WordPress MU

Does anyone know what ever happened to this plugin? I can't get it work after recent jump from 2.7.1 to 2.8.6

<?php
/*
* Plugin Name: WPMU Blog Defaults
* Plugin URI: http://paidtoblog.com
* Description: Change the default options for WPMU and new blogs automagically
* Version: 1.0.2
* Author URI: MrBrian
*/

//------------------------------------------------------------------------//
//---Change the permalink structure & default category------------------//
//------------------------------------------------------------------------//

function change_newblog_defaults( $blog_id, $user_id )
{
    global $wpdb, $current_site, $wp_rewrite;
    //--change permalink structure
    switch_to_blog($blog_id);
    $permalink_structure = '/%category%/%postname%/';
    $wp_rewrite->set_permalink_structure($permalink_structure);
    $wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
    $wpdb->query( "UPDATE {$wpdb->terms} SET name = 'My Projects', slug = 'my-projects' WHERE term_id = 1" );
    //--end
}
add_action( 'wpmu_new_blog', 'change_newblog_defaults' );

//------------------------------------------------------------------------//
//---Change default widgets------------------------------------------//
//------------------------------------------------------------------------//
//This activates the given widgets in sidebar-1 and -2. You need to know the internal names of the widgets//

 function new_blogs_setting( $blog_id )  {

    	add_option( 'widget_categories',
		array( 'title' => 'Projects' ));

   	add_option("sidebars_widgets",
		array("sidebar-2" => array("Sidebar Login", "links", "pages", "categories", "Blog Topics")));

}
add_action('populate_options', 'new_blogs_setting');
?>