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  • Mikey and Sawyer discuss new computers, if they deserve to be happy, iPhones, filling the bars, AMD & M1 vs Intel, Da Vinci Resolve, and more in the first episode of You Chose Poorly Season 2! Apologies for the audio quality in this episode. Did we mention we got new computers and haven’t quite figured

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  • Sawyer’s Media Log, 2020

    I’ve been keeping better track of the things I consume this year. I couldn’t have done it without Notion and this blog. Here’s my top lists for every category. If I remember to, I’ll expand each section with reasons for each. If I don’t, assume each one of things gave me some joy and got

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  • I still take photos with my iphone and camera, and those automatically upload into a Onedrive folder using the Onedrive iPhone app. Once a month, I cull it. I delete photos that aren’t great, and I either delete or move screenshots. You’d be surprised how many things end up in your camera roll just from using

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  • I bought the phone Marques Brownlee said not to panic about, Nilay Patel said was better than good enough, and that Sara Dietschy said was a solid upgrade. Of course, that was way back in November 2018, and nobody’s said a word about the XR since then. I got my XR in March 2019, just a few months

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  • Nokia Lumia 1020

    just like the Lumia 800, I wanted to write a little blog post about an old phone. This one was important to me. The 1020 is the only Windows Phone that ever mattered. It was filled with compromises, as all Windows Phones were. It had fewer apps, it was a little slower than the competition, and the

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  • Lumia 800

    This was the first Windows Phone that was worth a damn. It’s certainly the only Windows Phone 7 Series that’s worth a damn. 3.7″ screen. 16gb of storage. Glorious, glorious AMOLED. It still looks better than any LCD on any iPhone. This model was my wife’s. Mine was cyan, and broke on the day I

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  • 75% of Apple News+ Magazines in Canada are already free

    These are the Canadian magazines Apple News+ (formerly Texture/Next Issue) is offering. I’ve been reading magazines with my Library Card through Press Reader and Flipster, and noticed a good amount of overlap. So I went down the list to see just how many you could get for free (and read on your phone/tablet, just like

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  • TL:DR: I thought about buying an Apple Watch and did some research. I ultimately decided it’s not for me. Now, for the longer version. I had a wonderful epiphany. I hate my phone. I don’t mean the iPhone SE specifically. Even in 2019, it’s still a great phone. It might be the most beloved iPhone

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  • Habitica

    I’ll write more, but so far I’m digging this nerdy AF routine RPG thing. Most tracking and task apps give you check marks. Habitica is about giving you more for completing your tasks and being good to yourself than just check marks. I’ve written about Productive and Streaks, and Habitica is more or less another one

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  • Back to Bookmarks

    I’m definitely going through a thing. A few weeks ago I called it a season of reconfiguring, but as one season turns into another I may have to widen that scope a bit. So, fine, it might be a year of it. Bookmarks! You know, for when you like a website and would like to

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