism that I present, and the difficulty and confusion for those motivated by money to actually understand that the almighty dollar is not my motivation.
About the only thing that truly pisses me off is when people start bagging the stuff that I do due to their own vested commercial interests. Really, I couldn't give a rats arse about what they do or their market interests. I don't attack anyone else's products (although I will question wildly bogus claims). I do this for the enthusiasts who get excited about water-cooling the same way that I do, and this is why I neither advertise, spam, nor conduct myself in a commercially oriented manner.
If anyone believes that I'm full of shit and they can do better. Fine. Do it. I don't care. Just quit the chest beating and trumpeting and do it.
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