I stopped giving a crap for a couple weeks but now I'm back and now BFL's website has actual pictures of the finished product. That means they have some chips, are assembling and testing some, and are obviously close to shipping. They might even be packaging right now. Their original statement that they later buried was that they were realistically going to ship right before Christmas. Then they said October so everyone placed their pre-orders with their company instead of their competition. Then they backpedaled and kept saying "well, we don't know though" and "it might be later" and tada, we're back at reality where we started from.
Welcome back to giving a crap. Tough to be sure of anything with this company, but last I heard they were awaiting chips and expected them next week, though there was a post saying they'd been delayed again till nearer the end of the month. Josh seems to think they could still get the chips, assemble, test, and ship before the end of the year, but I seriously doubt it given that everything seems to take far longer with this company than they say it will. Plus it'd be right up against Christmas, good luck getting everyone to focus on work.