The Great American Kettle Video, or Kettlewatts
Hey. I think it's time we talk about our slow 120V kettles. Because they're still the best water boily poury things - people just don't seem to know that.
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The Road Trip Super Cut (Patreon exclusive!)
Helloooooo!
Now I present to you one hour and fifteen minutes of, drumroll please;
content
All of the footage we recorded (ok, well most) lightly edited ...
2022-05-21 02:42:22 +0000 UTC View PostA Connextras road-trip follow-up (and also States of the Bolt and Volt)
Hi!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCkyQuKjpVc
I'm about to post this to YT, but here's a link now w...
2022-05-19 20:11:14 +0000 UTC View PostA Primer on DC Fast Charging Electric Vehicles
Hello everybody! I've got a video for you. Warning: there is some mild (but I think fair) Tesla angst in it, although recent news threw that for a loop!
An old method for producing color photographs that amazingly works
Good evendaymorningtime!
Today we're visiting photography again, and with the help of one of your compatriots, I have a really neat thing to show you. Color photos from potatoes!
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2022-04-21 21:04:15 +0000 UTC View PostA Guide of sorts to Heat Pump Adoption - Challenges and Opportunities
Woof. This video has been a struggle. But it's done!
This last week has seen rewrites, ...
2022-04-12 16:33:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe case for More Pumping More Now
Hello everyone! Part 2.5 is now complete. I've worn that particular shirt a lot...
I de...
2022-03-25 17:50:20 +0000 UTC View PostRequest for your input - I'll be hanging around Discord for a bit
Hello!
I've been working on a script which is getting quite long and I'm wondering if you think it makes sense to split this up. We are revisiting the heat pump because I'm not happy with whe...
2022-03-22 01:24:40 +0000 UTC View PostAnd here we go! A video on a troubling(?) trend in lighting design
Yeah, I'm basically releasing a video which is all about nuance and which doesn't firmly take a position either way. I'm sure that'll go over just dandy!
Uhh, I made an oops
I left my edit drive at home. Still getting reacquainted with the order of operations...
So, uh, well I thought I could have the video I'm working on complete by last night but thanks to not ...
2022-03-01 16:42:04 +0000 UTC View PostYou asked for pics
And I'll also write some things.
That's the new version of the Starlink antenna. Here at HQ I have a flat roof, which has finally come in a bit of handy. I have to secure the wire at some poi...
2022-02-21 19:09:39 +0000 UTC View PostHello
This post comes to you through Low Earth Orbit. There have been many developments!
First of all, I have a backlog of messages to go through and I've tackled some but not all. I usually try to...
2022-02-21 18:38:37 +0000 UTC View PostAn announcement about the next month
Hi. I have some news - it's actually all good! But it makes the next month very complicated and so I've decided to take some real time off and will be pausing the upcoming Patreon billing cycle. Yo...
2022-01-14 15:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostA (relatively) obscure can opener taught me something
We’re really making some grand openings for 2022 with this one:
Here we have a simple...
2022-01-13 05:38:42 +0000 UTC View PostAnd finally, a story about batteries in a camera
Indeed, it's that!
I don't know what order I'm gonna actually release these in but that...
2021-12-27 04:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostA weird video where I talk about how I read time on clocks
Yep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeopkvAP-ag
It's that. Can't really explain it so if this piques...
2021-12-27 04:07:19 +0000 UTC View PostSights and Sounds Ep 2: Pioneer CLD-M301
Alright, and here's that Sights and Sounds!
Based on feedback from the last one, I've m...
2021-12-26 05:26:16 +0000 UTC View PostA closer look into the Thomas Safelight (and LPS tech in general)
Here's the second in our Connextrasvaganza!
Just an off-the-cuff further look at this t...
2021-12-26 03:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a Connextrasvaganza! Looking at the Tru-Tone Christmas lights
Hello and Merry Christmas! I've brought for you the beginnings of the year-end Connextrasvaganza. It's the first of five videos (you'll get another one in just a few minutes) that I've hastily put ...
2021-12-26 03:05:43 +0000 UTC View PostDarkroom Printing: Photography Part 3
These are some fresh prints.
This one took... a lot. But I'm pretty happy with it! I ho...
2021-12-16 16:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostBehind the Scenes! Testing filming in the darkroom
It's been a long, long, long, long while since I made one of these. Oopsie! But this one presented too good of an opportunity as I needed a lot of test footage before I committed to how I would wri...
2021-12-12 16:56:44 +0000 UTC View PostHoliday light color trials 2021
It's time for this silliness again.
If you're new around here, this is a bugbear of min...
2021-11-29 06:46:07 +0000 UTC View PostDeveloping film. Now in color!
Wanna see me try my hand at developing some C-41 process films? How 'bout some sketchy wielding of an X-Acto knife? And increasingly unkempt hair? Well, have I got the video for you!
A really simple, truly no-effort video about my piano's clever user interface
Ready for something phoned in? Well I hope so because here it is.
I'll readily admit th...
2021-11-20 08:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey, let's develop that roll of film! Photography, part 2
Let's be honest, there was no way this was ever going to truly be a No Effort November video, but hey - it's enshrined as a thing now so... gotta keep it up. Also, that YouTube-generated t...
2021-11-04 00:05:18 +0000 UTC View PostAlright. Photography. Let's go!
Hi! The first in a series of who-knows-how-many videos is complete. And it's uploaded to YouTube. And there's a link to it. And the link looks like this:
Daguerreotypes are weird
Here's a very slightly spoilery photo for you (daguerreotypes aren't really the subject - photography itself is). I noticed while setting up this shot how just the small change in angle from the ca...
2021-10-20 01:49:09 +0000 UTC View PostA simple video to answer a simple question
But as usual it ended up over 20 minutes. That's what happens when you want to sneak other fun facts into an otherwise straightforward topic!
Did some Aperture Science (and photos from the Pen)
Haaaaaa. Puns!
OK so if you didn't see the post I just made, this is a follow-up to a video:
https://youtu.be/li0F2HWaZX...
2021-09-30 22:27:44 +0000 UTC View PostRepairing (and explaining) my Olympus Pen Half-Frame Camera
Hi!
I have a video just for you. I very nearly made a video about this camera, but haven't decided how I want to first introduce the subject of analog photography. Should we go before t...
2021-09-30 22:08:57 +0000 UTC View Post