Hi everyone. I'm going to be posting a new video, probably later today, and while it's not one I'm un-proud of, it's not really what I want to be making. In fact, you might have noticed that it's been at least a month since my last, uh, "Big" video. And I'm not sure when my next "Big" video is going to be, because I have been having Health Probl...
2022-02-01 18:09:37 +0000 UTC View Post
There's more details in the linked GoFundMe but, in short, my sewer line is suddenly permanently clogged, and I have to get it replaced ASAP to the tune of $13,000, so I'm appealing to everyone I can for donations.
You're already contributing far more than I ever anticipated, and I think I can get a loan, so to be fully honest: I proba...
2022-01-30 20:59:19 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOKpkWnrq4w
I've been meaning to make this video for many months, and I'm glad I finally did, but man, I hope it gets across what I intended, because I was really out of it.
I've been recovering from what I think may ha...
2022-01-27 08:48:12 +0000 UTC View PostHere's what I ended up doing instead:
$2 - Early access when practical
$5 - Discord and any bonus content I make
$20 - Name in credits.
$100 - I mail you cat pictures. Because it's funny, and provides a distraction from the $5-20 gap...
...because I realized I have nothing to offer that makes sense at $10, and never really d...
2022-01-20 03:31:45 +0000 UTC View PostSo, it's been a year since my channel and Patreon really started taking off. I'm reevaluating how I use Patreon, so it's one of These Posts as I try to figure out how to steer this vehicle.
In short: I'm going to switch my tiers up as follows for new subscribers but everyone reading this will get g...
2022-01-18 02:14:23 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWwp3vVtElw
(Edit: Uploaded version with minor tweaks.)
This is a video I've wanted to make for several years, ever since I discovered my Mavica had a high speed drive in it. As cool as all of these are, it's still frus...
2022-01-14 01:43:42 +0000 UTC View Post
So as I explain in the video, I get a lot of "promotional" emails. If you've ever wondered how quickly new youtubers start getting deluged with offers to shill crappy products, wonder no longer - pretty much the moment you break 6000 subscribers or so, it goes nuts. So here's a tour of the Influencer Inbox Experience. This was kinda fun!
I...
2022-01-12 05:52:55 +0000 UTC View Post(Sorry for the half dozen posts, just gotta make sure this is clear.)
Just made the donation to the Prevent Cancer Foundation in the total of $4,000, so from here on any Ko-fi's will just be funding me, not saving lives, heh. Thank you again to everyone who contributed!
2022-01-10 01:45:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that since GDQ is beginning tomorrow I'm going to stop taking donations for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, so if you had been planning on contributing to the pot (which reached about $3600!) please do so today. I am very gra...
2022-01-08 18:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpJBHjl9_VU
Edit: Uploaded new version because I made a phenomenally brainless factual error in the original.
Remember my last post where I said I didn't know when I'd make a video again? I got real mad about that and s...
2022-01-05 08:10:32 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I got sick. I don't know if it's covid (it's nearly impossible to get tested right now) and I'm over the worst of it but I've had the same cough for a week now and no idea when it'll go away.
So I don't know when I'll make another video, because shooting in between coughs is not fun, nor is a lot of loud talking, not to mention that i...
I just wanted to let everyone know: thanks to your incredible generosity, I have more than $2300 in the pool to donate to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. That's amazing, and far more than my initial "goal" ($1k, which I wasn't sure I'd hit.) 2021-12-26 20:27:32 +0000 UTC View Post
If your Christmas Eve isn't too busy, come watch me stream christmas games for a while!
2021-12-24 21:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
I think I mentioned a few months ago that my girlfriend, Daria, was having to leave town on "family business" for a while. That ended up being two months, and it's because her mother was suffering from end-stage cancer which has now run its course.
It's been a tough time for both of us and I'm still readjusting to her be...
2021-12-24 00:33:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Edited again: Made a new version because I realized after my last video that if I don't make it clear up front, I am going to be deluged with comments telling me to buy a TS80/TS100/Pinecil. Title cards at the end explain my reasoning. I realize this will do absolutely no good, and I will get 500 comments telling me to "just" buy a TS80/TS100/Pi...
2021-12-19 08:05:25 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POSPaiutNlQ
I almost called this "The AK47 Of Mice", but gun imagery ain't what I want in my thumbnails. Still, the sentiment's there; this mouse is an absolute trooper.
I gotta fess up here - because I hadn't actually ...
2021-12-11 06:44:28 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klajo3zj3pU
Hey! It's been a long time since I did a show-and-tell of Stuff I Have. I just got a used GoPro and decided to try it out.
I happen to really like this video. I've wanted to do some less rehearsed stuff for ...
2021-12-07 18:07:23 +0000 UTC View PostI missed 50k subs due to the office move and completely forgot I had planned on doing a 50k Subscriber Q&A Special until a couple days ago. So now it's a 60k special, and I'm taking questions from everyone - patrons too, of course. :P
(I realize it's been months since I did my last patron Q&A, and that's simply because I constantly...
2021-12-07 02:55:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Doing some videos about Peripherals soon.
A viewer sent me a Hawley wheel mouse, a clever sort of alternate history gadget that actually postdates the ball mouse, yet draws on concepts from much earlier prototype designs in the pursuit of a mouse that can't get clogged with dust. I've never tried one before and I'm excited to see how it pe...
2021-11-30 23:03:56 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtW3bdp7h8c
I basically bought a new mic just so I could do this video.
2021-11-29 18:04:49 +0000 UTC View Post
After spending a month moving stuff into the office and then struggling to get the last video done, I have finally managed to pack out all the cardboard garbage and I have clear floor space again.
Also, fax is coming soon.
https://youtu.be/v8tjA8VyfvU
First video in the new studio and I did my best to use every part of the animal, so this took two weeks and I'm exhausted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMWXbwCfUlA
I was supposed to be trying to finish shooting and editing the next video this weekend but instead I got stung by a wasp. It has been twenty+ years since that happened and the pain is exactly as bad as I remember....
2021-11-13 23:45:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I've finished the first 90% of setting up this new place and now only need to do the remaining 90%.
2021-11-07 18:37:29 +0000 UTC View Post
So, I said I was gonna buy a Mac Mini, but then I Thought About It a little more. I wish Apple wasn't so committed to ruining their own products to no benefit. They make beautiful computers, i obviously respect the achievements of the M1 chip, but then they make their machines absolutely unusable to anyone who Does A Lot, for really no reason, b...
2021-10-31 06:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! This Friday I will be doing a stream marathon from 9 AM to 9 PM Pacific, on my main channel, to raise funds to finish setting up my new studio.
I'm incredibly grateful for everything you're contributing here, but this coming payout is not going to cover the rest of my initial expenses -
it'll cover my day-to-day going forw...
I was worried it wasn't gonna look consistent but it absolutely does now that it's dry.
2021-10-24 00:33:22 +0000 UTC View Post
