I'm pretty positive toward Talos but if you stray from the happy path, by choice or accident, it can become challenging technically. And then you have sunk costs around choosing this platform and how hard it would be to restart from scratch.
I moved here last year, as an internal transfer. It's been pretty good overall.
I really like the high volumes you offer; I really agree that volume should be cheaper. What Papertrail charges per GB seems really high IMO.
That said, I'm just a hobbyist doing under 1GB month of traffic. I will try to stick with the free plan for as long as possible. If you could offer some nice features for $5-10/month, I would upgrade for that.
Which log aggregation services is everyone using ?
Also, note that if you're interested in this kind of thing, we have a yearly conference in both the US and EU, and local meetups in many US cities. More info here: http://conf.writethedocs.org/
It's one thing to easily obtain my own personal mail server, it's another entirely to understand and be able to maintain/improve it.
My next thought was to look into kitchen mats as line cooks tend to stand for long periods of time.
I have the $60 one from Amazon, a step down from what Wirecutter recommends, but I think I will upgrade. I can generally do 4-5 hours standing with this: http://www.amazon.com/Imprint-Comfort-Nantucket-20-Inch-Cinn...