Exploring the Technology Connections Set (1 million subscribers special)

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[@TechnologyConnections]

I'm pinning this comments just so y'all know that in the US, it is spelled KALLAX so my pronunciation is less weird than it seems.

[@maurinavoni6925]

lol you didn't pin it

[@maurinavoni6925]

you are my favourite youtuber btw

[@Flyingpapaya]

I have two of these shelves that my record collect lives in. a 2x2 and a 2x4 so far.

[@sternis1]

It is spelled KALLAX in Sweden too. Your pronounciation was actually pretty decent, too!

[@CannabisTechLife]

Congrats on your 1mil! You've come so far!

[@rancidkippa4589]

Darn, he really built a replica of the green-screen background for a million subs

[@sireuchre]

I find it quite funny that people think that background is a chromakey replacement. Getting a truly good looking chromakey is not quite as easy as people think. It is much easier to just have real, passive set pieces, and put all of your serious time, money, and efforts into good lighting.

[@ClearComplexity]

@@sireuchre Maybe if your source footage is 1080p with poor lighting to being with, 4k and decent/good lighting make it pretty easy, especially with a hair style that has harder edges. You make it sound like all of his stuff plus the shelves and TVs in the back cost less than just painting the wall or getting a green/blue-screen...I can assure you they were not cheaper. I prefer a real set but you're flat out lying saying it's difficult to get a key if you have ANY experience in photo/video work in the last few years. And good lighting is going to happen either way, one just requires a few boxes/studio lights and the other require the same plus all the extras...

[@Xanthelei]

@@sireuchre At this point it's a channel joke, one that 99% of the comments talking about how it's a good greenscreen effect are in on.

[@Thermalions]

@RancidKippa And he says he's lazy.

[@ChaossX77]

@@sireuchre do they think that or are they making a joke?

[@thecommenter578]

Other youtubers: face reveal! This guy: *SHELVES REVEAL* I never saw that one coming.

[@wacesferpit]

TV backlight reveal

[@TheHeIIion]

It's all downhill from here. It's never the same once someone reveals their shelves.

[@runed0s86]

Twitch streamers: FEET REVEAL

[@alexandermcclure6185]

@@runed0s86 no no no, twitch streamers say meat reveal XD

[@Cobras7111]

"I'm unforgivably lazy" *routinely makes thirty minute, well-produced, in-depth videos about household tech*

[@marklefler4007]

"lazy" is how we survive. They only time many people think is when we have to. We use technology just so we can be lazy.

[@davidgambin2551]

I thought exactly the same 😆

[@driftliketokyo34ftw35]

You gotta make sacrifices somewhere.

[@mariokarter13]

"I'm unforgivably lazy, also I hung two TV's behind my set just for the hell of it."

[@Randomii666]

Sometimes lazy people use way too much time on some specific niche thing, but are still too lazy to do some fast and simple basic action. At least that's how i am

[@bahamutbbob]

Am lazy, can confirm.

[@shookings]

I'll find a lazy person to do a job, because they're good at saving time - Bill Gates (paraphrasing)

[@nthgth]

@@shookings my first programming professor said that a good programmer is "lazy and an opportunist." I guess if you're good at being lazy, being an opportunist is automatically part of that.

[@franciscoguinledebarros4429]

@@Randomii666 lazyness birth stubbornness, and EVERYTHING is worth when you're proving a point out of stubbornness

[@blockyoxwinkle5829]

The real impressive part is that the background is real but he's entirely CGI. Hes actually wearing a green morph suit

[@zsin128]

he actually captain disilusion

[@Ziggurat1]

Video brought to you by Andy Serkis

[@tsartomato]

it's actually 3 little girls in a trenchcoat

[@turdferguson3400]

Ahh, he's a vtuber

[@paveloleynikov4715]

It clearly solves mystery of missing green traffic light

[@randomations11]

"I'm unforgivably lazy." "Anyways here's my amazing backdrop that is absolutely saturated with meaningful and clever details just like all of the content I produce" So well earned, man. I get excited every time I see you have a new video, wasn't expecting one with such a personal touch. How great :)

[@juandig]

"I may finally do what I said I'd do long time ago and setup a video where these [the colored TV tiles] slowly change over time, I'm just, as I said, unforgivable lazy"

[@KateOwsley]

So often, people conflate "lazy" with being solution-oriented and inventive.

[@edgrimm5862]

@@KateOwsley So often people conflate "lazy" with "having other priorities". As TheWeaver pointed out, Alec is clearly not lazy. But he's also clearly not had enough time to do the things his parents wanted because of needing to pursue his delightful interests that they called him this repeatedly.

[@GamerKiwi]

"I thought I was just too weird, that this channel idea wouldn't have enough wide appeal" You underestimate youtube rabbit holes. Your channel is peak "it's 2am, I'm not asleep yet, so I'm watching videos about dishwashers" material

[@swankidelic]

literally watching this at 2 am right now

[@shinyplaid]

My goto answer whenever someone asks me what shows I watch: “I just watched a 20 minute video on the color brown.”

