Similar to the recent tech stack of Reclaim Arcade I wrote about I thought it might not be a bad idea to take stock of where the arcade exists online right now and how it interacts with its audience in those spaces. This started as a rant on Mastodon, a| Throw Out The Manual
With a goal of reading more books in 2025, I solicited ideas from folks on Mastodon and mentioned I was enjoying shows like the sci-fi series Silo on Apple TV. Brian Bennett recommended the book it is based on, Wool by Hugh Howey, which happens to be a 3 part| Throw Out The Manual
It's been almost 9 years since I wrote this post praising Disqus and here I am to kick it to the curb. And yet even in that original post, I knew nothing would last forever. Honestly, I don't hate Disqus as a commenting platform as much| Throw Out The Manual
I was reminded of a great series Maren Deepwell is doing on her blog about the tech stack she uses while I was reading this epic Call to Arms by Jim to Always Be Commenting and pointing out how hot the blogosphere is right now. It gave me the idea| Throw Out The Manual
I haven't talked much about my recent weight loss journey, online or off, until now. When I began last year I stayed silent out of a mixture of fear of failure and judgment. Failure because much of my adult life has been spent trying and failing to lose| Throw Out The Manual
One of my 2025 goals was to read more and I've hit the ground running with a book recommendation by my wife that she just finished, The End of October by Lawrence Wright. As a book about a novel coronavirus that takes hold on a global scale, I| Throw Out The Manual
When we did our big expansion at the arcade back in 2023 one of the things I wanted to do with the additional space was have a flex area that could be used for regular seating most of the time but double as an area for live music on Friday| Throw Out The Manual
Last year we upgraded the food truck that we use as a kitchen at the arcade to a 20' food trailer. We had basically outgrown the truck in terms of volume of what we could put out and additionally we were severely restricted by the equipment in our ability| Throw Out The Manual
A quick technical post to document a few hiccups I ran into and overcame when upgrading this here blog to the latest Ghost version as of this writing. I run this blog on Reclaim Cloud (big fan!) and used their built in Ghost installer which works a treat not only| Throw Out The Manual
Ah yes, a new year has arrived, and with it, I suppose I can never help but start setting goals. One of those goals is to write more, as there’s so much I experience that I want to document here. Yet, as I look back, I see| Throw Out The Manual
Gosh it's already almost March and here I am ready to reflect on where I am at the start of this year. Time never slows down. I figured I'd update here on the blog with a couple things I have going on, if for no other| Throw Out The Manual
This will be one of those really long posts with a very niche audience of a few people that are interested in the idea of "All-In-One" streaming box setups like Yolobox. If that's your thing, read on for really nerdy tech talk because I'm| Throw Out The Manual
I've had a very on again off again relationship with my body, weightloss, and strength conditioning for many a year. I grew up in a house where my father regularly battled it himself having been so successful in the early years of Weight Watchers existence that he was| Throw Out The Manual
At this point in my life maybe I'm in danger of just replaying all the hits. From DTLT Today at UMW to Reclaim Today at Reclaim Hosting it's not a new or revolutionary idea that using video as a platform to talk about what's| Throw Out The Manual
I have two projects recently I've started working on that double down on lots of past work involving video, live streaming while playing the games here at Reclaim Arcade, and recording a publishing a weekly update video on what's going on here at the arcade. I'll save the latter for| Throw Out The Manual