Category: Ramblings

  • Gencon

    Gencon

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    Halfling13

    Sadly, thanks to ongoing Covid concerns, Gencon has announced the cancellation of the 2020 convention. Although this no longer directly impacts our local gaming group (we had previously cancelled), I am sure this is disappointing for many who had still held out hope. No doubt it will be a major impact to the Indianapolis tourist…

  • Life changes

    Life changes

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    Halfling13

    So after a long waiting and preparation period, we are finally moving forward with plans to relocate to a new home. For this round, we are opting to build, in a location admittedly only a few blocks away from our current location – but it will cause a lot of disruption over the next 6…

  • Gencon 2020

    Gencon 2020

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    Halfling13

    With regret, we ended up cancelling our group plans for Gencon 2020 this year, thanks to ongoing concerns over Covid. Although the state of Indiana and the Gencon organization has not officially cancelled the event, we felt it was prudent to make alternate plans. Best case projects are aiming for a mid-May “restart” to various…

  • FreeNAS updates

    FreeNAS updates

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    Halfling13

    I haven’t posted about my media server and file server in a long time, which is an indication of just how out of date the current software is. In truth, it has been running fine, so there was little reason to upgrade. And the last time I tried a major update, everything crashed and had…

  • Home improvements

    Home improvements

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    Halfling13

    Enjoying a week off of work, to get some projects done around the house and spend time with the family. So far, most of the work has been in the backyard, cleaning up the weeds and bushes that have grown out of control, and re-applying mulch to large areas. Most of the work is unfortunately…

  • Vacation time

    Vacation time

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    Halfling13

    Well before this Covid-19 pandemic, this weekend was scheduled to be a bit of a break from work. The wife and older son were going to be in Florida at Disney, and my younger son had our own plans. I had planned for next week to be a vacation from work, to get several projects…

  • Movie Night

    Movie Night

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    Halfling13

    With the excitement of Covid, I am working to provide a small distraction, and decided to start streaming movies thru Discord each night. The Discord instance is open for anyone who cares to join in, though I make no claims about the age-appropriateness of any movies. Each day, I will post the planned movie for…

  • Suspended Travel

    Suspended Travel

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    Halfling13

    Thanks to ongoing Coronavirus concerns, work has decided to suspend all non-critical travel for the foreseeable future. The good news is that I no longer have to travel to Toledo frequently, the bad news is the outbreak continues to cause escalating disruptions. This may give me more time for hobby efforts, at least until we…