Hell, my garage door opener can communicate with my car. Got a little blinking light inside the rear view mirror to indicate opening, open, closing, and closed. It’s... a novelty, but it’s neat!
I remember back in the late 80s / early 90s I’d borrow a friend’s dad’s garage door opener and we’d go around the neighborhood opening other people’s garages. That was fun. We’d also take those old analog cordless phones and ride around on bikes interrupting people’s phone calls, since the same brands often used the same frequencies. God technology was (even more) so insecure back then. Still insecure, but MORE insecure then. But I never heard of anyone robbing anyone’s house using their garage door opener in the area I lived in. Crime wasn’t high enough there I guess.
NEVER throw away computer hardware driver CDs! You never know when you or someone else may need them. Copy, ZIP Archive them, and upload somewhere. Also keep Win7 install media especially if you have the product key. Put the Disney Cruise Line sewing kit inside the Epcot mug along with the pin!! Check your local Walmart and see if they have a photo machine to process your film.
Walmart sends the film out to a third-party to have it developed. I believe Walgreens has the machine to process the film and have it ready for pick-up the next day. Not too sure on that though.
Is there a place where you can share iso's of driver CDs, I have a whole spindle of them that I've been thinking of throwing out but if people are in need of them.
I was a process server up until a couple years ago. Couldn’t imagine doing that job without an actual GPS. Especially since you couple plan your entire route for the day in advance and it would even find the fastest route to connect every waypoint, which was not only useful but also mathematically fascinating
30:34 fun fact: one of the compositions of Vollenweider ("Under the Trees of Hope") is famous in Italy for being the background music of any of the regional weather forecast transmissions (twenty regions, the same style)
The sticky stuff was contact paper! For sort of DIY laminating. Never seen it in little sheets like that, we always had it on a big roll and used it to cover paperback books from the book fair.
SET should be taught to your family!! It can get REALLY intense at times when you have three or four people, but can easily be played by two or even by yourself. It also can be played over video chat for maximum social distance!
I love these videos! Keep doing them please! I need to go through my boxes as well. On keeping the Garmin, my 2017 Chevy Traverse has GPS, but as of today, no way to update the maps. Some other Chevy vehicles are listed with map updates but they are $$. My 4 yo Garmin on the other hand has life time maps which I update every quarter for free. I can see a point in the not too distant future when I'll be going back to using the Garmin for routing as it's maps are more up-to-date. ETA: The built in navigation screen is very hard to see while driving. I can put the Garmin in a better position to see the upcoming route.
That loupe was sold by several companies to examine photographic negatives (and slides) for detail without needing or before producing enlargements. The 6BE6 is an RC+IF amplifier. Ron W4BIN
There's an incredibly good chance that copy of Trackmania came from me lol. I was a software wholesaler many many years ago. One of my customers sold software at school book fairs etc. I definitely sold her thousands of copies of Trackmania in the jewel case.
Yes, those were cold lamination sheets. As a side note, I was going through a box recently and found an install disk for K-Mart's 'Blue Light' dial up internet service. Also a lot of dos games, windows 3 stuff and the old DEC branded printer. I just taped the box shut again and put it back in the closet.
I know I'm 3 years late but that sticky laminate stuff is bookwrap you put it on so hardbacks don't get scuffed (you can also cover your school books in it so they're a little more waterproof)
Set is a really fun game of speed. You all are competing to be the first to notice sets of cards, which have a few identifying factors that you have to either have be all the same or all different. (All have to red, or all have to be the three different colors). It's a very fun challenging game to play, especially with kids! I love Set!
The most fun way to dispose of old CDs and DVDs is to take the top off of an ultra slim drive and put them in upside down, then connect them to a computer where they will spin at high speed while it tries to identify the disc. Then you can hold a sharpie or knife or something to them. My only optical drive is modified in this way and I use it to destroy discs. The drive is still functional
That Radio Shack battery reminds me, I have a very old Sharp calculator, my brother used it in technical school, later I used it in highschool and college. The back is not screwed on so I can move the battries, roll them to make good contact to work better. And one day I stopped and looked at the battery. It was still the original Sharp battery from factory, this calculator was made in 1992 I believe and it was still working! And both my brother and I got a good use out of them. A calculator probably doesn't consume much but still, almost 30 years and it's still going! I eventually took out the batteries because I don't want them to leak, I don't know if they can leak, but better safe than sorry, I really like that calculator and I don't want to ruin it.
