WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-US 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:04.871 Well, apparently I have a million subscribers now. 00:00:05.367 --> 00:00:06.628 Thank you. 00:00:06.628 --> 00:00:11.562 I truly never thought that that would happen, but, well since it has 00:00:11.562 --> 00:00:13.967 I suppose it’s  time for a celebration! 00:00:13.967 --> 00:00:16.841 Roughly an entire month later… 00:00:17.360 --> 00:00:18.824 So what are we gonna do? 00:00:18.824 --> 00:00:21.528 We’re gonna talk  about this set 00:00:21.528 --> 00:00:24.106 which is real and exists. 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:27.531 I oughta know, I built the thing and moved it! 00:00:27.531 --> 00:00:31.783 Now, a lot of you have wondered what exactly all the things are amongst the shelves, 00:00:31.783 --> 00:00:35.084 and now you won’t have to wonder anymore because I’m going to tell you! 00:00:35.084 --> 00:00:36.906 With words and visuals! 00:00:37.440 --> 00:00:40.526 First, what is the set? How is it built? 00:00:40.526 --> 00:00:44.787 Well, it hails from everyone’s favorite source of meatballs, IKEA. 00:00:44.787 --> 00:00:46.812 A 5 X 5 Kallax, 00:00:46.812 --> 00:00:47.819 kalLAX? 00:00:47.819 --> 00:00:48.601 Kaylax? 00:00:48.601 --> 00:00:50.214 unit makes up the main bit, 00:00:50.214 --> 00:00:53.673 and there are two 1 X 4 units on either side. 00:00:53.673 --> 00:00:56.793 These drawers and doors: they actually hold things! 00:00:56.793 --> 00:00:57.639 Look! 00:00:58.417 --> 00:01:00.871 I keep some of my camera gear  behind my head, 00:01:00.871 --> 00:01:02.476 and up here... 00:01:03.405 --> 00:01:04.318 is some junk. 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:08.532 I got some white board markers in here, 00:01:08.532 --> 00:01:10.555 some probes in there for my oscilloscope 00:01:10.555 --> 00:01:13.099 which sits on top of the set where you can’t see it… 00:01:13.099 --> 00:01:15.946 and, uh, oooh! 00:01:15.946 --> 00:01:17.618 a TV remote! 00:01:17.618 --> 00:01:18.462 Curious. 00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:21.088 I also got some lighting from the meatball  store, 00:01:21.088 --> 00:01:25.291 just the basic warm white puck things but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by them - 00:01:25.291 --> 00:01:29.916 I did, though, spend quite a few hours with an industrial Sharpie making them black 00:01:29.916 --> 00:01:31.651 and not cream colored. 00:01:31.651 --> 00:01:34.533 I used electrical tape to make the wiring less noticeable 00:01:34.533 --> 00:01:35.904 against the black shelves, 00:01:35.904 --> 00:01:39.411 and the wires are run vertically along the edges behind it. 00:01:39.411 --> 00:01:44.569 Up at the very top there’s some cheap LED tape light  attached to a piece of quarter round trim, 00:01:44.569 --> 00:01:46.626 also blacked out with sharpie. 00:01:46.626 --> 00:01:50.176 And all the power cords and other junk ends up down here 00:01:50.176 --> 00:01:53.061 in this terrible rat’s nest of wires! 00:01:53.061 --> 00:01:58.017 But it’s on a switched outlet so all I  need to do is flip a switch and it all comes on. 00:01:58.017 --> 00:02:00.990 Then of course there are the lava  lamps in a couple of the shelves 00:02:00.990 --> 00:02:06.514 (and I really should consider moving them, or perhaps  add more…) 00:02:06.514 --> 00:02:09.378 and we’ll get to the colored light elements in a bit. 00:02:09.378 --> 00:02:12.503 Oh, and the rest of these cubbies down here are empty because 00:02:12.503 --> 00:02:15.094 I haven’t been bothered to figure out what to  put in them yet. 00:02:15.094 --> 00:02:16.880 I am terrible at organization! 00:02:17.760 --> 00:02:22.130 But let’s get to the more interesting bits: the  contents of the shelves. 