Oh believe me, I understand the need to get something to the done part once you've fiddled with it for a while. If anything, it's a good start on something that could be expanded into "useful" state. That is, once enough browsers catch up to the CSS3 requirement.

Thanks for the compliment. I'm actually going to be giving a Meetup presentation later this month in the Dallas area on this topic, that's why I was quick on the reply.

Here's more fiddle stuff if you're interested:

http://jsfiddle.net/user/talmand/

I have several examples of using the checkbox in that manner.