SET is a great game! Sort of a pattern matching thing where you look for similarities and differences between cards. Games go pretty quick (maybe 10 minutes), you can have any number of players, and scoring is just counting up how many sets of cards you have in the end. It was the nerd game of choice in my school
4:39 - I believe that 'cassette shell' has a sticker on the side with an artist's name (?) BTW, the correct term is "jewel case" Yes, that term existed before CDs! :) A 'cassette shell' is the shell of the cassette itself! :)
You remind me of one of my good friends I hung out with a lot until he moved :( such a cool dude. And you obviously are as well. I bet you can hold a fantastic conversation
I'm so high I almost died laughing so hard at you wondering why you add that instruction manual for the Magnavox TV I don't know why that was so fucking funny
24:18 "Oh God, it's disgusting!...But why does it look like it's covered in pee? I hope it's not actually covered in pee." 26:08 "If you give it a pull, and you give it a twist...it just feels so WEIRD!" Yes (as far too many comments stated), playing with his junk.
Hi Alec. Did you ever go through the other two bins you mentioned in the first video? 3:42 Many of us have similar stories. I hope yours ended happily. 6BA6? Heard of it. About a decade ago many of us were trying to press pulled tubes into service in guitar amps, including remote cutoff pentodes like the 6BA6. They were primarily used for AGC in radios and not particularly good for guitar amps. I heard one amp with that tube and it sounded woolly.
Dude. That very same clamp just showed up at the bottom of one of my bins of the same sort. Don't know what it's for, or where it came from. I _didn't_ throw it out, though.
I own a wire recorder that my grandmother gave me. It does need some work. If you ever want to feature it in a video let me know. I do live in Chicago.
SET is amazing, nerds love it. Man you really have Gaps in your knowledge base. You make us Midwesterners look bad, except for all your other stuff. … Throw more away, be like the book character Jack Reacher owning just shirt pants and shoes which are washed in a sink weekly - - maybe add a mobile phone the rest can be dropped. But gotta keep this lamp (Steve Martin reference, do you get that reference you hillbilly). This is our first fight. I love you. Hug?
Just remember, even if people are crappin, more comments mean more engagement which means higher recommendation, so while it may annoy all of us, at least it helps your videos do better :p
Instead of going through my own junk drawer, I’m sitting here watching someone whom I’ve never met, and most likely will never meet, go through a junk drawer of their own, purely for the purpose of entertainment. Isn’t the internet grand?
The answer to the tiny brushes: "The little brush is specifically designed for gently brushing down the wonderful Icelandic wool sweater (lopapeysa) to maintain the original texture. It is recommended that occasional brushing, using short downward strokes, will remove piling and loose dirt."
@@TechnologyConnextras yeah, not something you'll find at the local resell shop lol Wonder if it actually removes pilling on anything else. That may be useful.
@@TechnologyConnextras You absolutely should though, my wife has knitted me an Icelandic yarn jumper and its the single warmest layer I own - really comfortable too!
Sounds like the shirts go bad eventually anyway, but now you can blame yourself for not gently brushing them with the specially designed brushes often enough..
i think everyone who owns a desktop PC has a random box with bajilions of them power chords, and we never throw them out because "it might be of use... probably... eventually"
SET is an amazing game, that is still being sold and winning prices... It's actually a game that children often is better at than adults, because you need to let go of control, to really be great at the game... I uses it myself to "meditate" before exams, because it makes me able to focus, and not think about everything going on in the world... Play it with your family and friends, it's really great.
@@janchristopherbernauer8658 Yeah, I have no idea if that holds up in general, but I definitely also knew a woman who was quite good at it. She’d sometimes be nice to the rest of us, and make an indication that she’d seen a set like 5-10 seconds before actually claiming it. And she’d still kick our butts. :) 7:52 makes me sad, though! Alec, I hope you’ve taken a closer look since!
