By way of the Leica Camera User Forum I found the blog of David Alan Harvey and a really inspirational post about coping with change, which makes a nice antidote to my last curmudgeonly post. Good words.
Two months on with Brick and what do I have to report? In everyday usage over two months, streetshooting many days, a trip to Berlin, there have been no problems to report. Many in the user community had reservations, and my own camera died after 24 hours, but the replacement has been solid, with no hiccups. I have treated it no better or worse than any other camera, and I feel it is a durable as any other Leica M. It has been a lot of fun.
I am working on another installment to the Lightroom/Aperture comparison, which will probably appear later this week.