Halfling13 Hobbies

Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies

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  • FreeNAS Overhaul

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    Halfling13

    Over the weekend, I began to notice memory issues on my FreeNAS server which I use for many purposes, including hosting this site.  Initially, my thought was a hardware problem with the memory, but at this point, I am suspecting it was either a problem with the FreeNAS OS code, or potentially just a bug with my installation. However, before that conclusion, I also noticed that the latest version of FreeNAS, version 10, or what is being called FreeNAS Corral, had been released with a stable version.  I have been watching the development over the last many months, so was…

  • Rebel Fleet dispatched

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    Halfling13

    Its been a while, between house projects, travel, and other distractions, but I am going to try to get a game of Armada together with my son George on Friday.  If others from our gaming group are interested, perhaps turn it into a larger game.  But we haven’t had the time to play, though he has been asking repeatedly. For myself, I have a revised Rebel fleet, with some of my newer acquisitions.  No idea if it will be a solid plan or not, but the fleet is a bit light on the fighters, in order to strengthen the larger…

  • Kitchen remodel time lapse

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    Halfling13

    So, I had the intent during our recent project to film the entire effort, and then provide a time lapse video of the entire process.  The good news is that I collected a lot of footage, on the order of 100 GB of 720p video using my recently acquired camera.  The bad news is that the content is rather boring (even at high speed), and I did not take into account a number of basic issues.  Most notably is my clothing.  Although I can gloss over any self-confidence or body-image issues (I am not a model), I definitely need to…

  • Kitchen Remodel

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    Halfling13

    Missed my post yesterday, because I very simply was too tired, sore, and distracted to do so.  This weekend was our long planned kitchen remodel, in which we planned to replace the rest of the cabinets, fix a number of electrical concerns, and repaint the kitchen.  The theory was a 2 day project, which I knew was very optimistic, but I as always underestimated the level of physical effort.  We are not quite done, still a number of cosmetic additions to finish, but overall the kitchen is looking much better.

  • RPG gaming schedule

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    Halfling13

    No update this weekend for the Pathfinder game (we are about to start Chapter 3 of Rise of the Runelords), due to our efforts with the kitchen.  The next scheduled game is set for March 26 at 2 PM, where I hope to potentially be able to stream the session, but will definitely be able to capture a video of the game board and audio from the session. This coming weekend I have our alternative group, with our long-standing group, continuing the other Pathfinder campaign (WWII soldiers lost in time in a Pathfinder-setting). Sometime in between, I owe George a…

  • Less than satisfied with my camera

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    Halfling13

    So I received the video camera I had ordered a few days ago – if you recall, this was a bargain basement option, to provide the basic ability to video gaming, crafting, and other activities.  As such, I ordered the cheapest camcorder I could locate on Amazon, while still hoping to meet the various needs, the Seree HDV-515.

  • Trees!

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    Halfling13

    When you game, assuming you use a battlemat or tile system, how do you typically handle trees when the group is adventuring in a forest?  In my case, on a blank battlemat, I either draw a rough line to indicate the edge of the forest and define one side as clear, and the other as difficult, or simply declare the entire map forest.  I used to try to draw out the trees themselves, either with rough circles for the branch limits, or with large dots for the space of the trunks.  In general though, neither method really worked – it…

  • Video software

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    Halfling13

    After my post yesterday, I ended up spending a significant amount of time researching video editing software.  Certainly if I am going to start filming activities, projects, and games, I will need a means to efficiently process and edit, and post them for viewing.  Of course, since my website receives practically no traffic, I also don’t have a budget for any of the expensive but more common tools.