Category: Ramblings

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

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    Halfling13

    A couple days late, but still valid, as we welcome in the new year of 2022. Haven’t been posting much over the last couple of weeks mainly due to the holiday season, and a still busy work schedule. This last year was an interesting one, most of my content has become easier to produce and…

  • Nut Roll

    Nut Roll

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    Halfling13

    It always the holidays when the Nut Roll production begins. In a few hours, the house will be filled with the backing of the bread, and plenty of goodies will be added to the holiday treat list. Only a lucky few will receive one – each is a significant effort.

  • Schedule adjustments

    Schedule adjustments

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    Halfling13

    With the end of the football season, and various other conflicts, it looks like our upcoming game schedule is being disrupted more than a little. This coming weekend we have a potential birthday conflict, then Halloween interferes with the other game. I am working with the players to see what options we have for rescheduling…

  • Family Visit

    Family Visit

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    Halfling13

    Will be a bit distracted and absent for the next week or so, with a visit from my father. He lives quite a distance away, naturally isn’t as young as he used to be, and with recent Covid issues, has been unable to extensively travel. As such, we have not seen them in nearly two…

  • Workshop organization

    Workshop organization

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    Halfling13

    Shifting away from the gaming news to more of a home improvement topic, to show off some of the garage workshop improvements we have been working on. This also doubles as my location for the resin 3d printer, so it is sort of relevant. As is typical, when we moved in, the garage became a…

  • Raspberry Pi and Docker

    Raspberry Pi and Docker

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    Halfling13

    Over the years, I have played with and experimented with Virtual Machines in various forms, typically to run Ubuntu or Windows based systems. These were used for either game servers, web servers, file systems, or just for basic experimentation. Currently, I am running one which holds my Home Assistant instance, on an old Windows laptop,…

  • Home Assistant Automation – The Front door is open

    Home Assistant Automation – The Front door is open

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    Halfling13

    Digging into the code today, to document how I have our door sensors configured, in case this example is useful for anyone else. In our case, we have a set of door sensors (we use YoLink brand, but any Alexa-compatible will work) attached to various doors, including the front. These are configured thru their respective…

  • Home Assistant

    Home Assistant

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    Halfling13

    With our new home, I have been diving further and further into home automation, and learning the coding of Home Assistant along the way. Unfortunately, it has a bit of a learning curve, so its not for the casual user, but after a bit of effort (and a lot of youtube videos) I have started…