Some extra info! (and I'll edit this as we get more): As predicted, we found the codes! And they're not _exactly_ encoding the parameters, but seem to call up an assortment of pre-set games. The manual helps you figure out what code you'll need based on how many questions you want and the type of game, and then it tells you which spots to use on the card. It's both simpler and more complex than it seems! On that note, I didn't call out that on the box it says "Compatible with all GeoSafari game packs" which suggests this literally is the same thing as the original geography game, but yellow. And honestly that's a nice selling point, as when your kids are older now they've got a geography game! As you can tell, I like this thing. It's neat.

@markyastion3860

3 жыл бұрын

love this guy. one of the best channels

@goblingon

3 жыл бұрын

what is your favourite board game

@miigon9117

3 жыл бұрын

Hooray! Great vid!

@shawnm355

3 жыл бұрын

@@goblingon fallout the board game

@BBC600

3 жыл бұрын

Now I want to see you make your own game!

Fun fact: After he pointed out the errors in the wikipedia article, they were all fixed. Check the history and the dates.

@andreaeray

3 жыл бұрын

Boy howdy! I really want to know the news/history on that!

@SSoto_21

2 жыл бұрын

Another channel I watch called Defunctland also pointed out an error in a Wikipedia article about a defunct roller coaster company. I went to the article and the error was fixed. KZreadrs really are such wonderful people!

@Outside998

2 жыл бұрын

@ika do it, fellow dragoon. Do it now.

@devhonk1722

2 жыл бұрын

Wikipedia editors are our saviors.

@mattymerr701

2 жыл бұрын

And yet when the internet historian does a bunch of research on balloon boy, they say that videos can't be used as evidence

I loved that "this is filler in case they do get back to me" part.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad they didn't get back to him, though.

@gianlucalocri

3 жыл бұрын

Not mentioning "I recorded both. That way I can look it up later!" Alec is such hilarious even in the closed captions text! I really like his videos!!!

@AssistantCoreAQI

3 жыл бұрын

Derg.

I was so afraid of the "you got it wrong" noise as a child (I remember the noise being scarier, harsher, I think the batteries were just always drained or something) -- it got to the point where I was afraid to use it at all

@satyris410

Жыл бұрын

While not familiar with this toy at all, I was definitely that same child

@bur2000

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like the beginning of a great Creepypasta.

@Imbatmn57

5 ай бұрын

That was me with the alarm clock that has the actual bells on top, it was terrifyingly loud the first and only time it woke me up, my mom got rid of it after that,thank god.

@VacuumFridge

2 ай бұрын

Woah, I had this thing as a kid and I distinctly remember feeling the same way about it, and being somewhat proud of myself when I got comfortable using it without feeling too anxious about the angrier beeps. I thought I was just nuts.

The fake speaker grill reminded me of something. Back in the 80s there was a brand of Super 8 film movie camera called the Bentley. They were all-plastic construction with an extremely simple mechanism, and they had a half-pound lead weight inside to give it some heft and make it feel like a higher quality camera. I used to find them in thrift stores and garage sales, usually for $5-10 dollars. Their light weight and simplicity made them perfect for my needs -- I removed the outer casing and lead weight, cut down the frame to the bare minimum, and mounted them in large, homemade rockets. Got a lot of great inflight footage! Also, they were designed to run on 4.5 volts, but I'd use a 9v battery to "over crank" the camera and get a nice bit of slo-mo.

@BackcountryTrains

3 жыл бұрын

Do you still have any of the footage?

@ZaHandle

3 жыл бұрын

Back when gopros are dirt cheap

@TacComControl

3 жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised how many devices, Especially speakers, have a chunk of metal in them for no other purpose than giving them a bit of heft, though in the case of speakers, and people don't realize this, that weight is to keep the thing from vibrating itself off your desk.

@SethalaTheGamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@TacComControl There's at least one type of gaming mouse I've seen that's designed with removable weights. Which makes a lot of sense, really, since it means you can adjust how easy it is to slide it around a mousepad and give it some resistance to make it feel more comfortable and less floaty.

