Sparkfun has and will do more awesome things and it has been interesting seeing how much growth has taken place there in the past few years. I wish Nate well and can't really blame him for wanting to get back to the reasons he started Sparkfun in the 1st place. As a longtime customer thank you Nate for all you have accomplished.
"Someday, perhaps in a year, maybe more, maybe less, I’ll have moved from CEO to NtE (Nate the Engineer)."