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3d Printer arrived, assembled, tested. A little bit of adjustments (the z-axis wasn’t aligned properly), and another print. And after several hours of watching the machine run, I have my first completed and solid model. Was a bit of a surprise that it turned out the be an elephant (the sample models were unlabeled), but cute either way. The next morning, the printer was installed in its long term home, and after a bit of additional fine tuning, I have started on the first real project – creating an addon that adds leveling feet to the metal case and a…
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It has been many months, but I have finally managed to publish another of our gaming sessions. Assuming YouTube scheduler works, the video should be live by the time this post is published, and the Podcast version should be online as well. It has been many months since I finished a session, and this one had its set of challenges. Not the least of which is that I am now using Adobe Premier Pro, which is a significant change from Davinci Recode, although the basic process is the same. As part of this transition, I also re-organized all my sources…
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I have decided it is about time that I dive into the 3d printing arena, and finally pick a printer up. Since Christmas, I have been hording my amazon gift certificates, originally with the plan of purchasing a widescreen high-end computer monitor, for about $600. However, that goal is rather far away, and the money is burning a huge hole in my pocket. Plus, my wife legitimately pointed out that I don’t really need a monitor that costs more than our TVs (or the computer itself). Would be very pretty, but as soon as I buy it, I am sure…
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Finally digging into my backlog of gaming videos and podcasts, in an effort to get back into the process. Managed to get thru about a third of the latest Runelords sessions, which sadly isn’t very much actual content (though a lot of raw footage). Trying a different approach this time, with zooming in on the section of the video with the actual action, rather than showing a lot of empty space. Given how the camera is much better in quality overall, this hopefully will still be reasonable in detail, and help to focus in on the relevant pieces. Still need…
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A popular game with my family has been Ark: Survival Evolved, a multi-player dinosaur themed survival game that we have played since well before its official release. Over the last couple of years, we have switched back and forth between a few different server options, sometimes trying to host the custom server ourselves, and sometimes subscribing to various “professional” services. However, each solution has had its problems, and I can’t say that we have an ideal combination.
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We continue to progress on the Rise of the Runelords campaign, though I am many sessions behind on the videos and podcasts. The biggest challenge at this though seems to be the slow crawl of progression – between a complex high-level game (the characters are level 11 now), and a very large group of 10 players, our 5 hour gaming sessions seem to make very little progress. This last round, we conducted a single combat, and barely started a second. Admittedly the second combat was finished, but more due to group creativity removing the foe from any interaction than any…
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Skipping my bi-weekly routine of painting zombies, quite simply because I have been unable to properly prime a new set of walkers. The weather has been very cold, but more importantly either wet or snowy, or both, and I have no inside spot to use spray paint. As such, I have to a wait for a dry couple of days, and ideally a bit of warmth, before I can prep the last of the Black Plague set. Which is putting me behind schedule, because I now have Wolfsburg wolves to do as well.
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Running a bit late today, so posting late. Been distracted, running into issues with my long-term go-to for remote management, Teamviewer. While trying to update various computers around the house, I started encountering a 5-minute time limit, apparently due to concerns I might be using the software for business purposes. Although I do not use it for business, I fully admit that my particular household has probably a lot more computers that a typical home owner. As such, I don’t really blame them for the restrictions. However, it doesn’t help me with my current needs, so after a bit of…
Halfling13 Hobbies
Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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