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Yes!! Please do a deep dive into this! The history, the current state of things and also, as a bonus, the future! With the advent of an app for everything and IOT Tech, what features are some of the newest garage openers rockin?? Also speak about the history of incorporation of openers in cars
Since others were vocally complaining about it, I'm here instead to say that these are some of my favorite connextras videos! Just seeing you be yourself and go through all your random crap is extremely funny and entertaining and I'd love to see however many episodes it takes for you to get through all your junk!!!
They were popular among secret agents and undercover police/informants in the mid 20th century because of their small size. It's why people still talk about "wearing a wire."
I for one LOVE SET! Though that does not necessarily make it awesome. Do give it a try. If you're in lockdown there are much worse things to be doing with your time.
"Who needs a Garmin?" My dad refuses to let his Garmin go, even though he puts his phone on a hands-free mount and will use Waze or Google Maps for directions. It also has Bluetooth pairing, so that helps it not be a total dinosaur, but I just think it's funny that in 2020 my dad still likes a dedicated GPS. He's also nicknamed the GPS "Susan" (He'll say like, "Susan's telling us to go this way")
I think my daughter still has the GPS that my parents “loaned” us some 15 years ago... maybe more. You could change the voice. We used the “Jack” voice, thus for a long time my children referred to gps as “Jack”.
Still use a Garmin. Paid $100 for a GPS with lifetime updates and traffic. Truck has GPS but I can't afford to dish out $160 to update it yearly. Even though I have a cell phone, it sometimes don't play nicely with Waze (or other navigation apps), my podcast, and bluetooth simultaneously
I don't have a smart phone, so I use mine whenever I'm driving somewhere new by myself. Nuvi 200 with brand, spanking new set of maps from OpenStreetMap =)
An episode on garage door openers and their security would be _amazing,_ and totally on brand for your channels. Same for the Garmin GPSs, with info of the "lifetime updates" still work.
SET is a pretty amazing game, I remembered it from when I was in elementary school and I played it again recently and it's still fun. It's a good timekiller and brain workout I'd say.
@@yoursecretsubscriber you can play it online if you really want to play it by yourself! smart-games.org has SET on it, i played it a lot earlier this year. i think there are clones on the app store as well that are functionally the same.
"I probably don't need this, realistically.... but maybe I should keep it." This is precisely why our junk boxes never seem to go away. They will always be there, taunting us about our "JUST IN CASE" mentality. Just to be clear, this is not criticism, it's commiseration.
Years back I threw away my printer cord because "my printer's wireless, why the crap would I need this?" Now with WFH and with a company rule that you can't print over wifi and now I'm having to read tons of technical specs on my monitor. It is a pain in the butt and I miss that cord... of course on the other hand I have 10 HDMI cables because reasons !?!
I love how he has such a memory for everything, giving such vivid recounting of seemingly non-connected items. And then a wind up dinosaur and he just goes “Oh neat” and moves on. It just makes me happy
"It's raining, by the way, if you're hearing weird noises." True story: I had a network-attached hard disk spin up immediately before you said that. I am PRETTY SURE rain doesn't sound like that, but the timing was very suspicious and I rewound a few seconds to check.
"I wonder if it would be worth an episode on the various security protocols of various garage door clickers"
YES. YES IT IS.
Hell, my garage door opener can communicate with my car. Got a little blinking light inside the rear view mirror to indicate opening, open, closing, and closed. It’s... a novelty, but it’s neat!
Fun fact: They're usually not very secure :)
@@RREEJJEECCTTEEDD fun fact, most of them are secure, its just that nobody updates them because they don't think about it till they break.
For the love of all that has a transistor YES PLEASE
I remember back in the late 80s / early 90s I’d borrow a friend’s dad’s garage door opener and we’d go around the neighborhood opening other people’s garages. That was fun. We’d also take those old analog cordless phones and ride around on bikes interrupting people’s phone calls, since the same brands often used the same frequencies.
God technology was (even more) so insecure back then. Still insecure, but MORE insecure then. But I never heard of anyone robbing anyone’s house using their garage door opener in the area I lived in. Crime wasn’t high enough there I guess.
NEVER throw away computer hardware driver CDs! You never know when you or someone else may need them. Copy, ZIP Archive them, and upload somewhere. Also keep Win7 install media especially if you have the product key.
