Goals and Purposes of this Blog
This first blog post serves as a test, but also as a place to brainstorm this blog's purpose.
First and foremost this blog is being created for fun. I'm honestly not sure how long I will stick with it and I don't expect that many people (if any at all) will read it.
My general and very vague idea is to document the random/niche things I often find myself researching and partaking in. Things that probably only a handful of people even know about, let alone appreciate. I can speak about my own journey into whatever topic I'm currently hyper fixated on. Maybe it will prove useful to someone down the line who happens to stumble upon it (like finding a 10 year old forum post about a random issue you've just run into).
As of late this includes things like modifying an old CRT TV, setting up an overly complex home media server, and studying for cybersecurity certifications
It would also be fun to ramble and try to sound vaguely philosophical about my opinionated views on everything. I noticed a theme among a lot of personal blogs (especially minimalist ones like this) where the goal is to produce instead of consume. I have never really thought about producing more, but I absolutely have tried (and mostly failed) to consume less, so maybe this approach will prove itself useful. This is where the pseudo philosophical and probably hypocritical garbage I spout comes in.
Maybe writing things down like this is a better way to cope with the state of the internet.
Anyways the topics will probably be something along the lines of:
- Retro video games/analog media
- Random Tech/Programming adjacent things
- Magic: the Gathering TCG
- Maybe some outdoor things (for when I touch grass)
- And general ramblings
Realistically, the blog will probably follow whatever obsession I happen to have that month.
Honestly, part of me regrets not starting this earlier cause I spent the last 2-3 years going down more rabbit holes than Alice.
...maybe I'll get better at writing along the way too