Michael Brooks

I built a Twitch social network called Chattr

Chattr is a social platform for Twitch viewers and streamers. Post updates, react with Twitch emotes, get live alerts, and stay connected with the people you watch — without opening six different apps.

Hey, it's been a while

A lot has happened such as creating a brand new gaming newsletter, a new store with Fourthwall and so much more!

Using Streamer.bot to set up stream alerts with Ghost

In this blog post, I will show you how to create stream alerts when a new user registers as a member on your Ghost newsletter using Streamerbot. Please note: You have to be a Streamerbot supporter to use this feature.

Ghost 6.0 has entered the fediverse!

This is the most exciting feature that Ghost has implemented.

The best live streaming sponsorship programme you've never heard of!

I want to shout about this platform from the rooftops! No predatory sponsorships like other well-used platforms and you get paid per views or links clicked.

Dear me in five years

Dear me in five years from now. I hope you are well COVID has been defeated, and it hasn’t killed you or any family members. I hope Mum is still okay and back to her regular routine, and you can see each other regularly. Dear me in five

2024 Recap

Let's start by saying I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and has the best New Year ever

Pictures of my cats

Migrating away from WordPress

Some of you may be aware of Matt Mullenweg having an absolute breakdown with WordPress Engine. Basically, WPE offer various WordPress hosting packages, and they have become the number one host for WordPress. It looks like they have never contributed to the core WordPress or given money to them to

AI Joe Rogan speaks to AI Steve Jobs

It started with a tweet Today, I found a tweet from someone I follow who listened to an AI generated podcast episode. He said it was nuts, and it piqued my interest. you can certainly tell something is a bit off, however, this is pretty fucking nuts altogether the weirdness

“Follow my voice” is unrealistic

Tiff and I recently watched Hocus Pocus 2, and it made me laugh when Billy Butcherson has his head removed from his body. He shouts to his body “follow my voice”. I know it’s an entirely made up film, but I couldn’t help but

Accidentally damaging walls

Sometimes, it doesn’t matter how careful you are, you can end up causing damage. This is the case for our kitchen wall. We had a wooden plate rack screwed into our wall which would seem like an easy thing to remove. However, it somehow got stuck to our

Weekly newsletter of 💻 Michael Brooks - Issue #2 - 2021

This is a previous article taken from my old Revue newsletter. I’m migrating them over here because I want more people to enjoy them. Since then, it’s been a while since my last official newsletter, and I don’t think I need to post every

Smart Home devices to help save energy

Affiliate links: Please be aware that the links in this article are affiliate links. If you click on them, I will gain some sort of commission. All money gained will help future blog posts. Contents How can you use smart home devices to help save energy? Ever since this energy

Wake me up Podcast series is a great way to start your day!

Start each day feeling more positive Each day, I tune into Wake me up and listen to what Tyler Brown has to say. He will tell stories, get you to stretch, meditate and say words of affirmations. After listening to an episode, it makes me feel refreshed and ready to