I have just finished upgrading everything to WordPress 2.6 as well as upgrading a few plugins. Sorry if you experienced any downtime. Anyway, I am excited to be be on 2.6 now. This video shows some of the new features:

I have just changed the settings on the (relatively few) ads on this site to allow image ads as well as text ads. I am just trying it out, so if you find it annoying, please leave your feedback here.