I can't tell you when my divorce was finalized, not that I don't want to, I just don't remember.
Pokémon card listing tool
A focused utility for preparing accurate, consistent listings for Pokémon cards.
Personal headquarters
Things I’ve made, things I’m building, and notes from the middle.
MikeMonty.com is my archive for essays, yo-yoing, tools, experiments, research, and ongoing notes.
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The main rooms
Essays
Longer thoughts, research notes, questions, and pieces worth keeping outside the feed.
Yo-yo work
Tutorials, practice videos, history, trick work, and yo-yos made over the years.
Useful systems
Software tools, experiments, reselling workflows, and practical projects in progress.
Michael Montgomery
Background, recurring interests, current work, and the shape of this archive.
Currently building
Work on the bench
Yo-yo history / Intro to Yo-Yoing
A practical introduction paired with a careful history of the object and the activity.
Tutorial path
A structured route through 29 yo-yo tutorials grouped by difficulty.
Recent writing
Latest essays
I consider myself to be a legendary procrastinator.
For a long time—and still in many popular accounts—yo-yos have been said to date back several thousand years.