One of two oscilloscopes I saved from school. This is a really nice basic scope, and would make a good candidate for someone's first oscilloscope.

For the final part of this series, we connect the printer to a computer and demonstrate it printing a variety of different things.

An in-depth look of my first smartphone. I go into what I like regarding the hardware, software, and design of this phone, as well as some things I don't like as much.

If you're not one of my usual viewers, note that you may wish to look elsewhere for a review of this phone. I have no other experience with smartphones to compare this to, so I don't go into more superficial things like CPU/graphics power, screen resolution, and the like.

Another interesting find at the school's amateur radio station. I've heard of these but have never seen one in person. These went through several iterations, with capacities from 80 KB to 1.2 MB. As far as I can tell this is a 1.2 MB disk.

A lamp I accidentally destroyed gets the final send-off on the venerable Fulham Workhorse 2 electronic instant start fluorescent lamp ballast.

I happened to find some stuff at school that was free for the taking. Lets see what I picked up.

Outtake from the "Power Macintosh 7300 - Networking and installing Mac OS 9.1" video. I talk about the first few times I ever used a Mac, boot the iMac into Mac OS X, and talk about Folding@Home.

In recent years, LED wristwatches have seen a resurgence in popularity more than any other obsolete technology. A few companies today are manufacturing modern LED watches, and some of them, given the general quality of today's manufacturing, are actually pretty decent for the price. Here I review a product from one of the more well-known sellers, and one of only two or three that have offered a real wire-bond LED display on their watches.

The last 15 minutes or so is just ranting about their less-than-great website, so feel free to skip that...

It's finally here. Sorry it took so long.

This is everything I took from the e-waste pile when it closed on April 9. Most of the things are ready for their own videos, so they will be coming in the near future. I'm really excited and hope you are too - this stuff will be incredibly fun to play around with and learn about. bla

A Lighting Gallery member and fellow Maritimer sent me some awesome stuff. Lets see what it is.