[@boeing747-8]

So true..

[@smartroadbiker]

Maybe you aren't asleep at 2am BECAUSE you are watching KZbin 🤣😉😇

[@Ninjastahr]

@@shinyplaid Taste the brown

[@BenChilds]

"I thought I was just too weird..." ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

[@christopherkise]

guble gable...

[@AhuizotlXiuh]

Can confirm. He's into the same weird niche things I am. He probably has a large audience of people on the spectrum happy he's going into detail about their special interest.

[@daemonspudguy]

@@AhuizotlXiuh can confirm, am on the spectrum, have oddly niche interests.

[@jordazmo19]

@@daemonspudguy it's like a techy version of a redneck joke; if you watch technology connections, you might be autistic.

[@TheFaxMachine69]

I read this right as he said this what the fuck he's God

[@christophergabriel4991]

Nobody gonna say the obvious thing about the TV background? OK ... "By the magic of buying two of them ..."

[@kevinnistor1954]

no

[@naomiwolf8944]

@@kevinnistor1954 yes

[@arfyness]

Well done good sir.

[@jonathansmith6050]

Excellent!

[@MartinDeHill]

"Something about dishwashers just really piqued your interest" Bro that video CHANGED MY LIFE.

[@user-tm3fz7qx3s]

How come?

[@DarrienGlasser]

Even my mom watched that video. Great for the whole family

[@JamesSkemp]

Long time subscriber and agreed, that video was probably one of his best; quite the dedication to cut a hole in the side and deal with water issues so that it could be filmed. But the recent humidifier videos were pretty good (and living a few miles north of where I believe him to be, timely). Freezers videos were really cool as well. Heck, there's a lot really great stuff on this channel. Too bad we can't clone him and put one in every school.

[@nitehawk86]

@@user-tm3fz7qx3s Perhaps it is better we not know. Though I did stop buying dishwasher pods because of it. I wouldn't call that life changing, tho.

[@nyccollin]

Martin DeHill *Piqued, not peaked.

[@AntVenom]

The system for making that color backdrop is actually pretty legit! Good stuff!

[@marcelosantos5683]

What... do you watch this channel?

[@dingothps]

I know, right? I've been wondering for, like, ever.

[@thatpitter]

This is the last place I thought I’d see you but actually thinking about your interests and what you make videos on.... yeah it makes sense 😂

[@AaronsMemes]

So much effort put into a background set, and it looks great! Fits the channel perfectly.

[@smitethecanlord]

@@thatpitter one thing Ive learned over the years is that you tend to find the most unexpected youtubers you know in the comment sections of channels you would never expect to see them

[@Gameboygenius]

I tried using the oscilloscope on the top of your shelf, and I can confirm that despite my best efforts, I was utterly unsuccessful in doing so.

[@nthgth]

Exactly. He is absolutely right that we can't use it.

[@paule4566]

That's because it's actually a green screen image.

[@runed0s86]

If you get one of those oscilloscopes, usually there's a fuse that switches it between 240v and 120v, and you have to manually pull it out and move it to the correct orientation. They came with 240v set by default so people didn't fry the thing when trying to use it in the rest of the world.

[@xureality]

I'm gonna state the obvious: post the TV's templates and let the community have some fun with it

[@jaycie5021]

Yeah crowdsource that B

[@GerardMenvussa]

TBH I really like the way it is with one plain colour per shelf

[@Lawrence330]

@@GerardMenvussa I also really like that. I'm curious as to the best way to "co-opt" that for my own use. I wasn't expecting the TVs.

[@JeskidoYT]

Patreon tier reward here we come

[@Kalvinjj]

I can now imagine a quick half second scene where one of the squares show his face on a weird expression being a thing. Now, if he had done this before he revealed the trick, it would be killer

[@Oncampus2k]

“And in my fridge, I have soy milk, grapes, a 12 pack of Diet Coke, a pound of ground beef, and a fake Swedish plant!”

[@ElectroDFW]

Along with soda, OJ, some purple stuff- ooh, Sunny Delight! 😅

[@icebug]

@@ElectroDFW And another fake Swedish plant

[@Oncampus2k]

@@ambrosenuk I never even thought the display was colored by TV’s. Very imaginative!

[@BusterBeachside]

NGL, the ending of your comment made me chuckle.

[@CuriousMarc]

You have the best background set! The TV background lighting idea is as simple as it is genius. I was expecting something way more complicated. You better be proud of it and of your channel!

[@drasco61084]

When he pulled out the remote I was expecting him to pull out a couple dozen more remotes for LED bulbs or something lol but then I was like no... That's silly

[@arnehennings8889]

yeah its so surprisingly simple the idea as it is genius

[@griffin8062]

Yeah that was a super cool idea. The effect works really well

[@christopherkise]

hehe i was all about to think of white plastic and led lamps around the sides -

[@experimentaltvextv6538]

I want the template to make some video for him to use on those TV's.

