Matt's Blog
Matt's Blog
Matthew Weber
Matt is a writer, historian, and a YouTuber. He is also a voracious reader and consumer of media. On this blog, he talks about books, life, politics, and technology. It’s a place to ramble.
Latest Posts
So yesterday, I wrote about my home lab fiasco. I’ve managed to get some things set back up now, but it’s time for the report of what all I lost because of my poor backup habits. First, I was able to salvage my RSS feeds and my Linkding...
I thought I learned this lesson years ago, but apparently not. I have a small homelab. It is just Proxmox on an old HP workstation that has way more memory and CPU power than I really need. I love it, though, and it has been fun to...
A few days ago, JCPROBABLY wrote this post about finding and maintaining friendships as an adult. I found this blog post amazing and very insightful. It also made me think about the status of my own friendships. The truth is, in the real...
I’ve been writing a lot about blogging during Blaugust, but I’m fascinated by the whys and hows of why people write and read blogs. Back when Blaugust first started, I wrote about how I subscribed to every Blaugust participant’s RSS...
I’ve seen several people, including myself, talk about not having something to blog about. When we undertake these blogging challenges, we often suffer from the idea that every blog post needs to be “epic,” or perhaps “revolutionary.”...
In 2020, which seems like forever ago, I set out on a quest to type faster. I chose to do this for several reasons. First, I worked at the time as a writer, so typing faster meant I could get my assignments done more quickly. Second, it...
We’re just over half way through Blaugust, and I haven’t written anything for today’s post. I’ll be honest, I got nothin’. I have an idea for tomorrow, but have no interest in writing it today. So, instead, I’m just going to say hello....
I don’t talk about my health much. My mental health, sure. I’m a shrink’s best customer. You know, if I’d ever go to a shrink. But my actual physical health? I stay away from that as much as possible. It’s private. And while I am an...
So one of the posts that caught my attention during this Blaugust, was this one by Why I Game. In that post, one line really got to me: There’s just a craving to be heard. To be read. To be seen. This really resonates with me. One of the...
If you’d asked be six months ago, I’d tell you I’ve been creating things for 20 years. Between being a professional writer and then a YouTuber, I create things all the time. But, lately, I’ve been feeling otherwise. I don’t write anymore...
So, since I’ve started scrobbling my music (after I created the /now page), I’ve been on a bit of a music discovery kick. Tonight I was looking through country music playlists, and found one called “Classic Country”. Now, for me, Classic...
Sometimes I think I have more fun scripting for my blog than I do actually blogging. But that’s okay. As long as I’m being creative and getting my brain working, it all works out. Or at least, that’s what I tell myself. A few days ago, I...
If you’ve followed me over the last few months as I’ve worked to fill this blog with content, you’ll know that I’ve struggled with adding a comment system. I wrote two blog posts about it, maybe more. My struggle wasn’t whether to have...
I wrote a few days ago how I took a bet to use Emacs. I wrote that a few days after starting, and now it’s been a full week. It has been an adventure. First off, let me tell you that my Emacs config is well over 500 lines long. There...
So, usually I don’t mock people for being creative. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there with something you’ve made. I do it all the time, so I know how much doing so can actually cost you. But today, I have to rant about...