One cold winter, my gas furnace stopped working and the part that broke was destroyed beyond any temporary repair. Of course this happened on a Friday evening and I had to wait until the following Monday to make a service appointment. Luckily, someone was able to be dispatched that day to get things working again. […]
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In early 2017, I started playing with home automation. At the time, (and still to this day), a major goal has been to create an automation environment that did not need any sort of Internet connectivity to work, and was based on something that appeared to have a decent-sized community behind it hopefully leading to
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Quick Stats Time Played: 53 hours, 47 minutes (two playthroughs)Difficulty Played: NormalAmount Completed: Finished the main game, but did not get all achievementsPlatform: Windows PC with an XBOX controllerPlan to 100%: Probably not Citizen Sleeper 2 is not an easy game for me to describe. It is heavily story-driven and in one sense is akin
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The first time I made this recipe, I liked it so much that I immediately put it into my meal plan for the next week. The combination of warm, earthy flavors, citric acid, and the crispness of the cucumbers and parsley really work well together in my view. Of course, you may adjust the toppings
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I ran across this recipe in my YouTube feed and it peaked my interest. I only had in inkling that I may have cooked spaghetti squash at some point, but had no solid memory of doing so. And I definitely do not have any memory of consuming spaghetti squash at a restaurant or elsewhere. Therefore,
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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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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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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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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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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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