Going through old junk! Stories, organization, and other things. Ep 1/?

[@TechnologyConnextras]

In a stunning turn of events, the second camera is in fact framed poorly.

[@1164-w9h]

The topics, production value, details, humor, insights and all the other nice things about your videos are a delight to watch. Thank you good sir for doing what you do.

[@erockromulan9329]

I am stunned.

[@LawrenceSeetoh]

I hope you kept the color VHS tapes

[@AchievedZeus574]

I kinda liked this, with Illinois being as shut down as it is, along with the rest of the world. I also have way to much stuff that I dont want to throw away, because who knows I may use them. Though I know I never will, and should just throw them away.

[@mcpc303]

Maybe you should try framing by putting an item on the surface

[@CurveTheRain]

“CDs? Haha those who still cling to physical media!” Two minutes later: “I’m keeping this empty VHS case because reasons” 🤣

[@MaxOakland]

😂

[@adfaklsdjf]

And after that, the floppy disks

[@Danny.._]

"because at some point i bought a stack of 8 cm blank cd-rs for fun" i understand this so much

[@famitory]

in an amusing coincidence, i recently came across 20 double sided 8cm DVD-Rs in jewel cases, and bought them because they look like some kind of 90s future technology. like minidiscs you can take out.

[@audiodood]

Relatable.

[@or2kr]

I really want to get hold onto some 8cm BD-REs, just because they'd make interesting substitutes to usb sticks, albeit very limited

[@bland9876]

I feel personally attacked well I never bought that specifically I've done the same kind of thing

[@clockworkbadger2363]

Yerp!

[@JakeSnake07]

I was not at all expecting a Doug DeMuro reference from this video.

[@theoriginalshew]

He did a recreation during his American turnsignal video.

[@metroidfan220]

The most relatable part of this is that you ended throwing away less than 20% of the contents.

[@liamandevanfilson1314]

I'm much worse i usually only throw away like 1% of stuff

[@grn1]

I should go through my old optical disk. I literally have them sitting right next to me and haven't bothered going through them in years. I think they're mostly blanks which I'll keep around in case I want to update an old computer or make a backup copy of a DVD for a relative that still uses DVD's.

[@tichu7]

But at least it's now sorted! (which is exactly how my process looks too)

[@ElectroDFW]

It was so relatable, 90% of the video's audience knew exactly what was coming next.... lol

[@Archgeek0]

I'm not sure he even threw away the dead bugs.

[@madattheinter]

“This is a 2017...” TELL US ABOUT THE QUIRKS AND FEATURES!!!

[@SupaBuma]

Doug DeMuro is the kind of guy who would not collect delicious junk like this.

[@fbritorufino]

The whole intro was DeMuro-y, I think on purpose

[@hp67c]

@@fbritorufino oh absolutely, without a doubt

[@UriahStuff]

*Thiiiiiiiiis

[@DampeS8N]

Why did I watch this whole thing? I feel like I am contributing to someone's hoarding problem. D:

[@WitoldWitkowski]

I'm not a hoarder, I'm an archivist.

[@SarahRWilson]

What's a hoarder? I'm a habitual collector!

[@A_generic_handle]

@@WitoldWitkowski same here. I find it reassuring that I don't have a bin of stuff I don't know about

[@tommyb.6064]

Many of us have a hoarding problem.

[@jk9554]

namely my own... why clean out your own bin of junk when you can watch somebody on youtube do that?

[@TomServo_MST3K]

That moment when a random RCA-to-3.5mm cord appears along with the phrase, "Oh, this is useful. I have a box of cords." Because suddenly you feel validated with your own box of cords.

[@Arcon1ous]

My physics teacher gave out a bunch of his old junk one spring in high school, and I got two old camcorder bags from him, those are now my loose cord bags, and they are completely full, I have no idea where or why I got most of them now, but they're there, and useful.

[@grn1]

I have a big box with a bunch of cords, some loose cords in a chest, and a desk drawer also full of 'em. The desk drawer contains mostly HDMI and USB cables which I end up needing more frequently than you might think.