00:02:22.130 --> 00:02:25.101 Things have been rotated in and out a fair bit over time, 00:02:25.101 --> 00:02:28.034 and in fact  I’d like to do more of that as time goes on, 00:02:28.034 --> 00:02:30.535 but it’s been fairly consistent. 00:02:30.535 --> 00:02:33.730 A not insignificant portion of the stuff in this set 00:02:33.730 --> 00:02:36.605 was given to me by friends and family over the years, 00:02:36.605 --> 00:02:39.296 and my fascination with these various objects 00:02:39.296 --> 00:02:42.934 is pretty much the reason I’m the  particular weirdo I am. 00:02:42.934 --> 00:02:44.000 So let’s discuss! 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:46.525 We’ll start with these things. 00:02:46.525 --> 00:02:49.090 These are LED  traffic light modules. 00:02:49.090 --> 00:02:52.974 I bought them for the first video that was made in front of the fully completed set, 00:02:52.974 --> 00:02:56.679 "The LED traffic light and the danger of But Sometimes!" 00:02:56.679 --> 00:03:01.512 I still kinda want to get one that has a green lens so it’s a little more obvious what these are, 00:03:01.512 --> 00:03:06.535 but it turns out the clear lens on green is a rather common safety feature! 00:03:06.535 --> 00:03:11.173 If the sun hits traffic lights in the right  way, they can appear to be lit - 00:03:11.173 --> 00:03:16.761 a clear lens on the green light prevents it from appearing  green unless it is actually lit. 00:03:16.761 --> 00:03:18.027 Neat! 00:03:18.027 --> 00:03:20.435 But let’s move on to where there’s more stuff. 00:03:20.435 --> 00:03:23.968 Up  here is my now dead Sony PRS-505 00:03:23.968 --> 00:03:27.732 which died with this excellent ghost image on the screen. 00:03:27.732 --> 00:03:33.147 It sits  atop a fully-functional NES which is now a prop because I don’t use it enough. 00:03:33.147 --> 00:03:36.171 A gamer I am not, really. 00:03:36.171 --> 00:03:39.873 If nobody’s noticed this cartridge, this is for a Commodore 64, 00:03:39.873 --> 00:03:43.139 a copy of HesWare Turtle  Graphics II - 00:03:43.139 --> 00:03:48.762 a sort of educational programming game slash software thing, if I remember right. 00:03:48.762 --> 00:03:51.931 I used to have a C64 and a bunch of random stuff for it, 00:03:51.931 --> 00:03:57.360 but I lost interest in it and, uh, well  no longer have much of anything related to it. 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:01.045 Yeah… I regret that. 00:04:01.045 --> 00:04:05.270 Anyway, finishing it up we  have a Mold-A-Rama bust of Abraham Lincoln, 00:04:05.270 --> 00:04:08.038 made at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, 00:04:08.038 --> 00:04:12.061 the transparent paints from my latest Christmas light coloring nonsense 00:04:12.061 --> 00:04:14.344 (which was now over a year  ago) 00:04:14.344 --> 00:04:16.893 and this old 12V battery from Radioshack. 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:19.132 Next we have the Camera Corner! 00:04:19.132 --> 00:04:22.673 This is where the Canon F-1 and Canon T90 live. 00:04:22.673 --> 00:04:25.662 These were both permanently loaned to me by a family  friend, 00:04:25.662 --> 00:04:27.503 and I learned photography on these. 00:04:27.503 --> 00:04:31.955 Truly I wouldn’t have the proficiency to operate  a camera that I do without these, 00:04:31.955 --> 00:04:37.757 especially since I use a mirrorless camera which behaves more like a stills camera than a true cinema camera. 00:04:37.757 --> 00:04:40.358 Oh, and to those in the know, don’t worry - 00:04:40.358 --> 00:04:44.159 I do take the T90 out and exercise its shutter periodically. 