This one's gonna go up at the same time as the others. I figured I should combine some of your various feedbacks into this video, and thank you for it!
There's really not a huge need to watch this is you were following the discussion, but I won't stop you :)
2021-01-13 05:15:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The new W•HPG unit will surely be all the rage. It's a video about... air moisteners!
I would be lying if I said this video didn't come about from one of my various mental derailments. I had actually planned an altogether different video (and also brought some materials together) but then decided to explore the wondrous world of water in the air. After all, it's made a huge differen...
2021-01-12 04:05:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi!
I've made a quick and dirty thing which is meant to be a follow-up to the video I'm working on right now. It's hardly very spoilery, as it's meant to address a question I had about Vicks vaporizers. Turns out my supposition was right!
I'm still working on the main video, but I'm well into the editing phase and have all the footage I need. It should be finished tomorrow, and ...
2021-01-11 02:40:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm not sure how I going to title this one, or even what the thumbnail's gonna be, but this video principally serves to air a grievance of mine. You'll see what I mean, but of course we also talk about dishwashers, how they work, and run an experiment!
I talk about it at the end, but part of why this video took so long was that my window failed. That was annoying. A last-minute run to...
2020-12-19 17:16:48 +0000 UTC View Post
You asked for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDaKDF7c67E
Wait, did you? Actually, now that I think about it, you didn't. Well, here it is anyway!
And to think I thought this would work as an unscripted segment.
Yes, well, that didn't exactly work out. But, hours of footage were recorded, and here is the fruit of the first editing pass. This is very long. It's proba...
2020-12-11 21:40:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Sealings and gratulations!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L49PiKO7Ac
Here's some early behind-the-scenes content for you! This is prep work for an upcoming video about dishwashers. A number of folks have asked for a video on one, and what video on a dishwasher would be complete without some sort of interior view? Rather than buy a go-pro and some waterproof lights, I elected to install a wi...
2020-12-09 15:34:17 +0000 UTC View Post
We're closing out No Effort November with a festive light video that actually, honest to goodness, for real, 100% was a quick and dirty low-effort video. It's a Christmas miracle!
This year I think I won't be doing another coloring experiment - I'm all wiped out from the lava lamp video and would rather just turn that part of my brain off. I'll be doing captions right now and since th...
2020-11-28 14:26:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a weird one. I also ran into many, many issues both technical and logistic. There's gonna be a rather short turnaround time as I'd like to get this published tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16gB2BDXwTo
I have literally hours of footage from the experimentation phase and I plan to compile some of the best highlights for Connextras, and also make some exclusive for ...
2020-11-20 19:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm liking that thumbnail. I may just throw some text on that. Anyway, one platform-wide calamity later, it's time for the follow-up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBD1NyabTt4
2020-11-12 02:58:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Two things: One, the Connextras video on the microwave is done, but it's a huuuuge file because I exported it in 4K so the pages of the manual are perfectly legible. Honestly, though, I think the video turned out well. It's quite silly, and we learned about some more feature of the microwave which just hammer home how awesome it is! Anyway, it won't be uploaded until later this evening but I'll post it here when it's ready.
B: I'm working on captions now, but YouTube is being ...
2020-11-11 16:43:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I've decided to bring No Effort November back this year, and we're starting the month out (kinda late into it - there were things occupying my mind as of late) with a suspiciously advanced microwave oven!
Seriously, this things blows my mind whenever I dig it out. It's been in storage for some years and I've been meaning to make a video about it, and what bet...
2020-11-10 16:26:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33yvx6Uui-c
Back with a quick thing on Connextras about getting the through-the-viewfinder shots. Ironically... it involved After Effects
2020-10-30 22:39:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there!
Typical of me to say "I'll do something simple" and then turn it into nearly a half-hour of content. I can't help myself sometimes...
Though really, this is a topic I've been excited to tackle, and I think you'll like it! I've been wanting to dive into analog photography for a long time, and while this is just one small part of it, it's a nice chance to dip my toes ...
2020-10-29 03:08:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello one and all! It's a crisp and wet day here, and while it would have been a great day for a video, it... fell apart. But I have something cool to share with you that will make its way into a future video! Here's a quick demo of that, as well as a general sort of update.
2020-10-19 01:16:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Enthusiast and Inventors!
It's a long-overdue piece of BTS content. YouTube has changed the "videos" tab to "content" and, yeah, not sure how I feel about that but anyway...
I left basically everything in, so this is long and also chill. You might think of it as a livestream? I dunno, I've never done something like this but I wanted to.
What ended up being striking even to me was how different my energy level was from filming the talking head not 2 hours prior. It ...
2020-10-09 15:29:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Faltumn!
