Going through old junk! Stories, organization, and other things. Ep 1/?

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  • @TechnologyConnextras
    @TechnologyConnextras  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1508

    In a stunning turn of events, the second camera is in fact framed poorly.

    • @1164-w9h
      @1164-w9h 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      The topics, production value, details, humor, insights and all the other nice things about your videos are a delight to watch. Thank you good sir for doing what you do.

    • @erockromulan9329
      @erockromulan9329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I am stunned.

    • @LawrenceSeetoh
      @LawrenceSeetoh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I hope you kept the color VHS tapes

    • @AchievedZeus574
      @AchievedZeus574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I kinda liked this, with Illinois being as shut down as it is, along with the rest of the world. I also have way to much stuff that I dont want to throw away, because who knows I may use them. Though I know I never will, and should just throw them away.

    • @mcpc303
      @mcpc303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe you should try framing by putting an item on the surface

  • @CurveTheRain
    @CurveTheRain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +623

    “CDs? Haha those who still cling to physical media!”
    Two minutes later: “I’m keeping this empty VHS case because reasons”
    🤣

    • @MaxOakland
      @MaxOakland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂

    • @adfaklsdjf
      @adfaklsdjf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And after that, the floppy disks

  • @Danny.._
    @Danny.._ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +687

    "because at some point i bought a stack of 8 cm blank cd-rs for fun"
    i understand this so much

    • @famitory
      @famitory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      in an amusing coincidence, i recently came across 20 double sided 8cm DVD-Rs in jewel cases, and bought them because they look like some kind of 90s future technology. like minidiscs you can take out.

    • @audiodood
      @audiodood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Relatable.

    • @or2kr
      @or2kr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I really want to get hold onto some 8cm BD-REs, just because they'd make interesting substitutes to usb sticks, albeit very limited

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I feel personally attacked well I never bought that specifically I've done the same kind of thing

    • @clockworkbadger2363
      @clockworkbadger2363 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yerp!

  • @JakeSnake07
    @JakeSnake07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    I was not at all expecting a Doug DeMuro reference from this video.

    • @theoriginalshew
      @theoriginalshew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He did a recreation during his American turnsignal video.

  • @metroidfan220
    @metroidfan220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    The most relatable part of this is that you ended throwing away less than 20% of the contents.

    • @liamandevanfilson1314
      @liamandevanfilson1314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm much worse i usually only throw away like 1% of stuff

    • @grn1
      @grn1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I should go through my old optical disk. I literally have them sitting right next to me and haven't bothered going through them in years. I think they're mostly blanks which I'll keep around in case I want to update an old computer or make a backup copy of a DVD for a relative that still uses DVD's.

    • @tichu7
      @tichu7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But at least it's now sorted! (which is exactly how my process looks too)

    • @ElectroDFW
      @ElectroDFW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was so relatable, 90% of the video's audience knew exactly what was coming next.... lol

    • @Archgeek0
      @Archgeek0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm not sure he even threw away the dead bugs.

  • @madattheinter
    @madattheinter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    “This is a 2017...”
    TELL US ABOUT THE QUIRKS AND FEATURES!!!

    • @SupaBuma
      @SupaBuma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Doug DeMuro is the kind of guy who would not collect delicious junk like this.

    • @fbritorufino
      @fbritorufino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The whole intro was DeMuro-y, I think on purpose

    • @hp67c
      @hp67c 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fbritorufino oh absolutely, without a doubt

    • @UriahStuff
      @UriahStuff 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *Thiiiiiiiiis

  • @DampeS8N
    @DampeS8N 4 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    Why did I watch this whole thing? I feel like I am contributing to someone's hoarding problem. D:

    • @WitoldWitkowski
      @WitoldWitkowski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I'm not a hoarder, I'm an archivist.

    • @SarahRWilson
      @SarahRWilson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      What's a hoarder? I'm a habitual collector!

    • @A_generic_handle
      @A_generic_handle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@WitoldWitkowski same here. I find it reassuring that I don't have a bin of stuff I don't know about

    • @tommyb.6064
      @tommyb.6064 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Many of us have a hoarding problem.

    • @jk9554
      @jk9554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      namely my own... why clean out your own bin of junk when you can watch somebody on youtube do that?