00:04:44.159 --> 00:04:50.985 The T90 sits atop a stack of VHS tapes and a couple  of CDs to elevate it above this 120 box camera, 00:04:50.985 --> 00:04:53.394 which I have yet to actually use. 00:04:53.394 --> 00:04:55.157 That was an antique store find. 00:04:55.157 --> 00:04:59.659 And back here is a rather phallic sandcastle I found at a thrift  store, 00:04:59.659 --> 00:05:01.859 and behind it is a fake Swedish plant. 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:04.489 Next we have a crystal radio! 00:05:04.489 --> 00:05:06.926 Yep, that’s what this box is. 00:05:06.926 --> 00:05:11.504 I don’t know if it actually works - it was a gift and I’ve no idea how to use it properly. 00:05:11.504 --> 00:05:14.549 But up here is the actual crystal and cat whisker, 00:05:14.549 --> 00:05:16.252 as well as the tuning knobs. 00:05:16.252 --> 00:05:19.657 I’m pretty sure this was a hand-made kit given the writing on here. 00:05:19.657 --> 00:05:22.349 It’s filled with some colorful audio cassettes up top, 00:05:22.349 --> 00:05:24.395 and some plain ones to its side. 00:05:24.395 --> 00:05:27.120 Sally the Snail sits slimily in front of it. 00:05:27.760 --> 00:05:29.951 And here’s a rather hodge podgey shelf! 00:05:29.951 --> 00:05:34.754 Center and most important is a somewhat rare telephone model called the Galion, 00:05:34.754 --> 00:05:40.892 hailing from the 1940’s and made by North Electric as a competitor to the Western Electric 302. 00:05:40.892 --> 00:05:45.390 It’s notable for being oriented sideways compared to most other desk phones, 00:05:45.390 --> 00:05:47.767 being wider than it is deep. 00:05:47.767 --> 00:05:50.985 It works, but unfortunately its ringer does not. 00:05:50.985 --> 00:05:54.566 I do however like that its original phone number label is intact. 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:59.897 In front of it is a can of Silvertone recording  wire and a double light switch, 00:05:59.897 --> 00:06:05.840 and behind it is what I thought was a skein of red yarn, but is  probably large enough that it’s really a hank.   00:06:06.400 --> 00:06:08.971 Yes, a hank of yarn. 00:06:08.971 --> 00:06:10.845 Learn something new everyday. 00:06:10.845 --> 00:06:13.022 You can’t really see it head-on but it’s there, 00:06:13.022 --> 00:06:14.491 and that’s what counts! 00:06:14.491 --> 00:06:17.171 Back when I made the videos on analog television, 00:06:17.171 --> 00:06:20.352 I used this yarn to make the scanning animation. 00:06:20.352 --> 00:06:25.053 We also have a functional light socket holding a squirrel-cage Edison-style light bulb, 00:06:25.053 --> 00:06:28.808 and a modern LED version of this sits unused for… 00:06:29.086 --> 00:06:32.426 reasons. Oh, and there’s another fake Swedish plant. 00:06:32.960 --> 00:06:34.920 Next is the soldering station. 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:39.055 This is actually where I keep my soldering iron and its associated junk, 00:06:39.055 --> 00:06:41.405 as well as my DC power supply. 00:06:41.405 --> 00:06:45.645 If you’ve been paying really close attention, you’ll see that this shelf has changed the most 00:06:45.645 --> 00:06:49.170 because I actually need the things in it from time to time. 00:06:49.170 --> 00:06:51.159 And right now the soldering iron's missing! 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:57.205 There's also a pin from Epcot’s Millenium  celebration I found in one of my junk box goings through. 00:06:57.205 --> 00:07:00.168 Oh, and a fake Swedish plant, of course. 00:07:00.168 --> 00:07:02.329 Here’s a trick I actually learned in school - 00:07:02.329 --> 00:07:06.226 the DC power supply is sitting on  a plastic storage container 00:07:06.226 --> 00:07:11.213 that’s been covered in black fabric to make a tasteful  but cheap makeshift display stand. 