Put the Disney Cruise Line sewing kit inside the Epcot mug along with the pin!!
Check your local Walmart and see if they have a photo machine to process your film.
Walmart sends the film out to a third-party to have it developed. I believe Walgreens has the machine to process the film and have it ready for pick-up the next day. Not too sure on that though.
@@Gobinator98 they throw away your negatives and they also damage them most of the time. Send the film to The Darkroom for all film processing!!
Is there a place where you can share iso's of driver CDs, I have a whole spindle of them that I've been thinking of throwing out but if people are in need of them.
archive.org
@@edison700 You can build iSO files from old CDs and DVDs using the tool, WinCDEmu.
I appreciate you making me feel more normal by a) having boxes of random junk b) knowing what basically all if it is c) having a story for each item.
no, no, no. both of you are insane. ;-)
I was a process server up until a couple years ago. Couldn’t imagine doing that job without an actual GPS. Especially since you couple plan your entire route for the day in advance and it would even find the fastest route to connect every waypoint, which was not only useful but also mathematically fascinating
30:34 fun fact: one of the compositions of Vollenweider ("Under the Trees of Hope") is famous in Italy for being the background music of any of the regional weather forecast transmissions (twenty regions, the same style)
The sticky stuff was contact paper! For sort of DIY laminating. Never seen it in little sheets like that, we always had it on a big roll and used it to cover paperback books from the book fair.
I was actually looking forward to this.
Thanks Alec 🙂
SET should be taught to your family!! It can get REALLY intense at times when you have three or four people, but can easily be played by two or even by yourself.
It also can be played over video chat for maximum social distance!
I love these videos! Keep doing them please! I need to go through my boxes as well.
On keeping the Garmin, my 2017 Chevy Traverse has GPS, but as of today, no way to update the maps. Some other Chevy vehicles are listed with map updates but they are $$. My 4 yo Garmin on the other hand has life time maps which I update every quarter for free. I can see a point in the not too distant future when I'll be going back to using the Garmin for routing as it's maps are more up-to-date.
ETA: The built in navigation screen is very hard to see while driving. I can put the Garmin in a better position to see the upcoming route.
That loupe was sold by several companies to examine photographic negatives (and slides) for detail without needing or before producing enlargements. The 6BE6 is an RC+IF amplifier. Ron W4BIN
Never thought I'd see the day. An actual box containing used pinball machine parts. Doc thought he tricked us!
Star Trek, Spaceballs, 8tracks, and lots of orange with context. Alec is truly a man of great taste!
23:28 "What is this? Ohhh, it's a thing...!"
(Laughing pretty good now - been there!)
There's an incredibly good chance that copy of Trackmania came from me lol. I was a software wholesaler many many years ago. One of my customers sold software at school book fairs etc. I definitely sold her thousands of copies of Trackmania in the jewel case.
Yes, those were cold lamination sheets. As a side note, I was going through a box recently and found an install disk for K-Mart's 'Blue Light' dial up internet service. Also a lot of dos games, windows 3 stuff and the old DEC branded printer. I just taped the box shut again and put it back in the closet.
I’ve loved the first two “Junk!” videos you’ve uploaded. Screw those with differing opinions!
I know I'm 3 years late but that sticky laminate stuff is bookwrap you put it on so hardbacks don't get scuffed (you can also cover your school books in it so they're a little more waterproof)
Set is a really fun game of speed. You all are competing to be the first to notice sets of cards, which have a few identifying factors that you have to either have be all the same or all different. (All have to red, or all have to be the three different colors). It's a very fun challenging game to play, especially with kids! I love Set!
I have a fond memory of playing Set probably two decades ago. I have no idea how it would hold up now. Try it.
Fun fact: The radio controlled garage door opener was invented in Rockford, IL by Howard Colman... An electro-mechanical genius
"There's a reason I bought..."? Sure, but everything happens for a reason. Wouldn't a _purpose_ be more notable?