  • @TooColdToBeSober
    @TooColdToBeSober 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As a Wisconsinite, I fully appreciate your advanced sense of, "That's a good X, I might need that someday." I have a box as we speak in the garage of random cables/cords that has moved with me no less than 4 times. Bravo sir! Pack rat with pride!

  • @erockromulan9329
    @erockromulan9329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    ** Goes through bin. Proceeds to sort things into smaller bins **

    • @mumblbeebee6546
      @mumblbeebee6546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I always knew I'm not the only one who does that!

    • @Brandyalla
      @Brandyalla 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Or back into the same bin after removing the literal garbage...

    • @moosemaimer
      @moosemaimer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I moved into this apartment 10 years ago, and I still have cardboard boxes mentally identified as "top of closet" and "desk shelves" even though they've been in the attic the whole time.
      _but what if I need that UltraATA100 card_

    • @nticompass
      @nticompass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Put those smaller bins into a bin to keep them organized.

  • @jjjjjjjjj99
    @jjjjjjjjj99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This is similar to how I go through and get rid of old things. “I don’t see a use for this, but maybe I should keep it”

  • @avalanchesj
    @avalanchesj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    "CD lable maker? What junk!"
    **10 seconds later**
    "Ooh! An empty VHS case, must have!"

    • @ohnoitschris
      @ohnoitschris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Tbf those Disney VHS cases are really nice, you never see padding like that on most other cases. I'd just flip the label card and use it for any special tapes.

    • @catfish552
      @catfish552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Alec: "Physical media is obsolete!"
      Also Alec: "I gotta put this with my VHS collection!"

  • @Randomsae
    @Randomsae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    “This!”
    Are we going to get quirks and features in this video as well?
    Edit: “and today, I’m going to go through it.”
    I’ll be disappointed if there aren’t any quirks and features mentioned at this point.

    • @daniluvsuall
      @daniluvsuall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This... is exactly what I thought!

    • @slicendyess
      @slicendyess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Incredible Doug impression.

    • @ericw4279
      @ericw4279 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought the same exact thing. Is this Doug?

  • @anotheruser9876
    @anotheruser9876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    Title of today's show: 'Has it bin that long?'
    Clint from LGR isn't going thrifting any time soon, I can't go thrifting so this, is the best next thing. Love this show; I'd like to see more.
    Oh, Clint might be interested in the LabelMaker and 8cm CD cases.

    • @imbhulu
      @imbhulu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I read your whole comment in LGR voice.

    • @JeskidoYT
      @JeskidoYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yes please i agree. this is the only thing tech wise of finding old weird tech for these times

    • @fauntleroysage6774
      @fauntleroysage6774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I love those thrift videos from LGR!

    • @jsnsk101
      @jsnsk101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      PEOPLE! mail all your junk to Clint so he can thrift from home!

    • @TheLegoPerson
      @TheLegoPerson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jsnsk101 hahahaha if I had his address, I'd be tempted to send some old goodwill electronics or something

  • @DoctorFatman
    @DoctorFatman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Ian seems to have changed, but otherwise this new episode of _Bad Unboxing_ looks great!

  • @metal571
    @metal571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    LOL this bin is definitely getting a DougScore next

    • @FaultyStreams
      @FaultyStreams 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Can't fit into back seat and not enough quirks!

    • @robdavy4468
      @robdavy4468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I was expecting to be told about it's quirks and features!

    • @ChrisBeard
      @ChrisBeard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I bet it will waft

    • @PackardKotch
      @PackardKotch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      When it comes to contents the box is full of something for everyone and has a lot of variety but it is a bit overreliant on nostalgia and it gets a 7 out of 10

    • @Chronis67
      @Chronis67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Score definitely won't be as high as Babish's car panini.

  • @roo.stewart
    @roo.stewart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is immensely brilliant. It’s like living through the apocalypse and would also translate well to a drinking game - take a shot each time you throw something in the trash. Or maybe take a shot when you don’t. Either way, we win! Thanks for looking through your rubbish with us. Never thought I’d see the day that this would be so entertaining. It’s definitely got to become a thing.

