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Matthew Weber

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Matt is a writer, historian, and a YouTuber. He is also a voracious reader and consumer of media. On this blog, he talks about books, life, politics, and technology. It’s a place to ramble.

https://mtwb.blog/

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• The Internet Sucks 2026-03-14 02:25pm
• Buddy Holly Could Have Changed the World 2026-03-09 09:14pm
• Discord Makes Me Sad 2026-03-08 06:10pm
• 🔗 Why Are Cables Always Too Short 2026-03-07 06:21pm
• Long Books Are Good For You 2026-03-05 06:50pm
• Newsletter 2026.09 2026-03-04 06:22pm
• Home Lab Evolution 2026-03-02 09:34pm
• Where Is Spring? 2026-03-02 12:59pm
• 🔗 Liar Liar Pants On Fire 2026-03-01 04:23pm
• Blog Update - New Music Page 2026-02-28 04:45pm
• Going Back To Daily Blogging 2026-02-27 12:47pm
• Newsletter 2026.08 2026-02-16 07:43am
• The Doldums 2026-02-11 01:18pm
• Newsletter 2026.07 2026-02-09 07:34am
• Your Book Sucks, And I'm Not Afraid To Say So 2026-02-06 10:27pm
• A Mess Of Notes 2026-02-05 12:51pm
• Newsletter 2026.06 2026-02-02 10:57pm
• This Has Got To Stop 2026-01-28 11:35pm
• It Took 6 Months 2026-01-25 05:30pm
• The Quest For The Perfect Notebook 2026-01-24 12:08am
• The Indieweb Has A Discovery Problem 2026-01-22 12:49pm
• Lacking Job, Lacking Motivation 2026-01-14 10:45pm
• Review: The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England 2026-01-07 05:25pm
• 2026 Goals For My Life 2025-12-31 11:55pm
• The 2025 Wrap Up Post 2025-12-31 01:55pm
• What Is My Passion? 2025-12-28 11:09pm
• 🔗 What Owning Music Means To Me 2025-12-25 06:16pm
• Things Will Go On Without You 2025-12-25 12:14am
• Stats Provide Motivation 2025-12-21 10:01pm
• Newsletter 2025.51 2025-12-17 12:06am
• The End Of The Daily Blog Post 2025-12-13 11:01pm
• 🔗 The Internet Forgets, But I Don't Want To 2025-12-11 06:56pm
• I'm Quite Sick Of Winter 2025-12-09 10:29pm
• 🎬 For Inspiration 2025-12-08 11:26pm
• Newsletter 2025.50 2025-12-08 06:54pm
• 🎬 F100 Rebuild 2025-12-07 06:41pm
• I Have Way Too Many RSS Favorites 2025-12-05 10:05pm
• Diversifying My Music Selection 2025-12-05 04:03pm
• Life Is Just A Series Of Reboots 2025-12-04 01:24pm
• Metadata Is The Worst 2025-12-03 11:30am
• 🔗 Blogging Makes Me Feel Like A Worse Writer 2025-12-01 11:11pm
• Newsletter 2025.49 2025-12-01 06:47pm
• 🔗 Static Site Generators 2025-11-30 06:50pm
• The Biggest Problem With The West Wing 2025-11-29 12:30pm
• What Im Thankful For 2025-11-26 10:34pm
• Backdating Is Not Cheating 2025-11-25 09:35pm
• Weekly Newsletter 4 2025-11-25 06:57pm
• 200 Posts This Year 2025-11-24 12:20am
• 200 Posts This Year 2025-11-24 12:20am
• Where Are All The Good E-Readers? 2025-11-22 11:52pm
• It's Okay Not To Read 2025-11-22 06:34pm
• 🎬 Don't Do That 2025-11-21 05:33pm
• Music Sounds Better When You Own It 2025-11-20 06:38pm
• Youtube Jealousy 2025-11-18 11:01pm
• Music Journal 1 2025-11-17 10:16pm
• Weekly Newsletter 3 2025-11-17 04:34pm
• I Was Going To Be A Pen Nerd 2025-11-16 03:55pm