[@CommodoreGreg]

He properly said 1/8".

[@ElectroDFW]

@commodoreGreg it's 3.5mm, dammit! XD ;)

[@oohshiny8713]

I am currently playing music via my Android tablet which is connected to a valve amp via a 3.5mm-to-RCA cable... definitely useful.

[@erockromulan9329]

** Goes through bin. Proceeds to sort things into smaller bins **

[@mumblbeebee6546]

I always knew I'm not the only one who does that!

[@Brandyalla]

Or back into the same bin after removing the literal garbage...

[@moosemaimer]

I moved into this apartment 10 years ago, and I still have cardboard boxes mentally identified as "top of closet" and "desk shelves" even though they've been in the attic the whole time. _but what if I need that UltraATA100 card_

[@nticompass]

Put those smaller bins into a bin to keep them organized.

[@TooColdToBeSober]

As a Wisconsinite, I fully appreciate your advanced sense of, "That's a good X, I might need that someday." I have a box as we speak in the garage of random cables/cords that has moved with me no less than 4 times. Bravo sir! Pack rat with pride!

[@anotheruser9876]

Title of today's show: 'Has it bin that long?' Clint from LGR isn't going thrifting any time soon, I can't go thrifting so this, is the best next thing. Love this show; I'd like to see more. Oh, Clint might be interested in the LabelMaker and 8cm CD cases.

[@imbhulu]

I read your whole comment in LGR voice.

[@JeskidoYT]

yes please i agree. this is the only thing tech wise of finding old weird tech for these times

[@fauntleroysage6774]

I love those thrift videos from LGR!

[@jsnsk101]

PEOPLE! mail all your junk to Clint so he can thrift from home!

[@TheLegoPerson]

@@jsnsk101 hahahaha if I had his address, I'd be tempted to send some old goodwill electronics or something

[@DoctorFatman]

Ian seems to have changed, but otherwise this new episode of _Bad Unboxing_ looks great!

[@avalanchesj]

"CD lable maker? What junk!" **10 seconds later** "Ooh! An empty VHS case, must have!"

[@ohnoitschris]

Tbf those Disney VHS cases are really nice, you never see padding like that on most other cases. I'd just flip the label card and use it for any special tapes.

[@catfish552]

Alec: "Physical media is obsolete!" Also Alec: "I gotta put this with my VHS collection!"

[@jjjjjjjjj99]

This is similar to how I go through and get rid of old things. “I don’t see a use for this, but maybe I should keep it”

[@metal571]

LOL this bin is definitely getting a DougScore next

[@FaultyStreams]

Can't fit into back seat and not enough quirks!

[@robdavy4468]

I was expecting to be told about it's quirks and features!

[@ChrisBeard]

I bet it will waft

[@PackardKotch]

When it comes to contents the box is full of something for everyone and has a lot of variety but it is a bit overreliant on nostalgia and it gets a 7 out of 10

[@Chronis67]

Score definitely won't be as high as Babish's car panini.

[@Randomsae]

“This!” Are we going to get quirks and features in this video as well? Edit: “and today, I’m going to go through it.” I’ll be disappointed if there aren’t any quirks and features mentioned at this point.

[@daniluvsuall]

This... is exactly what I thought!

[@slicendyess]

Incredible Doug impression.

[@ericw4279]

I thought the same exact thing. Is this Doug?

[@TheHowlingMan]

"I haven't thrown anything away yet, I realize that..." that look of defeat after. i felt that

[@Games_and_Music]

Haha, loved that Doug DeMuro reference at the start. When you said "THISss", i started talking along in my head and got really confused, for a moment i had to do a double take as i had not expect you to watch Doug's video's, or even make a reference to them in your own video haha

[@MrJozza65]

I love the way your clearing out goes like my clearing out; spend ages rummaging through boxes of junk and then hardly throw out anything, before putting most, if not all, of it back again 😁

[@stevenA44]

UGH I know this way too well!