  • @TheHowlingMan
    @TheHowlingMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    "I haven't thrown anything away yet, I realize that..." that look of defeat after. i felt that

  • @zackschumann5521
    @zackschumann5521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Connections was possibly the greatest series ever made. Thanks for reminding me to re-watch that. Right after I inexplicably finish watching this.

  • @Shoob2137
    @Shoob2137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    THIS is a doug demuro reference

    • @kingjbone1
      @kingjbone1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      THIS is so a doug video. He's showing us all of the bins quirks & features.

    • @MrGothicruler666
      @MrGothicruler666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I came here to say this

    • @AgentOrange96
      @AgentOrange96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Doug has become a meme

    • @PackardKotch
      @PackardKotch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Contents are solid with a lot of variety but there’s a lack of modern tech and it gets a 6 out of 10.

    • @Netsuko
      @Netsuko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kingjbone1 And then he's going to drive it!

  • @Games_and_Music
    @Games_and_Music 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Haha, loved that Doug DeMuro reference at the start.
    When you said "THISss", i started talking along in my head and got really confused, for a moment i had to do a double take as i had not expect you to watch Doug's video's, or even make a reference to them in your own video haha

  • @MrJozza65
    @MrJozza65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I love the way your clearing out goes like my clearing out; spend ages rummaging through boxes of junk and then hardly throw out anything, before putting most, if not all, of it back again 😁

    • @stevenA44
      @stevenA44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      UGH I know this way too well!

    • @JosephDavies
      @JosephDavies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's really rare you come across an entire box/bin of stuff that should just be thrown away but hadn't been. It's always a bunch of stuff I kept for a reason, with maybe just a few things I don't want or need anymore.

    • @AchievedZeus574
      @AchievedZeus574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's how I do it too, go through it all, barely throw anything away

    • @MrPGT
      @MrPGT 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did the same thing last week.

  • @youreperfectstudio4789
    @youreperfectstudio4789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    "Let's throw stuff away!" "How about these mini CD cases?" "Well no not those, obviously I need those "

    • @MaxOakland
      @MaxOakland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What if he gets some mini CDs and needs a place to keep them safe?
      The mind of a hoarder I understand all too well

  • @elonmask50
    @elonmask50 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    If you play it backwards you can see an episode of “Alec cleans a bench”

    • @81pieda
      @81pieda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Now available on VHS!

    • @zatty232
      @zatty232 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@81pieda thats such an obvious joke, and here i am wondering why i didnt expect it...

  • @wraithgar
    @wraithgar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    "Physical media is dead"
    (one minute later...)
    "I can't bring myself to get rid of VHS tapes"

  • @TheTarrMan
    @TheTarrMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Once when I was a kid my dad left an orange tape in the machine and the second I started to play it (wondering what it was) my dad came rushing into the room in a panic and violently pushed me away from the TV ripping the tape out of the VCR. . . . . . I wonder what that was all about? 😉

    • @finonevado8891
      @finonevado8891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You almost watch your conception fella

    • @nickwallette6201
      @nickwallette6201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Probably just a really terrible instructional video for your parents’ new juicer.

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@nickwallette6201 juicero

    • @TheBigMclargehuge
      @TheBigMclargehuge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It was the Ghostbusters reboot

    • @WarrenGarabrandt
      @WarrenGarabrandt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He recorded a news segment on stonks. You wouldn't have understood. The stonks just keep going up and down, up and down. People get all excited about stonks.

  • @err0ne0us1
    @err0ne0us1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I absolutely love this format for a number of reasons, we can all empathize with u on the wtf factor, and hearing why you have a particular thing and the story behind it as well as your disposition of the each thing, loved it

  • @Zipppyart
    @Zipppyart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Did you just take that 'THIS" introduction from Doug DeMuro?

  • @KOROZEC1
    @KOROZEC1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    As a lonely person who moved two times in a last month this feels like going through things with friend while packing. Feels pretty wholesome.

  • @bigogle
    @bigogle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I enjoyed watching your gradual descent into existential turmoil.

    • @ElectroDFW
      @ElectroDFW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I enjoyed relating to his existential turmoil.

