This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss a new pod setup, video games, and Elon's spending habits.
JASON: Exciting news: I am building a podcast studio / riso printing room / place to film videos in. I believe all of my colleagues and many people in my life have been laughing at me about this, but this also may just be the narrative I’ve created for myself to inspire me to prove the haters wrong. Since the beginning of 404 Media, I’ve worked out of my garage, but feel like I’ve been going a bit crazy sitting mostly in the same room since essentially the start of the pandemic. And so I found not a coworking space but a very affordable windowless box that I shall turn into a content palace.
I’m just going to try it for a few months to see if it makes sense or if I should return to working from the couch, but I’m quite excited about building it out. I only got it a few days ago and so at the moment it’s largely a bunch of boxes and random furniture I no longer had space at my apartment for. It’s got a drop ceiling with fluorescent lighting and landlord special laminate floors, but I also can do whatever I want to it, so I will likely do some sort of design on the walls, throw a rug down, whatever.