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  • Insta360’s Go Ultra is a little less compact, a lot more capable

    Insta360’s Go Ultra is a little less compact, a lot more capable

    Insta360 has revealed the latest model in its compact ‘Go’ range today, upping the size (boooo) to increase its capabilities (yaaay).

  • I don’t really do horror, but…

    I don’t really do horror, but…

    The film, Scared Shitless, premiered in Canada in 2024 but for whatever reason (distribution?) is only just making its way to the wider world now, and it looks brilliant.

  • Ricoh’s GR IV looks brilliant, but is it too expensive?

    Ricoh’s GR IV looks brilliant, but is it too expensive?

    I have the older GRIII already (in GRIIIx form), and it is brilliant. The new GRIV is, too, but it’s really damn pricey. TOO pricey?

  • Trailer: Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping

    Trailer: Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping

    Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping airs sometime in September on Channel 4 in the UK. Not sure where it’ll be hosted elsewhere, but I know we’ll all get our hands on it.

  • Not enough task types?

    Not enough task types?

    You’ve got Herculean and Sisyphean, sure, but how about Icarian? Cassandrean? Tolkienean, Hydrian, Shivaic?

  • Trailer: Chain Reactions

    Trailer: Chain Reactions

    I’ve never seen Texas Chainsaw Massacre and have never felt any urge to, but… I do want to see this doco about it! Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, CHAIN REACTIONS charts the film’s profound impact and…

  • Photos: Family time in Tassie

    Photos: Family time in Tassie

    It’s Christmas – well, the timeless space between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day – and we’re in Snug, Tasmania, to visit family. We were lucky to enter Tassie, actually. During these times of pandemic precautions, the relatively safe island of Tasmania requires all visitors to provide a negative test result from a COVID-19 test…

  • In photos: Highball meet, Heidelberg

    In photos: Highball meet, Heidelberg

    These photos, snapped in March 2021, were from the first car meet I had attended in more than a year – thanks, of course, to COVID-19. It was such an incredible feeling, to be out among cars and fellow fans once again. Please enjoy, and catch more of my snaps at instagram.com/getmikestevens. Be sure to…

  • 👋 Hi, I’m Mike Stevens

    👋 Hi, I’m Mike Stevens

    Ahoy. Some 30 years into my online life and 45 into the ‘real’, I thought it might be a good idea to have a proper online home. I’m not sure how often I’ll post here, but you can find me at the following services! (Post updated in August 2025 with new usernames & links.)