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

@user-ik2lh9hz6g

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

I am stunned.

@LawrenceSeetoh

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you kept the color VHS tapes

@AchievedZeus574

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@minecraftpc3036

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@famitory

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

Relatable.

@or2kr

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@clockworkbadger2363

4 жыл бұрын

Yerp!

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

@MaxOakland

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@adfaklsdjf

4 жыл бұрын

And after that, the floppy disks

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

@theoriginalshew

3 жыл бұрын

He did a recreation during his American turnsignal video.

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

@mumblbeebee6546

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Brandyalla

4 жыл бұрын

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

@moosemaimer

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@liamandevanfilson1314

4 жыл бұрын

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

@grn1

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ElectroDFW

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Archgeek0

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@SupaBuma

4 жыл бұрын

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

@fbritorufino

2 жыл бұрын

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

@hp67c

Жыл бұрын

@@fbritorufino oh absolutely, without a doubt

@UriahStuff

4 ай бұрын

*Thiiiiiiiiis

That moment when a random RCA-to-3.5mm cord appears along with the phrase, "Oh, this is useful. I have a box of cords." Because suddenly you feel validated with your own box of cords.

@Arcon1ous

4 жыл бұрын

My physics teacher gave out a bunch of his old junk one spring in high school, and I got two old camcorder bags from him, those are now my loose cord bags, and they are completely full, I have no idea where or why I got most of them now, but they're there, and useful.

@grn1

4 жыл бұрын

I have a big box with a bunch of cords, some loose cords in a chest, and a desk drawer also full of 'em. The desk drawer contains mostly HDMI and USB cables which I end up needing more frequently than you might think.

@CommodoreGreg

4 жыл бұрын

He properly said 1/8".

@ElectroDFW

4 жыл бұрын

@commodoreGreg it's 3.5mm, dammit! XD ;)

@oohshiny8713

4 жыл бұрын

I am currently playing music via my Android tablet which is connected to a valve amp via a 3.5mm-to-RCA cable... definitely useful.

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

@WitoldWitkowski

4 жыл бұрын

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

@SarahRWilson

4 жыл бұрын

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

@A_generic_handle

4 жыл бұрын

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

@tommyb.6064

4 жыл бұрын

Many of us have a hoarding problem.

@jk9554

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@ohnoitschris

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@MaxOakland

4 жыл бұрын

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

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!

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

4 жыл бұрын

I read your whole comment in LGR voice.

@JeskidoYT

4 жыл бұрын

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

@fauntleroysage6774

4 жыл бұрын

I love those thrift videos from LGR!

@jsnsk101

4 жыл бұрын

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

@TheLegoPerson

4 жыл бұрын

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

LOL this bin is definitely getting a DougScore next

@FaultyStreams

4 жыл бұрын

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

@robdavy4468

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ChrisBeard

4 жыл бұрын

I bet it will waft

@PackardKotch

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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”

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

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

THIS is a doug demuro reference

@kingjbone1

4 жыл бұрын

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

@MrGothicruler666

4 жыл бұрын

I came here to say this

@AgentOrange96

4 жыл бұрын

Doug has become a meme

@PackardKotch

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@tayntedmemories

3 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia makes ya do shit.

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

UGH I know this way too well!

@JosephDavies

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@MrPGT

4 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing last week.

I enjoyed watching your gradual descent into existential turmoil.

@ElectroDFW

4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed relating to his existential turmoil.

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.

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

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

@81pieda

4 жыл бұрын

Now available on VHS!

@zatty232

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@webchimp

4 жыл бұрын

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

“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

4 жыл бұрын

This... is exactly what I thought!

@slicendyess

4 жыл бұрын

Incredible Doug impression.

@ericw4279

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same exact thing. Is this Doug?

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

You almost watch your conception fella

@nickwallette6201

4 жыл бұрын

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

@BigOlSmellyFlashlight

4 жыл бұрын

@@nickwallette6201 juicero

@TheBigMclargehuge

4 жыл бұрын

It was the Ghostbusters reboot

@WarrenGarabrandt

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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

"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

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely same.

