Whenever I'm feeling poor, I compare what I have today to what people had in the past. Say 16th or 17th century England, ancient Rome, even the 1800s. If my house, car and things were all magically transported to any other era in history, I'd be the richest man around. Heck, you could even look at certain countries today. Whenever a developer here complains about some quirk in Visual Studio 2008, I tell him there are starving children in Africa who'd probably kill for a nice IDE like that. They're probably coding in VB6 for crying out loud!