I don't see a constant update in the Daemon...if I enter the "show_hr" I'll start getting a running list of the hashrate but nothing about blocks. Is that normal?
Use set_log 1 thru 4 with 4 providing more data. To stop logging type set_log 0
You can set the level of process detailization* through "set_log " command*, where is between 0 (no details) and 4 (very verbose).