[@JosephDavies]

It's really rare you come across an entire box/bin of stuff that should just be thrown away but hadn't been. It's always a bunch of stuff I kept for a reason, with maybe just a few things I don't want or need anymore.

[@AchievedZeus574]

That's how I do it too, go through it all, barely throw anything away

[@MrPGT]

I did the same thing last week.

[@hadinossanosam4459]

12:17 "from the *first* Nixie tube clock that I ever built" How many Nixie tube clocks do you have? Does your house look like the testing rack from Dalibor Farný's nixie tube manufacturing?

[@Zipppyart]

Did you just take that 'THIS" introduction from Doug DeMuro?

[@youreperfectstudio4789]

"Let's throw stuff away!" "How about these mini CD cases?" "Well no not those, obviously I need those "

[@MaxOakland]

What if he gets some mini CDs and needs a place to keep them safe? The mind of a hoarder I understand all too well

[@Shoob2137]

THIS is a doug demuro reference

[@kingjbone1]

THIS is so a doug video. He's showing us all of the bins quirks & features.

[@MrGothicruler666]

I came here to say this

[@AgentOrange96]

Doug has become a meme

[@PackardKotch]

Contents are solid with a lot of variety but there’s a lack of modern tech and it gets a 6 out of 10.

[@Netsuko]

@@kingjbone1 And then he's going to drive it!

[@zackschumann5521]

Connections was possibly the greatest series ever made. Thanks for reminding me to re-watch that. Right after I inexplicably finish watching this.

[@bigogle]

I enjoyed watching your gradual descent into existential turmoil.

[@ElectroDFW]

I enjoyed relating to his existential turmoil.

[@roo.stewart]

This is immensely brilliant. It’s like living through the apocalypse and would also translate well to a drinking game - take a shot each time you throw something in the trash. Or maybe take a shot when you don’t. Either way, we win! Thanks for looking through your rubbish with us. Never thought I’d see the day that this would be so entertaining. It’s definitely got to become a thing.

[@elonmask50]

If you play it backwards you can see an episode of “Alec cleans a bench”

[@81pieda]

Now available on VHS!

[@zatty232]

@@81pieda thats such an obvious joke, and here i am wondering why i didnt expect it...

[@wraithgar]

"Physical media is dead" (one minute later...) "I can't bring myself to get rid of VHS tapes"

[@tayntedmemories]

Nostalgia makes ya do shit.

[@TheTarrMan]

Once when I was a kid my dad left an orange tape in the machine and the second I started to play it (wondering what it was) my dad came rushing into the room in a panic and violently pushed me away from the TV ripping the tape out of the VCR. . . . . . I wonder what that was all about? 😉

[@finonevado8891]

You almost watch your conception fella

[@nickwallette6201]

Probably just a really terrible instructional video for your parents’ new juicer.

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

@@nickwallette6201 juicero

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

It was the Ghostbusters reboot

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

He recorded a news segment on stonks. You wouldn't have understood. The stonks just keep going up and down, up and down. People get all excited about stonks.

[@narr3ntanz]

"THIS is a 2017 bin of crap..." Yeah maybe I nearly fell from my chair.

[@pghcoyote]

14:20 "There's some dead bugs down here. I won't show you those." :) Later: "This bin is now empty!" (except for the dead bugs)

[@Telcomvic]

I really wanted to see the dead bugs. 😞

[@stevenA44]

@@Telcomvic LOL This actually made me laugh!

[@demogorgonzola]

Yeah, Entomology Connections when? :)

[@VulpesHilarianus]

"And I have yet to throw anything away..." I know, man. I'm the same way. I have so much stuff that I use, even if it's been superceded by something much newer or better in my house. Wires that go to different things I might use once every few months, storage media for stuff I have as projects, old notes written down on paper that I never got around to converting to .txt files... It reminds you of how much you have to do and why you shouldn't be procrastinating.

[@mondocamp]

Absolutely same.

[@delliardo583]

"I was going through a phase...." me: *looks at my collection of odd stuff.* God I know what you're talking about.

