Not what I normally write about, is it. But what is normal for a blog I haven't attended to on a regular basis for the last 8 or so years? Why would it even matter when I write these more for my own satisfaction than for an audience? I felt like musing about my experiences on dating apps, and so I will. I actually felt like making a youtube video about it - but it's too late for that tonight - so in a way, I think this is a proto-video? Maybe the things I write here will eventually become videos if the idea sits well enough in my head after I've had a chance to write it out. So, dating apps. When I moved out to college and first got on dating apps, I felt like a whole world of potential matches had opened up to me. I pretty quickly found someone to date, and settled into a year and a half relationship with them. After that ended (and I had healed enough to start dating again), I eagerly got back onto dating apps - and was frankly, overwhelmingly let down. I feel like d...
Ok, so I may have caught the vintage digicam bug for a bit. After playing with the Mavica, I was really impressed with its simple user interface and the quality of its photos (in terms of color, not resolution). I wanted a camera that would give similar results, but without the resolution limitations. Despite the Mavica being the most popular camera of the time, Sony was making more professional grade compact cameras around the same time. I wanted something with at least a few megapixels so it would still be usable on modern screens, and ended up with the DSC-S85. The S85 is a pretty nice little CCD sensor, 4.0MP camera. It has auto modes, but also has a fully manual mode, including focus, aperture, ISO, and shutter speed. I'm not a professional by any means - but I do enjoy having a little bit of room to mess with settings, so I'm glad the manual mode is there. Aside from photos, it also takes videos - but these are . . . potato quality. Here, I'll show you what I mean. ...