00:07:11.760 --> 00:07:13.982 And now here’s another hodge podgey cube. 00:07:13.982 --> 00:07:18.733 On another tupperware stand is my late grandfather’s 8mm movie camera. 00:07:18.733 --> 00:07:22.582 It is… sort of functional - you can get it to run 00:07:22.582 --> 00:07:24.760 if you force the winding key forward, 00:07:24.760 --> 00:07:27.539 I suspect it just needs a good lubrication. 00:07:27.539 --> 00:07:30.609 Opposite to it is a movie reel that it shot. 00:07:30.609 --> 00:07:33.392 There’s also the basic thermostat from the thermostat video, 00:07:33.392 --> 00:07:35.111 one of the many additions over the years, 00:07:35.111 --> 00:07:39.341 and a 5 inch CRT from a cheap portable black and white television, 00:07:39.341 --> 00:07:42.400 the same one I used in the analog television videos years ago. 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:47.284 And then we have yet another fake  Swedish plant, and a lava lamp. 00:07:47.840 --> 00:07:51.066 Down here is the Betamovie and  some Beta cassettes. 00:07:51.066 --> 00:07:52.182 [extended pause] 00:07:52.571 --> 00:07:53.269 That’s it. 00:07:53.440 --> 00:07:57.302 Next we have a Sony television set that many of  you have asked about. 00:07:57.302 --> 00:08:00.612 This is a portable model, the TV-750, 00:08:00.612 --> 00:08:03.852 and It appears to have been introduced  in 1972. 00:08:03.852 --> 00:08:06.722 It still works, but barely. 00:08:06.722 --> 00:08:11.622 The picture tube is quite dim and I’m sure this could  do with a complete electronics restoration. 00:08:11.622 --> 00:08:16.079 I would show you but I don’t know  where its power cord is at present so… 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:17.172 sorry. 00:08:17.172 --> 00:08:21.120 A monochrome Rubik’s cube sits  atop it because it’s insufferably clever. 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:24.529 This next cube is an assortment of objects. 00:08:24.529 --> 00:08:29.166 This mug is covered in the original Future World pavilion logos from EPCOT Center, 00:08:29.166 --> 00:08:32.814 released in mug-form as part of EPCOT’s 35th anniversary. 00:08:32.814 --> 00:08:35.060 Then there’s a lava lamp behind it. 00:08:35.060 --> 00:08:37.676 This snake was just a thrift store find - 00:08:37.676 --> 00:08:40.926 I sort of suspect somebody’s child painted this thing? 00:08:40.926 --> 00:08:43.888 I dunno, sorry Jimmy  if your parents didn’t keep it. 00:08:43.888 --> 00:08:48.817 And behind it is a very strange and slightly suggestive clown  figure. 00:08:48.817 --> 00:08:50.800 I’ve named it Disposo, naturally. 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:57.600 Directly behind me which you can’t ever see during  talking heads is a very important-to-me radio.   00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:03.664 This is a Philco 42-PT7, a basic tabletop radio  from 1942. 00:09:03.664 --> 00:09:05.685 It’s a simple design, but very nice, 00:09:05.685 --> 00:09:09.154 and while it’s missing a knob it’s still quite beautiful to me. 00:09:09.154 --> 00:09:13.639 It’s important to me because it was really the first electronics  project I ever embarked on - 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:19.827 I recapped this radio many years ago, and it introduced me  to the world of antique radio collecting. 00:09:19.827 --> 00:09:22.351 I found it at an antique store in Michigan. 00:09:22.351 --> 00:09:28.977 Behind it is a framed Laserdisc of 1776 that sits there simply to hide what’s behind the set. 00:09:29.280 --> 00:09:31.709 Next is another rather simple assortment of  things. 