I don't know what's going on. I keep getting error messages saying 'checksum failed on foo.pigg'. The updater claims they must be hardware or permission problems, but the permissions haven't changed and moving my install between drives (besides taking way too many hours, aaaaigh~!) doesn't do a thing and it shuts down whenever I say just ignore it and and and...
*gnaws on the edge of his desk*
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

...and I really ought to apologize. I was working on a secret project (among various RL concerns) and haven't been attending to my modly duties as of late. That will change, I assure you.

What's the secret project?

Well, it's this:



Yeah, ever since I got the bug about MediaWiki I haven't been able to let it lie. The last couple months I've been dicking around with it off and on, setting up a mirror of the public wiki as a test. And at this point I figure I can show off a few screenshots of the thing.

So far, so good. Moving deeper into the thing, we find that one nice feature of MediaWiki is that we've got better control over tables and boxes:



The sidebar with all the gaming data in it, nice and neat.



This is the story archive page. Pretty basic, just a stub with links to each season/chapter page. You can see the Gazetteer navbox down at the bottom, like the one on the first page.



More fun with navboxes on the LoGG page. Using a navbox to replace the "Back/Next/Top" links looks better and it's easier to screw with when adding chapters - the navbox is a dynamic template, so if you edit it, it changes across all the pages it's included on.



A nice thing about MediaWiki is easy categorization. So here we've got a full list of all the stories that Rob's wrote, cowrote or otherwise meddled in.



Another nice thing about MediaWiki is that, since it's the backbone for Wikipedia, you can mine Wiki for allll sorts of nice box templates . This one here is an experiment using the Wikipedia standard infobox for countries with some custom fields added. I think it looks pretty sharp, but it's a complex template with a lot of extraneous fields we don't necessarily use.



Of course, there's nothing stopping us from making our own templates. Here's the template I set up for the ship registry infobox, using Firvulag's CARSS as the example. There's actually more fields to the thing, but they'll all be hidden if there's no data entered.



Another template steal from Wiki, this one's for a character concept who's been kicking around my head for a bit.

Anyway, that's a look at FenWiki v.2. I've got more screens, or I can make more screens, if you guys are interested.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information

"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"

http://www.bygeorge.co.nz/?tag=laptop
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Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World.

If you recognized the quote I used as the subject line, you'll know what this is all about.

The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23 ... _solution/]IT manager sorts Italian Job cliffhanger

Inventive and scientifically plausible...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Here's a shot of Nogi's new Slot number one, incorporating minor Valkyrie kipple


''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Question on handwavium.

Premise: Handwave uplifts stuff

Premise: It's easier to bring out inherent stuff

Conclusion: Can one handwave dead people to uplift them with their previous personalities for an undead form of immortality?

Following from this:

Could one uplift a dead body to sentience with a completely new personality?

The 57 & 60 Month Veteran Rewards are designed to help our 'Vets' hit the ground running and in high style without breaking the
bank! With players having so many opportunities to create new character concepts we feel these rewards will help our long standing fans suit up in style.

57 Months

Abiding Badge: 50% discount on all tailor sessions: Start out your new characters in style!

60 Months

City Traveler Badge: Hit the ground running... this badge unlocks access to the following Power Pools at
level 6, so players can access Tier 1, 2, or 3 powers early on.

• Flight
  
  
• Superspeed
  
  
• Teleport
  
  
• Superleap
  
  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7845585.stm

All CIA prison overseas will also be closed. Threats, coercion, physical abuse and waterboarding are all banned. Military tribunals halted.

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Epsilon

Zero Wing
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

What happens when you have a Soul/AI of a ship that absolutely adores you and those
closest to you? Something like this maybe?

• I'm The
  Baby: She has foisted herself onto Ben and Gina as their own child. This is quite indisputable since a genetic
  sample from Ben was used to create her human-form.
  
• Looks Can Be
  Deceiving: There is an incredibly keen and mature mind behind those eyes. If you're not a friend of Ben and
  Gina, you would be wise to tread lightly around their daughter.
  
• Classified
  Intel: Mayonaka's status as the AI of the Magnificent Midnight is an open secret among the BNFs and
  SMOFs. People know about it, but don't really talk about it out of deference to the parents.
  

• I'm Giving The
  Orders: Mayonaka now effectively carries the Magnificent Midnight's AI and (dare we say it?)
  soul. When the Midnight is required she happily steps in to perform her
  duties as the AI for the ship.
  
• Batteries Not
  Included: Her physiology suggests other unique abilities, but otherwise she's pretty much human.
  
• Now With
  Wi-Fi: Controls her ship-form through a similar sort of digital telepathy used by Jess Ayanami to maintain her group mind. Mayonaka's range is a bit better, though, so it is not uncommon for the Midnight to take off on short jaunts without Mayonaka.
  
• Can't Fly
  Yet: Mayonaka's wings are that of a hatchling's and lack the flight feathers and size to pull it off.
  This will change once she matures.