  • @VulpesHilarianus
    @VulpesHilarianus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "And I have yet to throw anything away..."
    I know, man. I'm the same way. I have so much stuff that I use, even if it's been superceded by something much newer or better in my house. Wires that go to different things I might use once every few months, storage media for stuff I have as projects, old notes written down on paper that I never got around to converting to .txt files... It reminds you of how much you have to do and why you shouldn't be procrastinating.

    • @mondocamp
      @mondocamp 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely same.

  • @gadgetboyj
    @gadgetboyj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I would absolutely watch more of this series! And they’re a great time passer, especially with the state of things now.

  • @narr3ntanz
    @narr3ntanz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "THIS is a 2017 bin of crap..."
    Yeah maybe I nearly fell from my chair.

  • @delliardo583
    @delliardo583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    "I was going through a phase...."
    me: *looks at my collection of odd stuff.* God I know what you're talking about.

    • @webchimp
      @webchimp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Been going through a"phase" for the best part of 50 years.

  • @Vsmit00
    @Vsmit00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    "Gameboy Color: Yellow was the best color."
    Them's fightin' words. Translucent purple is where it's at.

    • @MaxOakland
      @MaxOakland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Solid purple 😤

    • @icantleavespaces
      @icantleavespaces 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MaxOakland Purple is such a nice colour though. I love the softer pastel purple too, so pretty.

    • @zatty232
      @zatty232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didnt have nintendo things in the past ;(((

    • @CommodoreGreg
      @CommodoreGreg 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Purple. Nintendo so screwed us early Game Cube buyers when they never released the Game Boy Player in purple.

    • @ffnovice7
      @ffnovice7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Line green what up

  • @cemsity
    @cemsity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I wholeheartedly agree with Connections by James Burke. I end up watching all three series plus The Day The Universe Changed every 2 years or so. There is nothing quite like it in the history of television.

    • @bennylofgren3208
      @bennylofgren3208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think this channel is a very worthy successor to Connections.

    • @marcusdamberger
      @marcusdamberger 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      His articles in the back of Scientific American were always a good read.

  • @sarajenkins3485
    @sarajenkins3485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel like this video is a great representation of the inside thoughts of an autistic child. And I loved it!!

  • @adammunn4119
    @adammunn4119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This reminded me so much of when the writers went on strike and Conan spent 5 minutes spinning his wedding ring on the desk, for the sake of content. Hilarious and entertaining, I greatly appreciated this.

    • @cyberblah
      @cyberblah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      First things I thought of too, then came to comments to see if anyone else did.

  • @sybrrr
    @sybrrr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for mentioning James Burke's Connections series. I had not heard of it before and will definitely be watching it.

  • @louis_makes
    @louis_makes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is strangely calming. Would love to see this as a live-stream

  • @kkalafus
    @kkalafus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You live in the correct time for yourself and for us. Thanks for sharing yourself and congratulations on the well earned success.

  • @insovietrussia
    @insovietrussia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I can't wait to hear about your bin's quirks and features!

  • @kaotikeval
    @kaotikeval 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I was drinking something when the video started and almost did a spit take when you did your wonderful Doug DeMuro impression. Thanks for that.

  • @pghcoyote
    @pghcoyote 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    14:20 "There's some dead bugs down here. I won't show you those." :) Later: "This bin is now empty!" (except for the dead bugs)

    • @Telcomvic
      @Telcomvic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I really wanted to see the dead bugs. 😞

    • @stevenA44
      @stevenA44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Telcomvic LOL This actually made me laugh!

    • @demogorgonzola
      @demogorgonzola 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, Entomology Connections when? :)

  • @hadinossanosam4459
    @hadinossanosam4459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    12:17 "from the *first* Nixie tube clock that I ever built" How many Nixie tube clocks do you have? Does your house look like the testing rack from Dalibor Farný's nixie tube manufacturing?

  • @whitslack
    @whitslack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Was that opening an homage to Doug Demuro?

  • @younhitchborn
    @younhitchborn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't believe I just spent 18 minutes not getting bored while watching someone spring clean.

  • @MeanBeanKerosene
    @MeanBeanKerosene 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Well someone's a Doug DeMuro fan.

  • @AndrewMcColl
    @AndrewMcColl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is EXACTLY the high-quality, long form video content I need right now. Long may this series run. Or just long enough to keep us all occupied until we can go back to work. Or the end times comes. Either or.