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

@MaxOakland

4 жыл бұрын

Solid purple 😤

@icantleavespaces

4 жыл бұрын

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

@zatty232

4 жыл бұрын

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

@CommodoreGreg

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ffnovice7

4 жыл бұрын

Line green what up

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

4 жыл бұрын

I really wanted to see the dead bugs. 😞

@stevenA44

4 жыл бұрын

@@Telcomvic LOL This actually made me laugh!

@demogorgonzola

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Entomology Connections when? :)

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@marcusdamberger

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

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.

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!

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

Well someone's a Doug DeMuro fan.

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?

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.

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@iamvillainmo

4 жыл бұрын

It's fiiiiiiiiiiine

@MrPGT

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

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.

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

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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

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

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.

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

@bland9876

4 жыл бұрын

It is still useful but he should donate it

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.

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!

Was that opening an homage to Doug Demuro?

@davidcastillo1340

4 жыл бұрын

duh

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

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.

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

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

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

@Harey0407

4 жыл бұрын

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

@joeyvanostrand3655

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

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

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

IKR

@crunchyfrog555

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

Dam this is Therapeutic.....I have the same tech collecting condition so I can relate very much...thank you Alex! please do all three boxes.....What you need to do now is get someone that does not care about tech stuff and ask him or her to quietly, discreetly take it all away and then gaslight you into the future that you never had them....Less is more! now your free...those items have a hold on you... but once your friend takes them away....you become free to explore New Tech!

How did this manage to be so damn charming?

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

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

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.

show us the bin's quirks and features

@trox355

4 жыл бұрын

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

@jkeelsnc

3 жыл бұрын

@@trox355 LOL!!!!!

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

@Margarinetaylorgrease

4 жыл бұрын

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

@610jrod

4 жыл бұрын

His main channel is "Technology Connections"

@moosemaimer

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@tl880linux

4 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

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

@theenzoferrari458

4 жыл бұрын

A plastic bag?

@dacasman

4 жыл бұрын

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

@sion8

4 жыл бұрын

It just of been embarrassing!

Doug DeMuro: "Get me my lawyer!"

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

Just wanted to say thanks for introducing me to Connections, love your content, and definitely see the influence!

That opening reminded me of Doug demouro

I need floppies! I'm a photographer and I really love using old digital cameras and I have an embarrassingly large collection of Sony Mavica's that I use all the time

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

I enjoyed the more raw feeling. All your videos are fantastic! This one showed the real you a little more i feel! Great video.

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

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.

To be perfectly honest ... I really enjoyed listening to this. You have a surprisingly calming voice and just listening to you bullshit about what you found in that box helped me pass some time here at work.

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

This was honestly pretty entertaining. Definitely want to see more for some reason

Yeah, this video does have its own special appeal. I like it, watching some guy, probably half my age, rummaging about in a box of treasured junk. - If I went out to one of my outbuildings right now, I'll bet I could lay my hands on at least a dozen such boxes of junk. They'll have been there for twenty odd years, and some, maybe more, but that's just my nature - I can't abide throwing things away just because they're old, or even if they don't work. Nonworking things can be fixed!

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

Should patent that. Bin of Crap™️

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

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 😀👍

I just was thinking about the James Burke connections, but could not remember his name. Great series. Many thanks. My rule is if I haven't used it in the last year, it's gone and will never miss it!

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

@MuttFitness

4 жыл бұрын

Video of him going through even older boxes

10 minutes in and i had the realization that im watching a fellow nerdy chubster going through a bin of miscellaneous stuff... I could be doing so much more with my time but i couldnt be happier rite now #content

I also have several large bins of random stuff! What a coincidence. And like this, I will sometimes go through them and realize - yeah, I might have a use for that bulb socket from a broken grow lamp, or that lawn frog, or even the assortment of bolts. Well, I guess this will all go back in the tub for now... And I just went through a stack of unlabeled CDRs on Friday. :-) Most were copies of albums I had bought on CD and then recorded to blank discs to lose in my car. Glad I did that, because they were in ROUGH shape.

Start: "Time to clear the tech hoarding bin!" Middle: "...and I should keep *this* doodad too..." End: "Welcome to our collective hell: phone home!" (As a fellow tech collector who recently bought a few floppy drives (cheaply! For a project!) I totally empathize. And your coda was really heartwarming. Thank you.)