The most fun way to dispose of old CDs and DVDs is to take the top off of an ultra slim drive and put them in upside down, then connect them to a computer where they will spin at high speed while it tries to identify the disc. Then you can hold a sharpie or knife or something to them. My only optical drive is modified in this way and I use it to destroy discs. The drive is still functional
That Radio Shack battery reminds me, I have a very old Sharp calculator, my brother used it in technical school, later I used it in highschool and college. The back is not screwed on so I can move the battries, roll them to make good contact to work better. And one day I stopped and looked at the battery. It was still the original Sharp battery from factory, this calculator was made in 1992 I believe and it was still working! And both my brother and I got a good use out of them. A calculator probably doesn't consume much but still, almost 30 years and it's still going! I eventually took out the batteries because I don't want them to leak, I don't know if they can leak, but better safe than sorry, I really like that calculator and I don't want to ruin it.
I made an audible "oh hell yeah" once I saw this upload notification
You're not alone.
SET is a great game! Sort of a pattern matching thing where you look for similarities and differences between cards. Games go pretty quick (maybe 10 minutes), you can have any number of players, and scoring is just counting up how many sets of cards you have in the end. It was the nerd game of choice in my school
25:14 I got mine during my HS Band Tour. We visited the museum and I bought one off the manufacturing line!
I once again suggest this channel should be called Technology Con-two-sions; this video gave me one because of how relatable it is.
4:39 - I believe that 'cassette shell' has a sticker on the side with an artist's name (?) BTW, the correct term is "jewel case" Yes, that term existed before CDs! :)
A 'cassette shell' is the shell of the cassette itself! :)
Set is one of my favorite games! It’s one of those games that no one knows about but everyone I’ve shown it to ends up loving it.
That black ellipse-y thing looks like a snake tale magnet thing. Youd throw two in the air and they'd collide and back a real neato sound.
You remind me of one of my good friends I hung out with a lot until he moved :( such a cool dude. And you obviously are as well. I bet you can hold a fantastic conversation
I used to get an asiago cheese bagel, go into a dark closet, and play that haunted mansion tape while I ate it.
omg, junk 2
electric boogaloo
27:46 The old iPod connection was actually 30 pin, not 40 pin. Surprisingly Entertaining!
Loving this series. Cool T-shirt.
More please - these are fascinating
oml trackmania is one of the best games of the old, they now have a free version of a newer version of trackmania.
so man fond memories of TM
the most interesting thing is that i watched it...also "you don't have to comment" hilarious!:)
That BttF reference was great, well done
Loved the back to the future reference.
Now THAT's an unboxing I wanna watch!
I'm so high I almost died laughing so hard at you wondering why you add that instruction manual for the Magnavox TV I don't know why that was so fucking funny
iron-on transfer paper? ... why am i commenting three years later?
24:18 "Oh God, it's disgusting!...But why does it look like it's covered in pee? I hope it's not actually covered in pee." 26:08 "If you give it a pull, and you give it a twist...it just feels so WEIRD!" Yes (as far too many comments stated), playing with his junk.
The paper looks like what you would use to print out fake tattoos or decals!
the little brushes are to sweep the pills off your sweaters
I used to fudgin love set! Great for smaller children.
I love Set! Give it a try. It's fun solitare too!
I was able to get color film developed at Walgreens a couple months ago.
We're you drinking??? C'mon be honest. I'm drunk, loving the zaniness. CJ
21:21 we use those to protect softcover books at the library
Nothernlion keeps mentioning Trackmania. And that's why I've heard of it.
The random clip at 19:32 was probably for managing a cable on a mic stand.
Perhaps Abby Road and the random garage door opener are connected?
I would love an episode on garage door clickers. Any other garage door fans out there?
Hi Alec. Did you ever go through the other two bins you mentioned in the first video?
3:42 Many of us have similar stories. I hope yours ended happily.
6BA6? Heard of it. About a decade ago many of us were trying to press pulled tubes into service in guitar amps, including remote cutoff pentodes like the 6BA6. They were primarily used for AGC in radios and not particularly good for guitar amps. I heard one amp with that tube and it sounded woolly.
Set is a great game! We played it back in Christian School. If you don't want it, I'll take it!
Why am i enjoying this?
YAYYY MORE JUUUUNK
A little too late, but was that copy of Abbey Road the Japanese import? It's worth a lot of money (with the jewel case) if it was.
(About the Garmin) lifetime map updates is a lie. They stop producing updates for older devices because "the technology was outdated".