[@webchimp]

Been going through a"phase" for the best part of 50 years.

[@KOROZEC1]

As a lonely person who moved two times in a last month this feels like going through things with friend while packing. Feels pretty wholesome.

[@cemsity]

I wholeheartedly agree with Connections by James Burke. I end up watching all three series plus The Day The Universe Changed every 2 years or so. There is nothing quite like it in the history of television.

[@bennylofgren3208]

I think this channel is a very worthy successor to Connections.

[@marcusdamberger]

His articles in the back of Scientific American were always a good read.

[@Vsmit00]

"Gameboy Color: Yellow was the best color." Them's fightin' words. Translucent purple is where it's at.

[@MaxOakland]

Solid purple 😤

[@icantleavespaces]

@@MaxOakland Purple is such a nice colour though. I love the softer pastel purple too, so pretty.

[@zatty232]

I didnt have nintendo things in the past ;(((

[@CommodoreGreg]

Purple. Nintendo so screwed us early Game Cube buyers when they never released the Game Boy Player in purple.

[@ffnovice7]

Line green what up

[@gadgetboyj]

I would absolutely watch more of this series! And they’re a great time passer, especially with the state of things now.

[@err0ne0us1]

I absolutely love this format for a number of reasons, we can all empathize with u on the wtf factor, and hearing why you have a particular thing and the story behind it as well as your disposition of the each thing, loved it

[@lorenzoporciani]

OMG I'm searching for 8cm dvd cases since ever, find literally 5 and for the same price of the 5 miniDVDs I bought 😂 They're really useful for chaps with a gamecube

[@JosephDavies]

For a very short period of time, they were popular for business cards. Some of them were even "clipped" into a semi-rectangular shape so they'd fit in business-card-holders.

[@sybrrr]

Thank you for mentioning James Burke's Connections series. I had not heard of it before and will definitely be watching it.

[@videolabguy]

I had to laugh at "one tub". Oh, how I long for the days when I didn't have hundreds of tubs and three storage units.... The tubs of materials and electronics parts I keep in my room are all absolutely necessary.... honest! And yet I still had to buy a switch, a fuse holder and fuses on line to complete the latest project. Grrrr!

[@audiodood]

IKR

[@crunchyfrog555]

I do the same. And I guarantee the next project or so that you do, you will find switches, fuse holders and fuses in there then. That's how it works.

[@kaotikeval]

I was drinking something when the video started and almost did a spit take when you did your wonderful Doug DeMuro impression. Thanks for that.

[@insovietrussia]

I can't wait to hear about your bin's quirks and features!

[@AndrewMcColl]

This is EXACTLY the high-quality, long form video content I need right now. Long may this series run. Or just long enough to keep us all occupied until we can go back to work. Or the end times comes. Either or.

[@whitslack]

Was that opening an homage to Doug Demuro?

[@davidcastillo1340]

duh

[@kkalafus]

You live in the correct time for yourself and for us. Thanks for sharing yourself and congratulations on the well earned success.

[@adammunn4119]

This reminded me so much of when the writers went on strike and Conan spent 5 minutes spinning his wedding ring on the desk, for the sake of content. Hilarious and entertaining, I greatly appreciated this.

[@cyberblah]

First things I thought of too, then came to comments to see if anyone else did.

[@FavianTubeX]

lmao love the idea for this video. it only needs to be called 'junk showcase' and be given a glamorous 'the price is right' presentation

[@louis_makes]

This is strangely calming. Would love to see this as a live-stream

[@SANibbler]

You could go through a box of matchsticks and I would still watch you. Your humor and quick wit, along with your presentation of products are more than enough to keep me watching.

[@petey8155]

show us the bin's quirks and features

[@trox355]

Didn't Rubbermaid and Sterilite duke it out during the bin format wars of the '80s?

[@ugyuu]

A giant rush of nostalgia came my way the second you showcased that Lion King 2 VHS cover! Now I am pretty much certain that I used to have VHS movies in my early childhood!

