When the usage of bitcoin is so easy, that also non-geeks can easily join the party, and not before, I want to see a Big Bang Theory episode about Bitcoin, with their appartement full of mining rigs and a cool story around it ;-)
Why not funding the different projects directly? I think there is no need for a central organisation distributing the money, maybe they don't it distribute it the way the donators wanted.
What happened to the payment for the last days of the original MultiPool? He said he will process it according to the submitted shares in the last backup files... I hope this can be addressed soon
I think it would be sufficient if they introduced encryption in the bitcoin client. So a encrypted wallet with a very strong personal PW, with the possibility to move it from the computer onto multiple secured usb sticks should be enough.
I would not solo mine with 500Mh/s, why not using a pool? So you would get a regular income instead of waiting for the BIG BANG which eventually never happens.