Last Call for the Wanamaker Organ - Macy's will close its doors and shutter the historic John Wanamaker Building's open retail space in March 2025, and the Wanamaker Organ will go silent. If you've never heard the organ play, go and hear it now!
2025-01-09 22:59:57 +0000 UTC View Post
No Batteries and No Fuss! Always my favorite light meter... so let's take a close look at and inside the Sekonic Studio Deluxe II light meter, truly a marvel of simple design and 20th Century spare no expense rugged construction. Enjoy!
2025-01-08 23:21:36 +0000 UTC View Post
How angry can people get over the smallest possible amount of information? Apparently, the Nth Degree. Let me examine the modern reality that is Thumbnail Outrage! Enjoy - goddamit!
2025-01-07 22:11:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Can you really get a guitar that never needs tuning?
2025-01-07 20:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Everybody's Busking For The Weekend! Yes, in the near future everyone will be part of the Gig Economy - and what a world it will be! Enjoy!
2025-01-06 17:51:53 +0000 UTC View Post
It has been a few years of running one of the B7971 alphanumeric tubes and I have come to some conclusions about how they age. Enjoy!
2025-01-06 17:25:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Rambling on gasses and lighter than air travel, and rockets, and dope - not that kind of dope but the other kind! Enjoy!
2025-01-05 23:44:27 +0000 UTC View PostJust another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth, so let's look at something cool! Enjoy...
2025-01-04 20:51:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The only bad show is one that does not entertain anyone. Enjoy!
2025-01-02 13:47:11 +0000 UTC View Post
RCA Tube Manufacturing In Lancaster PA (1966) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUMIPvBi8Sk
Why Study Mathematics? (1960) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSWijKj92JY
Fran's Film Archive - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLEGuAEYBk-1j2naTzxfkTGNN5UckZmF7
2025-01-01 22:43:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Would you believe that I have a Friar's Club story? I do... so goodbye, and sail on Friar's Club.
2025-01-01 19:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The holidays are over - so time for some reflection.... on those lights. Enjoy!
2024-12-30 17:11:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Closing out the year with a mini Viewer Mail! Enjoy!
2024-12-30 01:15:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Just another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth, but the last one of 2024, so let's hang out together and maybe something cool.
2024-12-28 17:40:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Promoting joy and peace on Planet Earth through high voltage neon discharge displays. Hey.... it couldn't hurt! Enjoy!
2024-12-25 00:14:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking back on those Wild West days of no-budget movie making in the 80's and 90's. Enjoy!
2024-12-23 20:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
A completely non-denominational holiday teardown of a toy dreidel that delivers a very maddening tune. How much can you take? Let's find out!
2024-12-23 14:53:15 +0000 UTC View Post
One person's trash is another's treasure... so they say. But they do say a lot of things. What do I think? I'll tell you.
2024-12-23 00:24:35 +0000 UTC View Post
The next level - let YouTube create all your content for you! All you have to do is say what it tells you and show what it tells you and let it write all the descriptions and comment replies automatically - and You Will Be A Guaranteed Success!!!! Start your career as in Influencer humanoidbot NOW!
2024-12-22 22:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I really got a good deal on a bag of illuminated switches.... or did I? Let's take a look.
2024-12-21 21:29:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth, but with a show of strength. Enjoy!
2024-12-20 23:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The first rule of photography is that you have to load the camera. How hard could that be? It depends. Here I dust off my Dad's old Sears KSX Super 35mm camera and get it loaded for some shooting. Enjoy!
2024-12-19 23:31:53 +0000 UTC View Post
An astounding display indeed! This completely mechanical 7-segment display clock was made in 1974 and is a marvel of ingenuity. The whole clock is powered by a small AC synchronous motor that runs a gear train that in turn moves levers that slide plates that create the display animation. A pair of incandescent lightbulbs provides the warm back illumination. I've even added a full Fran soundtrack for your listening pleasure. Watch and Enjoy!
2024-12-12 20:17:15 +0000 UTC View Post
A quick dive into a new fixer-upper with another Telechron DigiTel mechanical clock in it. Still needs work, but I get it going. Enjoy!
2024-12-10 00:35:51 +0000 UTC View Post
From my livestream - I go through some of the suggested replies that the new AI Googlebot suggests I say as myself to commenters in reply to what they write to me. Oh, the humanity!
2024-12-09 19:10:43 +0000 UTC View PostJust another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth, so let's look at something cool! Enjoy...
2024-12-08 14:30:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh, My! Today I awoke to find that YouTube had a mind of it's own... and it is not good. So I made a video about it. Enjoy!
2024-12-04 19:47:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Back to the Vault II to deliver some sour reels that I recently pulled out of the collection. Yes - this is the OTHER Vault! Enjoy....
2024-12-03 20:51:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm just going to try out making a converter to illuminate the Telechron DigiTel clock that I pulled out of that Sears clock radio last week. Enjoy!
2024-12-02 16:13:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Pay to Play? I really hope not - but I have to find out. Here we go...
2024-12-02 14:28:18 +0000 UTC View Post