So I finally went throught the hassle of updating to WordPress 2.9.

I say hassle because, whereas 2.8 was content to run on archaic MySQL versions, 2.9 finally got smart and decided it needs version 5. Alas, for reasons beyond the scope of this post, this machine was still running MySQL 4.0…

I was dreading this process, as every bit of MySQL documentation out there asks us to migrate versions sequentially, rather than skip steps, and most of the versions in between have been discontinued and are no longer available.

So, I decided to risk it and skip ahead directly to the latest version. Fortunately, the folks at MySQL AB know what they’re doing, and 5.5 was able to pick up the old database without a hitch.

Thus, here’s to a few more years of running, now with supported software versions… (Not that I write all that much, I know…)

On that note, I’m starting a new software project, and I’m thinking I might finally use this blog for the other purpose it was originally intended for, and report on that project here. We’ll see…

Cheers,
J.

Upgraded…

Everything was returning 404 for a while, there. A little tweak here, some config editting there, and everything is working again…

Phew…

Cheers,
J.

So, I’ve been thinking of reviving this, for quite some time now…

As I continue to ponder on that possibility, I set out to finally find a WordPress plugin for a Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, that actually works.

I finally think I may have found it.

SI Captcha for WordPress, by Mike Challis, has so far met with all the preliminary tests. So, I’ll leave it up and we’ll see if it works or not. Of course, if it doesn’t, there may not be a way for you to tell me so, but then again, most of the people that might even read this know me personally, so what the hell, I’ll risk it…

Cheers,
J.

Lisbon is a very quiet place at 5AM on a Monday morning, which is the time we finally rolled the car into the garage after a gruelling, yet utterly satisfying, eleven-day RPG marathon retreat.

Yes, that’s right, eleven days. We left home just before midnight on Wednesday, the 6th, bound for the Algarve, a place called Chinicato (just outside the city of Lagos, and no, not Nigeria), which is about a two and a half hour drive. Then, for eleven straight days, we did nothing but eat, sleep and play RPGs.

We played Spirit of the Century, Dust Devils, Sorcerer and Mortail Coil, but mostly, we played Primetime Adventures. A whole five-episode-plus-pilot season, which, incidentally, marked my wife’s debut as head of the table, and she did a great job, so make sure to pat her on the back next time you see her!

As available time and energy permit, I’ll be posting Actual Play for all that stuff at the Forge (where else), and I’ll be editing this post for links, so stay tuned and be patient.

Anyway, it was a good week-and-a-half, but there’s no place like home, and I can’t wait to get back to my regularly scheduled weekly gaming.

In other news, it looks like my new anti-spam thingie isn’t working either. Bah…

Go Play!

Cheers,
J.

2007-06-23: PTA Actual Play
2007-07-21: Sorcerer I Actual Play

Yeah, I been dormant!

But I’m awake again, or at least hopefully so. I got things to say again, and slowly but surely, I’m getting my life back onto its usual rhythm.

One, I finally managed to organize another RPG retreat. I’m not exactly sure where we’ll be going, yet, but I’m sure we’ll be going somewhere. I’m up for eleven days of non-stop RPGing! When I come back, I expect to post about it, so keep tuned.

Two, I’m finally gearing up to post a response to an old request. Apparently, folks (well, some of them) want to know how I set up my D&D campaign, and why I set it up like that, so I’ll oblige and answer.

Three, I started a traditional campaign myself. I never said it was a bad thing, I just said it was a thing, so there! We’re playing Bushido, by Bob Charrette and Paul Hume, the folks that later brought us that pearl of RPG lore that is ShadowRun.

Four, techie stuff, I’m a geek and I proudly admit it. You don’t believe me? Check out Geek By Proxy, my wife’s blog. Well, it’s empty right now, seeing as we just set it up, but the sheer fact that we did set it up should impress you no end. Be impressed!

That be it. I’ll try to keep awake, now.

Go Play!

Cheers,
J.

They just do…

Cheers,
J.

Ok, I’m getting just a little bit sick of flagging viagra and cialis sales site URL posts as spam.

Also, I want people to be able to post here and to see their comments online immediately, without having to wait for me to say that, yeah, they’re ok. Mostly, I don’t want people to think I might not want to hear what they have to say.

Of course, the operative word there is people. I really don’t want to sell phentermine here, mostly because I just don’t know what phentermine is… (and before you post a comment to this effect, I’d like to keep it that way, please, thank you vey much!)

In that spirit, I’m going to be trying out a number of Word Press plugins in the next few days. If you detect any problems, please bear with me whilst I endeavour to fix them.

Cheers,
J.

I’ve been wanting to do this for the longest time. So now, after quite the number of long hours getting my already-proccess-riddled machine to accept that it too can run Apache and PHP, and Lisbon Gamer is finally on the air.

I have things to say. Or at least, I’m vain enough to think so. So, for the foreseable future, I plan to use this space to air them all out.

Here’s what you can expect from me here:

• Every single discussion I have about game design, game theory or gaming in general;
• Summaries of actual play sessions that strike me in a particular manner;
• Progress reports on my own meager design efforts;

Of course, that’s the gaming part. In other news, I also develop and maintain software, professionally, so a little of that may creep up in here. On occasion, that is.

So, welcome to Lisbon Gamer. Pipe in whenever you feel like it. Tell people about this place. Or not. Either way, I hope this turns out to be helpful to you, somehow.

Cheers,
J.