I originally posted this on the Redbrick babble newsgroup. If you don’t know what Redbrick is, this entry will have little interest to you. However, I’m posting it here because I think it’s interesting and also I’m hoping that it might filter out to some of the other Redbrick users who don’t use the newsgroups.
… and just a little soul draining. My last few entries on my blog have all been about the Game Crafters Guild website and mostly technical in nature. Here, here and here.
I thought the idea behind the GCG site was/is a good one. It would be something I would contribute to and participate in. So I made a new feature-rich version of it and it went live a little while ago. I didn’t just plug together some pieces of software, I wrote code to join them, tested it, created new themes and templates for and brought it all together. It works. It is alive.
However, it is barely shambling forward.
This extension does not transform your Wordpress (WP) posts into DokuWiki (DW) entires. If your looking for that functionality, I’d recommend doing a google search for dwBliki plugin.
What this extension does is to get DokuWiki to use Wordpress’ authentication, i.e. DokuWiki to use Wordpress’ user database, using an authentication plugin for DokuWiki.
So I’ve been quiet. Hidden away in a bunker, miles underground. All I had was a laptop and broadband. 
The data packets crackled with the potential of lightning. My eyes were bleary and red as I fumbled trying to stitched the limbs on… in my final moments of exhaustion, I was transfixed with horror as it opened it’s eyes…
“It’s alive…” I shuddered before I lost my mind.
Well the truth is, I probably lost my mind long before then.
Wordpress 2.0 has been released! Did anyone notice?
I’ve upgrade my site(s) though it took longer than usual. For installing/upgrading on Redbrick, see the Redbrick wiki article “Installing Wordpress on Redbrick”. I also had to debug and update the themes for all my sites. That was a pain.
The interface in WP2.0 is all AJAX now; works nicely in IE but in Opera the notifications and confirmation are a little misaligned and don’t disappear like in IE. I can’t get the spam plugin to work either. It won’t accept my Wordpress API key! Argg. Still, other than that it’s quite nice.
Now I have to go validate, debug and update my “TheDeadOne.net Original Theme”, “Wordpress and AXS Integration Plugin” and “Search and Replace Plugin” so they are compatible with Wordpress 2.0. A bit too much work really.
I’m going to be getting rid of the redbrick ‘occult’ wiki that I’ve been running.
It’s been for 16 months but there is absolutly no content besides my own and it was serving no function for me.
But, it still had some links I’d like to preserve so I’ve created a mirror of it which you are free to download.
Redbrick Occult Wiki June 2005
Also the Redbrick Wiki is now no longer hosted on my webspace. It’s got it’s own spanking new space, dedicated entirely to itself!
Yep, The Irish Gaming Wiki. It’s an experiment at the moment but hopefully it’ll blossom into something wonderful! 
By now we are meant to have moved in to our new place. By now the kitchean appliances, tiles and flooring should have been delievered. By now we should have ordered the curtains…
Well, eh, we’re still living in the Tramyards. Everything is packed, ready to go. We just dont’ know when. It was stressful enough getting ready.
Due to some legal muck-up (on the builder’s solicitor’s side btw) we can’t move in yet. Well we could but legally… we’d be doing something illegal.
So we’re back to waiting.. ah crap.
In the meantime, I’ve setup the Redbrick Wiki after numerous discussions on the Redbrick forums. Some funky stuff there already if your a Redbrick member.
I’ve also written a short story over the weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve written any stories. It’s called “Don’t Drink and Drive” and, like all the work presented here, is in a first draft. Enjoy!