So far so good in getting connected and mining here - only issue was that I definitely had the wrong password for my worker and it still registered. Could be because I only have one, but just a though

Also - balance hasn't updated for quite a bit, wish we could see last blocks w/ confs 0=)
Im not actually sure that I enabled password checking for miners lol - check out the bottom of the pool stats page for the last blocks list

Ha! That'd be why then =P
http://cryptocoinexplorer.com:5750/block/b431aaf146e0940d54fc107b18a1477e6d76809ef4236be6a2a068c0f90e0f7eCan you open that? Looks like the links are bad, or maybe it's just me...
Also, I've got shares on all these last blocks, balance = 0 still

Blocks need 120 confirms before your balance updates. Give it some time.