Dude. That very same clamp just showed up at the bottom of one of my bins of the same sort. Don't know what it's for, or where it came from.
I _didn't_ throw it out, though.
I own a wire recorder that my grandmother gave me. It does need some work. If you ever want to feature it in a video let me know. I do live in Chicago.
SET is amazing, nerds love it. Man you really have Gaps in your knowledge base. You make us Midwesterners look bad, except for all your other stuff. … Throw more away, be like the book character Jack Reacher owning just shirt pants and shoes which are washed in a sink weekly - - maybe add a mobile phone the rest can be dropped. But gotta keep this lamp (Steve Martin reference, do you get that reference you hillbilly). This is our first fight. I love you. Hug?
i watched the whole first one and got here didnt i?
10:43 oh, garage door opener, mine had no writing on it and so that's a 15 year mystery solved
Just remember, even if people are crappin, more comments mean more engagement which means higher recommendation, so while it may annoy all of us, at least it helps your videos do better :p
The tiny brushes were mini driveway sealer brushes
Technology Connextras, do you have piano in your studio room? I have a feeling that i can hear reverb when you are talking.
You need to do episodes on your pinballs. If you turn one into a coffee table, this would not be good. :(
Motorcycle’s! Motorcycle’s need garmin, and they do in fact still support a lot or their older products.
I still have mine from around 10 years ago and still works. My car doesn't even have a built in one (it's 10 years old). Still works well.
SET is an amazing game and you should teach your family how to play it!! Hope it’s not too late. Have a copy myself. Come on over and we’ll play!
I've got the sneaking suspicion that your parents are like in their 70's.
"Something that a friend taped.."
It really shouldn't be in his possession, anyway!
I see.
Being vague like we're not all supporting our friends on only fans in 2021
@@wilhelmdietrich8474 I sure am lmao it only felt a lil weird to begin with lol
@@noodlelynoodle.that’s because it is weird.
Nudge nudge
Instead of going through my own junk drawer, I’m sitting here watching someone whom I’ve never met, and most likely will never meet, go through a junk drawer of their own, purely for the purpose of entertainment.
Isn’t the internet grand?
Yup!
Ditto
Yes it is 🤣
"E-waste"
I think you mean *t e c h n o t r a s h*
got me haha at 2:30
The answer to the tiny brushes: "The little brush is specifically designed for gently brushing down the wonderful Icelandic wool sweater (lopapeysa) to maintain the original texture. It is recommended that occasional brushing, using short downward strokes, will remove piling and loose dirt."
Now I'm wondering who the hell has an Icelandic wool sweater in my family because that's not ringing any bells at all...
@@TechnologyConnextras if you are getting rid of blank CDs and DVDs I would love them
@@TechnologyConnextras yeah, not something you'll find at the local resell shop lol Wonder if it actually removes pilling on anything else. That may be useful.
@@TechnologyConnextras You absolutely should though, my wife has knitted me an Icelandic yarn jumper and its the single warmest layer I own - really comfortable too!
Sounds like the shirts go bad eventually anyway, but now you can blame yourself for not gently brushing them with the specially designed brushes often enough..
"You don't have to watch" Tell that to the people who definitely don't have me strapped into this chair. Please. Please tell them.
OOohhhh. So you're the chicken from Robot Chicken.
@@jayhom5385
Or Malcolm McDowell?
I absolutely would watch the garage door safety video. That sounds rad
Can't believe you just used rad to describe a garage door
I'd watch that too
It actually sounds quite on-brand for the channel.
I'd watch a video about garage doors too. Also, the pinball machine
same
"This is just a regular PC power cord. I have a place for things like that."
*Immediately throws on floor*
Unfortunately relatable
_Happy birthday to the ground!_
i think everyone who owns a desktop PC has a random box with bajilions of them power chords, and we never throw them out because "it might be of use... probably... eventually"
@@quentintin1 I mean, they are one of the cords we WILL eventually need. I just don't think we need 34 of them at once.
SET is an amazing game, that is still being sold and winning prices... It's actually a game that children often is better at than adults, because you need to let go of control, to really be great at the game...
I uses it myself to "meditate" before exams, because it makes me able to focus, and not think about everything going on in the world...