00:09:31.709 --> 00:09:34.779 It’s mostly reel-to-reel tape stuff, with a reel at the back, 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:37.920 Scotch boxes, and of course a Spaceship Earth mug 00:09:37.920 --> 00:09:41.576 which stays as part of the set because  it's a ridiculous mug to drink from. 00:09:41.920 --> 00:09:45.280 There’s another functional light socket  with a squirrel-cage filament bulb,   00:09:45.280 --> 00:09:47.534 though this one is a globe shape, 00:09:47.534 --> 00:09:50.754 and that pear is another random thrift store knick knack. 00:09:51.280 --> 00:09:53.387 Over here is a pair of lanterns, 00:09:53.387 --> 00:09:57.555 one an old railroad lantern which leaks and the other… 00:09:57.555 --> 00:09:59.612 well I don’t know the origin of this exactly 00:09:59.612 --> 00:10:01.091 but it’s not an antique, 00:10:01.091 --> 00:10:03.158 just a bit of decor. 00:10:03.158 --> 00:10:06.705 And there’s a white Mold-A-Rama figure of the Space Shuttle. 00:10:06.705 --> 00:10:10.320 Lanterns will be coming as a subject in  the not-too-distant future, by the way. 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:12.887 Let’s talk about this cubby. 00:10:12.887 --> 00:10:15.066 Nothing has ever really gone here. 00:10:15.066 --> 00:10:19.001 I’ve been meaning to fix that for ages but… haven’t. 00:10:19.001 --> 00:10:22.619 Almost the entire time this set has been in use, 00:10:22.619 --> 00:10:27.081 there has been a DVD copy of The Terminal  starring Tom Hanks sitting there. 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.142 Don’t ask me why as I truly do not know, 00:10:30.142 --> 00:10:33.683 and in the last couple of months this loudspeaker driver and crossover 00:10:33.683 --> 00:10:35.520 have been sitting here because I’m lazy. 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:39.214 On the bottom-right is the closed captioning  decoder, 00:10:39.214 --> 00:10:42.321 and a dolphin figurine that I claimed when my parents moved 00:10:42.321 --> 00:10:44.265 sits on top because I like it. 00:10:44.265 --> 00:10:47.361 And yes, the Teletext video hasn’t happened yet. 00:10:47.361 --> 00:10:50.698 I'm very aware of that. I’m just… 00:10:50.698 --> 00:10:53.360 well we’ll get there eventually. I promise. 00:10:54.160 --> 00:10:55.782 Alright, and top row! 00:10:55.782 --> 00:10:59.184 This is the vast majority of my Laserdisc collection. 00:10:59.184 --> 00:11:02.240 I’ve got a few things that aren’t  here but this is mostly it. 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.094 Yep, I’m not a huge collector of them - 00:11:05.094 --> 00:11:08.725 they’re just delightfully giant optical discs and fun to use. 00:11:08.725 --> 00:11:11.680 Definitely not, like, my favorite way to watch a movie, though. 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:16.046 Then we see the wee little GE TV that me got for free 00:11:16.046 --> 00:11:17.209 (tee hee) 00:11:17.209 --> 00:11:19.183 at a garage sale years ago. 00:11:19.183 --> 00:11:22.212 A couple of VHS sleeves for Cosmos sit atop it, 00:11:22.212 --> 00:11:27.564 and the RGB electron gun of flashlights from the shadow mask video sit atop it as well. 00:11:27.564 --> 00:11:31.156 Unfortunately something went wrong with the deflection yoke on this thing 00:11:31.156 --> 00:11:33.360 and now the screen is all trapezoidal and messed up. 00:11:33.920 --> 00:11:38.955 Not too much of a shame, though, as this thing  is more useful as a prop than a TV, anyway. 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:41.179 Next to it are my CEDs, 00:11:41.179 --> 00:11:44.733 they’ve been up here since before the CED series ever got made. 00:11:44.733 --> 00:11:50.438 Sitting in front of them is a Walkman which is  aesthetically excellent but functionally a little off - 00:11:50.438 --> 00:11:55.176 it’s got a new belt but there’s a lot of flutter so I never really used this thing, 00:11:55.176 --> 00:11:59.366 even though it’s an auto-reverse Walkman with  Dolby B and again is… 00:11:59.366 --> 00:12:01.546 just excellent looking. 