This is pretty great. Love Seth’s enthusiasm. That transition at 4:20 is <chef’s kiss>.

If, like me, you were working today and missed the second running of the Wienie 500, never fear. Courtesy of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the full replay is on YouTube. It’s like one long dad joke with double entendres, and it is GLORIOUS.

In the ’80s TV show Airwolf, Jan-Michael Vincent’s character, Stringfellow Hawke, played the cello. So it’s only natural that someone (in this case, Samara Ginsberg), has arranged the show’s ’80s-techno theme song for the cello. Eight, in fact:

I’m a third of the way through @JosephLoconte’s incredible The War For Middle-Earth (yes, I’m calling it incredible even though I haven’t finished with it yet, because what I’ve read so far is incredible). This interview with @AndyAndrews is fantastic:

As with everything, the Law of Unintended Consequences (vis-a-vis government bureaucratic requirements in the power industry) remains undefeated:

You’ve probably heard or seen a thousand different ads for a VPN, promising all sorts of security from hackers and the like. Josh has a really good breakdown here of why nearly all of that is a load of malarky, and what you should use a VPN for:

And if you don’t currently use a VPN, but would like to start, I heartily recommend ProtonVPN or Mullvad. I personally use both (depends on device and circumstance), and have been very happy with them.

Disclaimer: The link to ProtonVPN is an affiliate link, but I have been a paying user for their services for a decade.

December of this year marks the 35th anniversary of the first PowerBooks shipping to customers. If only Apple would take the opportunity to bring back that classic brand name.

A couple of weeks ago the guys in Weapons of God released a video for “Double Barreled Medicine,” off their 2025 album TRIbulation. The video features mostly footage from their set at Immortal Fest 2025 in Versailles, Ohio, along with submissions from fans.

Love this song. Great riffs, Leon’s gravely vocals, it’s just a lot of fun.

The legends Rex Carroll and Ken Tamplin have combined forces to give us “Where Do We Go From Here?”. This was quite a treat on a snowed-in weekend!

The boys in Messenger have released a new video for their song “Messenger at Arms,” from their 2020 album In To Win. It’s very metal!