Mary is doing well in her new role as lead developer, already she has created a number of internal billing scripts. The scripts are simple; but understanding our systems and structures is the challenging part, and she is doing very well.

Our new banking systems is in place and is far less lenient with the processing of credit cards, especially when dealing with expiry dates and insufficient funds (which would previously be sorted out when clearing between banks, which could take some time). To ensure there is no disruption to your account, please ensure your credit card details are up to date - if there is an issue with a card when we process it for charges (monthly accounts, or when your prepaid time is up for renewal) we will mark the account as "Warning Suspend" and send a notice, giving you only seven days to resolve it. If it is not sorted out within that 7 day period the account is will be suspended and your sites will be stopped. Once suspended, the account will be marked deleted after 7 days and the files will be deleted within 30 days.

For the past week I have been working closely with Bob in relation to various operations issues and plans; just lots and lots of little day to day details. Over this past week my new notebook has been slowly coming apart, and finally blue screened on me and keeled over. It's my own fault due to the large number of programs I try out, and install and uninstall. Michael N has finally convinced me to run a copy of Windows inside VMare Player to install and try out new software. That's definitely one thing I will be doing today after I rebuild my base notebook installation. VMare Player, I am told, is now a free piece of software for personal use. Great for having several OS's running to try out and test software.