I got this sweet SGI o2, but it didn't come with a password. Thankfully, it's comically easy to break into IRIX. Let's try!
As always, I appreciate any feedback on the new editing style, positive or negative! It will help me find a good balance.
2025-11-15 04:16:45 +0000 UTC View Post
We just found out that our wonderful 13 year old goober Suri has cancer :( He's still doing pretty well, and we're going to do treatment for him. I'm just so grateful that I'm able to spend so much time at home with him thanks to you all.
Here's a photo dump of some of my favorite pictures of him through the years.
2025-11-08 04:18:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends!
Once again, I'd love your feedback on the new editing! Your feedback last time was enormously helpful. Also, Tiny Core Linux is magic.
2025-11-08 02:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
I'm making some behind-the-scenes changes, and I'd love to know what you think.
Specifically, I'm now working with an editor whose work I really love and respect. His name is Diceroll, and not only does he have a ton of experience, a keen eye for pacing and storytelling, and a strong interest in tech - but he's also a super nice guy.
This has freed me up to do more actual work on projects, pl...
2025-10-31 01:17:19 +0000 UTC View Post
We're turning a Mac Mini into a monstrosity filled with pranks. Then we're installing an absolutely unhinged Linux distro on it.
Follow Dan: https://www.youtube.com/@CanadianComputerCollector/videos
2025-10-25 02:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the Toshiba Libretto ff1100v, the last of the true Librettos. It's tiny, it's weird, and it's in Japanese.
2025-10-11 03:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're using a really cool piece of software called vramfs to try and use our VIDEO CARD as a storage device. How cursed can it be?
Github repo: https://github.com/Overv/vramfs
2025-10-04 04:49:08 +0000 UTC View Post
How bad is it really if you place extremely strong magnets near a running hard drive? Let's find out!
2025-09-19 04:17:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm traveling to Chicago for VCFMW this week, so here is extremely early access to this week's video! Today, we're installing Windows 11 on our 2005 Sun Ultra 40. Which may be a slightly cursed thing to do.
2025-09-10 03:18:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The Sun Ultra 40 was a massive behemoth of a UNIX workstation that also happens to be the first "modern" x86_64 PC, thanks to it's AMD Opteron CPU.
2025-09-06 04:06:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The Intel Compute Stick was a weird footnote in computing history. Let's abuse one.
2025-08-30 05:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally install ReactOS on some glorious Pentium 4 era machines.
2025-08-23 05:43:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's put way too much effort into saving an enormously mediocre computer from the year 2000!
2025-08-18 04:05:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're pushing our decommissioned Google Search Appliance to silly extremes by installing a high-end video card in it, and trying to use it like a normal desktop PC...
2025-08-09 03:51:39 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently took a day trip to Brooklyn for an event. I brought my trusty Mavica FD73 for some floppy disk photography fun!
2025-07-31 23:39:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're porting my search engine, FrogFind, to the world's most thoroughly dead platform - WAP!
2025-07-20 03:59:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're starting a build I've always wanted to do - the most upgraded possible Apple Lisa! Let's build the Lisa that never existed!
2025-07-12 02:54:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I have no idea what this thing is - maybe a terminal? Let's plug it in a find out!
2025-07-04 21:03:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're turning a 13 pound behemoth of a gaming laptop into the world's worst Chromebook.
2025-06-27 21:14:46 +0000 UTC View PostIf you weren't aware, I'm in a band called The Stop Bits with Veronica from Veronica Explains, and Taylor and Amy from TTAS. We recorded an EP during VCF SE, in a makeshift recording setup in a corner!
Here's a sneak peek of me recording drums
2025-06-26 01:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends! Sorry I haven't been as consistent with the ad free videos. I promise I will be soon!
2025-06-14 00:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're going to try and resurrect a Mac Classic, the troubled Mac that fails 100% of the time due to faulty capacitors.
2025-04-26 00:31:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're checking out a super weird Pentium laptop with a built in game controller... on the palmrest for some reason!
2025-04-12 04:06:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're installing an incredibly lightweight and user friendly linux distro, MX Linux, on an old Intel Macbook Air.
🍎 MX Linux: https://mxlinux.org/
🍎 OSX-KVM: https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM
2025-04-03 23:46:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're installing Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 on an iPad using the absolute magic of UTM! No sideloading or jailbreaking required!
2025-02-15 03:55:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're trying out SpotifyXP, a project that can play Spotify on basically a potato!
2025-02-06 23:22:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Tiny Core Linux is a magical modern Linux distro that can run on literally a potato.
2025-02-01 04:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostToday we're building a jet black Apple IIc!
2025-01-16 05:56:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're tearing down the SGI Indigo2, checking out its weird architecture, and tossing in some upgrades.
2025-01-10 19:42:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're bringing an SGI Indigo2 R10000 IMPACT back to life!
2025-01-04 04:56:56 +0000 UTC View Post