Thanks for asking. Actually, I'm getting very close. And frankly I can't wait to start it.
I've been spending time re-organizing everything on the to-do list, to make sure the highest priority items get addressed. The list has gotten rather large.
As far as the software goes, I'm down to just a few more items. One thing that's turned into a big issue is that when I run the new version on one of my PCs with IE8 on it, it begins to max-out the CPU in cycles. Every few seconds the CPU load goes sky-high and then settles. I can't figure this out. This is the only PC that does this, and I have a mix of IE6, 7, and 8 on other PCs. So it makes me think it's something just strange on that PC. However, the previous version doesn't do this on that PC, either, so there MUST be something I've changed that is causing it. In the end I might release the beta with this known issue to see if others see it, too.
Don't expect a huge set of new features. Most of the code changes have been under the covers. But hopefully the changes will allow faster implementation of new features...