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In my continuing quest to fine tune my home computer network, I am tackling another reorganization. Currently, this website and some other functionality is residing on an Oracle VM Virtual Box configuration, running several virtual machines which each in turn run Ubuntu. It dawned on me, that the same computer which runs the virtual box app, could be reloaded directly with Ubuntu instead, and simply run the same applications natively – ie, there is no real need for isolated and independent OS installs, and the core Windows OS on the system doesn’t really gain anything except for patch reboots and…
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As previously posted, I run much of my home network (and this website) on a FreeNAS server, currently running version 9 after a recent downgrade from the failed version 10 release. Recently, FreeNAS 11 was released as a stable version, so I have been eager to upgrade to the new functionality – but hesitant due to the prior problems with 10. With my work travel plans disrupted this week, and the kids off at Cub Scout day camp, I found I had a lot of spare time, so I gambled and took the plunge. Fortunately there is a direct upgrade…
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So there has been a noticeable drop in posting activity over the last couple of weeks, primarily because I spent the last couple of weeks with the family on vacation in Florida. We spent the first part visiting Disney World, and the second half with the kids on a cruise with the grandparents, and my wife and I hanging out on the beach. Not really being much of a beach fan myself, it didn’t do much for me, but it was nice to forget about work for a couple of weeks. The rest of the family of course really enjoyed…
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As mentioned previously, I am on vacation this week with my family, enjoying a bit of down time from work. I specifically informed the office that my vacation plans involved a “region in which cell phones cease to function” – thus don’t call and expect any response. As a result, the week has been very quiet from work. As we prepare to leave and head out, of course the weather has turned from solid rain to a very pleasant evening, as it tends to do on the final days of a vacation. But as a result, the pictures of the…
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Its taken quite a bit, but I finally managed to edit and finish the game video from our last session. During this game, the group continues to explore Fort Rannick, searching for the leader of the ogres, in an attempt to defeat the brutes. All the while, they are trying to avoid major conflict and discovery by the ogres, who so successfully had defeated the Black Arrow rangers.
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Posts for the next couple of weeks may be a bit more sporadic, as I am finally taking some time off from work and my schedule for a vacation. I will still be trying to post, or at least pre-post, but I honestly am going to try to think about computers as little as possible. I have finished the latest round of Pathfinder gameplay, the video is currently rendering before I can upload to YouTube. But I expect that will be published either tonight or tomorrow. Which is good, since our next game may be delayed again as well, meaning…
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Apparently my recent rebuild also lost my twitter link, so recent posts had not been auto-posting to Twitter. Seeing if that is working correctly now (fingers crossed).
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Its taken a while with recent distractions, but I finally managed to finishing editing for content length the latest gaming video of our Rise of the Runelords game. Still need to do another pass for graphic additions and perhaps sound, but almost there. As a result though, today’s post was running a bit late – I wanted to get the computer rendering before I got distracted, so that I could work on the final steps tomorrow and actually publish.
Halfling13 Hobbies
Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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