Chuck Linart 4.0 is LIVE This site hit the scene way back in 2006. That’s right: 2026 represents the 20th anniversary of chucklinart.com! I’m back for the fourth iteration. The other three have been obliterated by bit-rot and carelessness. You can still find some of the stuff on the Wayback Machine. Unfortunately, a lot of the old multimedia files — music, pictures, and self-hosted videos — are gone with the wind. Somebody probably downloaded copies, I suppose. Lucky them. Turned up to 11 This iteration will be different. In previous versions of this blog/site, I played small ball, ever cognizant…
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Does a rich man feel lonely in his mansion? I’m doing my best to find out! A lot of you know that I’m mostly uncomfortable with putting my personal business out there on the Internet; it’s one of the reasons I don’t do “social media.” Yeah, if you go back and look at this blog over the past 20 years, you will find posts where I show my whole ass, but it’s usually in relation to some global event or trend. Right now, i have no idea what’s going on in the world. I came across something about a shooting…
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The last iteration of this blog, chucklinart.com, was hosted on a CockBox VPS where SSH keys were needed. It ran on a homegrown Python-based blogging framework that I coded up myself. The code is still there if you want to check it out or maybe even build on it. I called it “MmEEBlog” (Multimedia for Everyone, Everywhere), and I really think it had a lot of potential. The idea was to cut out all the middlemen — YouTube, Soundcloud, Insta — whatever and allow anyone to just host their own stuff. It worked well, and I’m especially proud of some…
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You only get one first impression so here it is: Upon officially completing my first 24 hours in this lovely little country, I just wanted to record my initial thoughts. As some of you know, I have spent the past five winters in La Paz, Mexico. I have made many great friends in La Paz and regard it as one of my favorite places in the world so it was a tough call to forsake it this year in favor of new adventures. Initially, my plan was to head for Santa Marta, Colombia which I have been told is sort…
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