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After six long years, I can finally say:

Massive thanks to Mysterious Kevin for all his help making my return home easy and painless. I couldn’t have done this on my own.

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9 September, 2012 Wil

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the last eleven years, summed up by one .gif → ← mv /mnt/exile/wil /home/

106 thoughts on “Welcome back to WIL WHEATON dot NET”

  1. mediapimp says:
    9 September, 2012 at 4:43 am

    first. haha. glad the sites online.

    1. Wil says:
      9 September, 2012 at 4:48 am

      ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: First person to leave a comment at WWdN in over six years.

      1. jblalock77 says:
        9 September, 2012 at 4:54 am

        Another comment per your request from the land of the big red +.

      2. paxxman says:
        9 September, 2012 at 5:09 am

        So after wilw on Twitter most of these “missing years” you can reach beyond #140

  2. mediapimp says:
    9 September, 2012 at 4:59 am

    WWdN FTW.

  3. Tev says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:06 am

    Welcome back!

  4. lannalee says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:07 am

    Yay! Glad WWdN is back!

    I just watched the Leverage “The Last Dam Job”, I am so hooked on this show and it’s your fault! I only started watching because you were on it. It’s a lot of fun, and I’ve fallen in love with the whole cast.

  5. kierya says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:12 am

    A glorious reawakening. I can also confirm that account creation is working as well.

  6. bigredcanuck says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:20 am

    Sweetness! Welcome back wilwheaton.net. Good job Wil & Company!

  7. Tickticker says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:22 am

    Woot!! Well done Wil!!

  8. wilw says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:24 am

    I’m just seeing if I can post with my Twitter account.

    I’m going to bed now, and since I’ll have to approve comments, don’t worry if you don’t see yours for 12 hours or so.

    Thanks for coming here, reading and commenting. I hope you’ll dig through the archives, because there’s some stuff there I’m really proud of.

  9. Alan says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:54 am

    Welcome home, sir.

  10. Wil Wheaton says:
    9 September, 2012 at 6:12 am

    Ohhh and thanks to a new plugin, I can sign-in (and so can you) using Google, Facebook, or Twitter! Hooray for not having to create any new accounts!

  11. Liz ℚuilty says:
    9 September, 2012 at 6:18 am

    I’m only commenting because i can login from billions of sites without creating a login :D:D
    btw, surely we are up to dot NET 3.0 ? 2.0 has had many revisions but no major release candidates … its slower to update than a Debian distro!

    1. Wil says:
      9 September, 2012 at 6:22 am

      I considered making this 3.0, but Exile was really just one version between 1.5 and 2.0, and since this is the first major revision to WWdN in six years, one number seemed more appropriate.

      Hence, 2.0.

      1. mediapimp says:
        9 September, 2012 at 3:29 pm

        the internet is barely at web 2.0, so I would tread lightly trying to step past it to 3.0 😉

  12. smibbo says:
    9 September, 2012 at 6:24 am

    welcome back wil!

  13. Thomas Baca says:
    9 September, 2012 at 7:47 am

    Home again, home again….

    Hurray!

  14. Robb Dunphy says:
    9 September, 2012 at 8:37 am

    /Drop kicks the site across the server.

    Woot!

  15. Joseph Frietze says:
    9 September, 2012 at 8:55 am

    Glad to see you back here, Wil!

  16. gevmage says:
    9 September, 2012 at 9:21 am

    Boo-yah!

    I have to admit, I totally copied the layout of wilwheaton.net back in the day to create craigsteffen.net. wwnd has now evolved twice since then, and craigsteffen.net three times, but I’m immensely please to be able to post here (and from my twitter account, even).

    Thank you, thank you wil for not making your layout the type that makes you click on every frakking entry to see it in its entirety. I hate that design choice–I like being able to read all the entries all together.

    Welcome back, sir. See you on the internets.

    Craig Steffen
    @gevmage

  17. Anton Sweeney says:
    9 September, 2012 at 9:22 am

    Welcome back!

    Umm… this appears to be not accepting my WordPress login, I’ve had to use my G+ id.

  18. MarijnRongen says:
    9 September, 2012 at 10:08 am

    Laughing at your avatar changing with every comment 🙂

    Please feel free to remove the rest of this comment, as I’m not here to promote my work, merely offering a helping hand:
    I’ve created a not shabby social sharing plugin; http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social-sharing-toolkit/
    If you like, I’d be happy to make a customized version to you specs

  19. Larry Knox says:
    9 September, 2012 at 10:29 am

    Great, so now I have to change the bookmark AGAIN after changing it to the exile site only a few years ago? Oh bother…

    Welcome back!

  20. tadkil says:
    9 September, 2012 at 11:14 am

    Excellent. Bring the wit!

  21. William Shortifle says:
    9 September, 2012 at 11:41 am

    In all the time that you were in exile, I kept the page as my bookmark and then clicked through. I squee’d when I saw what was to occur. Things look very nice.

