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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.

https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c

I have no idea how you'll like this video. It's been ...

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 for your viewing pleasure. There's outtakes. There's behind-the-scenes magic. There's banter. And most importantly! There's opinio...

A 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 while I work on a bad thumbnail!

A 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!

https://youtu.be/sZOuz_laH9I

I took a little vacation for the road trip (obviously) and this ...

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!

https://youtu.be/hE3KjKg69ZA

Thanks ever so much to Jon...

A Guide of sorts to Heat Pump Adoption - Challenges and Opportunities

Woof. This video has been a struggle. But it's done!

https://youtu.be/43XKfuptnik

This last week has seen rewrites, voiceover recordings, logistical challenges, and missing shots all collide into a heap of frustration. I was hoping to have the vi...

The case for More Pumping More Now

Hello everyone! Part 2.5 is now complete. I've worn that particular shirt a lot...

https://youtu.be/MFEHFsO-XSI

I decided to merge our ideas regarding what to do with part 2. I think I will leave it available, but I'll definitely change the title...

Request 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 where I left things the last time I tackled it as a topic, and they're suddenly very important.

I want to take part 2 down beca...

And 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!

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

In seriousness, I thought this wo...

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 being able to do much beyond the talking head trim-down and a number of other odd little hiccups, it'll probably be Wednesday. May...

You 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 point but I'm putting this firmly in "good enough" as far as how it's installed. I very much doubt it will move, and it's been throug...

Hello

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 respond to everyone, and I'm working through that slowly but surely.

Secondly, my move is mostly complete! I still have som...

An 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. You can hear all about why in this video filled with "um, buts" and "but, ums"

2022-01-14 15:39:55 +0000 UTC View Post

A (relatively) obscure can opener taught me something

We’re really making some grand openings for 2022 with this one:

https://youtu.be/i_mLxyIXpSY

Here we have a simpler, sillier video to start the new year. Someone recommended I tackle this topic but as I said that was a long time ago and I don�...

And finally, a story about batteries in a camera

Indeed, it's that!

https://youtu.be/m5s6xerRqVY

I don't know what order I'm gonna actually release these in but that starts tomorrow! I know the Sights and Sounds video will be second for sure - I want to introduce the Connextrasvaganza first the...

A 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 your curiosity you better just watch it I guess!

Sights and Sounds Ep 2: Pioneer CLD-M301

Alright, and here's that Sights and Sounds!

https://youtu.be/UOIFxgid0uk

Based on feedback from the last one, I've moved around when I explain what's going on. I was also less concerned about describing things because this was after all another l...

A closer look into the Thomas Safelight (and LPS tech in general)

Here's the second in our Connextrasvaganza!

https://youtu.be/EZbsIT2Uh5k

Just an off-the-cuff further look at this thing. Annnd that's about it.

It'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 together to close out the year.

https://youtu.be/LUTx3uwuQF...

Darkroom Printing: Photography Part 3

These are some fresh prints.

https://youtu.be/AQC2WsvHdqw

This one took... a lot. But I'm pretty happy with it! I hope you like it. I've been wanting to share this particular part of the process for a long, long time because it's both fascinating...

Behind 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 write this.

https://youtu.be/RoOaSu94dZI

Turns out t...

Holiday light color trials 2021

It's time for this silliness again.

https://youtu.be/cQgcTkXacAc

If you're new around here, this is a bugbear of mine that I've essentially turned into a tradition that's mostly a bit. But I do in all seriousness wish that we could see c...

Developing 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!

https://youtu.be/BabnZIsXgqY

As I say at the end, I'm pleasantl...

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.

https://youtu.be/JXYMdxwTf8s

I'll readily admit that this video isn't among my best work. I've been tied up a lot the last couple of weeks and wanted to get something out fast. And...

Hey, 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 thumbnail face... Oof.

https://youtu.be/WpgsITqoDXQ

Alright. 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:

https://youtu.be/wbbH77rYaa8

I sort of feel like this video has a slow start. But I wanted t...

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 camera to my eyes caused the image to appear normal to my eyes but inverted on the screen.

I've got a lot of progress made on ...

A 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!

https://youtu.be/udNXMAflbU8

It's fresh from the upload and still processing. It took a while for my las...

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/li0F2HWaZX4

So first, yes absolutely the aperture is between two glass elements. So... hah. And because I re-assembled the black c...

Repairing (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 the days of film and get into the really obscure stuff like... camera obscura (see what I did there?) or should we start with somet...