Why Mains Sockets Are Polarized Mark Furneaux 2 2016-03-22 | This is the long version.Related video on my main channel:youtube.com/watch?v=gpew-L72VCw
USB Air Pump Motor Brushes Lasted 3 Weeks Mark Furneaux 2 2022-08-01 | The original video youtu.be/ZpNK2UBjkqsHave you ever seen a motor go through a complete set of brushes in 3 weeks?
How to Save Your Snake Plants After Overwatering (with Hydroponics) Mark Furneaux 2 2022-07-21 | My process for recovering Dracaena trifasciata after overwatering. This process uses aerated water to stimulate root growth and establish some roots before replanting. This reduces the likelihood of the plant failing to root or developing root rot again.
How To Fix Slow Rendering on Kdenlive Mark Furneaux 2 2021-03-22 | Kdenlive uses the melt engine for rendering, and the real_time option does not always operate correctly. In this video I show how you can manually edit this value and more than double your export speed.
Retrofitting an Aftermarket Foot Pedal on a 1984 Baycrest 3700 Sewing Machine (With Schematic) Mark Furneaux 2 2021-03-22 | Picked up this sewing machine for $5 from a thrift store. It was missing a foot pedal, so I got the a cheap one on Amazon and retrofitted it. You can do this with almost any sewing machine. I also take a look inside and share the schematic.
Teardown of a Wireless Kitchen Thermometer Mark Furneaux 2 2017-05-05 | This is one of the videos I would normally never upload, but here it is anyways. I already bought a different type thermometer anyways, so I really don't care if it was possible to fix this.
Digital Audio: The Line Between Audiophiles and Audiofools Mark Furneaux 2 2017-04-11 | I apparently made this video twice since I forgot I made one last year, so that's why this is on my second channel. The beginning overlaps what I've already covered, but I thought I would release this regardless.Audio Error Signals:romaco.ca/blog/2015/03/23/experimental-differences-in-audio-compression-formatsTo the crazy souls who watched both videos, which style is better? Screencast, or pen and paper?
The Blue Yeti is Also a Sound Card Mark Furneaux 2 2017-01-25 | I think I may be the last person to figure this out...My teardown: youtube.com/watch?v=graD2MPEVlU
Waffle and Analogy on CPU Instruction Sets Mark Furneaux 2 2017-01-05 | I wanted to test my new microphone, so I decided to record something more useful than testing123. This is that recording. Not planned or scripted, but whatever.
Advice On How To Succeed in Your Field Mark Furneaux 2 2016-09-30 | People kept asking me for something along these lines, so here it is in it's dimly lit glory. Also sorry about the audio.
Teardown of a 1962 Sunbeam MixMaster HMD-1 (+ New Camera Test) Mark Furneaux 2 2016-09-14 | Skip to 1:49 for the main feature.I picked this up at a thrift store. It is one of the first handheld mixers on the market. Very well made for the era, and still works well today despite the repairs.
Why LSI SAS Cards Dont Spin Down Disks Mark Furneaux 2 2016-06-10 | The driver doesn't care, probably for external drive enclosures which may not follow the power state of the system. My best thought would be to add sg_start -r --stop /dev/sdx to /etc/rc0.d/S90halt and see if that works.
What a Surge Will Do to a Motherboard Mark Furneaux 2 2016-04-22 | I'm pretty certain I know what happened to this. The PSU surged on a power rail and took out most of the chips on the motherboard. The thermal camera confirms everything is shorted. Buy decent power supplies folks.
Teardown of a 1993 JVC RX-515V Receiver Mark Furneaux 2 2016-04-18 | I've owned this for enough time and never taken it apart. Honestly, this was kind of a test video to see how my setup handles 4k video. It appears to drop frames every now and then, and I don't know why.
Repairing the Ganged Switches in a Vintage Power Amp Mark Furneaux 2 2016-02-09 | The channels were cutting out all the time, so I opened up the internal switches. They were corroded to all hell so I ended up filing them down and it works great now. The amp is a Technics SU-V76.My main channel: youtube.com/user/TheUbuntuGuy
My Late Night ZFS Recovery Adventure Mark Furneaux 2 2015-12-17 | ZFS panicked and wouldn't mount... at 1:00 in the morning. The moral of the story is let ZFS do its stuff no matter how much it looks stuck. I did have backups if it really went sour, but they are about 4 months old.
Attempting to Replace the HBA in My File Server Mark Furneaux 2 2015-12-15 | I forgot about the 2TB limit on these older HBAs. Well at least I got to carve up a network card. I might do this to my application server so I can add Infiniband to it later.
Unboxing Some Vintage Silicon Wafers Mark Furneaux 2 2015-12-07 | I will do an in-depth examination under my microscope later on. I've looked at a few and they include MIPS processors, TI processors, TI memory, and various ASICs from 1988 to 1998.
Failed Fan Kill: Damaged AVC CPU Fan Mark Furneaux 2 2015-11-18 | This thing has a really robust controller chip onboard. I'll try with more voltage later. I think in reality, the only thing stopping these fans would be the bearings.
Random Waffle Inside OCZ and ADATA SSDs Mark Furneaux 2 2015-11-04 | Just a look at what has changed in general in 5 years time. The CSV containing the UART data dump can be found here romaco.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/OCZ_UART2.csv
The Camera Module from the Tenvis JPT3815W Mark Furneaux 2 2015-10-22 | I thought this would be off the shelf, but no it is not.My main channel: youtube.com/user/TheUbuntuGuy
A Look At My Isolation Transformer Setup Mark Furneaux 2 2015-10-06 | I needed an excuse to try out my new audio recorder, so I thought I'd show how I salvaged and repurposed some isolation transformers for my 'experiments'.My main channel: youtube.com/user/TheUbuntuGuy
The Same Model CFL, 3 Years Apart Mark Furneaux 2 2015-08-10 | Just a look at how the design has changed in that time period.
(Rant) Why I Wont Buy Another Samsung Phone Mark Furneaux 2 2015-08-05 | ...or anything for that matter. This video is a bit weird, but I had to do it.
Cheap Plastic Discolouration on ASUS Switch Mark Furneaux 2 2015-07-12 | My camera didn't pick it up too well. It's way more apparent in person. I'm surprised this happened so fast.
Looking at the Output Quality of a Bunch of Transformers Mark Furneaux 2 2015-07-10 | Trying to find a replacement for a terrible linear wall wart.The newly chosen one barely gets warm under load, as it should.
Dicking Around with 15 Year Old IBM Ultrastars Mark Furneaux 2 2015-07-09 | I just wanted to make an array and see the performance.
19 Year Old Lithium-ion Battery Mark Furneaux 2 2015-07-08 | I'm surprised they were 3.7V. I have to do some more testing to see what their capacity is.
