Audio download link: Proton Drive
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You mentioned having a therapy tv in your workspace that runs a Toonami stream in the background. Would you move sharing how you got that set up? Sounds pretty cool.
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I think JOMO has finally clicked for me. I came to the realisation recently that I prefer smallest handhelds (particularly the Switch Lite). So I refocused on it and it’s been great. I don’t care about graphics or frame rates, as long as the game feels good and is fun I am happy. And keeping up with new releases doesn’t really feel as important when I am playing much more casually as I was on console/Steam Deck.
I also took a step back from a lot of gaming fandom spaces, and not knowing so much about what is going on in the scene outside of where my current interests lie has really helped me clear my head and focus on the more positive side of things.
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I have a laptop connected to a CRT TV via a basic cheapo HDMI-RCA adapter (Not the best quality, but not a priority given the quality of the source material). Could use an older RPi with native composite output instead, but I found JellyFin on RPi to be a fucking nightmare for some reason.
Then the laptop is just looping marathons from my Jellyfin server. Mouse stays accessible to control it.
I ripped some 24 hour marathons of Toonami and other cartoon networks from YouTube and Internet Archive. They’re compressed to shit, but to get the full marathons (commercials and all!) it’s worth it for passive background stuff IMO.
There’s also a program called https://ersatztv.org/ that lets you set up block TV viewing and stuff in a classic linear TV style like the old days - I used it for my kiddo for a bit and for here, but didn’t stick with it.
So glad to hear it!!!
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Towards the end BBK makes mention of making all of your extra screens super boring to help lock on the game you want to play. From personal experience— and jumping much earlier into the podcast— this was actually one of the things that was super helpful pruning down my screen time usage on my phone. My entire phone is entirely in black-and-white until I enter an app— and my homescreen is full of the core functions that I would need such as maps, reading, or music apps. Anything else I have to scroll the app library for, presuming it hasn’t lost it’s spot on my phone already.
Distimulating the things you don’t want to focus on is a super great tactic & I would be interested to see how it goes for you if/when you find a solid execution.
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I also did that and it helped cut down my screen time as well! I have my lock screen/homescreen set to black and white and I’ve removed most apps from the homescreen. All I have left is a widget for logging food, a widget for daily tasks and then apps for my alarm clock/texts/music. Definitely removes a lot of the random distractions when checking something on my phone. Crazy how much removing color and adding just a little extra step to opening apps makes the phone a lot less appealing!
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On the topic of photography: I feel a lot of the same sentiments. I enjoy the act of taking photos with my old, low end Nikon D3000 DSLR. It’s mostly used while attending events like races or the local air show. Since I don’t actively engage with social media, there’s not really a place to share. And since I don’t share, the photos sit on the hard drive/NAS.
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