This is a repost, but this channel has hours of videos doing deep dives into how antiquated/niche electronics worked. This one about how film strips held sound information was fascinating.
Mar 2, 2024
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It seems I find a bunch of new videos I want to share every month so let me break it down for you here --It all started with this guy who has parking his car in his ultra tiny apartment down to an exact science and this guy landing a paper airplane onto the tram.Moving on from there, I watched some guy get a 1928 Model A running again, which led me down a path of āAbandoned ____, will it run?ā-YouTube. Everything from old planes to cars and trucks. After a few SteveMREās inspired by Leiaās recs, I found a new favorite nook of YouTube - DeWayne from Dry Creek Wranglinā School. Heās just an older āwranglerā living out in Texas, making YouTube videos on his iPhone XR a subscriber recommended. Sometimes heās chattin with a cigar, going over the rules of wearing cowboy hats, while other times heās teaching you how to buy a horse. I donāt need any of the advice he gives in my daily life, but I just cant get enough of his drawl as he goes on passionately about saddle rifles, trail etiquette, and his ātime clockā on life. His is the only YouTube channel Iāve actually clicked the bell to let me know when thereās a new video to queue up.
Dec 2, 2021
A perfect little window into the past
If you don't think it's too morbid (and u enter with curiosity rather than irony), this channel has really cool/weird/sad footage of people reacting to 9/11 in weird places (malls that turned shoppers away, Sears where people watched the news on floor model TVs, bars where customers are offered free drinks)
Another good channel is Old Footage Wanted (people giving house tours in the 80s to no one)
Feb 11, 2024
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I leave you with their most recent videos:
Old Things Never Die-Antique Victorian Tape Dispenser Restoration - Made in USA
ReXtorer-RARE Old Hunting Knife Restoration.
Dec 23, 2024
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The perfect lil snack for when you donāt want a big snack
Apr 3, 2024
Here it is, folks! Volume I of what could very well be a continuous project. Thank you so much to everyone that submitted - I smiled the entire time I was putting this together. It's best listened to with headphones āŗļø
Liner Notes:
This collection of field recordings is a collaborative effort with users of PI.FYI, each of which recorded their own pieces. It features audio from all over the world and exhibits eclectic moments from London Underground commutes to cuckoo bird calls in Dhaka to the sounds of a century-old American diner.
Online communities like PI.FYI often represent a diverse set of people, places, and experiences, but together, the submissions form a living collage that highlights the commonalities of modern life - a unifying message for such a tumultuous time. The first track features all of the sounds played at once in an attempt to create an audio snapshot of an online community but in their offline lives.
The individual recordings are unedited except for minor gain and compression adjustments for consistency across the collection.
Mar 29, 2025
