I love the immediacy of Qik for recording short videos and yet I don't want my Qik videos to reside separately from my blog.
When I last upgraded Wordpress, a little over a week ago to version 2.3.1, I made a slightly delayed New Year's resolution that I wouldn't hack the blog. Instead, I decided to do everything using plugins and widgets (which are plugins that display on your sidebar). And -- wonder of wonders -- I actually stuck to it! That being the case, upgrading is no longer a nightmare.