Merge pull request #11 from econchick/throughput

Added threading
Added PYC files to gitignore
Frontend now uses plugin system
Merge pull request #12 from econchick/frontend-plugins

Frontend now uses plugin system
Improved the front-end side of the interface
Merge pull request #13 from econchick/pretty-html

Improved the front-end side of the interface
Nicer main page
Merge pull request #14 from econchick/pretty-html

Nicer main page
fixed merged conflicts