Oh, Those Bots!
A follow up to the video I made a couple weeks ago about those lovable little scamps - chat bots. Enjoy!
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Space News: New Suits!!!
The new space suit gets its debut and also a Mars rover that just aint rovin'. Enjoy!
AutomaBot Test
A crude test to be a final proof of concept to show that without a doubt the original Maillardet Automaton writing instrument was indeed a fine brush pen. Here we see my repurposed commercial robot arm drawing a rendering of one of the Maillardet poems with a simple modern...
2023-03-14 17:50:16 +0000 UTC View PostAwesome Illuminated Switch Panel!
Another cool dive into the land of incandescent bulbs and switches combined! Enjoy!
The Real Sky Net
Coming to a sky near you! Indeed... In the years ahead a seemingly impenetrable web of crisscrossing deadly projectiles will make any escape by you puny earthlings IMPOSSIBLE!!! MMMuuuuaaaahahahahaha!!!! Enjoy...
Incandescent Display In Action
A short video but a fun one. Enjoy!
Crazy Complicated 7-Segment Incandescent Display
Okay - my typical format in reverse - rather than starting out showing you the display running and then going for a teardown, I have to do this one in reverse and take it apart first. And then it gets interesting..... Enjoy!
1974 Wilson Radio Telephone
Another dive into a bygone time - Radio Telephones! Well, not really 'telephones' but definitely radios. It was a different time. Enjoy!
Walking Tour Of FranLab 3.0
It took 14 months to put it all together, but finally the USS FranLab is all together and ready to set sail. Welcome aboard!!!
Decimal Operations (1977)
This interesting educational 16mm film from my archives has lots of cool slices of life in the mid-1970's interspersed with graphics of decimal operations. Cool calculators? Check. Rulers? Check. Kids outside having fun with measuring things? ...
2023-03-01 14:17:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sun Is A Star (1970)
This 16mm Coronet film from my archive is an amazing look at the classifications and life cycles of stars, which some great animations and graphic illustrations. As always I transferred this film with my own Telecine and corrected color to taste. Enjoy!
2023-02-28 22:32:31 +0000 UTC
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Conquest Of The Skies (1978)
Another 16mm film from my archive - this reel has some unusual deterioration in the form of some solarization and other effects, and needed much correction. In this film we get to see the very new Air and Space museum in Washington, with testimonials and lots of tinted &nb...
2023-02-28 14:30:50 +0000 UTC View PostNASA Solar Observers And Supercritical Wing
Another great 16mm reel from my collection, this one is an edition of the NASA Aeronautics and Space Report that shows come cool computer analysis of solar observations and an experimental supersonic wing design. As always I transferred this film with my own Telecine and &...
2023-02-27 01:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostApollo-Soyuz And Landsat
I previously transferred my black and white print of this installment of the NASA Aeronautics and Space Report but this 16mm color print is much better. As always I transferred this film with my own Telecine and corrected color to taste. Enjoy!
2012 Radio Show Intro
One of the intro montages of my SuperHappyFunTime internet radio show from 2012 that I was running on Loudcaster back in the days when doing those kinds of independent completely open free-for-all internet music shows were still possible. Around 2013 or so all universal li...
2023-02-25 14:27:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Can You Really Put Frets On A Theremin???
An experiment that could change the world of Rock and Roll Theremin as we know it forever! Well, maybe not - and sure to rile some purists - but an idea that is worth exploring for the possibilities I am sure. Enjoy!
The Mouse That Roared!!!
Back to the bench for another adventure - this time to explore my 2000 Microsoft Optical wheel mouse (and a few others). Enjoy!
Thanks Everyone!!!!
Thank you everyone who pitched in to make the 2023 health care funding campaign a huge success! Time to get back to work....
New GoFundMe for Healthcare
It is necessary for me to get health insurance once again, but it will take all of the project budget for the year, so I am having to launch a GoFundMe to try to offset this cost if possible.
2023-02-13 15:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostWoodwinds (1954)
Another classic Coronet 16mm film from my collection that is not about coronets, but woodwinds! A lot of good info and some demonstrations, and dig those crazy square getups - Man! Anyways... as usual I transferred this film with my own Telecine. En...
2023-02-07 21:49:38 +0000 UTC View PostConservation Of Mass (1970)
Another 16mm film from my archives, and this one is pretty worn but still loaded with interesting content. Another Japanese educational film that was released for American schools, this one shows some chemical reactions and cool Nixie tube displays and lots of eating and &...
2023-02-05 16:40:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe Balloon!!!!
Okay - some comedy and some science - something for everyone!
Skylab Tests and Space Dish (1973)
By far the most decomposed 16mm film I have yet attempted to transfer - but still full of interesting info and some rare sights in testing the Apollo Command Module for an arctic landing and folding up a giant space dish at the Johnson Space Center. Some music had to be de...
2023-02-04 17:27:43 +0000 UTC View PostWoodworking Hand Tools (1967)
Another 16mm film from my archive - this one very pink indeed - but also very much a time capsule of a time when any high school had a really nice wood shop. Here we get some good data about the basic hand tools, and some demonstrations. Don't just set that plane dow...
2023-02-04 16:40:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhy Are Those Trays In Microwave Ovens?
Ruminations on the ubiquitous microwave.
Happy Days To Spinal Tap: The 7 Degrees Of Cindy Williams
It is a long and winding road that leads to Cindy Williams, at the center of the comedy world in the late 70's.
Get More Fran!
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2004 Peachfuzz Repair
Another vintage Frantone is in for some work - and so I thought I would invite you to tag along.... Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8y0DDYoVg
2023-01-31 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post