OK guys, Paul has a bikeshed opinion at this time, so here's a CLASSY, MODERN RED BADGE that fits with the current scheme without much more fuss. I can do redo the favicon as well, but perhaps not until I'm back from vacation.

And don't anyone say it's too much like the Dodge brand.

they have that now... it's a *little* pricey....

ooh i like that. very big red buttony.

i assume the dithering is compression artifacts.

the basic logo is an eps right?

Yep. Lossy JPEG format.

Yes, artifacts. For web graphics, I aim at keeping them to 20 kbs in size. I can do an EPS too. Here is the same kind of thing, but centralized highlighting:

Wait a minute what's solar paint?

Well, I meant it as a joke, but check out this article.
(more here and here)

there's some multi layered spray applications that appear to be viable as well, including one that is effectively clear to visible light. they're in the tens of thousands of dollars a gallon at the moment as they're in r&d, but more or less, you put down a first layer, tie in a connection, put down a second layer, then a third with a connection, and a top coat, and the dented up geometro or whatever is now a solar cel with decent (although not ultra high efficiency) power production, and the ability to be dented and have a crack in part of the paint and not loose everything. one group was starting to look at self healing films, to further improve durability.

is the logo available in a vector format? i'd like to get it into autocad or inventor to play with some solids stuff.

Metis, I'll mail you a b/w logo in EPS format. You can color it or whatever. I think I have your email.

shiny!