  • @harbirnain
    @harbirnain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    You're amazing man, but if you're reduced to this and we're reduced to sitting through it, you know the world is in trouble.

  • @FavianTubeX
    @FavianTubeX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    lmao love the idea for this video. it only needs to be called 'junk showcase' and be given a glamorous 'the price is right' presentation

  • @Spartan_Jackal
    @Spartan_Jackal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm a simple man. I see a Technology Connections video, I watch the video, and I hit "like."

  • @Petitephysiquebarre
    @Petitephysiquebarre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is exactly the kind of content I need to play while I am working from home, lol. Keep these coming.

  • @petey8155
    @petey8155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    show us the bin's quirks and features

    • @trox355
      @trox355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Didn't Rubbermaid and Sterilite duke it out during the bin format wars of the '80s?

  • @timehunter9467
    @timehunter9467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your random “phases” are too relatable, I have a random collection of capacitors and other electrical components I’ve been harvesting for no reason, as well as precision tool sets that I will never use more than a couple of times.

  • @agenericaccount3935
    @agenericaccount3935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "I'm getting stoned and rooting through this bin. Come along"
    love it.

  • @SantaRosaStormtrooperCraig
    @SantaRosaStormtrooperCraig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I liked this. It was fun hearing some stories of your past. I think all of us techies have a few bins like that.
    I'd like to see a video that tells a little more about how you got into old electrics, where do you find out all the info about the history of such items, and a little more about your history.
    I really enjoy your channel.

  • @CiderDivider
    @CiderDivider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Brutalmoose has actually done one episode of an interesting series where he looks at unlabeled vhs cassettes he's found at thrift stores. And myself as a fan of lost media, it's always fun to watch other people discover what's underneath some dusty tape.

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      two episodes now* the thrift store video is the first one
      I'm glad

    • @iamvillainmo
      @iamvillainmo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's fiiiiiiiiiiine

    • @MrPGT
      @MrPGT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You might like some of Ben Minotte's content, over on Oddity Archive, in that case. I thought he was going to mention him about 16:15 in the video. Now I need to go look at Brutalmoose's channel, lol.

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      three episodes now* a new one came out a day after I made that reply

  • @ugyuu
    @ugyuu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A giant rush of nostalgia came my way the second you showcased that Lion King 2 VHS cover! Now I am pretty much certain that I used to have VHS movies in my early childhood!

  • @danielwgk
    @danielwgk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    13:29 is when you suddenly come to the full realization that you are a hoarder and have a problem.

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is still useful but he should donate it

  • @howardjohnson2138
    @howardjohnson2138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In another life I worked at the Smithsonian Institution, but had never heard the history of how it happened to be named that. The story is in Connections and is Excellent. I really like that series. Thanks

  • @spliceoncharlie
    @spliceoncharlie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love going through old boxes and bins and finding things you thought you lost.

  • @SANibbler
    @SANibbler 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You could go through a box of matchsticks and I would still watch you. Your humor and quick wit, along with your presentation of products are more than enough to keep me watching.

  • @gapf2010channel
    @gapf2010channel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This somehow reminded me of the videos where James May opens the mail sent to him on his drivetribe channel.

  • @nobeac
    @nobeac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting. Reminds me of a friend who would hoard stuff in his room and then sometimes go through it and throw a bunch of it away. Should do some more of these and go through the optical discs too.

  • @jusjaisinghani8179
    @jusjaisinghani8179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "Now we get to some weird stuff" like it was normal until now!

  • @lurkersmith810
    @lurkersmith810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah, floppies: I work in IT, and there are *still* major companies out there using computers that use floppies, and occasionally I'm called upon to create one with some utility or another to accomplish a configuration task. So, I reach for my pile of recyclable floppies to create one on demand. (Yes, I still need a USB floppy drive, and it is, indeed a challenge to create most of the vintage diskettes on a Windows 10 system, since the utilities themselves are 16 bit!) So, why can't I just save the floppies I created years ago? Because they go bad kicking around in my laptop bag waiting for that once every year or two need. Usually they go bad because the metal hub in the center of the diskette comes unglued. So, I pull a diskette out of the pile and do a full format with Windows, and throw away all disks that fail until I get a good one. Then, I create what I need (sometimes I have to find a Linux machine and use dd to copy an image), get myself out of that situation and forget about it until the next customer needs an EISA Configuration Utility floppy for a Digital Equipment Corp. AlphaServer from 1995, or something else, and I have to re-learn and figure out how am I going to do that with the system I have now? You'd be surprised at how much critical infrastructure still depends on equipment with floppies! And I don't have a Windows XP machine anymore. (By the way, I don't want your floppies, I still have plenty!)

