{"id":54633,"date":"2022-08-22T11:33:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=54633"},"modified":"2022-09-18T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T17:30:00","slug":"the-future-of-this-site-and-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=54633","title":{"rendered":"The future of this site and an update:"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those who don’t realize, Shamus passed on Jun 15, 2022 due to Cardiac arrest. You can read about it here<\/a>. You can view the showing here<\/a> (skip to 1:47 for actual content).<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know this site and community are important to many of you and we, his family, hope to honor that. The site is complicated to deal with due to Shamus’ preference for hardcoding and bespoke design over using the built in WordPress features but I am working my way through the backend of the site using my own years of experience hosting and designing WordPress sites. It’s slow going as I am also working full time, taking care of financials and other real life aspects of the death of a spouse, and helping the kids. We are very grateful for your patience as we work through all he left behind and prepare the site for future content uploads.<\/p>\n

Our current plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have set up a separate category and tab for posthumous content. All future content will show under Epilogue (in the menu) instead of on the front page. This was the best way we could find to separate the original content from that posted after his death. It does show in the RSS feed but will not show here on the front page. If you visit infrequently I would suggest bookmarking the epilogue tab for future check ins. Epilogue will include uploads of the Deus Ex series (I will check it but know that it will not meet his normal standards as he regularly reread and changed content as well as added appropriate images). At the moment the Epilogue page shows just the titles of posts (or in this instance, a single post). Due to more pressing matters I haven’t had time to fix it. It is in the list, I promise.<\/p>\n

Paul plans to post most of Shamus’ code as opensource content. As this is posted, a link will also be added in the Epilogue tab.<\/p>\n

Peter plans to upload Shamus music to Youtube as copyright free music for creators. It may also be uploaded elsewhere once we work out what will work best.<\/p>\n

The kids are also preparing a separate subdomain for a podcast among other things. Sadly life is currently in the way as you will see in the life update below.<\/p>\n

There is a possibility that we will release Pseudoku as a proper game, though that is still up in the air.<\/p>\n

We have had several offers of potential projects based on Shamus’ work which we will share as things move forward. One of these is an offer of a forum for readers to use should they be interested. It is, apparently, run in a similar manner to this site and would offer a place for the community to continue. We are looking into this as a possibility.<\/p>\n

There are other ideas but as you will see in the update below, it is all slow going due to things going on outside of the internet.<\/p>\n

Family update:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We, his family, are very grateful at how patient you all have been as we take time to process and get things in order.\u00a0 You, his readers, have been incredibly generous. You have paid completely for his funeral expenses and the kids moving expenses. This was an immeasurable blessing and relief. Between that and my nanny family giving me as much paid time off as I needed (or willing to take) we were able to just focus on doing what needed done instead of also worrying about finances.<\/p>\n

You also provided for the kids, replacing many things they lost in the tornado prior to the previous move, as well as the items they lost this move due to mold in their air conditioners (so much mold.) The sheer number of packages over the weeks following his death was amazing (I felt bad for the post man). Food products, household items, paper products, cat toys, games and puzzles. Its been such an amazing blessing in the midst of our loss. Bay especially was blessed by it, who, while unable to help with other things, was able to open packages and divvy them out. Having something to do in the midst of things was very helpful.<\/p>\n

We also had a semi-local reader come and help us with some yard work. She was such an amazing blessing and we were so grateful to meet her and have had her help. Thank you again.<\/p>\n

The kids and I are doing all right. There has been a lot of processing and a lot to get done.\u00a0 If you are interested here is an overly verbose telling of what has been happening behind the scenes (I apologize in advance, no one has ever accused me of being concise.)<\/p>\n

The day before Shamus passed the family I nanny for added another member. The little one was born almost 24 hours before Shamus passed. This meant that there was plenty of family around waiting and allowed me to take the time off I needed to focus on family and getting the kids moved back home. (It also meant I got to go back to work to a new baby, which is wonderful).<\/p>\n

I spent the next few days dealing with funeral stuff then driving 6 hours to help the kids pack their place in 2 days instead of the month we had originally planned. We packed as much as possible, they and I drove the 6 hours back with a full load of stuff, the wheelchair, and 3 cats. The cats are not good travelers and were very expressive in their unhappiness over their treatment. The next day Bay (who was the only one who knew what needed packed and where everything needed to go) and I drove back to Indiana with my brother-in-law and a friend who would help us finish packing and bring the rest of their household contents back. We picked up the truck (they gave us the wrong location which took us an extra hour out of our way), and started loading. It took longer than we had planned so Bay and I headed back to PA while Dan and Craig packed the truck and drove back. We got in at 2 am. They got in at 6am the next morning.\u00a0 My dad and sister-in-law helped unload on our end and we got the kids all settled here in our house.<\/p>\n

We dealt with more funeral stuff plus getting move related stuff dealt with.<\/p>\n

A week and a half after his passing I went back to work. My nanny family was also in the process of moving and had the big final move planned for the day I returned. I helped them move while helping with the, now 3, boys. They moved from a small 3 bedroom to a place significantly larger (and closer). That was a very interesting (and exhausting) experience.<\/p>\n

We dealt with more move related stuff and started dealing with Shamus’ computer and website. We realized that there was a lot more on the computer than we realized as Shamus often didn’t speak about his projects. So we spent a lot of the time figuring out what was what and his organization system. I started tracking down the hardcoded bits that made it so I couldn’t make the needed changes on the site.<\/p>\n

A few weeks in and the kids were to move to their new apartment. We went to the walk through. Despite multiple reminders about the wheelchair, the apartment managed to pick the only one of 2 apartments that had steps to the front door. So….no move in. Management quickly jumped through some hoops and found a more suitable apartment that they could move into the next week.<\/p>\n

While waiting for the move Bay was having more and more pain. Due to the specific movement needed for transfers there were concerns of an ACL tear in the good knee. We had been trying to get insurance set up but had to wait for the lease to go through for proof of residency. We attempted a trip to a Fastercare. No use. They couldn’t do anything other than tell us there wasn’t a break. A few days before the move but after the first lease went through (so insurance would cover it), they went to the ER due to significant, sudden pain. There they got steroids and a referral to an ortho. The steroids made a world of difference. (Why they were off their Rheumatoid meds and ended up in the wheelchair in the first place is another horribly long story that includes a tornado, a move across the country, and a whole lot more. I’ll let Bay tell that one when and if they are ready.) The ortho then prescribed an anti-inflammatory and scheduled Bay an appointment with an awesome doctor who they see at the end of September.<\/p>\n

We moved the kids into their new apartment in a single day. Everything is wheelchair accessible unlike the one they had been supposed to be in, which, even without the stairs was just the best option at the time, but not accessible by any stretch. This apartment could not be more suited to their needs. In the meantime, when I am not at work or giving kids rides (1 car + 4 adults) or working out death related stuff and finances or backend stuff on the site, I have been working on getting the house back in order and rearranging things to suit our current needs, including a new fridge as our 1986 fridge is on deaths door.<\/p>\n

In the meantime Peter applied for and got a new job at the post office (after years with Dollar General). This meant him needing rides to work as well as to orientation out of town (though the new job is much closer and more suits his needs.)<\/p>\n

And here we are.<\/p>\n

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