Stuff I’ve been into, part 2

August 19th, 2017

Today, youtubers.

AvE or Arduino versus Evil: Tool teardowns, prototyping, electronics, welding, machining, engineering, design. NSFW. The embedded video is a good example, but I think this one is the first video of his that I found while looking for charcoal reviews.

628 Dirt Rooster: Where hobby beekeeping is a way of life. The Dirt Rooster posts videos about beekeeping in Mississippi. The videos might be cutouts, swarm removals, or just taking care of his own bees.

Tucket Gott: Tucker posts videos of his paramotoring adventures. I’ll probably never paramotor, so I fly vicariously through his videos.

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Stuff I’ve been into, part 1

August 18th, 2017

When Grooveshark was still a thing, the “radio” option would mix in OPM, Lemon Demon, and Grand Buffet based on a seed of several Jonathan Coulton songs.

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Colin’s toolbox.

October 6th, 2011

Collin Cunningham posted another episode of Collin’s Lab detailing his basic electronic toolkit.

I’m doing pretty good, just missing good tweezers, a hemostat, tin snips, desoldering tool and magnifying visor.

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Engineer Guy

January 15th, 2011

I’ve been enjoying Bill “Engineer Guy” Hammack’s videos. In his videos, he everyday technology from an engineer’s perspective. Here are a couple of my favorites:

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Fluidity for WiiWare

December 8th, 2010

Fluidity on Nintendo’s WiiWare may be best game I’ve played all year. My only criticism is that the plot is thin – the main character is a puddle, supporting cast is a book and the enemies are flaming slugs made of ink. However, Fluidity is a puzzle game. The plot doesn’t need to be strong, the puzzles do. I’ve only played for 2 and half hours so far, but in that time no two puzzles were alike.

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Synchronized Crashing

December 6th, 2010

Start the first video. Nine seconds in, press play on the second video and watch a hang glider pilot crash from 2 different angles. Be warned, there is some cursing.

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Explore Motor City

September 30th, 2010

I forget where I found this video series, but it appeals to the Bohemian in me. Johnny Knoxville drives around Detroit showing that despite (because of?) all the decay, young artists and musicians and makers of things are moving back into the city and creating wonderful work in ways they wouldn’t be able to anywhere else.

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DIY: Prototyping fundamentals from MIT’s AI Lab

January 7th, 2010

MIT’s Tech TV has a great series of videos demonstrating the tools and equipment used in their Artificial Inteligence Lab’s machine shop. The video below is 40 minutes long, but they have hours more where this came from.

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DIY: Make Presents Electronic Components

January 5th, 2010

If you watched the NASA soldering videos that I posted earlier and you’re now wondering what sort of things a person should be soldering, check out the Make Presents video series. Make contributor Collin Cunningham’s geeky explanation and exploration of various electronic components is both entertaining and educational.

Here is a Youtube playlist with all the Make Presents videos.

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DIY: Solder like an astronaut

January 3rd, 2010

NASA has a series of 6 very short videos explaining and demonstrating basic soldering techniques on their Radio Jove site. Well worth checking out if you need to solder electronics but have no clue what you’re doing.

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