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
I relate so much to this post by Musings of a Tangled Mind. every single night, without fail, I set 27 alarms on my phone for the next morning — each one five minutes apart — convinced that this time I’ll wake up on the first one. I...
I don’t know what I’m doing when it comes to music. I currently have subscriptions to (though admittedly a couple of them are free trials): Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, YouTube Music, Amazon Prime Music, Plex, Deezer, and I’m sure there...
For the longest time, I wanted speakers for my desk setup. I used to have this crappy set of Logitech computer speakers, but they burnt out long ago. For years after that happened, I used a good quality set of headphones at my desktop...
I am not as confident driving as I once was. I work from home, so I don’t go out as much as I used to. I’ve talked about this a little either in a post here or on the podcast, but I just don’t feel like I’m as good a driver as I once...
I’m not a self-reflective type person. I never really have been. I have aspired to be so at times during my life – usually during times where I’m dissatisfied with the direction things are going. But it’s never really been something I’m...
So, I’ve been doing this blogging thing for a few months now, and now that I have the transition to Hugo done and the theme sorted out, and comments (see below!) sorted out, it’s time to make the process of blogging easier. The first...
In my never ending quest to track all things, I’ve been looking into ways of gathering even more data about my day, my habits, and my workflow. I’ve been keeping a to do list for years (using Todoist), but it doesn’t do so much with...
I really didn’t expect my transition to Hugo from Ghost to be so difficult. Let me be clear, the moving over wasn’t really that hard. With a some python work, it was easy enough to get my Ghost posts here to Hugo. There were a few bumps,...
A week ago, I made a post talking about my note-taking problem. In that post, I talked about the mess that my note-taking solution has been over the last couple of years. Then I talked about how the solution I came up with was Obsidian...
So, you might notice something a bit changed around here. For the last several months, I’ve been using Ghost since April, and I’ve liked it. It is very robust, has lots of features, and is very easy to use and maintain. It is also very...
Over on my blog for The Linux Cast, I recently wrote about AntennaPod, my new favorite way to listen to podcasts. Not only is it awesome, but it’s open-source. When I was done writing that post, I thought it would be appropriate to talk...
Many people have been writing about their blogging workflow, so I thought I’d add mine to the mix as well. I’ll be honest, when I saw this trend, I didn’t think much of it. I mean, workflow? For blogging? Do we not all just sit down and...
Over on The Linux Cast, I talk a lot about note-taking programs. It has become a bit of a meme, really. “Oh, there goes Matt again, talking about a note-taking app.” For years, Google Keep was my note-taking app of choice. Well, not...
Let’s be clear, my handwriting has always been messy. My fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Longstreth was so up in arms about my chicken scratch being unreadable, that she had a meeting with my mother. Needless to say, I spent the rest of that...
You know, as a YouTuber, I get told countless things. One of the things that surprises many people is my age. People are shocked that I’m not like 25 years old. Maybe I act young. Or perhaps, I have a fat baby face. 🤣 But, I am, in fact,...