Category: Ramblings

  • The Wormwood sails again

    The Wormwood sails again

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    Halfling13

    It has been many years, but my model of The Wormwood finally had another use – as the centerpiece for our Cub Scout pirate-themed Crossover ceremony.  This is a paper-craft model I built several years ago, in preparation for the Pathfinder campaign, Skull and Shackles.  Unfortunately, the campaign died off after a bit into the…

  • Privacy

    Privacy

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    Halfling13

    On Friday, the site software notified me of an upgrade to WordPress, moving to 4.9.6, which as usual I installed.  As expected, the install was quick and painless, rarely ever any issues.  However, with the new update, there is now a new focus on Privacy Policies, no doubt a result of all of the recent…

  • Cancelled our Tabletop day

    Cancelled our Tabletop day

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    Halfling13

    This last weekend was our scheduled bi-weekly tabletop day, where we routinely play Zombicide, Star Wars Armada, Magic the Gathering or any of a number of other games.  Instead, we opted to cancel the games, and instead spend time with our respective Mom’s (or in my case, my wife).  As a family, we did end…

  • May the 4th (be with you)

    May the 4th (be with you)

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    Halfling13

    Today of course marks the Star Wars-geek holiday of May 4th, with the subtle pun on the well known Star Wars phrase.  Being a die-hard Star Wars fan since a young age, I do enjoy all things Star Wars.  However, I have over the last year or two rapidly developed a bit of ambivalence to…

  • Gaming group hangout

    Gaming group hangout

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    Halfling13

    Mentioned previously that I was looking into a dedicated space for our local gaming group, to avoid various other challenges including scheduling conflicts and location availability.  This would also have the advantage of a storage location for my every changing collection.  Unfortunately, I just don’t think that it is a practical solution, at least not…

  • Organization membership

    Organization membership

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    Halfling13

    Dabbling a bit with making our regular gaming group a more formalized organization, and setting up a membership site.  Haven’t really looking into subscription formats that much or membership dues, and software to manage and maintain, so its a bit of a learning curve for me.  The goal is to set up a system and…

  • Patreon update

    Patreon update

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    Halfling13

    For many months now, I have had an active Patreon account, which I am suspending for the time being.  Fundamentally, I like the idea, but I just don’t have enough interest in my content to actually receive any subscribers.  And honestly, I don’t generate enough content to actually justify a subscriber.  Perhaps in the future,…

  • Fun with Facebook

    Fun with Facebook

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    Halfling13

    Apparently something changed in my configuration, and my linked post to Facebook yesterday changed the site url from http to https.  This of course led to a warning when that link was followed, that the certificate was invalid (since I have no SSL configured), rather than opening the site directly.  For various reasons, it is…