  • @videolabguy
    @videolabguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I had to laugh at "one tub". Oh, how I long for the days when I didn't have hundreds of tubs and three storage units.... The tubs of materials and electronics parts I keep in my room are all absolutely necessary.... honest! And yet I still had to buy a switch, a fuse holder and fuses on line to complete the latest project. Grrrr!

    • @audiodood
      @audiodood 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      IKR

    • @crunchyfrog555
      @crunchyfrog555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do the same.
      And I guarantee the next project or so that you do, you will find switches, fuse holders and fuses in there then.
      That's how it works.

  • @mattgies
    @mattgies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd never heard of "Connections", so it's cool to learn that piece of your origin story.

  • @soli-ethd
    @soli-ethd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    9:10 Connections vs Technology Connextras...
    I'm thinking real hard on this one, but it's just not connecting.

    • @Margarinetaylorgrease
      @Margarinetaylorgrease 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      James Burke's Connections is, if you have not watched it before, the best thing you can do with this free time.

    • @610jrod
      @610jrod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His main channel is "Technology Connections"

    • @moosemaimer
      @moosemaimer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Margarinetaylorgrease damn I loved that show back when it was on TLC
      damn I loved TLC when it wasn't embarrassing the entirety of Earth

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hadn't made the *_Connection_* until now.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_%28TV_series%29?wprov=sfla1

    • @tl880linux
      @tl880linux 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The classic Connections is (or was recently) available on the Internet Archive

  • @Alamander81
    @Alamander81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great idea for an episode. I've got bins full of stuff from dead hobbies the might be pretty fun to go through. I need all of it. I will never throw any of it away.

  • @lorenzoporciani
    @lorenzoporciani 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    OMG I'm searching for 8cm dvd cases since ever, find literally 5 and for the same price of the 5 miniDVDs I bought 😂
    They're really useful for chaps with a gamecube

    • @JosephDavies
      @JosephDavies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For a very short period of time, they were popular for business cards. Some of them were even "clipped" into a semi-rectangular shape so they'd fit in business-card-holders.

  • @RandomInsano2
    @RandomInsano2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This inspired me to poke through my boxes. Cleaned up some things. Thanks for the video!

  • @joeyvanostrand3655
    @joeyvanostrand3655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think most of us have what will be called a "Doug Box" from here on out.

    • @Harey0407
      @Harey0407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I may have many doug boxes in my house currently. But they wouldn't get a decent DougScore sadly.

    • @joeyvanostrand3655
      @joeyvanostrand3655 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Harey0407 I used to. Our daughter was born 8 months ago and all but one of my Doug boxes made the long, studious walk to the Rescue Mission donation bin. Funny enough, there are items I could have used since then.
      And I agree. My heat Doug Box would be in the low 40's.

  • @Luthiart
    @Luthiart 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Who knew general housekeeping could qualify as entertainment?
    The only thing more enthralling than this is watching a 20 minute video of someone unpackaging crap that viewers sent them in the mail.
    Maybe when you run out of bins to sort, you could ask your subscribers to start mailing you stuff?
    Woo-hoo!! This is living!

  • @milesmargrave8078
    @milesmargrave8078 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How did this manage to be so damn charming?

  • @Dsdcain
    @Dsdcain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not exactly sure why, but this was incredibly relaxing and fun to watch. Seriously, I look forward to another video like this. Take it easy man. *:)*

  • @benjammin2020
    @benjammin2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You need to put the stuff on eBay. Some nerd (like me) will say "wow, I have been looking for that for 6 months" and it's so close, but they can't have it.

  • @pixx3461
    @pixx3461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Surprisingly interesting video actually. If you were to make more of these I would watch them. And you mentioned possibly making a video of you going through old optical media, I think that'd be an interesting watch too.

