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Kickout Netflix With A Homelab
Whether it's because you need a new hobby, you are a DIY guru, or you just don't like big media companies all up in your business, you should consider a homelab.
May This Week's Midwest Weather Be a Wake Up Call 🌪️
I moved back to the Midwest three months ago, and it has been non-stop battering of thunderstorms and tornadoes. This past week has been the worst with a land hurricane AKA a derecho hitting the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana areas.
Jungle Jim's: Ohio's Hidden Grocery Amusement Park
Despite the incredible amount of information on the web, it's still amazing to come across something you didn't know about.
Thinking About Folk Traditions
Like a lot of people, I'm a bit wary of AI. Which has caused me to be greatly wary of the future. Which has pushed me into thinking about folk traditions.
I Love Fighting Games (Not Playing Them)
I bought Smash Bros, Tekken, Street Fighter, Skullgirls, and a joystick at the beginning of Lockdown. I was sure FGC (fight game community) was going to be where I made my home in my late thirties.
Here Comes Sickness
I was working on plans for the next theme week but unfortunately sickness has reared it's ugly head. So I'm going to post cool stuff I see online in between coughing my lungs out.
Cyberdeck Week: Final Thoughts
Well, it's been a fun week of exploring my interest in cyberdecks*. More fun to consider the cultural conversation they are soliciting.
Cyberdeck Week: The Antidote to Modern Living
My plan for this week was to dive into cyberdecks to explore as a hobby. Or see if this is just a short lived hyper-fixation that I can use to fuel my writing endeavors. What I discovered was cyberdecks as a commentary on our relationship with technology.
Cyberdeck Week: What I Love About Them
The trend of cyberdecks may feel a bit eye-rolly for anyone judging the power of the computer*. Maybe that's not what it's about. Maybe the cyberdeck is a modern folk craft. It stems from a mix of older practices* and modern folklore*. Like a lot of folk crafting, there's no need to make your own. Yet we do.
Cyberdeck Week: A Smaller, Stranger Internet
What if cyberdecks could build a smaller, stranger internet?
Cyberdeck Week: What's a Writerdeck?
Let's talk about the writerdeck. The limited but focused cousin of the cyberdeck or would it be sibling? Maybe clone? It's pretty much a cyberdeck but just for writing.
Cyberdeck Week: What I Hate About Them
Let's start off with what I don't like about cyberdecks. They are worse computers. Let's face it, they are. "Well," you say, "Cyberdecks get you out of the Apple/Windows environment, freeing you up!"
Cyberdeck Week: Kickoff & Initial Thoughts
Day one of cyberdeck week.
WWI Poems Read By British Actors
I never got poetry growing up. I understood it more as a clutter of words. Like an abstract painting. The rhythm, cadence, and rhyme was intellectual. I knew they were there but I didn't feel anything reading poems.
Dial 555 for John Early & Kate Berlant
John Early is someone that makes me stop and pay attention. I don't always get it but his acting feels like an abstract painting. Which I don't always get those but I always pay attention.
Hello, Twee, My Old Friend
I love Beat Happening.
Matthew McConaughey, Youtuber
Alright alright allllll righty then.
ARC Raiders Is For Softies
I'm a softie.
What If I Became a Junk Man?
I've been thinking about collecting lately. It's been a while since I've had a serious collection of any kind. I say serious but I was never precious about the things I collected. Comics, toys, books, video games. I just kinda collected things that I found interesting. The collections mostly made sense to me. And I used everything.
All Stretching for Old Men
The great thing about being an aging Millennial man is having access to information that my father, papaw, and forefathers didn't have. The bad thing about being an aging Millennial is having access to information that my father, papaw, and forefathers didn't have, because it means I don't have any excuse to not do the things I need to do!