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.
I have no idea how you'll like this video. It's been kicking around in my head forever, and I hit a wall with something I was working on so this was a "rip cord" video. It still took far too long because I was tortured by t...
2022-05-31 15:27:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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 opinions about Corvettes.
[Edit]: There's some mild profanity in this! You may not want to watch with little ones.
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!
2022-05-19 20:11:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
I took a little vacation for the road trip (obviously) and this was stuck in re-write hell for a long time. Actually, $5+ patrons; be on the lookout for a behind-the-scenes post where I explore my writing process because I've come to ...
2022-05-12 20:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
Thanks ever so much to Jon Hilty for lending me the plates you see throughout the video. This was so fun to make, and really cool to see! Never did I imagine this process could produce such lifeli...
2022-04-21 21:04:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Woof. This video has been a struggle. But it's done!
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 video complete long before today, alas here we are. I almost considered splitting this up again - it's long! - but so many of the issues discussed here are interconnected, ...
2022-04-12 16:33:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Part 2.5 is now complete. I've worn that particular shirt a lot...
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 and add some notes to it. I altered the script here so that I don't explicitly say I won't unlist it, but I'm not ruling that out entirely. I'll think about it in the in...
2022-03-25 17:50:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
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 because I feel it's misleading. As a refresher, in it I talked mainly about ground source heat pumps and some innovations in that space, and implied that they're the future. ...
2022-03-22 01:24:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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 would be a good thing to explore. I have some reservations about the video - specifically I don't know how much background was really necessary, and so I'll be putting in c...
2022-03-03 02:46:44 +0000 UTC View PostI 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. Maybe tomorrow, depends on how today goes.
Since today's that day and I didn't have anything to show for it, I wanted to give you this update. But stuff is coming soon...
2022-03-01 16:42:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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 through a lot of wind and a snowstorm already. Also, it's pointing Northward, and seems to always do so, so I'll be moving it around a bit to try and optimize obstructions. The...
2022-02-21 19:09:39 +0000 UTC View PostThis 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 some organizing to do, as well as figuring-out-where-things-are-and-where-to-put-stuff but the big-ticket items are done, and I no longer have to be coordinating various wha...
2022-02-21 18:38:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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
We’re really making some grand openings for 2022 with this one:
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’t have any clue who it was. It resurfaced out of necessity, and it has been a surprising eye-opener. Can opener. Right.
This video has a, let’s be real, somewhat...
2022-01-13 05:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Indeed, it's that!
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 then put that out as early as possible.
Okeydoke! This is likely the last post of the year so if I don't see you until 2022, thank you ever-so-much for making 2021 so ...
2021-12-27 04:11:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
2021-12-27 04:07:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, and here's that Sights and Sounds!
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 laserdisc player.
In this video (and I intend to keep this a thing going forward) there's some extra content in the form of bad takes - one of the machines featured ...
2021-12-26 05:26:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the second in our Connextrasvaganza!
Just an off-the-cuff further look at this thing. Annnd that's about it.
2021-12-26 03:07:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
None of them are very polished, however there will be a Sights and Sounds video among them! I've been working on that one and am nearly done....
2021-12-26 03:05:43 +0000 UTC View Post
These are some fresh prints.
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 as well as simply wild seeing the print form before your eyes. Of course, this isn't as good as being there in person, but I was pleasantly surprised by what the camera ...
2021-12-16 16:07:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
Turns out this worked swimmingly, and although I'll have a little more work to do in the darkroom tonight, it's possible I could have this complete by Tuesday.
2021-12-12 16:56:44 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for this silliness again.
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 color sets implemented like I suggest, and I'll keep proving this point 'til somebody does it!
Speaking of somebody doing it... there's an unsolicited plug for a pro...
2021-11-29 06:46:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
As I say at the end, I'm pleasantly surprised by the kit. Aside from needing the water bath it's no more difficult than B&W. I just need to figure out how to dispose of the chemicals and whether or no...
2021-11-23 23:01:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Ready for something phoned in? Well I hope so because here it is.
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 I didn't do a lot of the stuff I normally do. Like, for instance, bloopers. Frankly there weren't many that weren't just me struggling through the pieces I played. That'...
2021-11-20 08:49:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
But anyway, here we are! Folks on Twitter know that the roll of film we went through didn't turn out at all because it was bad, and because of that I went and re-did th...
2021-11-04 00:05:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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:
I sort of feel like this video has a slow start. But I wanted to explain the camera obscura, and as luck would have it the demo I showed at the end managed to work. I wasn't expecting it to at all because of how little light there is...
2021-10-21 02:10:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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 this video and may be able to get it up for you tomorrow!
2021-10-20 01:49:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
It's fresh from the upload and still processing. It took a while for my last upload to process to HD but that was also a lot longer so hopefully this doesn't take as long.
Quite honestly this is a placeholder video. I've finally settled on...
2021-10-08 01:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Haaaaaa. Puns!
OK so if you didn't see the post I just made, this is a follow-up to a video:
So first, yes absolutely the aperture is between two glass elements. So... hah. And because I re-assembled the black camera and then it had a sticky aperture again I decided... well time to remove the dang thing! Just three screws hold on the assembly with the aperture and out it comes. ...
2021-09-30 22:27:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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 something like a box camera (a la Kodak Brownie)? Or maybe start with 35mm and work our way backwards? I don't know!
But I do know this is one of my very (favorite) came...
2021-09-30 22:08:57 +0000 UTC View Post