Game Master’s advice

[Vox Arcana] #31 Tone, Atmosphere, and Music
http://podplayer.net/?id=58544794 via @PodcastAddict

Upcycled cedar shutters

Nesting dice trays

I’ve been making nesting dice trays as one of my latest projects.

Apply ZFS driver settings without reboot

Apply your modprobe.d values without rebooting:

egrep -v '^#|^\s*$' zfs.conf \
| while read L; do
   M=($L)
   N=${M[2]}
   P=(${N/=/ })
   echo "${P[1]}" > /sys/module/zfs/parameters/${P[0]}
done

#zfs #linux #bash

Ubuntu 18.04 Netplan!

This was unexpected, but I think I’m coping well. These are my notes on configuring netplan networking on my Ubuntu 18.04 server.

systemctl disable NetworkManager.service NetworkManager-wait-online.service
systemctl mask NetworkManager-wait-online.service
systemctl daemon-reload
apt install bridge-utils -y

edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-net.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", ATTR{address}=="c8:70:00:9f:d7:72", NAME="eth0"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", ATTR{address}=="00:e2:ed:17:09:60", NAME="eth1"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", ATTR{address}=="00:e2:ed:17:09:61", NAME="eth2"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", ATTR{address}=="00:e2:ed:17:09:62", NAME="eth3"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", ATTR{address}=="00:e2:ed:17:09:63", NAME="eth4"

edit /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml

  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    eth0:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
    eth1:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
    eth2:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
    eth3:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
    eth4:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
  bridges:
    br0:
      dhcp4: yes
      dhcp6: no
      interfaces:
         - eth0
      routes:
         -  to: 192.168.100.0/24
            via: 192.168.45.3
            on-link: true
    br1:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
      addresses: [10.45.0.1/24]
      interfaces:
         - eth1
    br2:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
      addresses: [10.45.1.1/24]
      interfaces:
         - eth2
    br3:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
      addresses: [10.45.2.1/24]
      interfaces:
         - eth3
    br4:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
      addresses: [10.45.3.1/24]
      interfaces:
         - eth4

sudo netplan generate
sudo netplan apply
reboot

Without my eth1-eth4 devices plugged into a switch, rebooting takes forever.

Standing Workstation

This has been the most intricate thing I’ve built. I learned quite a bit about carpentry in the process.

Deep Below, Another Foe: Githyanki

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[This post is never going to get updated, so here’s a bit of lore from last season.]

Millennia ago, a great many of crusades were led by the first angels against demon kind. While these crusade were mostly futile (as truly destroying demons is challenging), many other creatures were caught in this divine wake. Included were the astral Titan Mendacium Obvium. Obvium was the Titan of lying, deception, and selfishness. He tricked fleeing demons into believing that he was an Archdemon, offering them protection in exchange for servitude. Unfortunately for him, this also attracted the attention of the divine crusaders, who soon marked him as a foe.

Astral Titans are incredibly powerful. They are most easily compared to demigods: not invincible, and certainly not all-powerful… but still a force to be reckoned with. Cliche phrase: describe the capability it actually matches.

The Angels took decades to hunt Obvium down. It took months of battle to kill him.

Describe the angel’s successful technique.

Many dead angels were left behind in the aftermath of his death, and one of them was Araqueil.

For being holy, why would they disrespect or disavow their dead?

Araqueil was a captain of the angelic forces.

Please introduce Araraquiel before his death. He was instrumental.

He dealt one of the final blows to Obvium, dealt from within his body, for Astral Titans are truly Gargantuan. Araquiel was left for dead inside the carcass of the Titan, and he himself believed he was dead, at least at first.

(D&D) Fall 2018 Schedule

barrel-head We will meet downstairs in the Library and meditation rooms. Possibly meeting in the I street hallway if the Library is scheduled. We’re pretty easy to find. Dates are subject to change, please bookmark this post.

Sept 2nd
Sep 9
Sep 16
Oct 7
Oct 14
Oct 21
Nov 4
Nov 11
Nov 18
Dec 2
Dec 9
Dec 16

Please bring lunch and your character sheets. If you do not update your character sheets at home, leave them with Jed in the red folder.

Don’t see this too often

This was a … memory error … caused by overclocking?

centos-crash

Table Saw Maintenance

These wheels will save my back. Made out of a 2×6 and 6in wheels with 6in iron rods as axles.

Making the wooden brackets was fun. They could be more secure, but I didn’t have time to snip up some nail plate and dig up small sheet metal screws.

The more frustrating part of this saw is that the bevel alignment is the weakest part. The BPS15 model has a really weak attachment between the bevel handle and the pinion gear. I drilled opposing holes through the back of the knob and screwed it in place.

Next the bevel adjustment bolts to make 0 and 45 angles correct are also kind of a joke. You loosen them and it actually just frees part if the saw bracing from the housing. I would really rather have seen a better mechanism, like an offset screw. Crappy.