@ acrylian,
ok, thanks. Just a note, I was not trying to criticize ;-)
Also, fyi flogr (http://flogr.googlecode.com/) implements already something you planned for v2 (pulling pics from flickr). I didn't read the copyrights note that came with it, but perhaps you could use some of its code (my example gallery here http://www.reda-ek.com/expo/)