[@807D14M0ND5]

Up Next: "How To Dust Shelves With Lots and Lots Of Knickknacks"

[@mx2000]

Swiffer

[@BierBart12]

Canned air is actually enough. As long as the stuff is on a shelf with small openings like that, there isn't much dust anywhere but on the very top, which is best cleaned with a swiffer or vacuum

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

This actually occurred to me as well.

[@jasonmiller5586]

Milwaukee leaf blower FTW

[@ArchDennam]

"Then we see the wee little GE TV that me got for free tee hee" Someone give this man his gold star sticker already

[@BilisNegra]

A Goldstar sticker? Don't be mean, give him a whole little Goldstar TV.

[@coyote_den]

The TVs as backdrop is incredibly clever. Until you revealed what they were, I had no clue.

[@sireuchre]

I'm a little disappointed he doesn't use a VESA system of some sort to hold the TVs, vs those chains. I mean, he could probably make a whole video about the VESA display mounting standard, after all...

[@AndyProkopykChapmanStick]

@@sireuchre I too was interested in why they're chains and not wall mounts. Maybe it's to allow the tv to better match the angle of the shelves and sit more flush?

[@codyofathens3397]

@@AndyProkopykChapmanStick He said he's very lazy. It may have just been easier. Lol. "Hey. I have some chains. Things hang from chains sometimes. A tv is a thing. A tv can hang from a chain. I don't have to drive to menards!"

[@maraschwartz6731]

@@sireuchre maybe didn't want to drill holes in his wall

[@DylanKelleyVA]

Honestly I had no idea about the TV backdrops! Nice touch! It would be this Geek Squad Agent's humble honor to professionally mount those TV's for you myself!

[@Jaymac720]

2 years later you’re approaching 2 million. You deserve it. The information, comedy, and snark make this channel as wonderful as it is

[@pleaseuseOdysee]

"which you can't see during the talking heads" Oh, you can see it once in a lifetime, but it's same as it ever was

[@OliversElevators]

Lol Idk how many people will actually get this joke but it’s good!

[@Rijam35]

But, where is that large automobile with the amber turn signals?

[@peterrenn6341]

@@Rijam35 And you may say to yourself -"How did I get here?"

[@trainsfemme]

@@OliversElevators this joke needs to stop making sense

[@doublej42]

We are all weird but that’s what makes life interesting.

[@darryl7256]

I agree. And we've found a fellow weirdo who makes funny, interesting videos on KZbin for us to enjoy (and actually learn something)

[@bsadewitz]

Well, that and mechanical television.

[@maxlundgren3482]

Yeah fairly certain us one million subscribers are just as weird... isn’t it the reason where here?

[@mennoduk]

Being normal seems weird to me

[@RobFulcher]

Indeed! No such thing as too weird.

[@Dribbleondo]

Using large TV's as backlights is the most bodge job thing ever, and I love it.

[@xmlthegreat]

I honestly thought it was lights and coloured paper

[@TechnologyConnections]

I honestly had the thought of doing some sort of RGB lighting strips with controllers and stuff, but then I remembered that basic TVs are hilariously inexpensive and since this wouldn't require any real image fidelity, I just bought the cheapest TVs I could find in that size. It may actually have been slightly cheaper in the end, and in any case it's much more flexible!

[@TheMajorLeagueGinger]

Tom Scott approves of a good bodge job

[@Grisu1805]

@@TheMajorLeagueGinger The art of the bodge.

[@TonyTheTrain]

For real - I had always assumed those were custom LEDs which would have taken an eternity to do. Nope, just clever use of LED TVs. Love it!

[@acousvnt]

11:12 - there's one of those absurd little "completely unnecessary rhyming moments" that are the cherry on top of so many of your videos.

[@I.m-Me]

Also the alliterative moments, like Sally the snail 🐌

[@Phelixc]

Now I just realized why I enjoy this channel so much, it reminds me of that segment with Andy Rooney on 60 minutes. No jokes are explained, treating the audience as capable, smart individuals, all while explaining even the most basic stuff. Congratulations on reaching 1 million, may ever more people discover this clever channel in the future.

[@triciac.5078]

Yes!! But not condescending to our generation.

[@dementedc]

Ok but the TVs behind the shelves reveal is legit one of the best surprise twists I've ever seen.

[@ajbp95]

Indeed! It such a genius idea!

[@elrac7333]

I would have bet money on colored LED strips.

[@kuyaleinad4195]

Thought there were coloured translucent persplex plastic with light bulbs behind them so that was a massive plot twist 😂

[@Dept_Of_Ducks]

Seriously, I was floored by that.

[@mrfishfr]

It's blow my mind. it's so clever

[@spokehedz]

The TV's are actually genius.