  22. Niclas Thorsteinsson says:
    9 September, 2012 at 11:56 am

    Good to be back, Wil. This will be glorious.

  23. E. Bryan Rumph says:
    9 September, 2012 at 12:20 pm

    Kick the tires and light the fires, Wil. Looks like it’s working to me.

  24. androidmichael says:
    9 September, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    Yay, WWdN 2.0! Mostly looks good, although the pictures at the top seem to be quite pixelly.

  25. Kevin McCrank says:
    9 September, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    Congratulations on the triumphant return to WWdN!!! I myself might be returning to my original url vortext.net at some point, I haven’t decided yet and I don’t own the URL right now, some redirect webhosting site has a page there. If you want to see my effed upness you can look it up in the Wayback Archive.
    My current blog is http://vortexian.wordpress.com
    Its always nice to see a good WordPress layout. If I don’t get my domain back I’m going to pay the 100$ a year for deluxe webhosting.

  26. thisnthat says:
    9 September, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    Oh wow has it really been six years? I suddenly feel old.
    Welcome back!

  27. gonzojoey says:
    9 September, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Welcome home, Wil.
    Time to open the web store and start selling “WWdN” brackets 🙂

    1. gonzojoey says:
      9 September, 2012 at 4:30 pm

      Oops, meant bracelets…

  28. otto says:
    9 September, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    Very cool. Gimme a shout if you need help with anything in particular. Glad to have you on WordPress! 🙂

    otto at wordpress.org

  29. Ian Roy says:
    9 September, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    Congrats on the successful move. It’s like exile was your estranged teenage years and you have now come back, after realizing that your parents weren’t idiots, to where you belong.

  30. Dan Thompson says:
    9 September, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    Welcome back. You’re officially back in my feed.

  31. Matt Silverthorn says:
    9 September, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    It’s back! Congrats on your hard work! I’m a web developer, and I have yet to make a website of my own because I know how much of a pain in the ass it is. 🙂

  32. Jenny Lee Silver says:
    9 September, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    Huzzah!

  33. KoriLinae says:
    9 September, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    Glad to see you up and running again! Have fun storming the castle!

  34. Isaac Littman says:
    9 September, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    Yay! Welcome back!

  35. Ross Woods says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:29 pm

    Huzzah!

  36. Dave Fox says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:29 pm

    Sweet! WWdN is back! On my birthday No less. Great birthday present from @wilw

  37. Robert Gruver says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    I am totally not a dick. Welcome home, Wil! Look forward to hearing more about your life, loves, and career. 🙂

  38. David Westbay says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:38 pm

    Good to have you back here again, Wil. I followed you In Exile, of course, but as we all know, there’s no place like home….

  39. ZiggyNJ says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    I seriously never thought we would see WWdN again! Welcome back!

  40. harrisgraber says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    Welcome back!!

  41. Robyn Allegra says:
    9 September, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    Welcome home, Wil! I always hoped you’d come back to WWdN. The monkeys are very happy about your return!

  42. spook_country says:
    9 September, 2012 at 10:48 am

    This is me applying for moderation so in the future my robotic dickish comments sail right through. Ha HA!

  43. Thetoymaker says:
    9 September, 2012 at 10:59 am

    Welcome to the Future! Glad to hear that you showed the computers you’re the boss. Keep those posts coming!

  44. mordyan says:
    9 September, 2012 at 11:08 am

    Welcome back to your old/new home! I have been following you from site to site since almost the beginning and have greatly enjoyed the journey. Keep on writing!

  45. Michelle Fournier says:
    9 September, 2012 at 11:32 am

    So glad!

  46. Matthew Espinoza says:
    9 September, 2012 at 11:36 am

    Now that it is letting me log in (sorta) and comment: Welcome back, Wil! Amusingly, just about a week or two ago I removed WWdN from my bookmarks, seeing as you had been in Exile for so long. I figured you weren’t gonna come back. And then, bam! 😀

  47. Keri W. says:
    9 September, 2012 at 11:51 am

    Wil, I started reading WWDN waaaaaay back in September, 2002, when I was surfing the net at SDSU one day before class. (Yes, that’s precisely 10 years ago.) I googled your name after wondering what you were up to, found WWDN, and was immediately hooked. It was amazing to be part of your Posse, and I loved your message boards (I still miss them!).

    Welcome back!

  48. heyitsgordo says:
    9 September, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    Wilcome back, WWdN!

  49. Barry Pease says:
    9 September, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Welcome back, Wil. Good to see you @home again. I especially like being able to go back through your blogs, all the way to June 19, 2003. Raising a toast in your honor, in celebration (it’s Ayinger Brau-Weisse).

  50. Marie Browne-Hartwell says:
    9 September, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    as requested am posting to be approved, I do not post much but once every 6 years or so I have something silly to say.

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