[@soli-ethd]

9:10 Connections vs Technology Connextras... I'm thinking real hard on this one, but it's just not connecting.

[@Margarinetaylorgrease]

James Burke's Connections is, if you have not watched it before, the best thing you can do with this free time.

[@610jrod]

His main channel is "Technology Connections"

[@moosemaimer]

@@Margarinetaylorgrease damn I loved that show back when it was on TLC damn I loved TLC when it wasn't embarrassing the entirety of Earth

[@buddyclem7328]

I hadn't made the *_Connection_* until now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_%28TV_series%29?wprov=sfla1

[@tl880linux]

The classic Connections is (or was recently) available on the Internet Archive

[@younhitchborn]

I can't believe I just spent 18 minutes not getting bored while watching someone spring clean.

[@harbirnain]

You're amazing man, but if you're reduced to this and we're reduced to sitting through it, you know the world is in trouble.

[@howardjohnson2138]

In another life I worked at the Smithsonian Institution, but had never heard the history of how it happened to be named that. The story is in Connections and is Excellent. I really like that series. Thanks

[@CiderDivider]

Brutalmoose has actually done one episode of an interesting series where he looks at unlabeled vhs cassettes he's found at thrift stores. And myself as a fan of lost media, it's always fun to watch other people discover what's underneath some dusty tape.

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

two episodes now* the thrift store video is the first one I'm glad

[@iamvillainmo]

It's fiiiiiiiiiiine

[@MrPGT]

You might like some of Ben Minotte's content, over on Oddity Archive, in that case. I thought he was going to mention him about 16:15 in the video. Now I need to go look at Brutalmoose's channel, lol.

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

three episodes now* a new one came out a day after I made that reply

[@timehunter9467]

Your random “phases” are too relatable, I have a random collection of capacitors and other electrical components I’ve been harvesting for no reason, as well as precision tool sets that I will never use more than a couple of times.

[@TheOtherBill]

I know what you're going through. I had about a 1.5" thick stack of the labels that came with blank floppies. Both 3.5 and 5.25. It took me years to finally throw them away. I still regret doing so but I don't know why. They were still perfectly good. Maybe I should have just mailed them to LGR.

[@buddyclem7328]

I used mine to label other things. I had floppy disk labels on everything! VHS labels too.

[@SantaRosaStormtrooperCraig]

I liked this. It was fun hearing some stories of your past. I think all of us techies have a few bins like that. I'd like to see a video that tells a little more about how you got into old electrics, where do you find out all the info about the history of such items, and a little more about your history. I really enjoy your channel.

[@gapf2010channel]

This somehow reminded me of the videos where James May opens the mail sent to him on his drivetribe channel.

[@lurkersmith810]

Ah, floppies: I work in IT, and there are *still* major companies out there using computers that use floppies, and occasionally I'm called upon to create one with some utility or another to accomplish a configuration task. So, I reach for my pile of recyclable floppies to create one on demand. (Yes, I still need a USB floppy drive, and it is, indeed a challenge to create most of the vintage diskettes on a Windows 10 system, since the utilities themselves are 16 bit!) So, why can't I just save the floppies I created years ago? Because they go bad kicking around in my laptop bag waiting for that once every year or two need. Usually they go bad because the metal hub in the center of the diskette comes unglued. So, I pull a diskette out of the pile and do a full format with Windows, and throw away all disks that fail until I get a good one. Then, I create what I need (sometimes I have to find a Linux machine and use dd to copy an image), get myself out of that situation and forget about it until the next customer needs an EISA Configuration Utility floppy for a Digital Equipment Corp. AlphaServer from 1995, or something else, and I have to re-learn and figure out how am I going to do that with the system I have now? You'd be surprised at how much critical infrastructure still depends on equipment with floppies! And I don't have a Windows XP machine anymore. (By the way, I don't want your floppies, I still have plenty!)

[@agenericaccount3935]

"I'm getting stoned and rooting through this bin. Come along" love it.

[@Petitephysiquebarre]

This is exactly the kind of content I need to play while I am working from home, lol. Keep these coming.

