The Internet Of Things

It goes without saying that the internet is a weird place. But it can also be entertaining while (mostly) harmless depending on the subject material. This month I’ll be taking you in no specific direction with any particular theme or topic. Just a bunch of stuff I find interesting and hope you all do as well. Always keep in mind I’ll giving you the “tourist” level of exposure with any of these subjects. A deeper dive and rabbit hole awaits you should you decide to pursue them. I’ll do my best to add color commentary in the audio blog so things aren’t so cut and dry as they appear. Historidame brings us the appetizer with dangerous theme parks of the olden days.

There is no direct agreed source where “Weaboo” came from. But it’s fun to see the various permutations of it around the internet over the years. Whang! brings us some myth busting in regards to one particular Weaboo made famous back in the early 2000’s named Ken-Sama. And it goes exactly how you think it probably does.

To the handful of younger visitors to my site, let it be known that I have memories of cassette tapes, but they are not good ones. To all my international visitors, a lesson in English vocabulary is in order. The word I’m about to teach all of you is called nostophobia. It is literally the antithesis of nostalgia, something you’re all probably more familiar with. On one hand, it’s nice to be able to physically own your music and not just a license to it digitally. On the other hand, there’s way better mediums to do that. I leave the choice up to you, but Cheapaudioman does a good job bringing everyone up to speed on the subject.

Iceberg videos are a guilty comfort of mine, as they are (mostly) a concise way to digest a lot of information on various obscure topics. Conor’s Curiosities has come a long way when I started to watch him back in Part 1 of the series, and I think he’s only going to get even better over time. If you like the above video, there’s an entire series he’s done for you to marathon.

This maybe me projecting my personal interests, but there seems to be a very small steady rise in popularity with “outdoors” streaming. With the recent news of one of the biggest YouTube channels The Outdoor Boys retiring, there’s also going to be an influx of younger content creators trying to fill the void. Harmen Hoek is one of those up and coming creators, and he deserves anything good coming his way.

Artist of the month is the extremely talented ももやまかねちち. Absolutely drop dead gorgeous work, especially with a more modern look. Please show a lot of love to them over on their socials and send them an encouraging word. If you have the money, they also are currently accepting commissions.