The primary inspiration for Space of Mark. Luke is a normal person who lives a
normal life. At least, that's who he portrays himself as on the internet.
His own platform and content paved the way for many, including myself, to
kickstart their own work for many to consider their very own website. I wouldn't
be here praising Luke if it weren't for him and his handy
LandChad page. Seriously reader, start
your own platform today if you haven't already. It solves the world's problems.
Someone you know who relies on the internet to work remotely has performed this
seemingly daunting task on a Windows computer. Not once, but daily driving a
regular Windows 10 or 11 operating system in the sense. I was one of the normie Windows
users until I got fed up with the software bloat and went looking for ways to
'optimize' my OS. Chris Titus seemed to know how to debloat Windows, so I used
a script he created to make my build seamless and eat less resources. Every
installation of Windows I've created since then has seen the 'winutil' program
at least once and it has, in my opinion, made working in this OS a lot better
than the vanilla experience.
Okay, not really a person but an alternative front-end interface to YouTube.
Before Invidious, I used YouTube Vanced on my cell phone in my teens to watch
videos ad-free to get through high school. When I got my own laptop for my
first year of college in 2019, watching YouTube on it was choppy and miserable.
Even back then, the interface wasn't great if you had the uBlock Origin
extension installed on FireFox. The remedy? Find a 'Vanced' version of YouTube
in desktop mode to quit being a miserable YouTube consumer. Getting into the
early Invidious instances during 2020 not only exposed me to a cleaner and
nostalgic version of YouTube, but a plethora of pre-defined platform-specific
channels in the technology sphere, some of which made their way onto this page.
Even though I've since moved to RSS for retrieving my YouTube feed, using the
remaining Invidious instances today allow me to navigate the platform without
using the official and sophisticated UI.
My diecast journey goes back to when I was sucking on bibs. Such is the case
of Hot Wheels and Matchbox. I never paid attention to the cars my mom bought
until my middle school years when I wanted to become a 'collector' and read
through the weird print on the back of Hot Wheels cards. RaceGrooves
uploaded videos showcasing the latest Hot Wheels cases and even had a separate
channel for track sets which I found amusing for a grown kid. When thinking
about who ignited my 'collector' years, Mr. Grooves takes the credit. The
content from years past may have wound down, but the memories live on through
a newer venture. One that became, for me, the diecast hobby. Kudos, Mark.
