Steve Brandon

Amateur photographer and artist.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

Ottawa Ferrari Fest: million dollar-plus Ferrari pano (F40, Dino 206SP, and LaFerrari, plus a relatively low-value 488).

#Ferrari #F40 #FerrariF40 #LaFerrari #Dino206SP #Ottawa #フェラーリ #フェラーリF40 #オタワ #スポーツカー #自動車 #カナダ #carpic #OttawaFerrariFest #panorama

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@discotekmedia @Otakon As always, I'm hoping that Minami-ke finally gets licensed for physical media in North America.

Also, Gabriel DropOut, The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, My Wife Has No Emotion, and Apocalypse Hotel.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@jlist I was in an anime club for the second half of the 1990s and I do get very nostalgic for the VHS fansub days when anime, excluding a handful of children's TV dubs, was "underground" in Canada, but the plurality of my favourite anime series are from the 2000s.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@Leftdolatry @NoContextBrits I didn't even know that was black pudding; I thought it was some kind of cookie.

Yeah, I'd trade that for at least twice as much baked beans.

[Embassy of Japan in Canada @JapaninCanada]

Located in Ashibetsu, Hokkaido is 'Canadian World', a replica of an old Canadian village, inspired by fictional Avonlea in Anne of Green Gables. The small Canadian-themed village includes a schoolhouse, Victorian church and green-gabled house. 🇨🇦🍁

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@HDMOVIESOURCE I don't even have the physical option for most of the semi-recent anime I want to own (unless I import from Japan).

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@LarryBundyJr @oliver_the43409 @mlwalshman No, it's just a TCL "RCA" LCD although I do still have a working 14" Sony Trinitron that my parents bought in 1998.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@oliver_the43409 @mlwalshman @LarryBundyJr I only play games on a microscopic by today's standards 19" screen. PS4 graphics still look incredible to me even when running on the base version of the console so I'm in no rush to upgrade.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@predederva Well, the thing is, I have at least a couple of dozen Disney DVDs and the only ones I ever had a rot problem with were the special editions which I can only presume were made at a different facility than the standard editions.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@predederva It taught me a valuable lesson: just buy the standard version (not counting if there's a special edition done by a fancy boutique label but, even then, I'm not spending more than "basic Criterion" prices).

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@predederva The ones I remember best were a couple of Disney disks, and it was the expensive 2-disk Special Edition versions of both, I think they were, The Emperor's New Groove and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. The ones that cost more than the single-disk standard versions.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@KaiserBeamz My childhood copy of Wham! Make It Big! (my first CD) that I've had for forty years now still sounds perfect and it's not the exception when it comes to CDs my family bought in the mid-1980s.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@mlwalshman @LarryBundyJr When it comes to consoles, I'm still on PS4 (the regular, not the Pro). If I want to play a newer game, it's on PC.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@predederva I mean, I've had a few DVDs rot but they were ones that were obviously flawed from the factory even when they were still watchable (they had "coffee ring"-like blemishes on the bottom when they were brand new).

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@predederva It's more the blank DVD-Rs that only have an estimated decade-long shelf-life (although I have burned disks that are two decades old that still play).

The only non-blank optical disk format I've owned where I've had a double-digit percentage of rot is Laserdisc.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@jlist @PeterPayneJP Here's the video. https://t.co/HtnrPZtm91

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

@jlist @PeterPayneJP I've never been in a camper with a tent-top. I was wondering if someone could sleep on the upper "level" so watched a video of a Mazda Bongo Friendee (I think one several years older than your photo) and the answer seems to be "yes" but probably kids & not full-weight adults.

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

My basement stayed dry during the record-breaking Canada Day rainfall in Ottawa but there was still some flooding along the fence line in the backyard. Fortunately, the backyard is on a bit of a downslope so it didn't touch the house. #OttawaWeather

[Ottawa Weather Records🌤 @YOW_Weather]

Today is the 2nd rainiest day on record in #Ottawa: 111.4mm. #YowWx #OttWeather #YOW #OttNews #ONWx

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

Ah, the Back to the 80s Canada Day concert in Ottawa's ByWard Market featuring The Box, Spoons, and Men Without Hats has been cancelled due to today's thunderstorms and some hazardous road conditions in flooded areas. I hope they reschedule it. https://t.co/fmeWysQb97

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

In Ottawa on Canada Day, Barenaked Ladies is performing at the main Canada Day show at LeBreton Flats and Men Without Hats is performing at the Back to the 80s show on York Street in the ByWard Market district.

My choice: Men Without Hats, no contest. https://t.co/EH2zrXdhHt

[Steve Brandon @SteveBrandonOTT]

Normally, my Canada Day venue of choice is "home" with a headline performance by "the air conditioner" but I've never seen Men Without Hats in person so I'll brave the overcrowded Canada Day buses on what's looking to be a stifling hot day.

[Canadian Heritage @CdnHeritage]

In the interest of public safety and due to extreme weather and the condition of the site, we unfortunately have made the difficult decision to cancel the National Canada Day Evening Show.