Sailing in the sea of Michael's digital content.
Recently I had been noticing a number of artists, often very popular ones, were not having their catalogs available on Napster. I was trying to curate some playlists for my gym time, and I just couldn t always find what I was looking for. I then found out and realized that Sony is suing Napster (again, [ ]
Things on my mind this week: What makes a real man in 2024 and the era of “MAGA vs ‘Soy Boy’
Welp, I m now considering the idea of having entered a midlife crisis, to certain degrees. Don t worry, no extravagant purchases forthcoming.
I remember the first wave of Mastodon popularity and hype, when everyone predicted that everyone would abandon Twitter for the Fediverse. It didn t happen. Then the original news of Musk broke that he was buying Twitter. Mastodon was back in the news again. Note: I probably have missed many beats in this timeline. This probably [ ]
Muppet Christmas Carol will forever hold place in #1 in my heart for A Christmas Carol adaptations. The 1951 version, named Scrooge is a very strong contender for #2. This is in part because I bonded with my mother over it, specifically from a scene near the end of the movie. In case you ve never [ ]
“A blog was a little patch of land in the internet’s community garden to harvest these opinions” – Joanne McNeil in her book “Lurking”
1985 in prowrestling, based on available content for WWE on Peacock. Ordered by date as best determined Key:TNT WWF Tuesday Night TitansMACW Mid-Adlantic Championship WrestlingMSW Mid-South WrestlingNWA WCW NWA World Championship WrestlingSNME WWF Saturday Night s Main EventWCCW World Class Championship WrestlingWWFOS WWF Old School Did I miss anything? [ ]
What is Brechtian punk cabaret you ask, as you click into this post? It s how the seminal band The Dresden Dolls describe the style of their music. It s their music, and their fan community in the mid aughts that ultimately helped me to graduate college. However, that s not the whole story, and I want to [ ]
This is one of those posts that no one ever wants to have to write, but my time to write it arrived. I m not yet sure how thorough or comprehensive I m going to make it tonight, and will probably return to it multiple times in the future. The end of summer 2021 arrived with a [ ]
I mostly just wanted to gather up all the domains I have as of late and describe their purposes or long term intended purposes or ideas for each In no particular order https://michaelbox.net https://apiratelifefor.me https://achooandthesneezes.com https://trexthepirate.com https://trexthepirate.com/thinthemichael https://www.digitalgarden.tech https://www.hotwired.tech/ https://tilde.club/~tw2113/…