Wow. This tale and these videos keep getting better. Ren - Vincent’s Tale - Starry Night.
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Apparently, Digg is back.
New Ren dropped: Vincent’s Tale - The Bedroom.
MTV Rewind is pretty amazing. It would be pretty cool to integrate something like this into my Channels setup.
If you look at my YouTube algorithm, you’d see Computer Chronicles videos popping up all the time. Great time capsules. Stewart Cheifet has passed. This is sad.
Starting a new blog with longer posts about my experimentation with self-hosting, open source, gaming, Linux, gadgets, and general technology. Welcome to my Home Lab. Feel free to subscribe if you’re at all interested.
Installed Immich on a PikaPod as a backup for all my photos. The downside to being in the Apple ecosystem is what could happen if something goes wrong.
Ethan Hawke’s best performance of his already great career. Watched: Blue Moon 🍿
I never knew I needed a Cake Christmas album until I saw this ‘Twas the Distance parody.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 →
Updated the firmware on my Meshtastic radio today. New firmware is nice and updating the Heltec v3 was a breeze. I’m hearing the v4 firmware updates are a pain.
Picked up a Dream Router 7 during the Black Friday sale. So far, I love this thing. So much geeky stuff to play with. Also upgraded the OS on my Pi Hole and set it up from scratch. Set up conditional forwarding so I can get device names too. Last step was setting up Tailscale to use the Pi Hole too.
I was excited to see the Taildrop feature in Tailscale until I saw that you have to use the command line on Linux to use it. I’ll stick with LocalSend until Tailscale develops a GUI for Linux (it may never happen).
Watching: Die My Love 🍿
This cover of Alabama Shakes’ Hold On by The Big Push is so good.
I wish my local NPR station, St. Louis Public Radio, would add RSS feeds for their news articles.
Currently reading: Only God Can Judge Me by Jeff Pearlman 📚
Now playing: The Big Push - An Englishman in New York from the album Busking Sessions.
Channels had a pretty nice update. The multi-view is pretty looking. Unfortunately, it only works with live TV sources. My dreams of watching live sports, Seinfeld, Saved by the Bell, and Field of Dreams all at the same time will have to wait. I did get some sports channels added via EPlusTV though.
I’ve read so many biographies about Tupac. Time to add another one to my list with Only God Can Judge Me.
Watched: Weapons 🍿. Did not like this as much as Barbarian.
Blippo+ is now on the Switch. I loved this weird “game” on the PlayDate.
One of the most creative hip hop albums of all time has an oral history: Deltron 3030: An Oral History.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 →
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight looks like a fun game. Hope the Switch 2 version will be good.
Saturday, September 20, 2025 →
Now playing: Atmosphere - Jestures.
Hackers was released 30 years ago today. You should watch it. It’s dumb and fun.
Meshtastic has been fun to play with. I want to get a couple more radios over the next few months. Also connected with MeshStL.
Part 2 of Vincent’s Tale, Self Portrait, is up now. Can’t wait to see where this goes.
If Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off Was an Emo Anthem is another perfect cover by Alex Melton.
I cannot wait for Vincent’s Tale. Sunflowers (Prologue) has me really excited. The word genius gets thrown around with artists a lot but there may be a legitimate case when you look at what Ren has been doing the last few years.