[@RingingResonance]

Well he could have just used a green screen behind the shelves....

[@frostbite1991]

@@RingingResonance then the plants would be affected as well. TV's was a good way to do it, and provides nice subtle backlighting

[@NoThrottle]

@@RingingResonance I would prefer it emitting lights

[@amicloud_yt]

@@RingingResonance wouldn't be nearly as good of an effect

[@NoThrottle]

@@ritawant3189 imagine being this desperate

[@holof443]

11:11 As a non-native english speaker, I almost had a stroke

[@SpikerDragon95]

"Then we see the wee little GE TV that me got for free teehee" as a spanish speaker I got several brain damage

[@holof443]

@@SpikerDragon95 same

[@CadillacDriver]

@@SpikerDragon95 for free

[@SpikerDragon95]

@@CadillacDriver yeah, thanks mate

[@singerofsongs468]

You were right the first time; it’s a skein of red yarn! A hank is a big loop of yarn that you twist into a rope-like twisty thing to keep it tangle-free. A skein is wrapped into a pill shape around a rod, which lets you pull the yarn from the center if you’re clever about it. This is similar to a cake, which is my personal favorite yarn storage structure. It’s like a skein, but it’s wound up into a flat cylinder (like a cake) and very stackable.

[@athena5573]

real! you tell em!

[@illustriouschin]

I never would have guessed that there were TVs back there, crazy.

[@TheRealColBosch]

I didn't guess it either, and now I'm stealing it.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

I thought it was some sort of transparent plastic with white light panels in each seperate square. That'd actually be more complicated!

[@jekanyika]

It was quite the twist.

[@nigelwang2447]

"Something about dishwashers just really piqued your interest." Your video on dishwashers has completely changed the way I do dishes.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

Same here, and I don't even have a dishwasher.

[@ChrisClark_808]

I too changed the way I do dishes because of this channel. Thanks!

[@deweyandhisdecimals6736]

The dishwashers episode was one of the best!

[@seangorry]

It was a revelation

[@Professor_sckinnctn]

Seriously. I stopped by dishwashing pods and went out and bought liquid and my dishes and dishwasher have never been cleaner!

[@jacewhite8540]

DUDE, I was just chilling in my room, then the snake showed up and I realize I HAVE THAT STATUE. Of course mine has the original paint. The back/hood is copper with a silver bottom/chest if anyone was curious.

[@Mitch3D]

The TV's behind the shelf is an extremely clever idea, I always thought it was RGB LED backlit acrylic

[@Ayden_B]

Why was I actually shocked when you revealed the TV’s in the back

[@shadid516]

I actually gasped i was so surprised

[@patemathic]

I don't remember which but in some video he had Audacity in the background, that sorta gave it away for me, although I thought it was somehow done with a projector instead of TVs.

[@MazeFrame]

@@patemathic Yeah, same. Or I figured that he had those Samsung Video Wall panels slotted in the back of the shelf...

[@kaneo1]

"I'm unforgivably lazy!" The man has dozens of more-in-depth technical vids than you'll find on any 'professional' TV/Web source. Scares me what he might achieve if he actually tried! 😜

[@jdk9673]

He would take over the world, obviously.

[@zachfruin7684]

I honestly believe that if he actually tried, he could cover a topic in so much depth that we would end up with a step by step instructional series on how to make the materials and device itself from scratch. As well as the best ways to market and sell such items and have fun while doing it.

[@highpath4776]

@@zachfruin7684 James May should do a collaboration, covid permitting

[@sirBrouwer]

@@zachfruin7684 how in depth would that be? Would he take us to the mines/oil fields and where else they got the raw material in order to make one functional desk top lamp? That would take a while indeed.

[@mccobsta]

A lazy person will find a easier way of doing something then some one who isn't lazy

[@raininginside]

I love the fact that you took your time to do subtitles. Not that I really use it all the time, but when there's something I need to look up and don't know how to spell it, it's really helpful.

[@ChrisEllorris]

He often has fun extra tidbits in the subtitles. I highly recommend watching his videos with them on!

[@zandernolin3968]

your channel is the new age "how its made" series

[@roberte2945]

"...insufferably clever." I mean, that's your channel in a nutshell.

[@Yeetuz.Deletuz]

@lh and unforgivably lazy

[@DanielLavedoniodeLima_DLL]

I was losing interest in my Electrical Engineering graduation course back in 2018, really considering whether I should quit, but I found your channel back then and it was one of the things that reminded me why I chose that course in the first place: because I love to know how things works and how things are connected. This month I finished my graduation course and I'm always coming back here for more content. Thank you for your quality/entertainment/educational videos and I hope to see more from you! I know you may never read this, but I felt I might tell you how much you can positively affect someone from hundreds of kilometers away in a different country. Hugs from Brazil =)

[@hempwick8203]

it's fucking deauxp bro and shout outs to Brazil for their Erva Mate which is a superior caffeine source that alleviates anxiety instead of produces it like american coffee. Erva mate makes you want to live. Coffee just kind of stimulates you and fricks you up

[@diamondsondemand3467]

No clue what the other comment is saying, but keep going, theres always more to learn about the world and I wish you well, my friendly internet stranger! Edit: Congrats on getting your degree!

