By: Erin
Posted: March 8th, 2026
Twin Peaks Day has come and gone, which means so has EMN’s sixth anniversary! Six years! Unbelievable. I always wanted to believe that we’d stick with our little TV channel, but you never know what the future holds. It turns out that the future holds website updates, articles, and a whopping seven channels with multiple programming lineups running in our home. Who knew?
I really wanted to get some cool things done for the six year anniversary. There have been multiple articles I’ve been working on, including one I started over a year ago, and I’ve been trying to figure out what a proverbial “next step” for EMN could look like. As it stands, our main units either use PseudoTV or pure marathon-style code depending on the unit, and I’m happy with those, but I’m always looking at what else is out there. It’s pretty funny, because in the time since Mandy and I got EMN1 up-and-running using Probnot’s simple video script method, tons of people have made their own ways of running TV boxes to simulate having a channel to turn on. The people crave the old days of analogue television and are sick of picking what to watch! And, obviously, people, I’m on your side.
I could use this post to wax philosophical about EMN’s ethos, about Tunarr and ErsatzTV and NostalgiaTV and FieldStation 42 and all these other projects out there, but I won’t. Those projects have their audience, and I absolutely love that this little niche desire of mine and Mandy’s has since become a community of people giving those who are a little more sane than us and don’t want to be beholden to ancient tech a way to experience the joys of their own custom TV channel. Instead, let’s look at what we have done for EMN’s anniversary this year.
First! Obviously, it was time for our annual main EMN channel update. We’ve added some great shows, movies, and more, and all of it is marked on the main Programming Guide page. No fancy video this year, but what I did do was upload all of our imaging and bumpers to my YouTube channel. I really love this one in particular:
Second: you know it, you love hearing that it’s incomplete, it’s The Physical Media Article! Guess what? The Quest To Own Our Favorite Movies is text-complete!!! Yes, I need to take actual photos of all our movies and upload them, but whatever! It’s text-complete! The researcher I wrote it for loved it! No one can touch me! Who knows what may come of this article? If you want to read about me slowly going crazy over movies like Tekken: Blood Vengeance or the Lord of the Rings trilogy, you’re in the right place.
Not only that, I also got another article done I’ve been chipping away at, mostly because I wanted to make a fancy video to go along with it. In 2024, Mandy and I went to Portland and absolutely loved it, and I’ve uploaded all of our photos from that trip. We’re actually going back to the PNW this year, specifically to take a little tour of some famous places in the Seattle area… I hope we find somewhere to get some damn fine coffee.
I also slammed down an extra Blather article, just posting some funny photos taken last time we were in Oshkosh. Have you ever wanted to know what the world-famous Backrooms look like now? Here’s your chance.
Of course, there’s always more on my plate when it comes to things I want to write. Currently in the pipeline: me uploading my thousands of photos I took while working pro wrestling social media, another Travelogue of our trip to Tennessee, archiving of one of my favorite wrestling articles written by someone who unfortunately passed away recently, and going through all the non-Main EMN channel programming guides and file lists with a fine-tooth comb to get all of those up-to-date.
On top of all that, I’ve become a DJ! Well, to be clearer, for Christmas my lovely friend Silas got me the amazing solo RPG VOID 1680 AM, a playlist-building game where the author encourages you to record your DJ drops and send them in, because he then assembles a radio show that he broadcasts on YouTube. And guess who sent in a radio show based around my and Mandy’s little Beam Saber game we’ve been running?
It’s me!!
There’s one more in the pipeline, and I want to record even more.
Oh, and there is one more thing I’ve been working on regarding EMN. I’ve mentioned it on the ol’ socials but I’m not quite ready to go into detail yet on here. Still, a teaser image wouldn’t hurt…
Who knows what the future holds? Find out tonight at 9/8c!
It’s been a busy time, and there’s a whole lot going on in this world. I’m finding some sanity in my little corner of the internet and in my relationships, and I’ve also been playing Resident Evil Requiem. Great game. I hope you all can find some solace in the little things as well. God knows, we need some solace right now. Stay safe, keep tuning in, and just know that I really do love all the kind comments I receive on my YouTube channel and in the guestbook. Cool things are on the horizon here, and hopefully elsewhere as well.
Ciao for now.