Monthly Archives: January 2023

People and their Gaming PCs are awesome.

Posted on by

Twitter is an ugly cesspool of negativity. You can try to control what is fed to you but it is a two edged sword. Blocking negativity to ease your sanity or bombarded with the mundane. So I took it on myself to find the good. In the search I typed, “My gaming PC.” I was rewarded with post after post of people showing off newly constructed rigs, or their old faithful go to. It was a great experience. To see something so simple, computers and gaming, that united everyone. And it was nice to see people proud of their builds, and they should be. Someone as seasoned as myself never forgets where I came from. A nervous kid inserting an ISA sound card wondering if that drop of sweat that just landed on the motherboard will fry the machine. Then the sense of accomplishment of inserting several floppy disks and running DOS commands to have it actually work. This may sound goofy but I was genuinely happy for these people. Reading these posts really brought me back those memories. What was really cool to me was no mater how big or small, that excitement factor was the same.

2023: Year of the Stream.

Posted on by

Live streaming is one of those things that fascinated me, and something I always wanted to try. As I learned OBS (still learning), and acquired gear, I got more excited about streaming. In fact some of the gear I already had. The cameras I’m using are the same cameras I use for my photography, I just bought some cheap HDMI capture cards on Amazon. Building computers is fun and all, but there is a satisfaction that comes with learning a new skill set. I still have much to learn but for a blue collar guy with a regular nine to five I have enough here to share and play my games. OBS is a fun and powerful program to use. Even with my simple take on it, the results are great. The Idea of connecting with people through streaming is very appealing to me. I may be late to the game and a little too old but if I didn’t give it a shot I would have regrets.

New Mic, the Rode XDM100.

Posted on by

Was really stoked to get this new mic. Really liked the aesthetics and it had a great sound quality to match, too. It replaced a side address and xlr to USB combo. I wanted less components on my desk and the XDM fit the bill perfectly. It sounds amazing, and the Rode Unify software does a great job. It’s nice using OBS and having your audio source already mixed. It comes with a heavy duty shock mount that works really well. Although I’m not big on fancy packaging, this was stellar. Rode paid attention to detail on many aspects of this mic and the way it was packaged was one of them. Definitely gave it a high end feel all around. Unfortunately I do not have the luxury of a studio. So the pick up patern for this mic worked really well in my situation. I have to compete with an oil burner and a washing machine. If you are looking for a mic the XDM100 won’t disappoint.

RemasterDirector_5122f8b34