[@cloviscareca]

Cara, espetacular ouvir isso. Eu me formei engenheiro Agrônomo e, após conhecer esse canal, resolvi ir para a área de automação agrícola. Fantástico cara. Parabéns pela sua gestação, e sim, há mais BRs aqui!

[@floorpizza8074]

Daniel, that was the best KZbin comment I've read in a very, very long time. Congratulations, and best of luck to you in the future.

[@dazzlemasseur]

Wow this is so inspiring ! ❤️ I wish you success and I'm so happy these videos made you continue your classes. Follow your dreams 😉

[@EposVox]

Bahahaha the TVs hanging behind the shelves is a clever trick! Congrats on 1M!!!

[@ComputerClan]

Huh. I've wondered how you did the "TV background" thing before. Very clever. A year and a half ago, when I rebuilt my set, you were an inspiration for it.

[@RiceCakeWtf]

The set is real, you're entirely 3D generated and DeepFaked, we know.

[@thecommenter578]

Of course, Captain Disillusion is a master in that

[@ouch1011]

This channel proved that people do actually want to learn about even very dry subjects, as long as the person teaching them is interesting or "absurdly weird" as you say. Plus, many of us are absurdly weird as well. Congrats on 1M subscribers and I can't wait to see your 2M subscriber celebration.

[@ElectroDFW]

As was succinctly said in 'The Craft', "We *are* the weirdos, Mister." 😁

[@Robinzano]

I'm absurdly weird!!!!!

[@lesumsi]

That's the thing! Some topics seam really dry at first, but this channel shows that many things are actually quite interesting or clever. You just need to present them with an honest passion for technology.

[@trinidad17]

Meh I do find his humor great but I do also enjoy the subjects at hand and you're underestimating his skill of finding interesting aspects of otherwise common things to talk about.

[@_Caz]

Well, as Mr New Vegas said: less for outcasts, more for weirdos

[@SpikerDragon95]

11:12 "Then we see the wee little GE TV that me got for free teehee" as a spanish speaker I got several brain damage

[@nthgth]

I'm sure you meant "severe," but "several brain damage" is freaking hilarious 😂

[@TheMultiGenGamer]

It makes me happy that you're functionally using some of the sections for storing stuff, and just how clean it all looks. If it were me, I'd have labels on each of the cupboards and drawers outlining what's in them which, while useful, would ruin the aesthetic.

[@avi8r66]

The tv background is a proper stroke of genius, you deserve to be proud of that one.

[@michaelarmer256]

for the basic colors its just overkill but a cheaper solution would have probably been really fiddly and annoyning to set up and the tvs give him a nice option for something more dynamic than say just some led lights behind some semi transparent sheets or something

[@humbaba2525]

1 million people: “Yeah, I’d watch Stephen Stucker from Airplane sarcastically explain how personal humidifiers work.”

[@tonykowalski29]

or Otho (Glenn Shadix) from Beetlejuice.

[@rsoss92js]

I actually bought a humidifier because of that video and it's been life changing.

[@Marthastewart209.]

@@rsoss92js really I am on the fence about it after seeing the video. which one did you buy? whats changed?

[@rsoss92js]

@@Marthastewart209. @Andrew Ramos I live in Scotland where the water is extremely soft and has barely any impurities so I went with a small ultrasonic one for the bedroom. Every winter, no matter what I do, I get dry skin. Since getting the humidifier only about a week ago, it's almost completely cleared up.

[@Marthastewart209.]

@@rsoss92js thanks James! I will try buying a small one for my room as well to see if it helps at first. I was thinking about doing a whole house system. But I think I will start out small. I live in California and it's dry year round. But very dry during the winter. I have terrible dry skin, so excited about trying the humidifier

[@AxisAmazing]

My biggest question is: How often do you dust the shelves to keep them looking great? Surely it must be a pain to maintain.

[@edgrimm5862]

My guess is, right before the first video he makes each day he makes any videos. After all, he's "unforgivably lazy". To be clear, I've actually been quite impressed with how well he keeps up on the dusting also. I'm actually allergic to dust, and although I dust weekly, I often have more dust than I ever see on this channel.

[@canbakr5602]

The background was the very first thing to amaze me with this channel. Awesome idea.

[@AaaronI]

"I'm unforgivable lazy" says the guy with a great youtube channel. Thanks for all the great content

[@CK-ceekay]

Took me too long to realise "Swedish plant" isn't actually a type of plant

[@DarkStarZN]

Yup. They’re all from IKEA. Which started in.... Sweden.