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:06.800 Marty the Squirrel, another thrift store knick  knack, sits in front of a pair of Sony Dynamicron   00:12:06.800 --> 00:12:12.033 VHS slipcovers, and an L-750 Beta sleeve is  above it at a wonky angle. 00:12:12.033 --> 00:12:14.852 There are also two books given to me by a friend - 00:12:14.852 --> 00:12:17.040 including a penny collector’s collection collector. 00:12:17.680 --> 00:12:20.182 And lastly there’s the top right cubby. 00:12:20.182 --> 00:12:21.719 This has another antique radio, 00:12:21.719 --> 00:12:24.575 an AM-FM tabletop unit from Silvertone, 00:12:24.575 --> 00:12:26.612 and I also restored this one. 00:12:26.612 --> 00:12:28.441 Last time I fired it up it worked great, 00:12:28.441 --> 00:12:30.659 and I really do love the design of this. 00:12:30.659 --> 00:12:36.990 In front of it are spare knobs that I harvested from a different Silvertone radio long ago that happen to match it. 00:12:36.990 --> 00:12:42.281 On top of it is the Olympus Pen EES-2 which actually got a mention not too long ago 00:12:42.281 --> 00:12:45.553 (and a Sears brand flash unit is attached to it), 00:12:45.553 --> 00:12:50.614 and another Rubik’s cube, though this one with normal colors sits on top the radio. 00:12:50.614 --> 00:12:53.360 Oh, and behind it is some fake Swedish grass. 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.946 Finally, there’s an assortment of miscellanea  up top. 00:12:56.946 --> 00:13:01.228 A pair of Inifinity RS-2000 speakers sit atop the smaller cases 00:13:01.228 --> 00:13:03.264 because they’re aesthetically pleasing 00:13:03.264 --> 00:13:07.524 (and actually quite nice, though they have fairly weak bass response). 00:13:07.524 --> 00:13:12.091 Then there’s this 3D printed model I made basically at the very start of this channel 00:13:12.091 --> 00:13:16.523 to help visualize the difference between Edison’s vertically-cut cylinder records 00:13:16.523 --> 00:13:18.998 and Berliner’s laterally cut discs. 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:21.391 That’s right, I used to have a 3D printer, 00:13:21.391 --> 00:13:24.800 or rather I still do but it’s crap and broken. 00:13:25.520 --> 00:13:29.057 Then there's the deflection yoke for the little 5 inch  CRT. 00:13:29.057 --> 00:13:31.149 It sits here because… 00:13:31.149 --> 00:13:33.198 because it was a good place to put it I guess? 00:13:33.198 --> 00:13:36.556 And there’s also a lonely  drill bit up here because… 00:13:36.556 --> 00:13:38.365 of course there is. 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:40.440 And that’s all the stuff you can see. 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:43.899 But before I go, there’s one other important thing goin’ on. 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:45.232 The colors. 00:13:45.232 --> 00:13:48.008 Lately the set has looked  like this more often than not, 00:13:48.008 --> 00:13:51.684 but if you’ve been paying attention you’ll have  seen those colors change, 00:13:51.684 --> 00:13:55.642 and sometimes they’ve not been colors at all, but instead  imagery. 00:13:55.642 --> 00:13:58.862 And that’s what this remote is for. 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:01.255 See … those colors? 00:14:01.255 --> 00:14:03.335 Those come from a TV. 00:14:03.335 --> 00:14:05.218 Two to be more precise. 00:14:05.218 --> 00:14:08.669 There are two very cheap 55 inch TVs 00:14:08.669 --> 00:14:12.592 literally hanging off the back of this set facing me. 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:17.035 This set isn’t against the wall for this reason,  and that’s why the items at the top 00:14:17.035 --> 00:14:18.940 completely fill the cubbies. 