• How Many Posts Is Too Many? 2025-11-15 06:28pm
• I'm A Playlist Kind Of Guy 2025-11-14 06:58pm
• 📷 Northern Lights 2025-11-13 05:54pm
• Fediverse Comments! 2025-11-13 10:38am
• 🎬 I'm Obsessed With This Song 2025-11-12 01:54pm
• Blog Updates Series 2025-11-11 04:00pm
• I Learned A New Word Today 2025-11-11 01:18pm
• Weekly Newsletter 2 2025-11-10 06:35pm
• I Already Wrote About That 2025-11-09 01:35pm
• Why I'm Done With The Dresden Files 2025-11-07 04:00pm
• The Maps In Books Are Useless 2025-11-06 09:59pm
• 🔗 Archive Or Delete? 2025-11-06 04:05pm
• I Don't Write Readme Files 2025-11-05 06:51pm
• Your Mom Was Right 2025-11-04 06:51pm
• Weekly Newsletter 1 2025-11-03 06:40pm
• Overestimating My Reading Capabilities 2025-11-02 06:26pm
• 🎬 Simplifying Your Smartphone 2025-11-01 10:31pm
• Writing Month Aka Nanowrimo Is Here 2025-11-01 12:40pm
• Creating A Historical Record Of Your Life 2025-10-31 05:40pm
• 🔗 The Road Untaken 2025-10-30 09:16pm
• I May Have A Notebook Problem 2025-10-29 10:18pm
• Pictures In Blogging 2025-10-28 10:37pm
• Not Enough Keys 2025-10-27 05:00pm
• Smaller Notebooks Are Better Notebooks 2025-10-26 05:00pm
• I Changed My Password And It Sucks 2025-10-26 06:26am
• Why Did I Save That? 2025-10-25 06:18pm
• Update On Tracking My Habits 2025-10-23 11:29pm
• I Have A Love/Hate Relationship With Discord 2025-10-23 07:45pm
• Blog Stats 2025-10-21 10:38pm
• 🔗 Fountain Pens 2025-10-21 04:59pm
• Micro Blogging Vs Regular Blogging 2025-10-19 05:00pm
• I'm Going To Beat Skyrim 2025-10-19 11:41am
• 🔗 Owning Physical Media Is A Privilege 2025-10-18 11:59pm
• 🔗 This Guy Has Talent 2025-10-18 11:50pm
• Dumb Phones Are A Fad 2025-10-18 05:25pm
• Editing Your Blog Posts Is The Worst Part 2025-10-17 05:18pm
• The Steamdeck Wasn't A Good Purchase 2025-10-16 08:58am
• Too Many Keyboards 2025-10-15 12:32pm
• Are Newsletters Still A Thing? 2025-10-14 01:23pm
• I Have A Thing For Fidget Spinners 2025-10-13 06:36pm
• Saving Bookmarks 2025-10-12 07:23pm
• The Slog Of Daily Blogging 2025-10-11 07:19pm
• Field Notes - One Month Later 2025-10-10 07:01pm
• The Philadelphia Eagles Suck 2025-10-09 07:24pm
• Have I Made The Perfect Blog? 2025-10-08 04:13pm
• 📷 Missy Needs A Belly Rub 2025-10-07 04:39pm
• Review 11/22/63 By Stephen King 2025-10-06 10:16pm
• Alternative Keyboard Layouts 2025-10-06 01:04pm
• Look At The Pretty Colors 2025-10-05 05:27pm
• Breaking Things, Fixing Things 2025-10-04 06:53pm
• Tech Blogs Make You Spend Money 2025-10-03 06:17pm
• Too Many Cuss Words 2025-10-02 07:11pm
• 🔗 I Should Have Self-Hosted to Begin With 2025-10-01 05:00pm
• The Joy Of Creativity 2025-10-01 01:40pm
• October Is TBR Month 2025-09-29 11:04pm
• Why I Don't Talk Politics 2025-09-29 07:01pm
• Sportsball Anxiety 2025-09-28 01:11pm
• Idea Momentum 2025-09-27 11:04am
• I'm Into Farming Videos And I Dont Know Why 2025-09-25 10:25pm
• Blog Updates Part 3 2025-09-24 05:00pm
• Returning To Daily Blogging 2025-09-23 09:29pm
• 📷 The Nate Penguin 2025-09-20 10:30pm
• I Love My Dog 2025-09-20 10:19pm
• Productivity Videos Are The Bane Of Productivity 2025-09-17 10:14pm
