Whole heartedly agree. Ever since 2007 I have never felt anything like the good old days, miss the old P3 overclocking, AXP modding and overclocking days 
My contribution to the thread. A chindi watercooling system i built which landed me in a 2 page article in Digit Magazine, Jan 2006 
http://www.techenclave.com/overclocking-n-modding/sunny-in-digit-64758.html
Sigh...just saw the old threads dating back to 2005. Makes me sad