00:14:18.940 --> 00:14:22.777 I didn’t want the chains that the TVs are hanging from to be visible, 00:14:22.777 --> 00:14:26.614 or for you to have much of a clue what exactly was  going on. 00:14:26.614 --> 00:14:29.109 This wasted cubby here with the drawers? 00:14:29.680 --> 00:14:32.423 That wasn’t planned, I genuinely I had  this idea 00:14:32.423 --> 00:14:36.457 after I had already built this and started making inserts. 00:14:36.457 --> 00:14:39.428 But truthfully I think it makes the illusion all the better. 00:14:39.428 --> 00:14:43.744 Because I’m unforgivably lazy, the TVs are powered  by Chromecasts 00:14:43.744 --> 00:14:47.594 which mirror the desktops of my PC and Chromebook. 00:14:47.594 --> 00:14:52.190 I just set them up before I go  to film the talking head or B-roll, and that’s that. 00:14:52.190 --> 00:14:55.677 I made templates forever ago which I can  use to make more stuff, 00:14:55.677 --> 00:14:59.611 but I’ve been using this standard color grid for a while because I like it. 00:14:59.611 --> 00:15:03.316 Though, I may finally do what I set out to do long ago and set up a video 00:15:03.316 --> 00:15:05.538 where these slowly change  over time. 00:15:05.538 --> 00:15:09.118 I’m just, as I said, unforgivably lazy. 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:14.640 And that’s also why this set looks so  incredibly drab in some of my Connextras videos.   00:15:14.640 --> 00:15:17.280 If I don’t power it up and set up the screens,   00:15:17.280 --> 00:15:20.170 it just looks kind of… sad. 00:15:20.170 --> 00:15:23.040 Look, I’ll go cycle it off and on which will kill the TVs. 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:27.292 Sure, that’s much better than completely  off, 00:15:27.292 --> 00:15:31.508 but the stark black background is nowhere near as interesting. 00:15:31.508 --> 00:15:34.484 I’m actually quite proud of this idea if you can’t tell. 00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:38.700 But I still can’t believe that I’m here right now. 00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:43.336 Never in a million years did I think a million subscribers would happen. 00:15:43.336 --> 00:15:46.036 I thought I was just too weird, 00:15:46.036 --> 00:15:49.483 that this channel idea wouldn’t have wide enough appeal. 00:15:49.483 --> 00:15:51.349 I’m delighted to have been wrong 00:15:51.867 --> 00:15:55.718 (though I am still just… absurdly weird). 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:57.709 Thank you for subscribing, 00:15:57.709 --> 00:15:59.799 for watching my videos all these years, 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:05.429 and leaving me with this bright spot at the  end of an otherwise incredibly awful year. 00:16:05.920 --> 00:16:08.972 Yep, this actually happened in 2020. 00:16:08.972 --> 00:16:11.603 I was actually kind of hoping that wouldn’t happen, 00:16:11.603 --> 00:16:14.338 that the flip would occur in 2021, 00:16:14.338 --> 00:16:17.810 but something about dishwashers just really piqued your interest. 00:16:17.810 --> 00:16:21.195 I’ve been very fortunate in an otherwise tumultuous  year, 00:16:21.195 --> 00:16:23.835 and I try to remember that as often as I can. 00:16:23.835 --> 00:16:28.207 Of course, that wouldn’t be possible without  my amazing supporters on Patreon, 00:16:28.207 --> 00:16:31.259 and today I’d like to thank each and every one of you. 00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:34.105 Thank you for making Technology Connections possible, 00:16:34.105 --> 00:16:38.381 and for keeping me focused through this wild ride  of a year. 00:16:38.381 --> 00:16:42.234 Here’s to a brighter and better 2021! 00:16:43.112 --> 00:16:45.800 ♫ celebrationally smooth jazz ♫