[@danielwgk]

13:29 is when you suddenly come to the full realization that you are a hoarder and have a problem.

[@bland9876]

It is still useful but he should donate it

[@mattgies]

I'd never heard of "Connections", so it's cool to learn that piece of your origin story.

[@MeanBeanKerosene]

Well someone's a Doug DeMuro fan.

[@Luthiart]

Wow! Who knew general housekeeping could qualify as entertainment? The only thing more enthralling than this is watching a 20 minute video of someone unpackaging crap that viewers sent them in the mail. Maybe when you run out of bins to sort, you could ask your subscribers to start mailing you stuff? Woo-hoo!! This is living!

[@Spartan_Jackal]

I'm a simple man. I see a Technology Connections video, I watch the video, and I hit "like."

[@achaycock]

To answer your floppies question - vintage computer enthusiasts still use them. Recently I found myself blasting through a collection of blank floppies, creating new startup, diagnostic and driver disks. Old floppies degrade over time, so having spares around is immensely helpful. I know that there are ways around this, but still, they're not perfect.

[@spliceoncharlie]

Love going through old boxes and bins and finding things you thought you lost.

[@RandomInsano2]

This inspired me to poke through my boxes. Cleaned up some things. Thanks for the video!

[@karellen00]

You can place the colored VHS behind the colored music cassettes on the wall behind you (maybe getting rid of the wooden box).

[@nobeac]

Very interesting. Reminds me of a friend who would hoard stuff in his room and then sometimes go through it and throw a bunch of it away. Should do some more of these and go through the optical discs too.

[@benjammin2020]

You need to put the stuff on eBay. Some nerd (like me) will say "wow, I have been looking for that for 6 months" and it's so close, but they can't have it.

[@Raiment57]

Oh, James Burke's Connections - I used to watch that on the telly! I think it's available as a DVD box set now. First saw him covering the moon landings on the BBC (along with Patrick Moore) here in the UK.

[@jusjaisinghani8179]

"Now we get to some weird stuff" like it was normal until now!

[@nickwallette6201]

I also have several large bins of random stuff! What a coincidence. And like this, I will sometimes go through them and realize - yeah, I might have a use for that bulb socket from a broken grow lamp, or that lawn frog, or even the assortment of bolts. Well, I guess this will all go back in the tub for now... And I just went through a stack of unlabeled CDRs on Friday. :-) Most were copies of albums I had bought on CD and then recorded to blank discs to lose in my car. Glad I did that, because they were in ROUGH shape.

[@Somefool669]

We need to know what's on your old optical disks

[@MuttFitness]

Video of him going through even older boxes

[@piratetv1]

Ive been turning a storage room into an office to work from home, I've got so many tubs like that. Going through them is like an episode of techmoan. 5 1/4 floppys, a tiny reel to reel tape deck like mission impossible. Lots of 50s 60s test equipment that my grandfather gave me, scopes, signal generators, old tvs, a 15" 3d DLP computer monitor for viewing MRIs i just had to have, decade boxes, 3 crates of high school vhs videos my friends and i made, most converted to digital some damaged and lost forever. I banished my DVDs from the shelf to make room for blu rays and 4k movies, ( i like the special features that aren't always on the streaming copies)

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

I think most of us have what will be called a "Doug Box" from here on out.

[@Harey0407]

I may have many doug boxes in my house currently. But they wouldn't get a decent DougScore sadly.

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

@@Harey0407 I used to. Our daughter was born 8 months ago and all but one of my Doug boxes made the long, studious walk to the Rescue Mission donation bin. Funny enough, there are items I could have used since then. And I agree. My heat Doug Box would be in the low 40's.

[@gregf9160]

I used to make a good side-living out of reading, transferring and converting files from floppies (3", 3.5", 5.25", 8") in many different formats to modern storage. Happy memories!

[@milesmargrave8078]

How did this manage to be so damn charming?

[@UltimaJC]

Seeing the box for A Fish Called Wanda tells me that you're a man of excellent taste. That movie is amazing.

