Orono Fair 2024

                  On the weekend, I went to the Orono Fair as I always do every year with my dad. It's become a tradition for us to do the fair the weekend after Labor Day. So it was after a very bad rainfall, the track where the tractor pull was so the machine had to flatten enough so they could do the tractor pull. Had a breakdown of one of the tractors and it happens from time to time.  We look at the tractors as you can see in the photo to the right is me in front of a Farmall tractor. 

            We grabbed some food and watched the tractor pull which was awesome to sit back and watch the pull. Always one of the highlights of our visit. Also we visited the animals, chicken, roosters, ducks, Goose and much more. I think the hens, chickens and roosters have been getting a little ruckus with each other so they were in solitary confinement. I got a bit of an inspiration for a podcast for Entertainment Man regarding mental health which will be a cool idea but will see how I want to lay it all out. However that is the post for today, as always I will talk to you all tomorrow!

Chris

Website is getting work done for 2025!

                2025 is coming fast! There is a reason why our website looks completely different! We've been re-arranging stuff about on our website and the reason is we have a plan and their in phases and here is what you can expect:

Phase 1: We release the get involved tab with doing blog post articles as you know we have collaborated with other companies and websites in the past and want to keep this going and it's been clear in my mind this is something that is working for us! Timeline: The next day or so.

Phase 1B: Test things for The CBOTW Show on YouTube anticipating a full launch in 2025. Timeline:  The rest of the year on and off as much as Larry says we can test as he's now one of the top dogs with The CBOTW Show as a Exec Producer.

Phase 2: We are adding the embed of the video to ChrisBOnTheWeb.com for "Entertainment Man Podcast" as "The CBOTW Show" hasn't reached "video status as of yet. Timeline: Couple of weeks to a month of work on the page adding the embed. Haven't checked if the videos are embeddable yet.

Phase 3: Put 10th anniversary into archives one Midnight hits.  Timeline: Midnight January 1st, 2025.

Phase 4: Launch The CBOTW Show on video aka YouTube for the first time. Timeline: January 1st, 2025.

Phase 5: Launch the get involved page for The CBOTW Show and get people involved with the team and community. Timeline:  Mid January 2025

               There are the phases and I have pinned it in our private Facebook Group as well. 

Website and tech issues continue...

               It's the start of a brand new week and already problems are occurring. As you guys know I was suppose to have Entertainment Man Podcast out today but once again, both OBS (Open Broadcast Software) & Audacity for the Audio ONLY has become a problematic issue. However I had to shutdown and reload the programs a few times before it started to pick up my voice. Very, very strange honestly. Technology hasn't been on my side and the constant back and forth to switching programs for the video end has made me think maybe Prism Studio will be used for the podcast instead and OBS for gaming as OBS is more the way to go for it. However it is so confusing between the two programs. 

               Now ChrisBOnTheWeb.com is another story. Since all the drama which is gone, I've had to tweak a lot of things on the website, one being the partner page has been completely removed and deleted from our website. There is no need for it anymore. The team page has been redone just like our Discord server but another story for another time. I am considering this a reset and the main core 3, myself, Kevin and Larry are still going strong and we will continue on to be. Anyways that is the post for today, tomorrow I will have the Orono Fair Blog followed by a two in one Food Review but will talk to you tomorrow.

Chris

End of the Week Updates [09-06-2024]

                 Another week has come to a close to a crazy week. Anyways, I have finally finished up The CBOTW Show and I stayed up till 330 am working hard to have it up for 900 am EST sharp this morning which is now released and I'm happy. I promised you guys in a reel that I'd double up two different episodes with two The Simpsons episodes maybe just one but I am planning on doing Matilda instead on one of the two days. We'll see I will try and fit all 3 two next week and the following week another. I'm not sure at the moment. 

               Website has been overhauled entirely and looks a lot better and easy to understand. As you may know I stream now on Twitch but it is not listed anywhere on our website at the moment. Maybe in the nearby future I will but for right now it is not actually being listed at this current time. What's next on our list of projects for our content in the community? Planning to record Entertainment Man Podcast and the next two The CBOTW Show episodes today at some point and probably part of tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday if we need to as well. Anyways that is the post for today, have a great weekend and talk to you all Monday for a 2 in 1 blog review and Tuesday Talking about the Orono Fair as well.

- Chris

Sometimes you've got to make difficult decisions

             Just a heads up on a few things before I get into the post's main topic: For right now, I have suspended The CBOTW Show for going on video, pending a review. The next little change is the main channel is no more! It is PERMANENTLY dismantled. If I am up to it I will sporadically stream to Twitch but on a non schedule. The CBOTW Show will be still going up this evening, not sure what time to be exact but it will be up. Website has been completely overhauled and wish I did this sooner honestly but had a hard time with the tough decisions I had to make. 

            However with what I have said, change can be good but in the long run it can be definitely scary. But we have to remember, that we have to make difficult decisions and what I did above proves that in our life we have to make decisions, whether it is personal or with work, we all face decisions in life we do not like whatsoever but that is part of our life. We have to make decisions we don't like and what I said in the first paragraph, proves I had a hard time with the changes I didn't want to make. Hope this motivates you guys a bit, a bit of motivation on this Thursday and as always I will talk to you guys tomorrow. 

Chris

             

The CBOTW Show continues to flourish!

         The CBOTW Show is going to start the testing phases for the video side as Chris and Larry have actually been on audio only. This is only testing and the odd episode will be on video. I'm sure you're going to ask why not go fully. Give em a few weeks to actually get everything set the way they want to do it. I believe what I have been told behind the scenes, they are planning to start it fully in January but that will probably change.

              How will this work? Exactly like "Entertainment Man Podcast" premiere's each and every week but on Wednesday's @ 6 pm EST instead. I know this interferes with Chris's Streams. He has to figure that part out. The one thing I have suggested is move The CBOTW Show to Thursdays where "Entertainment Man" originally had episodes so the great news is starting this week The CBOTW Show will be moving to Thursdays 

              Also my thought process with the end of the year, well my heads been all over the place lately with what I want to do and been thinking on just pre-recording and premiering them for you guys so this makes things a ton easier especially around the holidays. Typical I want to try to have 52 episodes per year which is a lot but that is why I rather pre-record then live shows but you never know what the future brings, right? Anyways that is the post for today and stay tuned as The CBOTW Show is going to be premiere tonight for the last time when we switch days next week. I will talk about it Friday, I promise!

Chris

Discord, Podcasts & Finalizing!

               The Discord is now finished! After a long fought battle to getting the Discord done, it is done! https://discord.gg/GPynvVVAW9  So this the final time I am going to touch or delete something. This is part of permanent changes that are going on. 

              Now the Schedule is being tweaked a tad bit to fit everything into place. I was careless to the program  schedule and Witchbucket, big shoutout to him that has inspired me to rearrange everything. So here is our new schedule:

Sundays: 1 pm EST- Entertainment Man Podcast (YouTube/Audio ONLY)

Monday - Friday's: 11 am EST- Daily Blog

Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays: Live Stream on the main YouTube Channel, ChrisBOnTheWeb Media

Tuesday's: 1 pm EST- Video on the main YouTube Channel, ChrisBOnTheWeb Media

Thursday's: 6 pm EST- The CBOTW Show (YouTube/Audio ONLY)

Saturday's: 11 am EST- Bonus Blog (Randomly)

                Lots of content throughout the week and excited for this schedule and now there can be streams on the weekend if you guys ask for one. I am always open to that. Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions and hopefully this really sets things into place for the future. Still working out  the kinks around Christmas and New Years for The CBOTW Show and will have a post for you guys this week with my thought process. 

Chris