{"id":2450,"date":"2022-08-05T15:06:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2022-08-05T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:06:59","slug":"what-i-did-on-my-mid-summer-vacation-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/what-i-did-on-my-mid-summer-vacation-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Did on My Mid-Summer Vacation: Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If I had a late start yesterday, I was even more delayed on the third day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, I was informed that “the family” had decided that they wanted ad-blocking turned back on on the pfSense firewall<\/a>. I was told to turn this off several months ago. Of course, nothing is ever easy and when I enabled pfblockerng<\/a>, the CPU shot to 100%. Eventually, I found that this was an unpatched bug and the fix was fairly straight-forward. I then started the art of balancing resource impact and feature turn-on. We now have very few ads showing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, I was asked to install the desktop to Calin’s new fold-down desk in his bedroom. Gladly done. The kid is loving it for both stop-motion animation and as his battle station for gaming with his buddy in Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fold-down desk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is a small Cape-style house, so we need to be creative with our use of space. This is a full 4′ x 2′ desk, but it folds down to stand only 3\/4″ off the wall when not in use. Lots of ideas from watching shows about RV living. The father of our next-door neighbor, who has been in the house her entire life, had installed a million tweaks, like custom drawers in the walls, to maximize the space in the house. Jenny, Calin, and I are cramped just with the three of us, but the next-door folks had at least five people living in that house, which is the same exact as ours!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, this landed in the driveway, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No ads on our Internet, but our driveway is another story…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am now convinced that one should order one of these every five years and just pitch all the crap that has collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, being now Monday, I called Lowe’s Customer Support, which gave me an unconvincing assurance that the shed will be delivered on Wednesday the 3rd…between 8AM and 8PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spent the rest of the day loading all of the old shed remains into the dumpster, which was quite a bit more work than I expected. Yes, every part of my body was in pain by this point, but as I mentioned to Jenny at the end of the day, things that seemed heavy a few days ago, no longer seem heavy now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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