I've also been spending a lot of time fixing d.net stats lately. You can read the saga at http://n0cgi.distributed.net/cgi/dnet-finger.cgi?user=decibel (note d.net has one of the earliest 'blogs' in existance :) )
I also now have an extended, part-time contract with my previous client. Still no word on the other contract with the state, though. :(