This is just a little update with a discovery about my office's HVAC system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne3cdyEHFp4
Also, related note, captions for the flashcube video are about 2/3 complete. I'll finish them up tonight and release the video tomorrow.
2024-02-01 19:39:13 +0000 UTC View Post
In an instant, there was a flash of light:
This was very fun to make, for several reasons! I am so excited to finally share this with you. This project began before the move even happened, and then, well, the move got in the way of writing the script and actually turning this into a video.
Speaking of the move, a programming note regarding the audio:
Overall I'm pretty ha...
2024-01-31 17:17:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Linky-dink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhRaM21kiJg
So, uh, hi! Been a while. I'm very near to production on the next actual video but for now, I hope you enjoy this combination vlog and update!
-Alec
2024-01-25 18:17:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone, and happy new year!
As promised, here's a tour of the new place. I'm very excited!
The first half of this month is very much a getting-the-ducks-in-a-row endeavor, but it's been smooth sailing so far. Once I get some furniture here, it will come along nicely.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for being here and making this possible. This job has never felt all that real, to be honest, but now - I have an office! It's surprising how much of a difference that is ...
2024-01-03 19:18:28 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here. It's here! It's finally here!
You may notice that the set isn't behind the pinball machine. Yep - I've already started packing everything up. And partly due to that, I have a different audio setup running. Mostly it worked well, but the mic kit was really being influenced by the coils in the machine - that was a surprise, and I apologize for the various popping and clicking...
2023-12-28 01:21:38 +0000 UTC View PostGood tidings to you! People say that, right?
I'm plugging away at Pinball Part 2. I was hoping to have that done by, maybe, tomorrow? Last year I released the sound-on-film video on Christmas day and I thought it would be fun to make that a tradition. Well... yeah that ain't happening this year. I'm pretty far along in the edit, but I have I'd say 12 hours of work left - and I won't force myself to work through the next few days. I'll be spending time with family and hope you all can do...
2023-12-23 03:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This time it was so low effort that I didn't even go through my old videos and A) forgot how long ago I did the transparent paint B) forgot I actually *did* put that set outside and C) forgot about an entirely different thing. So yay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1rzP2xIx4
As I said in an update post at one point, this is mostly a bit. But I do really, REALLY hope some day that my wish will be...
2023-11-28 23:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Who wants popcorn?
If you remember the video on the Sharp Carousel Multiple Choice microwave, I kinda-sorta discussed this and then did a thing on Connextras specifically about its popcorn popping prowess. But one of you lovely folk asked me about this specifically, and I thought a standalone video would make the perfect NEN topic.
So here it is!
Captions are pasted ...
2023-11-21 00:29:10 +0000 UTC View Post
If you don't know what this, you should search for the commercials first. If you do, strap yourselves in! It's a silly trip down memory lane today as I explore The Clapper.
The device is basically the epitome of mixed feelings. Sometimes it's a fantastic idea, sometimes it's as irritating as the jingle. But it was a neat idea and, arguably, still kind of useful.
I've got rough c...
2023-11-17 14:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnd it's a good one! A lease is signed and the space will be mine come January 1st.
There's still much for me to do - prep for moving, getting the proper insurance, setting up utilities and internet and of course the move itself - but I finally have closure and I'm excited for the future!
In the meantime, this doesn't change anything. I actually have three (and possibly four!) topics I can cram out before the end of November, and I'll keep working on the pinball machine video, too...
2023-11-12 20:35:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello! And... well you know
As promised in my update, I'm pretty sure this is the zaniest video I've ever made.
Now, rough captions are in-place but I need to make a thumbnail, tidy them up, and all that jazz. But it'll be some time for that. There's a "remember, remember" joke in here (which is itself a lead in to a super stretch of a reference) which I didn't even realize woul...
2023-11-03 14:11:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all,
While I was gathering some B-roll for the next main channel video, I decided to start the snowblower up for the first time of the season. I did this last year ostensibly to talk about fuel stabilizers and how I've had really good luck with them, so I'm doing it again and also responding to some frequently made comments on the last one.
I gotta make a thumbnail then it's going live.
2023-11-02 22:33:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Unfortunately the news has been thrown a curveball - but in the grand scheme, everything is still really good! Just frustrating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AtlxxKlg4U
2023-10-30 00:08:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm hoping you didn't notice the video trickery I did. What trickery you ask? Why, it's all in this here video in which I explain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPMohhsox1o
Well, half of it anyway. Or maybe even just a third? I'm thinking an exploration of a more modern machine is worth a main channel video, too. But, uh, anyway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue-1JoJQaEg
I'm very very excited about this video and hope you like it! After getting all the fiddly things I needed lined up, this was a blast to make. The script writing went faster than any script I've do...
