Mark Furneaux 2I 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.
Digital Audio: The Line Between Audiophiles and AudiofoolsMark Furneaux 22017-04-11 | 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.
To the crazy souls who watched both videos, which style is better? Screencast, or pen and paper?USB Air Pump Motor Brushes Lasted 3 WeeksMark Furneaux 22022-08-01 | The original video youtu.be/ZpNK2UBjkqs
Have 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 22022-07-21 | 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 KdenliveMark Furneaux 22021-03-22 | 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 22021-03-22 | 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.Dammit KdenliveMark Furneaux 22017-05-15 | You had one job.Teardown of a Wireless Kitchen ThermometerMark Furneaux 22017-05-05 | 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.How Not To Heatsink A ChipMark Furneaux 22017-04-24 | Stickers are not sil-pads.The Blue Yeti is Also a Sound CardMark Furneaux 22017-01-25 | I think I may be the last person to figure this out...
My teardown: youtube.com/watch?v=graD2MPEVlUWaffle and Analogy on CPU Instruction SetsMark Furneaux 22017-01-05 | 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 FieldMark Furneaux 22016-09-30 | 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 22016-09-14 | 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 DisksMark Furneaux 22016-06-10 | 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 MotherboardMark Furneaux 22016-04-22 | 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 ReceiverMark Furneaux 22016-04-18 | 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.Why Mains Sockets Are PolarizedMark Furneaux 22016-03-22 | This is the long version.
Related video on my main channel: youtube.com/watch?v=gpew-L72VCwRepairing the Ganged Switches in a Vintage Power AmpMark Furneaux 22016-02-09 | 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/TheUbuntuGuyMy Late Night ZFS Recovery AdventureMark Furneaux 22015-12-17 | 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 ServerMark Furneaux 22015-12-15 | 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 WafersMark Furneaux 22015-12-07 | 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 FanMark Furneaux 22015-11-18 | 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 SSDsMark Furneaux 22015-11-04 | 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.csvThe Camera Module from the Tenvis JPT3815WMark Furneaux 22015-10-22 | I thought this would be off the shelf, but no it is not.
My main channel: youtube.com/user/TheUbuntuGuyA Look At My Isolation Transformer SetupMark Furneaux 22015-10-06 | 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/TheUbuntuGuyThe Same Model CFL, 3 Years ApartMark Furneaux 22015-08-10 | Just a look at how the design has changed in that time period.(Rant) Why I Wont Buy Another Samsung PhoneMark Furneaux 22015-08-05 | ...or anything for that matter. This video is a bit weird, but I had to do it.A 1970s Torcan 1091 Box FanMark Furneaux 22015-07-27 | 180W of wind.Cheap Plastic Discolouration on ASUS SwitchMark Furneaux 22015-07-12 | 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 TransformersMark Furneaux 22015-07-10 | 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 UltrastarsMark Furneaux 22015-07-09 | I just wanted to make an array and see the performance.Inside a GG ButtonMark Furneaux 22015-07-08 | Only a mask ROM audio chip and a tiny 0406 cap.19 Year Old Lithium-ion BatteryMark Furneaux 22015-07-08 | I'm surprised they were 3.7V. I have to do some more testing to see what their capacity is.