[@theenzoferrari458]

That opening reminded me of Doug demouro

[@AshGCG]

My Akai sampler and Korg Triton Classic still require floppies (you can upgrade but I've never bothered). I imagine there's a lot of people out there with antiquated equipment that would happily take them square coasters of your hands. With boxes and long neglected cupboards, I have often found myself emptying them out into piles whilst lamenting the items obsolescence, quizzing myself from where it came from, wondering if it might still have a use or is outright rubbish, much the same as yourself, only to find that those piles have intermingled. The arm sweep back into a box or an empty draw or cupboard is usually how these things end for me.

[@dacasman]

Kind of funny that the one thing he threw away was irreplaceable

[@theenzoferrari458]

A plastic bag?

[@dacasman]

@@theenzoferrari458 The notebook full of stories from when he was in middle school.

[@sion8]

It just of been embarrassing!

[@danr1920]

I just was thinking about the James Burke connections, but could not remember his name. Great series. Many thanks. My rule is if I haven't used it in the last year, it's gone and will never miss it!

[@10brokenradios]

This reminds me of the fact that I have a whole bunch of old books that my dad told me to sort earlier this week, and for some reason I haven't yet, even though I've been home the whole time...

[@SarahRWilson]

One catches an interesting book, and goes an hour and a half of sorting time, reading.

[@10brokenradios]

@@SarahRWilson Most of them are just old textbooks, but I hope I manage to find something interesting!

[@SarahRWilson]

@@10brokenradios one invariably does, it seems.

[@gazzhammond6088]

Just watched the first episode of Raymond Burke Connections. My favourite presenter in Tomorrow's World. Will watch all of them, thank you for the connection 😀👍

[@Darthwill44]

Why am I watching this instead of cleaning my own stuff? “Couldn’t tell ya!”

[@ninjabuddy1]

I had that model of Dell I believe, same colour. Biggest issue for me is even slight movement would brick the hard drive, I had to get it repaired multiple times.

[@AmazingJeeves]

Alec: "I realize I haven't thrown anything away yet..." Marie Kondo crossover confirmed?

[@fuzzheadwriter]

yellow was the best floppy disc. I remember my dad, who collects music instruments, had a synthesizer of some kind that used floppies. If I could dig that up I would love to see what it does with those, cause that would be ultimate retro kitsch cred

[@sonyp180]

Optical discs arnt that dead yet. I use bluray discs for archive and a 3rd backup. Really cheap if buy in bulk. 25GB 50GB 100GB

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

*THIS!*

[@allmycircuits8850]

There was some half-amateur system to store digital data on VHS, too. Each cassette is worth of tens of GB of data which is not bad.

[@sonyp180]

@@allmycircuits8850 I tried that few years back. By the time you have enough error correction to allow for bad sections of tape. You can just about get 1.5GB on a 180min tape.

[@allmycircuits8850]

@@sonyp180 Seems about right. I've remembered name for it in Russia: ArVid, short for Archive on Video. They manufactured ISA cards in 90s to connect VHS player to PC. They used pretty simple coding (two levels of brightness for 0 and 1) and Hamming error correction and they got 2,06 GB on a 180 min tape. This is probably not a limit, some more novel methods could store more, also they should take into account all the 'diseases' of VHS playback as crosstalks, unstable speed and so on, but it was small company, they couldn't do it in proper time, so it was replaced with conventional HDDs.

[@travisgatlin536]

My job still uses floppy disks. I work in a CNC machine shop, and a lot of our machines are so old that the only way to input programs onto them is either by 3.5 inch floppy or serial. Some have been converted to work with more modern media though.

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

right when he said the "u" in "for fun" in reference to the 8cm cdrs, my phone played a notification sound my notification sound is a beep tone

[@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio]

I LOVE Connections with James Burke! One of my all-time favorite TV shows. I have the DVDs.

[@ICTman]

Should patent that. Bin of Crap™️

[@sarajenkins3485]

I feel like this video is a great representation of the inside thoughts of an autistic child. And I loved it!!