Play it with your family and friends, it's really great.
Set is an amazing game!
Set ties into some amazing mathematics, too!
@Nick Carpenter It seems women tend to be better at this game than men, at least from my anecdotal experience.
@@janchristopherbernauer8658 Yeah, I have no idea if that holds up in general, but I definitely also knew a woman who was quite good at it. She’d sometimes be nice to the rest of us, and make an indication that she’d seen a set like 5-10 seconds before actually claiming it. And she’d still kick our butts. :) 7:52 makes me sad, though! Alec, I hope you’ve taken a closer look since!
Came to say this. You should definitely give SET a try. It's very fun...
90s people: We have flying cars in 2020
2020: everyone watching 35 minutes how man empties his garbage box.
His garbage box that he decided to keep almost all of it.
“Man empties box REACTION VIDEO”
“Nerd REACTS to finding old pirated movies and music from garage”
“Junk UNBOXING video - You won’t believe what is found!”
“2000s time capsule OPENING”
“Organizing storage LIFE HACK”
“The one trick doctor’s don’t want you to know about throwing shit away”
“Make money at home with this groundbreaking new method of creating temporal space efficiency”
“Secret organizational skill psychologists say will change your life”
“Save money by reusing junk you already have”
“Global pandemic planning 101 - Rediscovering family secrets you thought were long buried”
“Illinois man cleans out garage and you won’t believe what he finds that has police scratching their heads!”
“Long-lost secret twin brother discovered in old box of obsolete optical media”
“Spring cleaning uncovers secret Nazi gold thought lost for 80 years!”
“Illinois man discovers secret to eternal life AND how to make the PERFECT spring quarantine smoothie”
“Archeological dig reveals proof of intelligent life on another planet”
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i love doing this irl at my grandparents house
I'm doing this in 2021.....
*That wind-up dinosaur should be placed on the shelves at the back - Spot The Dino*
Was thinking it should've immediately been added to the set
The dino totally should have gone in the set.
Re: episode on garage door opener security protocols & such: Yes, please! :-D
same
Yes, I agree. I’d love to see an episode on this. I was just thinking about it recently.
Yes yes! Also came to say this. Used to spend lots of time as a bored kid examining the insides of my parents’ opener.
Well, this would also require a trip around the neighborhood to find old garage doors.
Yes!! Please do a deep dive into this! The history, the current state of things and also, as a bonus, the future! With the advent of an app for everything and IOT Tech, what features are some of the newest garage openers rockin?? Also speak about the history of incorporation of openers in cars
Since others were vocally complaining about it, I'm here instead to say that these are some of my favorite connextras videos! Just seeing you be yourself and go through all your random crap is extremely funny and entertaining and I'd love to see however many episodes it takes for you to get through all your junk!!!
"This is a can of recording wire-"
Me: huh interesting, I wonder what uses that
"- for a wire recorder"
Me: ... I Don't know what I expected
Techmoan made an item of it.
They were popular among secret agents and undercover police/informants in the mid 20th century because of their small size. It's why people still talk about "wearing a wire."
That spool was used as prop here: th-cam.com/video/FoO6kzd_Ars/w-d-xo.html#t=3m47s
"I must see your insides!" -Technology Connections 2; 2020
famous last words somewhere, i'm sure.
Connextras
@@mannys9130 I refuse to not tease Alec about his proclamation that the channel has never been renamed!
I also came here to say this. XD
That really gave off a mad scientist/surgeon vibe, not that I'm saying it's a bad thing. Quite entertaining actually.
I for one LOVE SET!
Though that does not necessarily make it awesome.
Do give it a try. If you're in lockdown there are much worse things to be doing with your time.
We play SET during lunch at work sometimes, totally agree with you. Give it a try!
"Who needs a Garmin?"
My dad refuses to let his Garmin go, even though he puts his phone on a hands-free mount and will use Waze or Google Maps for directions. It also has Bluetooth pairing, so that helps it not be a total dinosaur, but I just think it's funny that in 2020 my dad still likes a dedicated GPS. He's also nicknamed the GPS "Susan" (He'll say like, "Susan's telling us to go this way")
My wife names all GPS devices, including any phone app, "Lola".
