You Chose Poorly

⁠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, 2024 - YouTube Thoughts on iPhone 15 Pro Max – K Sawyer Paul Video Game Time, 2023 – K Sawyer Paul Readwise – K Sawyer Paul Backloggd | parosilience

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 harassment | ontario.ca AEW releases CM Punk ‘with cause’ after physical altercation at All In PPV event in London – CBSSports.com iPhone Battery Repair & Replacement – Apple Support (CA) Apple Watch Series 9 – Apple (CA) George Carlin on Time – YouTube Test Shows How Much Battery Drain Your Wallpaper Causes on the iPhone 14 Pro’s Always-On Display – MacRumors iPhone 14, 14 Pro owners report battery health drops of 10 percent in less than a year – The Verge Apple introduces iPhone XR – Apple (CA) iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max – Apple (CA) Everything From This 1991 Radio Shack Ad You Can Now Do With Your Phone | HuffPost Impact New iPho

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 your sense of adventure with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – YouTube – sad ad Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Story Explained (Part 1) – YouTube (spoilers) Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Story Explained (Part 2) – YouTube (spoilers) The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch™ home gaming system and Wii U™ console – Official Site The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) (backloggd.com) How Nintendo Solved Zelda’s Open World Problem – YouTube How Zelda’s Puzzle Box Dungeons Work – YouTube The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (2019) (backloggd.com) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) (backloggd.com)

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 (Episode #1) - YouTube How do you use the Ember with Health Kit? – Ember Help Bar Ember Mug: Not staying connected – Ember Help Bar John Siracusa | The Incomparable Wiki | Fandom All remaining Nordstrom stores in Canada to close for good by Tuesday | CBC News James Hoffmann Seinfeld: Sponge Worthy (Clip) | TBS - YouTube

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://youtu.be/lJ_X_1Hv2lg - brock lesnar [Bluetooth Audio Sunglasses | Bose](https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/frames.html) [Spectacles by Snap Inc. • The Next Generation of Spectacles](https://www.spectacles.com/ca-en/) [Steam Deck™](https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck/)

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 currently exists. Links: It’s been 1000 days since Microsoft unveiled the Surface Neo | Windows Central You Chose Poorly 2 - iPads Apple iPad Pro TV Commercial - What's a Computer? iPad - Apple (CA) Use iPhone and iPad apps on Mac with Apple silicon - Apple Support (CA) Apollo | A beautiful reddit app built for power and speed Support snap layouts for desktop apps on Windows 11 Rectangle - Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas Here's what Stage Manager looks like on the iPad mini - 9to5Mac Apple Explains Why Stage Manager is Limited to M1 iPads in New Statement - MacRumors iPad mini - Technical Specifications - Apple (

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 Recommended Matches Round-robin tournament - Wikipedia The saying 'Round Robin' - meaning and origin. Digital Photography Review Sawyer's Camera Tournament in Excel Sport tournament template in Excel Canon EOS M50 Mark II | Mirrorless Camera Canon EOS M50 Mark II review: Digital Photography Review The Best Camera is the One That's With You - Digital Innovation and Transformation Ranked voting - Wikipedia Meet Pixy: Snap's Friendly Flying Camera

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 Watch Series 7, featuring the largest, most advanced display Sony Bravia KDL-S3000 review: Sony Bravia KDL-S3000 - CNET Mikey's Series 7 Watch Face: Knockoff Apple Watch Straps: 45mm Eucalyptus Solo Loop - Size 10 Braided Solo Loop Nylon Breathable Strap For Apple Watch Band 44mm 40mm 38mm 42mm 45mm 41mm Elastic For Iwatch 7 6 Se 5 4 3 - Watchbands - AliExpress Metal Milanese Loop Strap For Apple Watch Band 7 45mm 44mm 40mm Iwatch Series 42mm38mm Stainless Steel Bracelet Magnetic 3456 Se - Watchbands - AliExpress New Milanese Strap For iWatch Series 7 6 SE 5 4 3 2 1 Bracelet Apple Watch Size 41mm 45mm 38mm 42mm 40mm 44mm WatchBand | Shopee Philippines

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 Comes To The Rescue After 95-Year-Old Grandmother's Game Boy Breaks K Sawyer Paul's WiiU Collection Nintendo Console Sales Data Best Wii U Games - Nintendo Life Fast Software, the Best Software — by Craig Mod The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Crossing | Fandom Patient Gamers - For gamers behind the times Monster Hunter Stories+ on the App Store FINAL FANTASY VII for Nintendo Switch The Animal Crossing: New Horizons guilt trip - Polygon Fear and self-loathing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons - The Verge 10PCS NTAG215 Compatible with Amiibo and TagMo NFC Color Card PVC ISO Card NFC - Amazon.ca Nintendo Switch Parental Contro