[@MichaelFlatman]

i've only realised upon looking at this comment

[@Case_]

The thing I always find funny in IKEA - one of their fake plants is called FEJKA (at least where I live). Which, in my native language, is pronounced as "fake-ah"... (Then again they have a lot more product names that sound almost ironic in my language.)

[@Decodeish1]

@@Case_ Fejka = falsify/fake in Swedish, so it's ironic actually.

[@MakeSomething]

Congrats! I’m totally stealing that TV idea!

[@Yelawolf269]

It's actually a really good idea

[@nthgth]

I wonder if it'd be cheaper to set them up as dual monitors for a cheap laptop and just change the background that way, rather than use two computers and two Chromecasts. It might also be easier. I'll have to find out when I have a bigger place and _definitely_ do this myself.

[@andrewj3177]

But dont you dare stealing the fake swedish grass idea

[@tristan6509]

@@nthgth it'd be cheaper to just use a raspberry pi and remote into it, the pi 4 has 2 display outputs and it should be plenty for displaying images.

[@Pathite]

The soft, calm styling of your videos is what draws me in. Along with unique items that you have shown and their in-depth and well explained backgrounds. Always enjoyable to watch

[@AltonToth]

Congrats! As a yarn store owner though, it's just a ball, sorry. A skein/hank of yarn is about how it's wound, not its yardage. 🙂

[@TechnologyConnections]

I need to stop being surprised at the vocational variety of my patrons, but honestly yarn store owner wasn't on my short list! When I looked this up on everyone's favorite reliable source of knowledge, it seemed that a skein is formally 1/6 of a hank, and that the hank is a unit of measurement moreso than a style of winding. Though admittedly it was unclear

[@AltonToth]

@@TechnologyConnections No worries! It's a pretty common terminology mixup, even amongst some of our experienced customers! My range of paid skills runs from electrician to yarn store owner to small town politician, but my hobbies are much more into tinkering and fixing (or sometimes not). I can certainly appreciate a well crafted KZbin video. Keep up the awesome work! Edit: Of course, the more I poke around online, the more mixed up the terminology appears. Oi. 🙄

[@Okurka.]

@@TechnologyConnections Never use Wikipedia as your only source.

[@tjbr50]

Really crazy when you think of it like this: 1 in 7000 people on this planet get a notification on their phone every time you post a video and think "i cant wait to learn about something I never carefully considered before and twenty minutes later have very strong opinions about it which I will share with anybody who locks eyes with me for more than a couple seconds"

[@Neko_Void]

1 in 7000 would be a billion

[@tjbr50]

@@Neko_Void Do you think there are 7 trillion people on the planet?

[@ErickC]

@@tjbr50 : I guess maybe some people don't quite grasp how to move a decimal around?

[@BeholdersBeauty]

The reason this show works so well is because there's something oddly comforting about it, it feels like an old PBS show, like This Old House, but instead it's like "This Old Sony Camcorder That Sucked (But Not Really)

[@KrzysiuNet]

I'm one in a million! Congratulations, man. TC stands for the consistency - of formula and quality. I have to admit that things aren't going well around here and I'm depressed - but your channel helps me in my every day fight. Not some motivational posters, not a shrink, but your smile, your passion, your grumpy jokes (that's a compliment!). And I don't mean help as temporal smile when I watch your videos, because I'd find it pointless. I mean something that makes me feel better in general. [also damn, it's almost year old; I'm late to party]

[@GeFlixes]

First rule of quality content on the internet: The more weirder the most better.

[@simpleinverso8628]

Amén to that!

[@HeirPlain]

I think it's more better!

[@tanmaywho]

I can agree on that.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

This comment are an most true.

[@Nighthawkinlight]

Well earned. How do you make your background look so real?

[@panzerveps]

Sounds like a job for Cpt. Disillusion.

[@lourias]

LOL

[@MrPablucas]

Top troll comment from a top content creator!

[@fb___4255]

@@panzerveps he's actually Captain Disillusion with no make up.

[@panzerveps]

@@fb___4255 Mind blown!

[@HypherNet]

Ya did it my lad! As a fellow weirdo making his way doing the thing he was oddly fascinated by (in my case programming and electronics) I am so happy to see someone with similar interests (I've always been fascinated by how things work) be so successful, no less by appealing to a wide audience. It make me feel just that bit less of weirdo myself. Also, I really appreciate that you don't redact your contribution level on Patreon. Thanks for the transparency. You deserve every penny of it.

[@eccodreams]

We love your stuff *because* it's weird! No one else goes in to such awesome and exciting detail as you.

[@Emre-tf8hp]

"I'm unforgivably lazy" literally puts a fucking TV behind the shelves instead of getting individual lights. well earned.

[@CptJistuce]

He didn't literally put a fucking TV behind the shelves. He literally put TWO fucking TVs behind the shelves.