  • @TheOtherBill
    @TheOtherBill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I know what you're going through. I had about a 1.5" thick stack of the labels that came with blank floppies. Both 3.5 and 5.25. It took me years to finally throw them away. I still regret doing so but I don't know why. They were still perfectly good.
    Maybe I should have just mailed them to LGR.

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used mine to label other things. I had floppy disk labels on everything! VHS labels too.

  • @gabbyholloman9398
    @gabbyholloman9398 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These videos always unlock old forgotten memories of mine and I love it.

  • @karellen00
    @karellen00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You can place the colored VHS behind the colored music cassettes on the wall behind you (maybe getting rid of the wooden box).

  • @raedhilal6620
    @raedhilal6620 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always love to go through old stuff. Lots of memories ...

  • @10brokenradios
    @10brokenradios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This reminds me of the fact that I have a whole bunch of old books that my dad told me to sort earlier this week, and for some reason I haven't yet, even though I've been home the whole time...

    • @SarahRWilson
      @SarahRWilson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      One catches an interesting book, and goes an hour and a half of sorting time, reading.

    • @10brokenradios
      @10brokenradios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SarahRWilson Most of them are just old textbooks, but I hope I manage to find something interesting!

    • @SarahRWilson
      @SarahRWilson 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@10brokenradios one invariably does, it seems.

  • @gazzhammond6088
    @gazzhammond6088 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just watched the first episode of Raymond Burke Connections. My favourite presenter in Tomorrow's World. Will watch all of them, thank you for the connection 😀👍

  • @theenzoferrari458
    @theenzoferrari458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That opening reminded me of Doug demouro

  • @Pilot434
    @Pilot434 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I 100% love this series. Please please pleas make more of these. Its oddly relaxing to just watch this.

  • @Darthwill44
    @Darthwill44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Why am I watching this instead of cleaning my own stuff?
    “Couldn’t tell ya!”

  • @annadavis4663
    @annadavis4663 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hot tip (2 years later, ha) store functional things in broad categories so you can always find things without knowing exactly where they are. Nostalgia is hard, unless an item makes you feel litteral bodily happiness you don't need it and you'll never miss it.

  • @Somefool669
    @Somefool669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    We need to know what's on your old optical disks

    • @MuttFitness
      @MuttFitness 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Video of him going through even older boxes

  • @CamaradaMarcos
    @CamaradaMarcos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Doug Demuro reference in the opening was spot on

  • @dacasman
    @dacasman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Kind of funny that the one thing he threw away was irreplaceable

    • @theenzoferrari458
      @theenzoferrari458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A plastic bag?

    • @dacasman
      @dacasman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@theenzoferrari458 The notebook full of stories from when he was in middle school.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It just of been embarrassing!

  • @MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio
    @MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE Connections with James Burke! One of my all-time favorite TV shows. I have the DVDs.

  • @AmazingJeeves
    @AmazingJeeves 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Alec: "I realize I haven't thrown anything away yet..."
    Marie Kondo crossover confirmed?

  • @jackzaino
    @jackzaino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was awesome! Love seeing you off-script! Now I feel like I have to go through all my old stuff!

  • @brianstraight9308
    @brianstraight9308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Doug DeMuro: "Get me my lawyer!"

  • @achaycock
    @achaycock 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    To answer your floppies question - vintage computer enthusiasts still use them. Recently I found myself blasting through a collection of blank floppies, creating new startup, diagnostic and driver disks. Old floppies degrade over time, so having spares around is immensely helpful. I know that there are ways around this, but still, they're not perfect.

  • @ICTman
    @ICTman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Should patent that. Bin of Crap™️

  • @UltimaJC
    @UltimaJC 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seeing the box for A Fish Called Wanda tells me that you're a man of excellent taste. That movie is amazing.

  • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
    @BigOlSmellyFlashlight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    right when he said the "u" in "for fun" in reference to the 8cm cdrs, my phone played a notification sound
    my notification sound is a beep tone

  • @beardedmanproductions7589
    @beardedmanproductions7589 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just watched this man sort through junk while I could of also sorted through my junk but I enjoyed every minute of it.