Depending when it was made, it may have stopped working due to the GPS week rollover in 2019.
I think my daughter still has the GPS that my parents “loaned” us some 15 years ago... maybe more. You could change the voice.
We used the “Jack” voice, thus for a long time my children referred to gps as “Jack”.
Still use a Garmin. Paid $100 for a GPS with lifetime updates and traffic. Truck has GPS but I can't afford to dish out $160 to update it yearly. Even though I have a cell phone, it sometimes don't play nicely with Waze (or other navigation apps), my podcast, and bluetooth simultaneously
I don't have a smart phone, so I use mine whenever I'm driving somewhere new by myself. Nuvi 200 with brand, spanking new set of maps from OpenStreetMap =)
17:20
"is from the hospital"
oh no
"where my mom"
OH NO
"worked."
ah
real roller coaster ride that was
Yeah, I felt that just now.
An episode on garage door openers and their security would be _amazing,_ and totally on brand for your channels.
Same for the Garmin GPSs, with info of the "lifetime updates" still work.
SET is a pretty amazing game, I remembered it from when I was in elementary school and I played it again recently and it's still fun. It's a good timekiller and brain workout I'd say.
Agreed! It's one of those "simple but complex" games that pretty much anyone can get in to
Yeah... One of those games to keep in your bag or car, cause it is a fun timekiller.
you can also play it with any number of players that can reasonably look at the same table, with minimal explanation needed, so that's great
Someone told me they were playing it on their own, solitaire style, wish I had a copy now
@@yoursecretsubscriber you can play it online if you really want to play it by yourself! smart-games.org has SET on it, i played it a lot earlier this year. i think there are clones on the app store as well that are functionally the same.
It's 2:35am in Germany and i am watching a guy sorting his stuff Part 2... what a peaceful life lol.
Hey i did that too, just a bit later
Me 2, Me 2
Same here
Yup, 4:09am :D
HAH can’t believe it’s so many of us. 4:43AM here in Spain.
"This is something that a friend taped... really shouldn't be in my possession anyway" ... definitely a sex tape lol
I'm guessing that's something we won't see on Technology Connextras...
@@brendan9734 it goes on Technology Connexxxtras
@@RebSike and you sir are at 69 likes
@@markodenbrett4363 nice
OOOOOH SET is super fun and easy! 10/10 have played for hours on end
Chris Greenwood my wife and some friends love it as a warm up game.
Warm up to what ???
Awaiting the upload of that vhs that your "friend taped".
A friend's tape that shouldn't be in his possession, uh oh, did he stumble upon a sex tape?!
@@malbeth8700 technology connexxxtras
Blackmail
@@malbeth8700 That's immediately what I thought! 😉
I thought the same ahahahaha
"I probably don't need this, realistically.... but maybe I should keep it." This is precisely why our junk boxes never seem to go away. They will always be there, taunting us about our "JUST IN CASE" mentality. Just to be clear, this is not criticism, it's commiseration.
Yeah I know the fealing haha
And then you end up on Hoarders. =\
Years back I threw away my printer cord because "my printer's wireless, why the crap would I need this?" Now with WFH and with a company rule that you can't print over wifi and now I'm having to read tons of technical specs on my monitor. It is a pain in the butt and I miss that cord... of course on the other hand I have 10 HDMI cables because reasons !?!
There are so so many times my junk boxes have come through for me with a random part or cable I needed in a pinch. I swear by my electronics hoarding!
I don't have "junk boxes" per se, more like "preparedness packages".
I love how he has such a memory for everything, giving such vivid recounting of seemingly non-connected items. And then a wind up dinosaur and he just goes “Oh neat” and moves on. It just makes me happy
"It's raining, by the way, if you're hearing weird noises."
True story: I had a network-attached hard disk spin up immediately before you said that. I am PRETTY SURE rain doesn't sound like that, but the timing was very suspicious and I rewound a few seconds to check.
"I need to put these with my pinball machine parts, which I am using to trick the Libyans."
Why does he need plutonium wtf is he trying to repair now
For some reason I heard the tiny tiny lilliputians
Great Scot! I LOVED that reference/joke.
Ooohhh so that's the joke. But then yeah why does he need that?