Category: Ramblings

  • Short Lived Instagram

    Short Lived Instagram

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    Halfling13

    So after more testing, seems the plugin for WordPress to auto-publish to Instagram isn’t functional, at least for me. Perhaps Instagram doesn’t like the connection, or I have some site conflict with the plugin, but after several attempts, I was unable to configure it to work. As such, the two streams will continue to co-exist,…

  • Instagram

    Instagram

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    Halfling13

    Attempting to coordinate an Instagram link from this site, assuming I can get the plugins to function properly. This would provide another avenue to follow and participate, and allow me to start utilizing the alternate site. Still not sure how exactly it will play into my current strategies, but Instagram at least helps me share…

  • Comments

    Comments

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    Halfling13

    On the website, I am trying to encourage more comments and discussion, so for at least a time, I am going to disable the requirement to list an email address and name. Comments still have to be approved (to avoid spammers), and the auto-blocking tools are still in place (again, for spamming), but perhaps this…

  • Disaster Recovery

    Disaster Recovery

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    Halfling13

    Alternating between minimal time, and way too much time waiting this week, with a work-related Disaster Recovery drill. For the company that I work a “real” job for, we perform an annual Disaster Recovery exercise. Basically, we pretend that one of the data centers has been destroyed and no longer available, and attempt to restore…

  • Editing ahead of schedule

    Editing ahead of schedule

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    Halfling13

    Thanks to the templates I have created over the last few episodes, my editing this week is actually ahead of schedule. Having said that, I am of course going to lose ground this weekend again, partially since I simply said I was ahead, and partly due to pre-planned events. In particular, we have a busy…

  • Site cleanup

    Site cleanup

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    Halfling13

    Republishing my Patreon page got me motivated to do a bit of site cleanup. As a result, I cleaned out some old links that were simply not being used – no more Instagram or Twitch. If I ended up deciding to use those in the future, I can always re-add. What little content I have…

  • Patreon reactivated

    Patreon reactivated

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    Halfling13

    Years ago, I attempted to get a Patreon page started and running, to help fund these activities. Of course, with my small audience, it never really gained any momentum. Honestly, I never really produced enough content to justify any interest anyway – so it wasn’t much of a surprise. At this stage, I believe the…

  • FreeNAS

    FreeNAS

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    Halfling13

    Been a while since I posted anything about my home server, but ended up having to a handle a distraction of the last day. Late last night, my home server decided to inform me that the boot drive was failing (a USB drive). After a reboot to validate, several of the applications ended up failing…