I am back from my mini vacation, and I used these last few weeks to decide where I want things to head going forward. And I decided that overkill is going to change.
When I originally launched overkill together with Chris, we covered the Steam Deck. Then we started to cover more handhelds, then all of gaming, and then tech in general. But one constant throughout every iteration is that the content on overkill followed my interests. But I still tried to rein them in, and only wrote about technology. For all the rest I had cliophate.wtf.
But during the break I realized that this split annoyed me more than it helped me. So I've decided that, going forward, I'm combining the two websites and using overkill as my new online home.
What this means is that the scope of topics I cover will expand. I will not only cover tech, but whatever I am currently interested in. Because, no matter the hobby I pick, I do things the overkill way. I wrote about that here:
One of my ongoing jokes is that the company I created (and killed last year) was called overkill Media, and not reasonable Media. This would explain why I do things the way I do them.
This is probably most obvious with my hobbies. I have a slight(?) obsessive behavior whenever there is something new that fascinates me.
A few things will change over the next couple of weeks:
Together with my friend Manuel, we will start moving things to a new CMS. Currently, I use Ghost for overkill and Kirby for cliophate, but because I need a lot of custom stuff, we will move everything to Kirby. I am also planning a redesign with that change.
I have also decided to sunset the overkill digest newsletter. Writing it every Sunday started to become a drag. Picking tech and gaming news that doesn't depress me has become way too hard lately. Instead, I will simply use this list to send the posts I write. (Like this one.)
I'm currently working on a bunch of stuff, so here is what is coming next:
- I am writing about my experience with the ASUS Flow Z13, and why I haven't used any handheld in a while.
- I upgraded my home lab a lot and will write about that.
- After 18 years, I switched from iOS to Android so I am planning a series.
- The next entry in the "Moving to Linux" series will be on how I customized KDE.
- I’ve also picked up miniature painting (for my Dungeons & Dragons sessions), so expect some content there.
So if you are into that kind of content, stay/get subscribed.
Anyway, I wanted to thank everyone who has been reading overkill over these last few years, and I hope I can continue creating interesting stuff.