Being stuck at home in self-isolation has been an interesting experience so far. One week in, I’ve had to adapt to working from home, something which my dogs have come to absolutely adore.

Need something to help you pass the time? I figured it might be an interesting idea to share some of the things that I’ve been doing to occupy my time and keep me entertained. Other than my collection of movies and Netflix, as well as reading books, I’ve leaned pretty heavily into YouTube and Twitch. The following are some of my regular haunts on those services.

YouTube is an endless cavalcade of content. Here are some of the channels that have kept me busy:

• Linus Tech Tips – If you’re a tech geek in any way shape or form you’re probably already subscribed to LTT. If not, you really should be.
• Gamers Nexus – If you prefer a more low level view of computer and gaming tech, GN is the channel for you.
• Bon Appetit – The antics of the staff of the test kitchen always make me smile. Brad’s It’s Alive series is a riot, and Claire’s Gourmet Makes series might have you trying to make homemade versions of your favorite snacks.
• JayzTwoCents – Jayz always has an interesting perspective on computer and gaming tech, and lately has been renovating his own gamer cave at at home.

There’s a lot of Twitch channels around, but here are some of the ones I have on regular rotation:

• Hungry – 24/7 cooking shows! There’s a nice mix of old and new, and different cooking styles that there’s always something on worth watching.
• Giant Bomb – The GB crew are working from home, and doing a lot of game streaming these days. Tune in to watch a great variety of game streaming.
• OuterHeaven – If you like Metal Gear games this is the channel for you. The group live streams the entire series of games.

For books, I’ve finally got around to starting up Altered Carbon and I have to say that so far it’s significantly better than the show. There’s much more depth to the story and characters, which obviously a book will be able to communicate better anyway.

I’m really curious what other sources of entertainment folks are using. Do you have any channel recommendations to share, perhaps some good books or shows to binge? Feel free to comment below!

Stay safe everyone!

Did you know it’s been eight years since my past post here on my personal blog? Crazy, hey? I figured it’s time to break that streak and make a few changes around here that might facilitate some more frequent posting.

Things are still a bit lightweight around here. The look and feel will get tweaked over time, and I’ll start building out some additional pages, but overall it will be nice to have a proper home to start blogging again.

So what sort of crap should you expect here? Most who know me know that I play a lot of video games, and love movies and music. I’m a big sci-fi nerd, so expect there to be a heavy slant in that direction as well. Who knows though, so expect this to be a variety blog filled with random things.

From a technical perspective, I decided to relocate the blog from self hosted WordPress to WordPress.com for simplicity’s sake; they can manage all the usual security and theme updates for me without me so I can focus on the writing part. Hopefully that works out well.

So welcome! I hope I can keep things interesting for everyone.