• Another Horrible Reading Month 2025-09-15 09:52pm
• 📷 Test Image 2025-09-15 05:00pm
• It Is Good To Be Uncomfortable 2025-09-14 06:33pm
• Perfecting My Note Taking Setup 2025-09-12 11:39pm
• I Wish I Had Been Scrobbling For Years 2025-09-12 01:08pm
• I Do Not Have A Substack 2025-09-10 09:29pm
• Desktop or Laptop? 2025-09-08 05:56pm
• Moving Is The Hardest Part 2025-09-06 09:41pm
• I'm Trying Field Notes 2025-09-05 12:48pm
• Subscriptions Are Horrible 2025-09-02 10:43pm
• The End Of Blaugust 2025-08-31 12:27pm
• Getting Blog Ideas 2025-08-30 10:43pm
• More Blog Updates 2025-08-29 09:15pm
• Dealing With Book Disappointment 2025-08-29 01:47pm
• Blog Updates 2025-08-28 11:12am
• The Now Page 2025-08-26 05:00pm
• Stickers On A Laptop 2025-08-25 05:00pm
• Oversharing Online 2025-08-24 05:00pm
• Earbuds Satans Music Players 2025-08-23 05:00pm
• What I Lost 2025-08-22 05:00pm
• Do Your Backups 2025-08-21 11:21pm
• The Hardships of Online Friendships 2025-08-20 11:12pm
• Judge A Blog By Its Title 2025-08-20 12:48pm
• Not Every Blog Post Needs To Be Epic 2025-08-18 11:58pm
• The Quest To Type Faster 2025-08-17 10:11pm
• The Half Way Blues 2025-08-17 01:47pm
• This Is Hard 2025-08-15 11:04pm
• You Do Have An Audience 2025-08-14 11:20pm
• Imposters Syndrome 2025-08-13 05:00pm
• I'm A Classic 2025-08-12 09:32pm
• More Blog Script Changes 2025-08-11 09:42pm
• Should There Be Comments? 2025-08-10 05:00pm
• My First Week With Emacs 2025-08-09 09:18pm
• Capitalize Your Letters 2025-08-08 05:00pm
• Memories Aren't Always Real 2025-08-07 05:00pm
• I Updated My Blog Script 2025-08-06 05:00pm
• AI Is A Brilliant Motivator Sometimes 2025-08-06 08:56am
• Too Many Blogs, So Little Time 2025-08-04 11:06pm
• Trying Emacs Again, Again 2025-08-04 06:02pm
• In Defense Of Dark Mode 2025-08-02 10:44pm
• Blaugust 2025 2025-08-01 10:39pm
• I Started A Book Club 2025-08-01 05:00pm
• The Blogging Metaverse 2025-07-31 09:45pm
• Review: Fool Moon: Dresden Files 2 2025-07-27 09:56pm
• Using My Wallpapers 2025-07-26 01:18pm
• Blogging Slump 2025-07-25 08:30am
• Trump Outrage For The Sake Of Outrage 2025-07-21 09:55pm
• To Do Lists Are Amazing 2025-07-21 06:07pm
• I'm Bad At Cable Management 2025-07-20 07:44am
• The Satisfaction Of Doing Things 2025-07-19 01:37pm
• 🔗 Zero Regrets, Extra Cheese 2025-07-18 09:39am
• Dear Bloggers 2025-07-17 06:01am
• My Memory Sucks 2025-07-16 05:58pm
• Remembering The Best Books From My Youth 2025-07-12 09:51pm
• Seeing A Different Web 2025-07-11 09:08pm
• The Horror Of Change 2025-07-09 04:59pm
• I Have An AI Problem 2025-07-06 06:05pm
• The Third Shift 2025-07-05 10:54am
• Apocalypse Gates Book 1 Rapture Review 2025-07-02 10:21pm
• I Hate Exclamation Points! 2025-07-01 09:35pm
• June 2025 Recap 2025-06-30 09:54pm
• Fixing RSS In Hugo 2025-06-30 03:00pm
• An Epic Reading Slump 2025-06-29 05:00pm
• Escapism When Things Are Falling Apart 2025-06-28 05:00pm
• 🔗 Link: Mist. Manifest. Meltdown. By Musings Of A Tangled Mind 2025-06-27 05:00pm
• I Have A Music Problem 2025-06-27 05:00pm
