Archive for December, 2007

Happy September!

(Did that work? No? Rats!)

I know that it’s been a long time since I’ve written one of these. For September and the first half of October, nothing was going on, and I figured you didn’t want to sit there and read my silly ramblings. Then… things started to change behind the scenes, and I wanted to wait until various details were worked out before talking about them.

Your Account

First off, Paul has been doing some serious work on upgrading and improving the quality of the invoicing section. For those who don’t remember from the original e-mails you received when you signed up, you can look at all your invoicing, pay an invoice, change contact and credit card information, view your account details, and more.

It’s all available on your ModernBill Account Page. The username and password should be the ones you supplied when you first signed up.

Also, as full account holders, you have a lot of control over your account; e-mail addresses, databases, subdomains, web-user accounts, Ap-Vault installations…. the list is rather long. You can access all of this via the Plesk Control Panel. Again, the username and password should be the some ones you supplied when you first signed up.

If you can’t log into either of those sections, please let us know. We can provide a temporary password to get you into these sections. You should then be able to set a new password.

The emergency page has moved.

In the very rare occasion that the Geek Niche servers are all off line (tsunami, nuclear apocalypse, breaking of the 7th Seal, etc.) we’ve set up a Geek Niche emergency page. This page is entirely independent of our servers and even our data center (the place where all our servers are kept). I have generously offered the pathetic excuse for “web hosting” offered by my ISP as our emergency page (it’s not like it’s good for anything else). Well… I’ve changed ISPs recently, which means that my “personal web page” (pardon me while I stifle my giggles) has changed, also. The new Geek Niche Emergency Page is located at: http://webpages.charter.net/geekniche

If you have reason to believe that our servers have been taken over by hostile alien invaders (or something) check the emergency page for information.

A new addition to the family

Geek Niche is always looking for more an better ways to serve the needs of our clients and our potential clients. As part of this, we’ve launched a new site dedicated to photographers and models. It’s called PhotoNiche.org Currently, it offers a couple very simple, but effective, solutions to models and photographers who are looking for a web presence that offers more features, customization, and security than the various free sites out there.

PhotoNiche is still in its infancy, but we expect it to grow into a strong and vital member of the Geek Niche family.

On a more serious note

The biggest news (and the most important reason this newsletter has been delayed for a while) is a change in our roster. Barry Bonds will be replace by Brett Favre as the goalie…. oh… wait… I’m getting all confused. The real change is that Jason has decided to step down from his position as Vice President and owner. His resignation will take effect January 1st, 2008. Jason’s put a lot of hard work into this company, and still believes in it, but has decided that his family comes first (especially since it seems to be growing faster than the company). He’ll continue working with us for a while as a consultant and secondary administrator, however, so things will continue on smoothly during the transition.

And in conclusion….

…I’d like to thank the Academy… oh…. wait…. wrong speech.

So… yeah… Umm… Have a happy holiday season.

–
M Blaze Miskulin
President & Royal Scribe
Geek Niche, Inc.