https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT_-1TOyifc
Hey everyone! I know it's late, and I'll be releasing this publicly in the morning so it won't be much of an early access, but phew - it has been nearly a month since I released a video, for reasons that are hard to encapsulate.
I can't believe this was just there at the junk store. I walked in and saw it and - I am not exaggerating here - I jumped for joy. I actually jumped, and I yelled something like "yeah!" I had, like, an Ash Ketchum moment. I can't really recall how I found out it existed to begin with, but I figured I was never going to find one because it's so... dorky? I had a hard time imagining that many people would have bought one, and I feel like the fossil record supports that.
This thing was a delight to figure out. I love Y2K stuff so much because you just never know what feature is going to just be completely missing, or where you'll find a UI concept that's just completely boneheaded - or much smarter than you expected. This had all of the above. Hope you enjoy.
re: the delay in releasing this - I spent two weeks trying to make part 2 of the SCSI Disc Tower video and just absolutely burned out on it. I had to give up, pivot, and start something from scratch, which ended up being this one - and then it ended up being an hour and a half long, so it was a total slog to edit.
The other thing - and hey, I know I'm just using my patreon to complain about my job, but I think I have that privilege - is that sometime in the last couple months I must have adjusted the height of my camera, or the layout of my set, because I used to have no trouble at all fitting graphics onto the screen, but over the last couple videos I've been feeling increasingly cramped, and with this one I finally hit a breaking point. About 60% of the bluescreen shenanigans I had planned for this one were impossible; there just wasn't enough space.
I will probably have to rework my set for the next video. Honestly I should probably have a little more of a shakeup anyway. The damned plant definitely needs to go, it's a menace. I thought I could get away with having some decor on the little bookcase behind me as well but even that seems to be real trouble.
fredward
2022-12-22 21:57:35 +0000 UTC