I watched this video like most of us probably have and to me, this is both romantic and whole lot of malarkey. I mean, I get it, some people need less time on their phones in order to “create” but most of us, we have stuff to do, things that keep us busy and away from our devices anyway. There are days I don’t even touch my phone the entire day! If you feel like you need to go to these extremes, well, sounds like a personal problem or lack of discipline and I guess I get that.

When I do the doom-scrolling is because I chose to pick up my phone, perhaps unconsciously, but ultimately, I did, my device didn’t just show up on my face. The apps on my home-screen I decided to put them there and for a reason.

Whenever I make a setup like this is for pure ascetics and very little about “functionality” or limiting “distractions”., and they never last more than a few days. Again, these extremes are for, what I think, a few people, and mostly youtubers and such.

Ultimately , it’s a choice.

Chainsaw Man on Crunchyroll

Following a betrayal, a young man left for the dead is reborn as a powerful devil-human hybrid after merging with his pet devil, and is soon enlisted into an organization dedicated to hunting devils.

This is my kind of show, super-ridiculous, over the top, and bloody! It is also somewhat messed up, but that how these shows tend to be. I am only sad that I have to wait a week for the next episode, but the first truly set the tone and I want more!

Almost two months ago, I got myself a Casio G-SHOCK. Mostly because I wanted to change this a bit, I have always been a watch guy, and I stopped buying watches the moment the Apple Watch had come out. And I have been using the Apple Watch exclusively, since. 

The Casio I got, was a MOVe model, basically, it can be synced to the iPhone via Bluetooth using the G-SHOCK MOVE app. I could still get some notifications, and it would track my steps. I was never able to figure out if it could track a workout the same way the Apple Watch does, I am not a runner so, tracking speed and laps wasn't for me. After a few weeks, I started missing the Apple Watch just to track my workouts and easy access to timers and was using it just for that whilst using the Casio for daily use.

One day, something changed, my AirPods Pro started acting up. I would get this high pitch noise somewhat regularly among other things, it was super-weird and it seemed very random. One day, in my frustration, I went online to look for possible causes and fixes. One was to turn off the ear detection feature and that seemed to have worked, a bit, but not quite. I had also read that another cause, could be that another Bluetooth device may be interfering with the AirPods' connection, but I ignored that part or didn't think much about it. I stopped using my AirPods, entirely, mostly out of frustration. I had started using my Powerbeats Pro more, the battery life alone won me back over. 

Recently, I picked up my AirPods again, and still thinking about the annoyances, it occurred to me that perhaps the culprit was the G-SHOCK. I unpaired the G-SCHOCK from the phone, they aren't Bluetooth-connected anymore and what do you know, The Airpods Pro are acting normal again. Thus far.

It is still an ongoing experiment, it could be something totally unrelated. I need more data, so far it's just a theory.

Technology is weird...

There is a Pod-radio-show I have been really enjoying, and that is, Really Specific Stories by Martin Feld

Join podcast studies researcher Martin Feld as he delves into narratives of tech-podcast fandom, featuring creators and their listeners.  

I love the conversations held, every show has a different guest, with their own stories and experiences. Specific stories about how we all get into this medium which is podcasts. And I find these conversations very fascinating and interesting. It's like the telling of an origin story of sorts. Whether you are just a listener, host, or producer.

Definitely worth checking out.

In this household, we have both the OG Nintendo Switch and the Switch lite. I fell in love with the lite, so light and easy to handle and carry around. Eventually, I went back to the OG, and Marley sort of took over the lite. Last night, I picked it up again, and I remembered why is so sweet to use, but at the same time, it feels so tiny on the hands it almost feels ridiculous.

Also, I have to confess, I kind of want the OLED Switch…