havent seen the name in years either. I was away for a while as well and am trying to get used to the way things are now as well.
Category recips instead of the old "other link lists" page or the standard site name link on freesites. It does take some getting used to at first, but if you make enough templates and seperate them by niche and have them all ready with proper recips, you shouldn't have a problem.
Things have changed alot since 2000 or so and although different, it just takes a little extra time and some extra work to do it and since when are we afraid of a little extra work
