Posts on CGMcGinnhttps://cgmcginn.com/posts/Recent content in Posts on CGMcGinnHugo -- gohugo.ioenMon, 09 Nov 2026 13:04:35 -0500A Lot of Moving Partshttps://cgmcginn.com/posts/a-lot-of-moving-parts/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:04:35 -0500https://cgmcginn.com/posts/a-lot-of-moving-parts/<p>I&rsquo;m finding that I like to spin plates. What I mean by that is I tend to have a lot of projects going on at once. I don&rsquo;t know if this is a subconscious way of keeping the dimension at bay or what.</p> <p>Case in point: This blog&ndash;the latest project. Built on free stuff: free cloudflare, free web GUI, attached to a domain I&rsquo;ve had collecting dust for a while now. It&rsquo;s a lot simpler from the SquareSpace site I had been running for years. When I started the blog I thought that the monthly cost would get recouped in donations, making money from being a writer, etc. It didn&rsquo;t. And that&rsquo;s fine. If the people want bells and whistles, they can start paying for them. In the meantime, I&rsquo;m not putting a dime into my writing and I&rsquo;ll let the words speak on their own.</p>I’m finding that I like to spin plates. What I mean by that is I tend to have a lot of projects going on at once. I don’t know if this is a subconscious way of keeping the dimension at bay or what.

Case in point: This blog–the latest project. Built on free stuff: free cloudflare, free web GUI, attached to a domain I’ve had collecting dust for a while now. It’s a lot simpler from the SquareSpace site I had been running for years. When I started the blog I thought that the monthly cost would get recouped in donations, making money from being a writer, etc. It didn’t. And that’s fine. If the people want bells and whistles, they can start paying for them. In the meantime, I’m not putting a dime into my writing and I’ll let the words speak on their own.

The other great thing about this project and that, outside of CloudFlare, it’s all pretty much self hosted. I’m not beholden to a company for my work. The interface I’m typing on is self-made. I feel like I’ve insolated myself as best I can from the algorithm.

Another project I’ve been working on is a dashboard for my home server. Now Plex, Audio Bookshelf, AzerothCore and my media storage all live under on roof.

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Thanks Claude

On the writing front, I’ve been outlining 3 different stories. I know I should probably settle on one and stick with it. I know this. And perhaps that is what will finally happen. Time will tell. In the meantime, there are many projects–things to do. And in the midst of it, here I am ‘blogging’ again like it’s the early 2010s.

Welcome to the next chapter in CGMcGinn.com

]]>New Beginningshttps://cgmcginn.com/posts/new-beginnings/Sun, 08 Nov 2026 15:03:20 -0500https://cgmcginn.com/posts/new-beginnings/<p>So here we are.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve taken a less resource-heavy approach by building a free backend terminal for writing, which posts to an equally free blog connected to my old domain. The result is a simple looking interface without all the fluff that comes with a $20 a month price tag. My hope is that the words speak for themselves.</p> <p>More to come soon. I want to see if this whole thing actually works.</p>So here we are.

I’ve taken a less resource-heavy approach by building a free backend terminal for writing, which posts to an equally free blog connected to my old domain. The result is a simple looking interface without all the fluff that comes with a $20 a month price tag. My hope is that the words speak for themselves.

More to come soon. I want to see if this whole thing actually works.

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