Category: Ramblings

  • The house has begun

    The house has begun

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    Halfling13

    After many weeks, months (and years) waiting, the actual build of the new home has begun with the ground breaking. This was delayed from last week due to some apparent challenges with the utilities (who measured and placed the utility box in the middle of the future driveway). That hurdle was finally cleared, which allowed…

  • Pi-Hole

    Pi-Hole

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    Halfling13

    In preparation for the new home, and my plans to improve overall the new networking, I have implemented a virtual server running Pi-Hole. Functionally, Pi-Hole is a software tool that attempts to block all advertisements, similar to a web browser adblocker, except it can be used to block all traffic from all devices on the…

  • Relocation update

    Relocation update

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    Halfling13

    Its been a while since my site has had any activity, primarily because I have been fairly heavily distracted by outside issues. In order to try to correct that, I am going to try again to establish a routine, and post updates on various factors. Likely, this will be less gaming related and more real-life…

  • Ethernet over power

    Ethernet over power

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    Halfling13

    As a temporary measure, while the new house is being built, we are living with the inlaws. Although this brings its share of pros and cons, one of the larger impacts has been internet and network connectivity. Between my day job and various hobbies, I utilize quite a bit of internet bandwidth, and our home…

  • House update

    House update

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    Halfling13

    Continuing the process of selling and relocating, we passed another major milestone. With the results of the house inspection, we have settled on and agreed with the buyer on the level of repairs and/or compensation required. The final step is now the formal bank appraisal of the house (which is not really an area of…

  • House is sold

    House is sold

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    Halfling13

    The process moved fast, with only 2 days on the market we received and accepted an offer for the old house. Officially, we haven’t closed, but it is now “under contract” and pending. We have inspections and then likely final negotiations, but if all goes well, by July 10 the old place will be a…

  • The inbetween times

    The inbetween times

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    Halfling13

    I haven’t posted in a while, but there have been numerous changes. Most importantly, we managed to clear out the old house, pack everything away, and complete necessary repairs and projects. The house is now on the market, and with the current home sales environment, rather active. On the destination, we have finalized our options…

  • Minimal Updates

    Minimal Updates

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    Halfling13

    As our housing plans go into high gear, the number of updates will continue to drop temporarily. This is partially due to far too many things going on, as well as basic lack of availability of computers. Over the next few weeks, there will be a lot of changes on our home front, then a…