Thank you guys. (Score 1)

Thanks are due to everyone who posted insightful comments and criticism, and to all the people that linked me to interesting things like this. To the hundreds of you that have contacted me via email, if I haven't gotten back to you yet I will soon. Here's the future of jecology, mostly inspired by you guys, in a nutshell:

Immediate future (next few weeks): DOS/Windows version; A linux screensaver; A GUI interface; A universe editor; A java port written by a third party that can run from the web

Not so immediate future:
A Gnorba component that will reside at the heart of all new functionality; networking interfaces to connect universes; A variety of OpenGL overlays that make it more interesting to watch