[@enricomontanari1390]

That's a lazy and fascinating thing to obtain multiple colors in 1 go and change them very fast. Awesome

[@DimNussens]

Well, I forgive him, so now he has to try harder to be unforgivable.

[@enginerdy]

Imagine going through all this trouble to cover your green screen secret

[@tigerstein]

Yeah, pretty good 3D renders.

[@catfish552]

The ensure maximum realism, the set was constructed as a full-sized filming model. A bit like Stanley Kubrick insisting on filming the Moon landing on location.

[@BillPickle]

Congratulations! Your particular brand of weirdness is entertaining and inviting, and you can tell the amount of care that goes into every single video. Thanks for making wonderful content, I can't wait to see where we go in the future!

[@drizzlingrose]

ive been following for a few years, i think since 2016 and i love your informative yet slightly silly style, its a very down to earth tech channel with lots of heart, heres to the future! *Raises glass*

[@nate8088]

As others have said, you deserve every bit of this. And you should know that, for many of us out there in the the world, your videos really do brighten our days. I know they do for me, so thank you.

[@oswith972]

That's some damn impressive CGI, almost looks like you're really moving the set items around

[@billkeithchannel]

Augmented Reality

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

I'm really impressed with that studio ground set! I always thought it was kind of cool, but I had no idea so much effort was put into it. Great job, and congrats on your success!! 🎉🎉🎉🏆

[@westtex3675]

Love the set. Very nostalgic, from a simpler and more stress-free time. I half-expected it to be a rented studio somewhere professional, like a university. The colored TV squares are a nice touch.

[@Kapin05]

Chromecasting the desktops of two computers to massive 55 inch TVs chained to the ceiling is the kinda bizarre background solution only you would actually do

[@supersonictumbleweed]

But it's just so good

[@ThomasTheFapEngine]

And yet the beauty of it is proven simply by the fact that it is so completely seamless and unnoticeable if You're not thinking about it.. I was completely blown away when it was revealed they weren't just some coloured panels hiding at the back of each cubby, but I've never been observant enough to notice a major change in the background at all

[@ubadahoop]

I am so offended for you that anyone thought your set was a green screen. Easily the best KZbinr set out there.

[@JasperJanssen]

I mean, it’s pretty much an in-joke these days? I don’t think *many* people take it seriously (although among a million subscribers, there will naturally be some).

[@Jim-Stick]

I would want to say I appreciate the work you do. Clearly, this isn't work ... It's an awesome channel! Thank you very much! Edit: I don't want to downplay the work you do. It makes an awesome part of the internet.

[@r0bbiegill]

The TVs behind the shelves is a true stroke of brilliance. It really makes your set pop.

[@VBandit47]

Dang, that TV background set up is actually really cool, you have every right to be proud of that!

[@JamesRuleGR]

I'm in favour of never moving that "The Terminal" DVD. Knowing it's there is delightful.

[@vashtanerada3701]

Seconded.

[@dontaskiwasbored2008]

You're the best kind of weird, and I love your set, even with the displays turned off. I'm proud to have been one of your 1st million subscribers.

[@TheDeadmanTT]

The sun shining on traffic lights making them appear to be lit is one of my greatest fears tbh.

[@gamersincepong]

The TVs as backlights is brilliant. Infinite versatility. Maybe you could use them to hide some easter eggs. Or maybe have all the colors slowly shift to brown (dark orange) over the course of a full episode and see if anyone notices.

[@NigelGentry]

He mentioned cycling the colours in the video. However, I think this would be hell to try and edit the resulting video.

[@gamersincepong]

@@NigelGentry Edit? I thought he was doing these in a seamless one-take. Illusion shattered. I always wondered why he made so many mistakes near the end of his video, but just figured he was getting tuckered out :P

[@NigelGentry]

@@gamersincepong In a video I watched the other day (I can't remember which one), he actually says that he's recorded some dialogue, but then he realised that he needed to clarify something first. So, the previously recorded bit will be shown afterwards!

[@windsroad-]

genuinely had a jaw-drop moment when you revealed the way the colored cubbies work.

[@CmdrKeene]

Made me laugh out loud in my empty house several times in this video. Congrats on a million!

[@WilliamSundvor]

I didn’t realize I had the same shelf until now when you mentioned it was from IKEA 😅

[@MarkWatsonY]

I still can’t believe the set has been a green screen this whole time 🤯

[@manuelrojas9547]

captain disillusion really went the extra mile with this one

[@needfuldoer4531]

Only in Mr. Regular's Falcon auction video.

[@snowstrobe]

He's also a really good actor, nails the way he interacts with the CGI'd images...

[@Oncampus2k]

Did we not watch the same video, or did you mean to say “has not been”?

