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Toby Geeks Out!

Kentucky-made. Internet-brained.

That dusty teal wall? Stunning. And blending a Samsung Frame TV into a gallery wall so seamlessly you’d mistake it for actual art?? GENIUS — spoiler: there’s a TV in there! My 14-year-old TV is sitting in the corner, judging me right now. Upgrade era incoming? 😂 😂 link

Just added to my Watch.list 👀 From Tomorrow Season 1 — A Spanish thriller about a woman who finds a mysterious stone that lets her see the future — including her own death. 🪨🔮 Now she’s racing to change it. Supernatural mystery with serious vibes. 🇪🇸

Just added to my Watch.list 👀 Gannibal — A remote Japanese village. A new cop. And rumors that the family controlling the town… eats people. 🫀 Folk horror meets psychological thriller. This one looks deeply unsettling. Can’t wait. 🇯🇵

Picked up Macabre by Kosoko Jackson for $1.99 — a steal! Bought it from Bookshop.org. Only at 8%, so too soon to tell. As a notorious DNF-er, I’m hoping this one finally gets me to the finish line. 📖

So much to share abt what I’ve been reading lately — stay tuned, bec I have a lot coming your way. For now, I’m taking a break and finally tackling one of those books that’s been collecting dust on my shelf. First up: The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown. And with snow falling outside? Perfect timing.

Okay, Mars just got more interesting. A new study flipped the script — ancient Mars wasn’t a frozen wasteland. It was warm, rainy, and potentially habitable for millions of years.

Perseverance found clay pebbles in Jezero Crater that tell a wild story. Researchers in Nature Geoscience say they

“likely represent some of the wettest intervals and possibly most habitable portions of Mars' history.”

Rain. On Mars. For millions of years. 🚀

Photo: Illustration of the Perseverance rover on the floor of Jezero Crater. Credit: NASA

Giada’s lemon spaghetti is calling my name. FOUR ingredients. That’s it. Simple, bright, and honestly? Sometimes the easiest recipes hit the hardest. Adding this to my must-try list ASAP.

I’m a flat-rashers-in-a-pan kind of cook. Neat. Orderly. But this chaos bacon method — tossing it all in a saucepan? Messy, crispy, apparently genius. Maybe one day I’ll embrace the chaos. 🥓 What do you think — are you a neat cook or a chaos cook?

Okay, slow cooker beef ragu with pappardelle has been living rent-free in my head. It looks delicious! Just prep it in the morning, let it do its thing for hours, and boom — family dinner magic. Only problem? I don’t own a slow cooker yet. Adding that to my shopping list ASAP. 🍝

Have you heard of dark showering? Showering with the lights dimmed or off before bed. TikTok is obsessed, and the science is actually interesting.

“Showering with the lights off promotes melatonin release, preparing the brain for sleep ahead of time.” — Dr. Chelsie Rohrscheib, neuroscientist & sleep expert

Warm water raises your body temp, then the drop when you step out mimics what your body naturally does before sleep. I’ve tried it and find it really relaxing. Worth adding to your nighttime routine!

Photo by Victor Furtuna on Unsplash

UK companies are ditching the fruit bowl and installing beehives at the office. Workers take lunch breaks watching bees, joining workshops, even streaming hive cameras to the break room.

“A gym discount or fruit bowl is nice, but the bees create a shared story and a sense of stewardship.” — Phillip Potts, Park House London

Wild perk, honestly. But conservation groups warn too many managed hives crowd out wild insects. Not exactly scalable for a tiny office either. What do you think — should more workplaces follow suit?

Percy Jackson S3 casting news has me absolutely losing it — Ming-Na Wen as Hera, Jennifer Beals as Demeter, and Hubert Smielecki as Apollo. This show keeps getting better and I am so here for it. Season 3 cannot come fast enough. Should be interesting, right?

An artist spent 3 years building a 3-foot haunted dollhouse set in 20th-century Mississippi. Rancid fridge, pet carcasses, crime scenes with her actual blood. It’s a Southern Gothic ghost story told in miniature. Fascinating and wildly detailed, right?

February’s Amazon First Reads dropped & I need your help picking my free book! Historical fiction, psychological thriller, fantasy, romance, sci-fi & more are on the list. Which genre would YOU grab first? I think I am picking either Serial Killer or Science Fiction Adventure genre. 📚

This Austin living room is goals. Designer Chiara de Rege hid a TV behind a sliding cane screen in a stunning, solid white oak built-in — also a coat closet & game cabinet. Brilliant! Plus, proof that smart storage can be drop-dead gorgeous. 😍 Source #HomeDesign #InteriorInspo

About the Author

Toby Overstreet is a curious mind who has been blogging on and off since 2004 and still hasn't figured out how to stop. He launched Toby Geeks Out! as a space to share his honest, unfiltered takes on whatever has his attention that week. Whether he's documenting the latest technological shift, diving into neurodivergence topics, or exploring a wide variety of new subjects, Toby loves to follow his curiosity wherever it leads. He writes for the sheer joy of discovery and the satisfaction of making a complicated topic feel like a conversation. He lives in a tiny house in Kentucky, where he can usually be found reading, working on an adult coloring book, watching something new on streaming, or quietly eyeing a LEGO set he has no room for.