Category Archives: YouTube
Basement Diaries slide show
And oldie-but-goody from 2013.
Dashboard Confessions: The Family Car
Ice Flows on the Missouri River
Collaborative effort by Jack Dodson and my buddy George Kopp. They did something similar back in 2019.
Tyler Cowen on AI educaton
Don’t buy a Honda Element
I’ve been watching a lot of videos about the Honda Element in anticipation of getting one of my own in a couple of weeks. This is not a “how to” video, rather a semi-gushy tribute to the vehicle. Don’t miss the lyrics to the soundtrack.
UPDATE: Fans of the Honda Element have produced songs about the vehicle. I’ve found three so far (Objective Garage)
Box On Wheels
Everything It Has Got
In My Element
Twenty years on YouTube
I created my YouTube account on February 12, 2006. (It officially launched to the public on December 15, 2005) I’ve uploaded 604 videos in those twenty years. As difficult as it is to believe, YouTube says the channel has 1.13K subscribers. Collectively the videos have been viewed 1,238,880 times. Playlists include:
- Movies & TV
- Learfield
- KBOA
- People (interviews)
- SteveTV (goofy shit)
- Land Rover
- Yard & Garden
- Travel
- Dogs
- Uke Songs
- Screencasts
If someone asked me to describe my channel, I guess I’d say it’s like that cardboard box in the hall closet where you throw old Super 8 movies nobody watches twice. Here’s the description I posted:
Might be easier to explain what my YouTube channel is NOT. I’m not trying to build an audience. I’m not trying to make money. I’m not really trying to “engage.” On that point I should explain why I block most subscribers. In my experience, most just want to use the comments on my videos to spam. (I can’t recall the last time I got a benign or useful comment) When I remember check the NO COMMENTS box when posting a video.
Voices from 2099
Reading changes the way your brain works
Watch this video on YouTube. And for those who insist reading on your phone is the same as reading a book. It’s not. “Reading on a phone or tablet is generally passive scrolling, often interrupted by messages and alerts. When we read on screens we tend to skim and when we skim, we’re more susceptible to misinformation.”