Looks like I'm also one of the lucky few who received a surprise package from Macromedia. So I send a big Thank You! to Mike Chambers and whole Flash team! I really like those trading cards!

[rant]Unfortunately I was also one of the unlucky few who had to pay customs tax, but as I was forewarned it didn't come as a surprise. Only reading that people in other European countries didn't have to pay a cent left a slightly bitter aftertaste and reminded me what a pain in the ass it's sometimes to live in a country where everything has to be done by-the-book. In Germany we have this saying: "The honest one is always the stupid", which turns out to fit so perfectly for Germany itself these days. Can you believe this: in order to meet the spending limits of the European Union our government cuts expenses everywhere in such a way that it has a painful impact on people's life. At the same time it turns out that Greece has been cheating it's way into the Euro, Denmark delivered "beautified" budgets and from the mild reaction of the other members of the union I can only guess that this kind of cheating seems to be common pratice among them. Well, at least we still have the Oktoberfest. Prost![/rant]