Welcome to my humble website, I'm Pokey. I take a lot of photos and sometimes write articles about various topics including history, architecture, old tech, the paranormal, and more.
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Published October 8th, 2024 In my previous installment, we cruised along E Colonial in North Orlando. The latter half of that trip took me north, towards the ailing Seminole Towne Center in the suburb of Sanford. While that mall also has enough photos to warrant…
Continue reading...Mentioned I wanted to do this over on the BlueSky, so now I'm actually gonna write this. This post is a roundup of all the random stuff I saw and went to this month. All stuff that isn't enough for a full blog post and…
Continue reading...So far on this blog, I've published mostly traditional architecture content. While I've grown to love the humble downtown brick box and all it's bretheren, I also have a love for the humble field of suburban architecture. As suburban sprawl fans out across innumerable acres…
Continue reading...*drops a slide projector[1] on the table with an audible thunk* lets begin! so I picked up film photography recently, mostly on the back of finding and purchasing a Weird Little Guy This brick of a camera is a Ricoh Mirai[2] 105, a successor? product…
Continue reading...Kissimmee is unfortunately largely discussed in Orlando's shadow. To the average out of towner, it's simply a highway that feeds you into the House of Mouse, populated only by cheap motels and B-tier attractions trying to scam you out of your tourism dollars. I think…
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