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Going a bit retro TC today - a "quick" video on the stereo sound of vinyl records

UPDATE: Video was re-uploaded to give on-screen thanks to your fellow patron Paul (who provided footage of the record cutting process). Any comments you left on the old version are going to go poof in about an hour. Also, captions are live!

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I tested out my car's vehicle-to-load system and it's pretty awesome

Hi! So I've been meaning to do this test for a while, and as this is part of the "how to manage a power outage" conversation in the upcoming Home Electrification 2: Some Kinda Boogalo, now's the time to do it to have raw numbers for the script. View Post

A follow-up, and my thoughts on rooftop solar

Hello again!

https://youtu.be/C4cNnVK412U

Here's a Connextras video I just cranked out. It'll go out with the main video, which will probably be tomorrow. I have a fe...

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Home Electrification - Part 1!

Hello all! It's been a while. Too while.

That's... that's not a phrase. Oh well!

https://youtu.be/CVLLNjSLJTQ

So, hi! I didn't mean to disappear for so long but...

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The Simple Genius of a Water Heater

Oof. That thumbnail face.

https://youtu.be/Bm7L-2J52GU

I discovered recently while embarking on an experiment I explain at the end that electric water heaters, despit...

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A Connextras video about electric stoves - they're not slow!

Yep. I'm doing it! But only on Connextras.

https://youtu.be/eUywI8YGy0Y

So, this is mostly a "food for thought" type deal. I hope I made that clear in the video, and ...

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A simple video about a simple thing

For real this time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnJZSk4JHFM

As you may have guessed I've taken a bit of a rest over the holidays, but I'm back! And...

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It's time to discuss Sound On Film

Merry Christmas, all! Well, Christmas eve. And barely. In this time zone, anyway.

I've brought you a gift! It's this video.

https://youtu.be/tg--L9TKL0I

I've be...

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Critical Program Reading: A 16mm Film Transfer Test

Hello! I'm pretty far along the next video and have been doing some test transfers. I picked up a Lumix GH5-II, a camera upgrade I've been eyeing for quite a while, once I confirmed how the synchro-scan function works. And I'm happy to report that...

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OK, OK, a sort-of Christmas light video

Can you tell this was rushed? It was a bit rushed. Two of the NEN topics I told you about in the update video got pushed back because one of them is actually definitely a lot of effort and the other one... well I couldn't figure out a way to do wh...

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A Connextras video on coating a glass lampshade to turn it into milk glass

I have these two lamps that I thought would look better with a milk glass appearance so I, on a whim, tried something which... worked! Way better than expected!

https://youtu.b...

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In Defense of the Switched Outlet

In this very silly and rather over-the-top video, I'm explaining and defending a very common thing in US home design. My spidey-senses have registered that a lot of folks just... don't understand this? And it's a feature I really, really like so I...

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So I started my snow blower...

This is just a simple connextras video ostensibly on whether fuel stabilizers do anything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQFkbg7he-4

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A video on DX Encoding (digital info on 35mm film)

Amazingly, I met my deadline! And with nearly two whole hours to spare! The second installment of No Effort November is here, and it's on DX Encoding.

https://youtu.be/imMBwUGj...

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A New Sights and Sounds video

Hello, all!

https://youtu.be/ChtJ8gUuQWY

I said I'd have this done last week. I'm a bit late - I really needed to plan this out more than I did, but I think the end r...

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The TV Guardian

Howdy, folks!

It's here. The first video of No Effort November! We're taking a look at the TV guardian, generously sent to me by your fellow patron, Colin! This (to me) hilarious device watches closed captioning data for profamit...

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An update for y'all (and a thing I can now show you!)

This video isn't of the spooky variety, but it is of the rambly variety! Isn't Halloween all about rambleys? Right? That's it?

Uh, anyway, link:

https://youtu.be/3iNOJ12n...

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A video on sealed beam headlights

I imagine to folks not much older than me this might feel like a "well, duh" kind of a topic, but I think there's a case to be made that this old idea wasn't terrible!

https://...

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The Olympus Pen and its light-powered exposure control

Somehow, 11 months have passed between when I first took this camera apart to fix it and this video getting made! I honestly have no idea how as I've been wanting to make it for a long, long time. This camera is fascinating!

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The Connextras Follow-up on Multi-family, on-street, shared etc. EV charging

This juuuuuuust finished uploading so resolutions are rough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WuJtcgExa8

It's a much more casual conversation, but defi...

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A Complete Beginner's Guide to Electric Vehicles

It's done!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyp_X3mwE1w

Thanks everyone for your feedback - I changed more than a few things, including adding an "in a ...

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EV Charging Guide: The Rough Draft

And boy is it rough! This is literally the result of first edit pass run through where I look for bloopers and toss out bad takes, then spat out as a video. A number of the cuts need adjustment (plenty of false starts you're gonna see) and there's...

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Status report

Hello all you lovely people,

It's been a while since I've checked in with you. The quick turnaround of the coffee maker video made me hopeful that I could get the next video out by the end of August, but that video turned out to be a...

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The taste tests

Yep. Here's a Patreon exclusive for you - the full taste tests!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2RKY4mpJQM

This just barely finished processing so all...

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And now... coffee makers!

Specifically, the cheap kind.

You may notice that this video is pretty long for a video on coffee makers. Well. Lemma tell you a story. You see, one day, I was poking around on the Interwebs when I came acro-

OK, I suppose it's best to...

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I learned something which surprised me about typewriters, so I made a video about it

I learned this when I was like 15, and since it's been in my brain that long it didn't occur to me that this might be an interesting topic. The intro to this is genuine, by the way. Was looking around for something to cover while I waited for a th...

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A super long-overdue video about my writing process (and loads of other stuff)

Yep! I took forever getting this to you and it's, as usual, off the cuff and way more rambly than I intended. But there's a lot in it! I've finally found a better system... or I guess A system... which is helping me get s...

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A video on the two types of smoke alarms and why one isn't that great

Time for something a little more "classic TC" and also important. I've not exactly felt as if my last couple of videos have been my best work, and while I guess I need to do one on the American drip coffee maker (and a script is already in the wor...

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A love letter to Warm Glow - because it might be on its way out?

I have a light topic for you today.

https://youtu.be/tbvVnOxb1AI

Yep. So... I don't really have any proof that Philips might be moving to discontinue these but what I...

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A kettle follow-up

Hi there!

https://youtu.be/RpoXFk-ixZc

So... I shot this the day before I published the first video, and I intended this to be an immediate follow-up for the main cha...

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