[@tallywally162]

@@Oncampus2k This comment is a joke. I'm not going to be one of those annoying people who whoooosh outside of Reddit

[@sonicpwr]

Me: What kind of lights are in the back of those cubbies? Technology Connections : But they sometimes show images Me: Oh yeah, then it has to be a green screen, there is no other way. Technology Connections : They are cheap TVs hanging on chains Me: Are you fucking kidding me?

[@JTD121]

This was also my.....reaction. Very clever, and very well-done!

[@adamengelhart5159]

Well, it *can* be a green screen. Or a red or blue screen, or an arbitrary combination of the three, on a per-pixel basis. knowyourmeme.com/photos/909991-futurama

[@untildecember17]

Yarn nerd here: @6:05 - That is a skein of yarn. Skeins are loose twists, what you'd usually expect to buy at Michaels/Joanns/etc. A hank is a circle of yarn that's folded and is more common with hand dying and natural fibers. You can work from a skein but you cannot work from a hank as it will twist and tangle on itself so a hank must be wound.

[@crediblesourse]

This is the coolest set, I'm so glad you finally took us on a tour!

[@OrangeC7]

Say what you want but the biggest plot twist in history has got to be the backlighting of this guy's shelves.

[@Drinkyoghurt]

1 million subs? Wow, I still remember you being sub 50k subs and I was just thinking "this channel is gonna be huge". Congrats!

[@kasamikona]

"I used to have a 3D printer, or rather, I still do but it's crap and broken." Well RIP to what was almost certainly an Anet A8 then.

[@Dejayyy96]

I like the background because it reminds me of the “I spy” books I used to look at in elementary school.

[@megadestroyer454]

I knew it was triggering my nostalgia response, but I couldn't place it.

[@t17389z]

11:11 "The wee little GE TV that me got for free TEE HEE" Thank you Alec, Very cool!

[@jojoba_24]

He's a genius

[@leonardodavila506]

I didn't get the reference. Could you explain please. I mean I know it was from the video but my question is; what was the video refering to?

[@Templarfreak]

@@leonardodavila506 im unsure if its a reference, but it is clever alliteration

[@Whiskey2shots]

this is honestly one of my favourite channels. I had no interest in old electronics etc. when I found this channel, but honestly every time I watch any of these videos I get more and more interested in this sort of tech, especially when it's applicable to everyday life! Thank you so much for making these videos and you deserve every one of those subs man!

[@PatPeruso]

"Weird" is exactly what this world needs!! Thank you!

[@roecocoa]

Point of order: skeins, hanks, balls and cakes are *forms* of yarn, not sizes/quantities. You have a big skein of red yarn. You could unravel it and wind it into a big hank of red yarn if you were so inclined.

[@highpath4776]

Are they winding machine dependent, and are some styles easier to use when feeding knit machines ?

[@joyuna]

@@highpath4776 Knitting machines usually use coned yarn. Hanks are big loops which are convenient for washing and dyeing the yarn, and also are not under tension which makes them supposedly better for long-term storage than a ball, skein, or cone.

[@Kalvinjj]

hhmm... I thought I had pretty good English language skills but I sure as heck had zero clue about yarn lingo, and don't think I'll actually learn that no matter how many times I read it

[@joyuna]

@@Kalvinjj Hehe every field has jargon, whether it's textiles or tech! I wouldn't expect people to know it if they're not in that community

[@katiemarsh9992]

@@joyuna anything that put yarn under tension during storage makes the yarn stretch, so once its worked up it the finished object has a good chance of shrinking as the yarn goes back to its relaxed state

[@Lepinkainen_]

Interesting tech dissected with the correct amount of snark. Just up my alley, please keep taking my Patreon money =)

[@speakertomeat]

I'm not in the situation to contribute, so know I appreciate it immensely that you do, for whatever it's worth

[@57thorns]

Calling yourself lazy while keeping that set dust free, and building that backlightning idea, is really selling yourself short. Excellent work on all accounts. And yes, the videos are very good as well of course. Congratulations!

[@17drsid]

You underestimate your channel. I’ve actually just recently found out about your channel (roughly 2 months ago). And since then I can’t stop binge watching your videos! In fact I’m actually not so happy about the KZbin algorithm taking so many years to suggest this channel to me. Stay strong and keep posting really love the depth at which you explore each and every topic, sometimes I can’t help but wonder if my school & college would’ve had this kind of education I’d be studying 24x7. I don’t know if you’ll ever read this comment but I’m very happy to be a part of your recent subscribers. Kudos to the great work!

[@badboyee2hotmailcom]

4:55 “A rather PHALLIC sand castle” 🤣 my thoughts exactly hahahahaha

[@Richie_Godsil]

The TV's behind the self is such an elegant little trick, love it!

[@benjaminkennedy4057]

A million subscribers didn’t just “happen”. You built it. You earned it. And you’re not lazy.

[@CaptJABRONIE]

I know I'm WAY too late to pay complements, but man I love that the effort was put in to shoot this like a normal video. Went from "cool! Studio tour!" To antiques road show real quick lmao