It's a video about furnaces! Or, what we Americans call furnaces, anyway. Most of us in colder climates take these for granted, and yet they're really quite interesting. At least I think so! And this video will probably be illuminating to those of you who aren't familiar with these heating systems.
As I say in the video, they're really quite efficient at what they...
2020-10-09 02:01:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMxB7zA-e4Y
That thumbnail is definitely a placeholder because it's awful. I know.
But, here's a video that's been in the back of my mind for ages and that I've finally committed to making. It all started from a Twitter thread where I railed on Tesla as I often do for making their Wall Connectors out of glass and thus turning them into s...
2020-09-21 16:58:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Uh, this didn't go quite as planned...
2020-09-12 01:37:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hellooooooo!
I've got what I figured would be a pretty simple and straightforward video but which presented an opportunity for a lesson on internet literacy because not only is Google not being helpful here, but the real answer is actually quite surprising! Were it not for that discovery I'd probably have had this done a couple of days ago...
Thanks to Anachronistic_Tendencies f...
2020-09-11 14:16:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Mop of the torning to you!
It's time for another video about mundane but ubiquitous objects! So, let's explore the humble retroreflector; simultaneously among the most interesting of objects and the most mundane. Perfect for TC!
I'm certainly gonna tweak that thumbnail a bit more; I like the macro shot with the penny but it's really dark, so gotta figure out how to punch that on...
2020-08-30 14:25:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi!
Here's the cat that I mentioned in the last update. He's a nice kitty!
And in case anyone's itching to call the ASPCA, I'm not grabbing his tail despite what it looks like! I'm just running it through my hand a lot 'cause it's real soft :)
2020-08-22 04:04:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Good day!
I've been taking some time off this month (largely because I adopted a cat!) so I've been a little slow-going with the whole video thing. But I've made something that I think you'll really like. I've had this device for some months now, and it's a weird one. And I think you'll see why from the thumbnail.
I'm doing another shorter turnaround on this one and plan to have...
2020-08-18 16:41:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there!
I have another simpler, summer-themed video for you. Truthfully this was born of my own curiosity, and I think these devices are more interesting that people realize. That thumbnail, by the way, is a placeholder (I'll be getting a better photo soon) but this is the video where the thumbnail itself is a really meta pun.
I have a few errands to run today so it will ta...
2020-07-29 15:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post
This is just a simple Connextras video. Some people seemed to want more hashtag Figaro Content, and for those that do here's a little something. It didn't go as planned.
I must admit I do kind of enjoy making these completely off-the-cuff things. It's amazing when I can go from thought to video in something like an hour. But certainly don't feel compelled to watch ;)
2020-07-22 04:08:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Top of the morning / afternoon / evening to you!
I've been asked by many, many people to make a video about these. And since I keep seeing ads for them in nearly ever corner of the internet, I figured I had somewhat of a duty. These devices aren't technically a scam but they come soooooo close because, well, they don't explain what they *are* and they're not ...
2020-07-21 15:41:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
A long time ago I mentioned that I wanted to make some videos about the technology that's in cars, specifically around engine management. Well, this is a very crude preview of what that might entail, as well as me tackling a minor problem with the Figaro.
Almost certainly anything involving this car will stay on Connextras and be more vlog-like because it's just too old t...
2020-07-12 16:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post
It turns out they're much simpler than you might think, just like this video!
A lot of people have been asking me to debunk these "portable personal air conditioners" that are going wild these days, and so I plan to tackle that next. But I'm waiting on a thermal camera to arrive before I make that. That's largely why I decided to make this one in the mean time, and honestly? I'm quite...
2020-07-11 15:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings!
This video is... well I don't know exactly. It's equal parts "here's a neat thing," public service announcement, and opinion piece. Towards the end, I go into a thing I'm embarrassed to have bought but which fits nicely into this subject.
The video turned out way longer than I wanted it to, I think mostly because of the multiple things I wanted to accomplish here. But...
2020-06-28 16:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I might have gone a little overboard with the audio effect I put in at the beginning... and the snark...
As I said in the beginning, a large part of the motivation for this video was to address the fact that, through my online experiences, it seems nobody outside the US (and potentially many people *inside*) understands that we have 240V power or how we have it and why we do that. So,...
2020-06-20 16:55:13 +0000 UTC View PostHi there!
It's been... too long since I've posted anything here. Recent events have really done a number on me, and I've had a number of false-starts getting back into the groove of doing things.
That's the ugh part.
Mainly I just want to check in with you all and let you know that A) Yes, Matheus, I'm alive and B) I'm back to a place of productivity. And I'm happy to be there!
My goal has always been three main channel videos per month and I think it's pretty clear th...
2020-06-14 22:48:47 +0000 UTC View Post