Howdy all. +1 for nortega, I think btc & other cryptos are great way to fund creative projects. Bump for nortega's website joeisjapanese.com.

Have you checked your host & port?

Verify your entries for host, port, and username fields in the gui. Probably want to refer to the chat/forum on your pool. I am connected fine, showing a hashrate ~1Mh/s, but only showing about 200kh/s on my pool's webpage. Any ideas where to start troubleshooting?