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Some of the earliest technology I can remember from my childhood is the camera used to film home videos. I can't remember the exact model, but it looked similar to the Sony Digital Handycam, with the screen that could fold out and twist from the side, and the small cap on a string to protect the lens.This camera was likely one of my first experiences around technology other than the TV.

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Early Gaming Consoles: The Gameboy and the Nintendo

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Early Gaming Consoles: The Gameboy and the Nintendo

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(8) GAMEBOY ADVANCE/ADVANCE SP/MICRO Startup Sound - YouTube
Some of my deepest (and most fond) memories of gaming consoles and games from very early childhood were of the Game Boy Advance SP. Though it belonged to my cousins, the Game Boy's startup sound is extremely nostalgic for me, as well as the Crash Bandicoot game. Another console that was a big part of growing up for me was the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii.

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Early Games: The Legend of Zelda & The Sims

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Early Games: The Legend of Zelda & The Sims

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(8) The Sims™ 2 Soundtrack: Main Theme - YouTube
My favourite games growing up, around ages 8-12, were The Sims 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Wii. Once again, it was my cousin who owned The Sims 2 game for PC, and we would huddle around the computer screen taking turns playing for hours on end. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was a game that, because I was so young, had trouble understanding and didn't complete until years later; my favourite part was simply wandering the game world. Both of these were my introduction to games created to have hours upon hours of time put into them, and to this day are still the types of games I enjoy.

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Films: Ponyo, Anastasia, Meet the Robinsons

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Films: Ponyo, Anastasia, Meet the Robinsons

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These are a few of my favourite films from childhood, the ones I remember watching again and again. I was around the ages 7-10 when first watching these films, and they continue to be in my favourite films of all time. Remembering Ponyo from my childhood led me to watching other Studio Ghibli films, which I now consider some of my favourite films to date! The enjoyment of animated films in particular still seems to be a trend for me today.

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Early TV Shows: Powerpuff Girls, Totally Spies, Adventure Time

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Early TV Shows: Powerpuff Girls, Totally Spies, Adventure Time

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A lot of my favourite, and most watched, shows from ages 7-11 were primarily on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, and we were once again mainly cartoons. A lot of these shows portrayed strong female main characters, however, despite this, these representations of women tended to be stereotypical. Although I now watch a wider range of TV shows - genre, medium and content-wise - my favourite shows, once again, are for the most part animated; cartoons continue to shape my lived realities and fill up my free time.

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From the ages 8-13 I had my own CD player on the shelf in my room for all my CDs. I remember also having a CD case with pages and pages of CDs that we kept in our car - now we can simply link our phones to the car's speakers via Bluetooth, without the need for CDs. This definitely makes me appreciate the convenience of playing music through a Bluetooth speaker as opposed to having to physically bring CDs with you, say, in the car, and having to change it out when playing a different artist or album.

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(8) Raffi - Banana Phone [lyrics] - YouTube
This Samsung slide-up mobile was the first I had as my own; I got it around the age 10/11, and it was for the sole purpose of being able to call/be called by my mam when I would 'play out' with my friends. I remember having the standard stock photo of a poppy field as my phone background, and the annoying, but iconic, jingle 'Banana Phone', as my ringtone, linked above. Growing up, we also had, and still have, a house phone which, though it is cordless, sits in a small phone station (?) that is plugged into a wall socket. Though this house phone has lasted almost my whole lifetime, it is rarely heard or used anymore, and sits dormant.

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Not long after my first mobile, I got my own iPod Classic Gen., used solely for listening for music. So essentially I had a device for phone calls, and sometimes taking photos, and another device for music. Not long after I got an iPod Touch, which could be used for calls, photos, apps, music, etc. It was a basically a combination of my Samsung phone and my first iPod, and it replaced both of said devices. It quickly came to function as my phone does today; I took it with me almost everywhere.

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Music: One Direction, Natasha Bedingfield, Mika

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Music: One Direction, Natasha Bedingfield, Mika

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Early on, a lot of the music I listened to or enjoyed was due to the influence of my family and their tastes. For example, I only listened to Mika as my mam enjoyed his music, and I just so happened to enjoy it too. For artists like Natasha Bedingfield, I listened to her more due to the fact that at the time, around ages 9-12, she was a popular artist in the spotlight, and I'd hear her songs on the radio. The same applies to One Direction; from ages 9-13 I was a huge fan of One Direction, just as many people my age were. And, although they have been split up since 2016, I still unironically enjoy their music. Being part of the One Direction fandom shaped a lot of my younger teenage years; it was fun to be part of such a large group of fans that shared similar interests, but its just as enjoyable looking back on it now, in hindsight.

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This book series was one that stood out to me from my years in middle school; it was one of the few series that I read to completion, including the prequel. My interest in the series was actually sparked by the release of the first film in cinemas; it was one of my favourites at the time.

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A defining part of my teenage years was the app Vine. I genuinely believe that it shaped and influenced a lot of my sense of humour that I still have today. I believe I was active on the app for 3 of the 4 years of its lifetime, from 2014-2017. The app also introduced me to content creators and even artists that I still listen to/watch today - for example, I watched Shawn Mendes start out on Vine with a small following, to where he is now as an International celebrity.