• I Fear Traffic Lights 2025-06-26 05:00pm
• Headphones Vs Speakers 2025-06-26 05:00pm
• Blogging Has Changed My Life 2025-06-24 05:00pm
• I Love Automation 2025-06-24 05:00pm
• Tracking My Habits 2025-06-23 05:00pm
• Settling In With Hugo 2025-06-21 05:00pm
• A Week With Obsidian 2025-06-20 05:00pm
• I Switched to HUGO 2025-06-19 05:00pm
• My Favorite Podcasts 2025-06-16 05:00pm
• My Blogging Workflow 2025-06-15 05:00pm
• My Note-Taking Problem 2025-06-12 05:00pm
• Technology Killed My Handwriting 2025-06-08 05:00pm
• I Get It: Midlife Crisis Edition 2025-06-07 05:00pm
• I Have a Phone Case Addiction 2025-06-06 05:00pm
• Blog Comments Part II 2025-06-04 05:00pm
• May 2025 Wrap Up 2025-05-31 05:00pm
• How to Be Successful Online 2025-05-29 05:00pm
• Laptop Conundrum 2025-05-26 05:00pm
• The Eternal Cable Conundrum 2025-05-23 05:00pm
• I Have a YouTube Problem 2025-05-22 05:00pm
• 30 Blogs in 30 Days Recap 2025-05-21 05:00pm
• RSS May Be The Best Invention Ever 2025-05-20 05:00pm
• Learning to Code Over and Over 2025-05-20 05:00pm
• Where Are the Book Clubs for Dudes? 2025-05-19 05:00pm
• Blog Comments 2025-05-17 05:00pm
• Keeping A Calendar is a Waste of Time 2025-05-16 05:00pm
• Your Life Needs RGB 2025-05-15 05:00pm
• 10 Minutes to Go 2025-05-15 05:00pm
• A Bad Few Days 2025-05-13 05:00pm
• 10 Pointless Facts About Me 2025-05-12 05:00pm
• AI Was Going to Inspire Me... But It Sucks 2025-05-11 05:00pm
• Why Can't Things Just Work? 2025-05-10 05:00pm
• Minimal Social Media User 2025-05-09 05:00pm
• How Fandom Ruined Hermione Granger 2025-05-08 05:00pm
• Working From Home Can Kill You 2025-05-07 05:00pm
• The Art of Self Tracking 2025-05-06 05:00pm
• I Hate Flashbacks 2025-05-05 05:00pm
• 5 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Was Younger 2025-05-04 05:00pm
• I'm Uninstalling TikTok 2025-05-03 05:00pm
• April 2025 Wrap Up 2025-05-02 05:00pm
• Don't Buy Stuff 2025-05-01 05:00pm
• My Favorite Bands of All Time 2025-04-30 05:00pm
• The Pain of the Reread 2025-04-29 05:00pm
• The Importance of Personal Documentation 2025-04-28 05:00pm
• The History Channel 2025-04-27 05:00pm
• Blog Problems 2025-04-26 05:00pm
• My Favorite TV Shows of All Time 2025-04-25 05:00pm
• My Favorite Movies of All Time 2025-04-24 05:00pm
• Dealing With Online Stress 2025-04-23 05:00pm
• Electric VS Acoustic Guitar 2025-04-22 05:00pm
• 30 Blogs, 30 Days 2025-04-21 05:00pm
• There's Nothing Good To Watch Anymore. 2025-04-18 05:00pm
• Goodbye, WordPress... Hello Ghost 2025-04-15 05:00pm
• Wish List: Gaming 2025-04-07 05:00pm
• March 2025 Wrap Up 2025-04-02 05:00pm
• February Wrap Up 2025-03-01 04:00pm
• The Good Book Hangover 2025-01-27 04:00pm
• Review: Ready Player One 2025-01-19 04:00pm
• Review: Good Intentions by Elliott Kay 2025-01-08 04:00pm
• Men Can Like Romance Too 2025-01-03 04:00pm
• What I'm Reading - 1/2/25 2025-01-02 04:00pm
• Best Reads of 2024 2024-12-28 04:00pm
• Mistborn Review 2024-12-24 04:00pm
• Is Mistborn Overrated? 2024-10-04 05:00pm
• Hello World. 2024-10-03 05:00pm
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