⁠Mikey ⁠and ⁠Sawyer ⁠talk about CM Punk, iPhone 15 Pro Max, Readwise, and video games. Show Notes: CM Punk returns and Has Plenty To Say! | 6/17/23, AEW Collision - YouTube CM Punk calls out Reigns, Rollins and more in epic mic drop: SmackDown, Dec. 8, 2023 - YouTube The Rock returns and wants The Head of the Table: Raw Day 1 highlights, Jan. 1, 20…

Mikey and Sawyer talk about CM Punk, Apple Watch Series 9, iPhone 15 Pro Max, Finewoven stuff, Playstation 5, and console-quality games on iPhone. Show notes: I do not dream of labor Inside Pulse – K Sawyer Paul CM Punk – Wikipedia The Wrestling Blog: Your Favorite Wrestlers Ever: K. Sawyer Paul Understand the law on workplace violence and harassme…

Mikey and Sawyer talk about Tears of the Kingdom, gaming as a family, Zelda dates, and living in a golden age of gaming. Show notes: The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom for the Nintendo Switch™ system – Official Site The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023) (backloggd.com) Nintendo Switch 2023夏 CM1 – YouTube – wholesome ad Rediscover…

Mikey and Sawyer almost talk about Zelda but end up reviewing a few home coffee solutions.Links: Flair Classic Overview | Affordable Espresso Maker | Flair Espresso AeroPress Coffee Maker Official Store Vertuo Pop+ Pacific Blue Nespresso Coffee Machine | Nespresso Canada Ember®: The World’s First Temperature Control Mug The Bialetti Moka Express (E…

Mikey and Sawyer discuss the Apple Vision Pro. Links: [Torment Nexus | Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/torment-nexus) [The gold Apple Watch Edition will start at $10,000 - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/9/8161553/apple-watch-edition-price-how-much) [Apple Vision Pro - Apple](https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/) https:…

Mikey and Sawyer discuss Italy, The Canon M50 Mark ii, the iPad Mini, rating things, and vacation blogging. Links: * coming soon!

Mikey and Sawyer discuss the middle device between a phone and a computer, which is almost always an iPad. They review Mikey's iPad Mini and figure out exactly the one thing the iPad does best. Topics include: why the iPad didn't eat the computer, why it might eat the phone, and why the Surface Duo is so attractive as a concept, but not as it curre…

Mikey and Sawyer talk about the Canon M50 Mark II and decision-making. Links: Republic vs. Democracy: What Is the Difference? Professional wrestling match types - Wikipedia Ways to Vote - Ontario Philippines Election Marked By Voting System Issues Magnum Ice Cream Bars Best of the Super Juniors - Wikipedia K Sawyer Paul's Best of the Super Juniors …

Mikey and Sawyer discuss replacing broken Apple Watches, replacing broken Apple Watch straps, and replacing reality with Apple's face dingus. All this and more on the season premiere of You Chose Poorly! Links: Redesigned Apple Watch Series 4 revolutionizes communication, fitness and health Apple unveils Apple Watch Series 5 Apple reveals Apple Wat…

Mikey and Sawyer detail the history of the Wii, the WiiU, and the Switch, and why one just quite isn't like the others. Links: Keychron C2 Wired Mechanical Keyboard iPad mini Review: Small Wonder - MacStories How Star trek inspired an Innovation List of Wii U games ported to the Nintendo Switch system Wii MotionPlus Wii U system software Nintendo C…

Mikey and Sawyer talk about the Nintendo Switch OLED, and then dive into the Zune and how it might be one of the biggest You Chose Poorly objects so far, especially now that Windows has finally dropped all those live tiles. Links: Nintendo Switch – OLED Model - Nintendo - Official Site Stardew Valley Super Metroid - Wikipedia Ring Fit Adventure - N…

Mikey and Sawyer discuss being lifelong pro wrestling fans, being open and social about their fandoms, off seasons, being forced to watch WCW in 2000, buying into WWE's ethos, and having AEW change the conversation. Links: Don't Try This at Home - TV Tropes New World Order (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia) WCW Monday Nitro - Wikipedia WCW Monda…

Sawyer and Mikey talk about keyboards, life being easy, Guess Who, teaching online and during the pandemic, and new retro portable video game consoles. Links: ROYAL KLUDGE RK71 71 Keys Wireless 70% RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – RKgaming (rkgamingstore.com) Keychron K4 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard for Mac and Windows Keychron K2 Wireless Mechanic…

Mikey and Sawyer talk about tech keynotes, Windows, The Mac, wanting to be sold an iPad, and whether or not caring about these things is a good idea. Links: Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid - itch.io Windows XP Music Seagate BarraCuda 2TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 2.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5400 RPM 128MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC – Frustration Free P…

Mikey and Sawyer talk about messing with Apple Watch data. It leads into a larger topic of cheating in video games. Links: Some Canadians may see display of colourful vapour clouds from NASA rocket launch Saturday How to Have a Recovery Day With the Apple Watch – Shawn Blanc How to cheat your way to a rest day on Apple Watch Activity Rings and Work…

