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Hello, my name is Karyl F. Stein and this is my website–a place to collect artifacts related to my family and interests. Family and friends may enjoy the journal entries. Perhaps some will wonder how I prepared a certain meal and look up the recipe. Searches for technical setup or configuration help may lead to one of my articles. Others may wonder how they got to this site and quickly run away! Whatever your reason for being here you are welcome and I hope that you find something interesting or useful within these pages.

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  • Gaming PC – 2024 Edition

    Gaming PC – 2024 Edition

    In 2022, I decided to build a “gaming PC”. While I had a Super Nintendo and later an original PlayStation one, I grew up playing video games at home using a keyboard and mouse on a PC, (or a joystick on the Commodore 64). However, ever since my kids and their friends got into video […]

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  • Now Playing: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

    Now Playing: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

    A “Now Playing” article is a quick snapshot and thoughts on a game that I am currently playing. In this case, I am looking at The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. This is an action-adventure game with strong puzzle elements. It is mostly a top-down, 2.5D environment, but also seamlessly switches to some 2D […]

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  • Now Playing: LEGO Horizon Adventures

    Now Playing: LEGO Horizon Adventures

    A “Now Playing” article is a quick snapshot and thoughts on a game that I am currently playing. In this case, I am looking at LEGO Horizon Adventures. This is a 3rd person action-adventure game. The characters, environments, and other things are depicted as being made of LEGOs. Some things around you can be destroyed, […]

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  • Finished: Dungeons of Hinterberg

    Finished: Dungeons of Hinterberg

    Dungeons of Hinterberg is a 3D third-person action / adventure role playing game (RPG). The art style is what I would call “Sunday Comics” in a newspaper. It plays like a Japanese RPG (JRPG) in that a single day in-game consists of three sections: morning, noon, and evening. The morning is usually dialog followed by […]

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  • Controlling the Entertainment Center – 2024 Edition

    Controlling the Entertainment Center – 2024 Edition

    My home entertainment center consists of several devices that work in concert to provide an audio and visual experience. Just watching a YouTube video on the “big screen” requires that multiple things have to happen. First, the TV (display) has to be turned on and set to receive video from a certain input. Next, the […]

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