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 - Nintendo - Official Site Nintendo Switch Online Metroid Dread amiibo 2-pack - Nintendo - Official Site Ship of Theseus - Wikipedia Apple’s new iOS 14 home screen brings Windows Phone Live Tiles back to life - The Verge Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Zune Joke - See an Extended Deleted Scene With the Zune (esquire.com) Satya Nadella: "Microsoft was doing a lot of things out of envy, not ... things that we were meant to do" Microsoft to permanently close all of its retail stores - The Verge Isaacson on Gates and Jobs: One guy made the Zune, the other made the iPod - GeekWire Too Zune to pass judgment: a review of the Zune Marketplace | Ars Tec

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 Monday Nitro (Wrestling) - TV Tropes An Oral History of the Last WCW Monday Nitro | Bleacher Report Reconcilable Differences #3: Helena Sell - Relay FM Nielsen ratings - Wikipedia New Japan Pro Wrestling WWE - Virtual Sets and Augmented Reality with InfinitySet on Vimeo AEW Official Website From McQuaid to Smackdown: WWE's Luke Harper loves home Pittsburgh Welcomes Home the AEW Women's World Champion Dr. Britt Baker CM Punk Has Arrived in AEW! Casino Battle Royale - Wikipedia AEW All Out 2020 - The first bad AEW pay-per-view G1 Climax - Wikipedia Kenny Omega on Twitter: "Your promotion has been so ice cold since I left that not even Meltz

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 Mechanical Keyboard for Mac and Windows A guide to mechanical keyboard switches | Tom's Guide (tomsguide.com) Keychron Keyboard Carrying Case Keychron Keyboard Wooden Palm Rest Rosewill Mechanical Keyboard Rubber O-Rings, Switch Sound Dampener Compatible w/Cherry MX and Kailh Switches, 120 pcs - RO-100T : Amazon.ca: Everything Else The saga of Apple’s bad butterfly MacBook keyboards is finally over - The Verge The MKBHD Setup Tour 2020! The Typing of The Dead: Overkill on Steam (steampowered.com) Shift key - Wikipedia KeyTweak CMD vs CTRL | MacRumors Forums How can I turn off the backlight to save power？ – Keychron ShareX - The best free and open source screenshot tool

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 Packaging (ST2000LM015) : Amazon.ca: Electronics Macintosh - the computer for the rest of us. 1980's commercial - YouTube The 2021 Microsoft Windows Event - YouTube Windows 11! Watch Microsoft's entire reveal event in 10 minutes (supercut) - YouTube Microsoft Surface 2019 event in under 11 minutes - YouTube Panos Panay (@panos_panay) / Twitter Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) / Twitter Satya Nadella on Twitter: "Windows has always stood for sovereignty for creators and agency for consumers, and with Windows 11 we have a renewed sense of Windows’ role in the world. https://t.co/xHldf38B8d" / Twitter Epic v Apple: What have we learned? - BBC

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 Workouts | iMore Hey Apple Watch, can you give it a rest? | iMore How to manually add Stand Hours to Activity : AppleWatch Apple podcast subscription service details explained - Vox Close the Rings! - Stickers Sawyer's Bonk's Adventure Playthrough Twitch Stream Nintendo Switch's new SNES feature is ruining everything Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Classic on the App Store R-Type - Wikipedia Braid (video game) - Wikipedia) Celeste (video game) - Wikipedia) Dan Hibiki - Wikipedia Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: Ōdō Keishō - Wikipedia

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 Windows Interpreting Geekbench 5 Scores / Geekbench / Knowledge Base - Primate Labs Support OpenCL Benchmarks - Geekbench Browser Andy Warhol on Coca-Cola (kottke.org) Wirth's law: is an adage on computer performance which states that software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware is becoming faster." Damn You, Muscle Memory! - TV Tropes Why You Shouldn’t Make a Habit of Force-Quitting iOS Apps or Restarting iOS Devices - TidBITS How many background processes are running on your PC? | PC Gamer Apple Arcade - Apple (CA) Cozy Grove - come for the view, stay for the friends (cozygrovegame.com) Pokémon Crystal - Wikipedia Sayonara Wild Hearts | Simogo APC UPS

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 XS - Wikipedia Apple M1 - Wikipedia Mikey's Computer: MacBook Air (Apple Silicon) - Wikipedia Sawyer's Computer (Canada Computers Link) AMD Ryzen 7 3700X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 3200MHz WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 1TB B450 Motherboard MACUBE 310 White ATX Mid Tower

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 camera review: Digital Photography Review Do you need 41 megapixels? Our Nokia Lumia 1020 camera review: Digital Photography Review Nokia Refocus turns your Lumia into a Lytro-like camera | The Verge Squishy Days

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 killed while playing “Pokemon Go” at San Francisco park Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, in Pokemon Go Toronto to erect fence at Ferry Terminal for Pokemon Go

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 Touch Kindle Paperwhite (2012) Joanna Stern's review of the $50 Blu M1 Hurry up the Cakes: I want a Kindle Paperwhite Jason Snell: Which Kindle should you buy? Craig Mod Books in the age of iPad Future reading: Digital books stagnate in closed, dull systems, while printed books are shareable, lovely and enduring. What comes next? Gerty eBook reader app (iTunes link) 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. Sawyer's ebook Readers: So