Mikey and Sawyer follow up the debut episode with some more insights on their new machines, old habits and muscle memory, audio fetishization, and text files. Remember: the real fetish object is the time alone. Links: You Chose Poorly S02E01 - Put More Lights in Me! Mechanical Keyboard Switches Keychron K2 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard for Mac and W…

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 it out yet? Links iPhone XR - Wikipedia iPhone…

Mikey and Sawyer cap off the first season of You Chose Poorly by talking about what comes first (hint: it's people, not products), the impossibility of buying the right camera, and when you have to turn off the "product hunt" and just deal with what you've got. Show notes: When Life Is A Product Hunt Cameras on The Wirecutter Apple iPhone 6s Plus c…

This week, Mikey and Sawyer discuss Pokemon Go, the wisdom of avoiding never-ending video games, and how good the game might be for society. Also, a little bit of iOS 10 Beta chat at the beginning. Show notes: Pokemon Go Death by Video Game: Tales of obsession from the virtual frontline by Simon Parkin — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists Man ki…

In this day and age, what’s the best way to read a book? Sawyer and Mikey try to figure out why “use an ebook reader” isn’t automatically the answer. They also talk about the ebook readers they’ve owned, and if any of them were wrong. Sony Reader PRS300 (2009) Sony Reader T1 (2011) Kobo Aura HD (2013) Kobo Aura (2014) Barnes and Noble Nook Simple T…

Sawyer tells a story about recommending a service that recently shut down, and this brings Mikey to the topic at hand: photos. What do you do with them? How do you trust they'll still be there if you want to see them later? How much money do you have to throw at this problem? And can there just be one place where they live (tldr: no). Mikey's photo…

Is trying to get everyone on board with new workflows always a mistake? Do you just drive yourself nuts knowing the future is right there, just out of reach, while everyone else around you is fine just faxing stuff? Sawyer and Mikey begin to unpack an issue that plagues early adopters and automation enthusiasts. Show notes and homework for next wee…

Mikey and Sawyer talk WWDC 2016, and in the process wrestle with spending personal time watching corporate keynotes. Is it a waste of time for a regular consumer? What is it about nerdy drama that keeps us coming back? And is it about the products, the people, or the (once again) weird feeling of unearned superiority from knowing stuff faster than …

Sawyer's apartment didn't burn down, but most of his messaging apps might as well have. This week, he and Mikey dive deeper into the strange cesspool of the psychology of messaging services.

Sawyer has ten messaging apps. Mikey has nine. Most everyone with a smartphone has at least five. How is this the new normal? Also, Mikey has a new phone, and Sawyer's apartment is burning. What Sawyer is currently using: iMessage/SMS Facebook Messenger WhatsApp Google Hangouts Slack Miitomo Skype Twitter Instagram Tumblr What Mikey is currently us…

What happens when you fall in love with a failing music service? What do you tell the people who signed up due to your evangelism? What happens when the boat sinks? Mikey Llorin and Sawyer Paul discuss Rdio, the dead and loved online music service. Show notes: Soundiiz - move playlists between online music services Yeah, um, Apple Music is way too …

Sawyer Paul explains how his interest in offbeat and weird technology began with being the only kid he knew with a TurboGrafx-16. Mikey Llorin makes a revelatory statement about the narcissism of going against the grain. Note: We mention Contra a few times but we both totally meant R-Type. TurboGrafx-16: A Beginner's Guide Stalled Engine: The Turbo…

Mikey Llorin and Sawyer Paul discuss Apple's quarterly results, Sawyer's iPhone 6, Apple Music, iTunes Match, Zune Pass, and whether or not it is a poor choice to put all your stuff into iCloud. Daring Fireball: Apple and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Drop in iPhone Sales Picking apart Apple's Q2 2016 numbers Zune software Zune retireme…

Sawyer and Mikey break open the beautiful and troubled little pebble that effectively killed Palm. Also discussed: Palm Pilots, Apple lifting features from the Prē, and if there's anything to learn from Palm's demise. Links and Show Notes: Mikey processes his feelings about the iPad Pro The Verge's new blog, Circuit Breaker Sony Clie Handspring Vis…

iPad. It's almost impossible to pick the "right" one, even if they're all pretty great. Links and Show Notes: The “right” iPads: iPad 2 iPad mini 2 (2012) — Still available! iPad Air 2 (2014) The "wrong" ones that Mikey owned: iPad “The New” (3rd Gen) iPad — Hurry up the Cakes: You had me at retina iPad Air 1 Mikey's current iPad: iPad Pro 12.9” Sa…

Mikey and Sawyer discuss a small handful of iPods, what they meant in their lives, why certain models were chosen over others, and what the iPod meant in the 2000s before ubiquitous internet music streaming. Links Daring Fireball: The iPod Juggernaut iPod Photo iPod video Basic iPod earbuds Steve Jobs says it again: no video iPod Powermac g3 How li…