2023-10-12 12:39:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Yep, that's pretty much all there is to it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmKL3pgPQhY
Both videos will go live tomorrow. Timing on that is a little up in the air as I have an appointment in the morning.
Toodles!
2023-09-25 13:38:20 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time I finally address this discourse. It's come up a couple of times in previous videos mostly as an aside, but I've never take a position on it either way. Well, today I do!
Unfortunately I had to re-shoot the talking head thanks to a sanity check I realized I should make. A trip to the store revealed that not only was something I had witnessed not-at-all universal, but it also...
2023-09-24 19:32:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello all!
These last couple of week have been pretty slow-rolling for me, largely because I've been stuck on a script. I've moved around it and am working on something else, but I don't want to abandon that project - it's just a tricky thing to explore, as I talk about here.
I'm looking for your input on whether to proceed with the topic. And, if any of you work in the resident...
2023-09-19 18:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting back to basics today with an exploration of a thing and how it works. And today's thing works very differently from how I expected!
Can you believe it's under 20 minutes? I know! It's wild!
Anywho, hope you like it! Captions will come soonish, and I'm looking to release this on Saturday.
2023-08-24 20:51:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello out there. It's been a while!
So... I've been going back and forth on whether I wanted to make this video. I had spent hours and hours on this script — revisions to pacing, removing unneeded minutia, agonizing over how angsty to be — and ultimately I decided I've spent too much time on it to shelve the project.
Plus, I want it to serve as something of a mea culpa. I was very publicly wrong about the outcome here, and not acknowledging that feels just as wrong. Maybe even...
2023-08-10 22:23:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi!
This might bring upon feelings of déjà-vu for some - I did a patreon-exclusive video a while ago where I did this for the first time. This is now my... fourth? I think? rodeo and I figured I'd document it again for public consumption.
There will also be a part 2 video where I cover scanning but editing that will be a bit more tedious.
Speaking of editing, this is ver...
2023-07-23 21:31:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh boy.
So, one of you lovely lot suggested this video topic by way of asking a question - apparently I touched on this once in a video (can't remember which one, honestly!) and I called the conspiracy partly a myth. Well, here's a long explanation on why that's the case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb7Bs98KmnY
As I say in the beginning, I feel a little weird covering this. But, on the ot...
2023-07-13 21:58:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening,
Look. I don't know how we got here. But we did.
Honestly, I'm more than a little nervous about how this video will be received. I'm pretty sure this is the longest I've ever made for the main channel, but there are twists and there are turns and there is suspense and there is drama.
Hello!
Remember how I said that I thought I’d have the next video done by the end of May? Ha. Ha HA! HA HA HAAAHH ha ha.
Yeah, so this turned into a rabbit hole. I thought this would be a simple “wow, here’s a weird thing you used to be able to buy!” but the whole “but why?” angle led to me digging into the history and what I found is nuts. So it snowballed into this!
2023-06-08 01:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello! It's time for a new video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0YW7x9U5TQ
Piecing together and finding clips from the gopro footage was a lot more tedious than I imagined it would be. I really thought I could have this video done Monday but... nope! But it's done now.
This may be one of my more important videos (and hopefully it gets seen by the right people). If you watched my car owners...
2023-05-24 18:52:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening! I bring good news! After a few delays (I really signed myself up for a lot of post-production stuff, here!) I have a new video.
Many thanks to your fellow patron James for shipping this behemoth to me to explore. (He sent a second thing, too, which is just as fascinating! That video will come soon). It's been a long time since I covered the videotape format war, so I ima...
2023-05-08 01:47:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm putting the finishing touches on a script I've loooong wanted to write. And tomorrow? It's go-time.
Stay tuned
2023-05-03 23:46:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah, so this is just a Connextras thing.
Also, I never posted here about the 1-year ownership update I did on my car. In case you'd like to see that, link 2:
2023-04-24 21:31:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello! It's been a minute. Some of that has been because I've been a little preoccupied lately, and some of that is because a lot of behind-the-scenes prep work has been going on for — get this — several videos!
But for right now, I bring you this:
https://youtu.be/VsNHrAzx5_w
This is one of those topics that I really have no idea whatsoever on how well-received it will be. I hope you enj...
2023-04-23 02:32:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi! I'll bet you didn't believe me when I said I'd have this done before the end of March. But I did it!
I have gotten a start on captions and some of the other fiddly bits, but there are still plenty of fiddly bits to do. One of those things is chapters - I'll definitely have them in place before it goes live. In fact I think I'll do that right after I post this, so they should be up...
2023-03-29 15:17:02 +0000 UTC View Post