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  • Mikey and Sawyer talk about dedicated new cameras, old cameras, phone cameras, and doing a thing vs being a type of person. Show notes:

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  • Bonk’s Revenge

    A review of Bonk’s Revenge, a game originally made for the TurboGrafx 16 in 1991. Childhood nostalgia Not everyone has a childhood video game, but it’s common enough trait for those of us who grew up after the 80s that it’s become a cultural cliché. Bonk’s Revenge was mine. I owned the original and this…

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  • Mikey and Sawyer talk fitness, losing weight, tracking calories, the importance of video game points, and Apple Watch. Show Notes:

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  • I have a lot of list recommendations on Letterboxd and Backloggd, for movies and games. For TV, though, I really only have two. “Good TV” is pretty much just that, shows I’ve enjoyed that I think are good. “Slice of Life Recommendations” are for if you want to dive into my favourite genre of anime,…

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  • It took a while, but I moved my video game list collection to a site called backloggd.com. Backloggd works identically to Letterboxd, a much more popular site for reviewing films. I like both sites, as they work the way I went a collection to work. Both reward the user the more you put into it.…

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  • I packed my big camera bag for the first time in years, bundled up for minus ten degrees and went out to a design show happening across the city. DesignTO is a fairly typical Toronto festival in that it happens and some people notice but most don’t. This city is awful at getting awareness out…

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  • My current “run” of using iTunes began at the beginning of the pandemic. I bought a new computer that had a ton more storage space, and one project I wanted to do was finally organize my music properly. I looked at the options available, and found iTunes to be the one most compatible with the…

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  • I found a video with some advice for shooting with my Canon M50. I don’t often use the kit lens but this one suggested working with it at 35mm. He suggests taking most shots in portrait, which is something I’ve been trying to practice more. I chose “monochrome” for the colour styles, so these’ll be…

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