Woot, I like the male pin idea! I've got a setup on a breadboard right now, pretty much the same setup!
I'm curious though, Retrolefty, what's the difference between connecting Aref and, well, not? (I'm fairly new, so sorry if this seems ignorant:D)
I followed the tutorial Tom Igoe made and in the breadboard setup he used, he connected the Aref to power.
http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tutorials/ArduinoBreadboard
But regardless! Looking good Noob (haha:D) Your solder job looks pretty good, I need to practice more! Good job!