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An early/test draft of the Aztec sights and sounds video

As November rears its ugly head (multiple contexts there) I find myself in a bit of a pickle - I wanted to get this completed before I started earnest work on the freeze dryer video, but t...

MP3 CDs - powering secret MP3 players that were all over the place

Thankfully the second unit arrived in one piece and worked!

https://youtu.be/WkIR23emsWY

So - this one went a bit ov...

Duracell PowerCheck - a thing for the '90s kids

Remember how I was waiting for that thing in the mail?

WELL IT WAS BORKEN

Which meant... time to change gears! So I moved up a November topic and brought you this:
2024-10-07 22:20:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Update: The next video is far along but I'm missing a thing

Yeah, it's a bummer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh0YDsztLXE

In this video update I fill you in o...

A deleted scene! Cube fridge pull-down

One of the reasons the Peltier fridge video took so long was that the script was not gelling for me. I had initially thought a head-to-head test between the cube fridge and the Peltier "fridge" wou...

A video on thermoelectric cooling and how bad it is

Hello hello hello,

Since the dehumidifier video's been shelved until next year, and many of you suggested making this its own video topic, I decided to make use of the Peltier fridge now and ...

The Pinball Q&A video is now live

Here it is!

https://youtu.be/P3Y4d2aHnNE

This took me longer to make than I planned both because there were a lot of...

Induction woks exist

Hello all,

Remember how in my last post I said I was trying to get something done before the end of August and that the quality wouldn't necessarily be great? Well, here's the result!

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Door closers. Yes, door closers.

Got something really exciting for you!

https://youtu.be/3-Q87w8uhwg

Hey so remember how I said in that update that a...

the sublimator returns

Wanna see the end of the freeze drying process and then listen to me as I eat some random freeze dried food and tell you what it's like? Boy howdy is this the video for you, then.

2024-07-27 21:16:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Update: I have obtained very cool thing

Howdy y'all!

I FORGOT TO WARN YOU ABOUT SOMETHING:
This topic can lead you down a YouTube rabbit hole that can lead to weird places (mainly prepper stuff). Unless you want to go there, you...

Passive infrared motion sensors

Hello all! I have a simpler (and sillier) video for you today:

https://youtu.be/XRCprhlz4D8

I was hoping to have thi...

Awnings: an energy-saving idea sitting right over our noses

This may seem a bit out of left field, but I had one of those moments where I... connected something (sorry). Window awnings existed in my head purely as an old-fashioned ornamentation until sudden...

A Connextras video on a thing with Numitrons in it

https://youtu.be/XgzL05Gojfw

The next main channel video is pretty far along and I think I can have it done tonight. But i...

The Numitron: a minimum viable idea

It's time to make fun of RCA again!

https://youtu.be/YGT1EvmDJh4

In one of my video updates, I mentioned needing to ...

And the connextras video

This is mostly just a weird thing my dishwasher does but of course there's some other trivia, too

https://www.y...

That dishwasher video remake

Good evening everyone,

Since most people responded to the poll about this with "go ahead" - and since this was an easy thing to make in an otherwise busy month - I decided to give this a try....

Update to be fixed - stay tuned!

Marked an in-point in the edit and I didn't realize it! Re-rendering now.

FIXED - A general update

Hello!

I've made another update video for you on things going on, the office, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/w...

Pinball Part 3: Tilts, multiplayer games, and replays

Hi! So, here's what I've been up to lately:

https://youtu.be/XeDCCNFAULk

While I really enjoy making these pinball m...

A poll about condensed remakes

Hello!

I have a question I'd like to put to you. The condensed version of the HVAC sizing video got a lot of positive feedback in the way I hoped it would: people felt it was more shareable a...

Automatic Windshield Wipers

Holy crap, I did it! I made a simple video which didn't go off the rails!

https://youtu.be/TLm7Q92xMjQ

There's, uh, ...

The Simmerstat: Amazing tech in plain sight

Hello!

It's been a while. Would you believe that a script got out of hand? I know, unpossible. But that's what happened yet again.

2024-04-22 18:31:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Bright from the Start: GE's very odd light bulb

Good (time period)!

I've got a new video for ya today, and it was possible thanks to you in more ways than one! I was getting stuck in my research on why exactly enclosed CFLs had such poopy ...

An office update!

Hiya, some folks wanted an update so here you go! It's raw and real-life. Only a bit of tidying up occurred for the camera :)

2024-03-16 00:42:51 +0000 UTC View Post

A follow-up video

Hello all,

Some of the common misinterpretations from the last video are really getting stuck in my craw. For better or worse, I made this Connextras video to hopefully clarify this for anyon...

The condensed version

Hello! Here's a linky-dink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hAuKtoRxJI

I'm gonna be working on captio...

Nobody's sizing HVAC systems correctly.

Hello there! It's a new video. File it under More Pumping More Now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTsQjiPlksA...

It's a leap day update!

Hello all!

I wanted to fill you in on the progress of the next videos. Plural? Yeah, but no. Kind of. Maybe?

OK so I've combined a whole heckuvalotta of things into a mega video about H...

Project Soundproofing (and acoustics)

It's a behind-the-scenes video! Or should it be... above the scenes?

https://youtu.be/4R6okQ_3k1Q

Mucking about in t...