I posted this not so much because I was amazed by the thing itself or thought it represented some pinnacle of "true" DIY, but more so because I like the idea of making things that were once far out of reach of anyone but serious hackers into something that a broader collection of people could feasibly tackle. It isn't quite there yet, but it is due to people like this that it will be, one day. You could nitpick all day about how most anything isn't truly DIY unless you mine/refine all your own materials and create your electronics from first principles, but that starts to get a bit silly.
More generally, I am a believer in the idea I first read from Clay Shirky that as more people get involved in an area average quality goes down but innovation goes up a lot as you get lots of people trying lots of new things, which in the end is only goodness. Except, perhaps, for those that prefered it remain elite so they could feel special (not saying this is you, but I see this attitude in a lot of pioneers in areas that later become more mainstream).
More generally, I am a believer in the idea I first read from Clay Shirky that as more people get involved in an area average quality goes down but innovation goes up a lot as you get lots of people trying lots of new things, which in the end is only goodness. Except, perhaps, for those that prefered it remain elite so they could feel special (not saying this is you, but I see this attitude in a lot of pioneers in areas that later become more mainstream).