I am a big fan of technology and making it work for me–to make my life more efficient and enriched. Here you will find information about how I have designed and implemented various technologies in my life, why I chose certain things or moved from one technology to another, and general technology-related thoughts.
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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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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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 Paper Mario and the Thousand-Year Door (2024 remake). This is a role-playing game with turn-based combat. The characters are depicted as flat and made of paper, which allows them to
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I have used a number of different backup and high-availability (HA) strategies over the years. These have gotten rather complex especially on the HA side. Therefore, for 2024, I decided to move away from HA and simplify the network. I also reviewed what I was backing up in order to further streamline the backup process
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A detailed explanation of what a virtual private network (VPN) provides and how I use it may be found in Home Private Network (VPN) – 2021 edition. My goals for a VPN have not changed since then, but the technology used to implement it has. This change was made because unRAID, the platform I use
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I have found that running the exhaust fan in the bathroom drastically reduces the amount of discoloration of grout lines. When consistently using the fan when taking a shower and letting it continue to run for a while afterword, my need to scrub grout lines went from every couple of weeks to almost never. The
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