2019
28 episodes · premiered Jan 11, 2019
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E1 DVD-RAM: The Disc that Behaved like a Flash Drive
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW ain’t got nothin’ on my man RAM. Oh yes, DVD-RAM, the format of mild obscurity which seems like it should have been friggin huge. Alas, it was but mildly useful.
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E2 The Odd History of the SD Logo
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below So, what’s the deal with the D? Why is it all, disclike? Last I checked, SD cards weren’t any sort of disc. What’s going on? In this video, we find out.
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E3 The Time-Lapse VCR
Analog video and frame-by-frame review don’t usually go nicely together (unless of course you’ve got a CAV Laserdisc onhand). So how did security camera systems stretch the normal recording time of VHS from a couple of hours to upwards of a week? Why, with ingenuity of course! Watch this video and find out the juicy secrets!
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E4 Space Heater Nonsense
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Unless my understanding of the universe is deeply flawed, something about space heaters just doesn’t add up. In this video, I talk about that.
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E5 The Story of Disney's PeopleMover in Texas
This is the fun, weird, and surprisingly complicated story of Disney’s PeopleMover attraction and how it ended up somewhere unexpected. And maybe even somewhere really unexpected!
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E6 The Electromagnet in Your Toaster
Ya ever wonder about what’s in a toaster? No? Well, too bad ‘cause you’re gonna find out right now!
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E7 Exploring the World of E-Ink
It’s ink. But better!
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E8 E-Ink on Android, and other new things!
Big things are coming soon. In some ways, they already have!
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E9 The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours
That title isn’t hyperbole or clickbait nonsense. This really is better than your toaster. At least, I think so. Seriously, can we make this the norm, please? If we figured it out in 1948, you’d think we woulda kept going with it. I mean, really.
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E10 Flexplay: The Disposable DVD that Failed (Thankfully)
Have you ever run across a cool idea that you desperately hope doesn’t catch on? Flexplay is one of those. In this video, we’ll talk about what it is, why it was crazy to think it would go anywhere, and why it’s probably a good thing it didn’t.
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E11 Thermostats: Cooler than you think!
Boy do I have a COOL topic for you today. We’re gonna turn up the HEAT with this one!
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E12 Automatic Record Changers: We used to like them
Hmm. What were these things? Why were some record sets made to work with them? When did we decide we hated them? Was that the right call? Will I ask another question? These are the things you’ll learn in this video, where we explore the humble record changer. Seriously. They didn’t suck!
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E13 Portable Air Conditioners - Why you shouldn't like them
Oh no. It’s a new version of a well-established product that trades efficiency for convenience. But this time, it’s more than just being cool. It’s about cooling.
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E14 The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video (it's a little weird)
After much annoyance dealing with fiddly capturing methods, I thought I’d show you the method I stumbled upon that works amazingly well, is fairly cheap, and awfully easy. I’ve been thrilled with it, and I think you’ll be too.
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E15 TOSLINK: That one consumer fiber optic standard
Well. Isn’t that strange. Digital data through fiber optics, and in the home no less! Let’s explore this a little, shall we?
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E16 Fiber vs. Copper; What do we really need?
Fiber optics. A DeLIGHTful technology. Ooh that’s a groaner. Well, why don’t we see them around more often? Let’s find out!
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E17 Switches are Clicky; Here's Why
Click clack I was taken aback. Wonderin’ ‘bout those switches of light, yeah. Let’s find out what the point is of all that clacking, shall we?
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E18 The Weird World in RGB
Have you ever wondered why the word looks so weird? Wait. Weird as in, like, all the time? Of course! We live in a weird world! But light, though! What about weird light? Ahhh, that's what this video is all about. This is the strangest vid. description I've written in a while. Cool.
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E19 The CED: RCA's Very Late, Very Weird Video Gamble (Pt. 1)
Bring the magic home… with RCA! Please? We really want you to buy this. Please. Buy it now. Right now. It’ll be great.
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E20 The CED: No really, it coulda made sense! (Part 2)
It’s seriously not that crazy of an idea. RCA might have pulled this off in a couple of ways, and in this video we explore those new angles.
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E21 LCCS: The LCD / CRT Hybrid from JVC
So. Ya want color, eh? But you don’t want any of them dots or stripes? We can do that.
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E22 The VFD that isn't
Wouldn’t it be nice if VFDs made a resurgence? Just put VFDs on everything, already! Make VFDs the new “blockchain” or “neural networks” or whatever. Priorities, people!
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E23 RCA's CED failed; their history can tell us why (Pt. 3)
Part three! It’s here! Huzzah! Let’s learn about what happened in the history of RCA that led up to the eventual failure of the CED.
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E24 The VHS cassette was more clever than BetaThe VHS cassette was more clever than Beta
“Oh nooo! Betah!” In this video, we discuss the endlessly discussed rivalry betwixt the Victorious VHS and the Bent-outa-shape Beta, but from an entirely new angle!
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E25 LED color experiments 2019; Beyond the Sharpie
Yeah, so if you're new here, this is a thing that happens because I'm a curmudgeon about holiday lighting. Let's see what this year brings!
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E26 Klaxons; What makes them sound like that?
ahOOOOOga! All aboard the HONK HONK express! We're gonna learn a few things about horns and then probably there will be bloopers or something.
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E27 One more thing: the VHS notch
This is not the same video you watched previously. I promise. It’s a whole new video.
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E28 Film: the reason some of the past was in HD
♫ last Christmas, I shot it on film ♫ ♫ but the very next year, I switched it to tape ♫ ♫ this year, to save me from tears ♫ ♫ I’ll just go and shoot in 4K ♫