@IDoNotLikeHandlesOnYT

2 жыл бұрын

@@TacComControl Reasonable for speakers and other devices that need stability (e.g. desk lamps), but some modems (back in dialup/early cable days, IIRC) used to have weights inside too. My understanding is that they wanted to make them with improved parts that happened to be lighter, but wanted them to weigh the same so customers wouldn't think they were cheaply made. I don't know why the modem market was sensitive to weight-based perceptions of quality, especially when you usually just got whatever model your ISP gave you.

Scripted Alec and unscripted Alec are two different people, one's a wise sage-like teacher who reminds me of my favorite professor in college, and the other one reminds me of the goofy times I had with my dad tinkering around with electronics.

@Crow.Author

3 жыл бұрын

What you don’t realise is, they actually are two different people.

@georgegriffin6114

3 жыл бұрын

@@Crow.Author it's true! Both can be seen talking to eachother in some videos. Scripted Alec in his sharp blazer. Unscripted in his trademark laid back "just a t-shirt and bedhead" look.

@thekingoffailure9967

3 жыл бұрын

You have forgotten the third of the Alec Trifecta: Text Alec! His self deprecating insults from the future in the editing booth are essential to their cumulative style! Text Alec also appears in the under appreciated custom captions, where he expertly conveys onomatopoeia and the various smoothnesses of Jazz featured in the credit sequence.

@Redbikemaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@thekingoffailure9967 man I love the lore of the Alecverse

Does this technically count as a Let's Play? I'm counting it. Let's get this on Trending for Gaming.

@Alex-wl1sp

3 жыл бұрын

GeoSafari any% speedrun when?

@user-qq8gx5du5m

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-wl1sp Can my friends subscribe?

@ikke1981

3 жыл бұрын

Ah darn it, another KZread channel that goes off to Twitch.

@adamengelhart5159

3 жыл бұрын

And it looks like there's DLC (new cards) and a level editor (blank cards)!

@Helperbot-2000

Жыл бұрын

@@Alex-wl1sp im sure that TAS guy will get right on it

I honestly love that you pad out the ending of your videos with your flubs. The main part of the video shows us that you're pretty smart. The endings show us that you're very human. And the fun little annotations make it seem like we're a friend along for the ride as you make these videos. It's a winning combination, and I keep coming back again and again for the content you're producing. Stay warm, and keep on with the great work.

@empath69

Жыл бұрын

(have you checked out the subtitles? If not, you're in for ANOTHER treat!)

@spv420

10 ай бұрын

69th like

@kylehawk9055

3 ай бұрын

Bumpity bump bump

What i love most about games like this is that half the game happens in your head. As in the rules and mechanics of the game itself is mostly abstract, while the device serves mostly to enforce them and keep score. Another factor is the nostalgia of physically interacting with the game as part of its function.

"GeoSafari" is what my mom calls GPS devices. Never knew why. She was a teacher

@jackwilliams7193

3 жыл бұрын

this is a great word for them and if i had a gps i'd be calling it the same.

@Roadent1241

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the P stood for? Geo[swearword]Safari?

@Roadent1241

3 жыл бұрын

@Toy Ah, interesting, thanks.

@henryhildebrand4236

3 жыл бұрын

lmaoooooo

@gohunt001-5

3 жыл бұрын

@@Roadent1241 well if you're wondering what GPS actually stands for, it's Global Positioning System

The shock and awe in is voice when he says "This thing just taught me something..." is priceless.

@Thesupremeone34

3 жыл бұрын

don't you just hate when the teaching machine teaches you something?

@guyinthecorner0

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thesupremeone34 especially when you're way far out of the target audience...

@spoondancer2230

3 жыл бұрын

And the look of disgust

@ElectroDFW

3 жыл бұрын

There always exists a rebus that you haven't seen before or didn't get when you saw it.

@LittleDancerByGrace

Ай бұрын

I guess that means the GeoSafari is working?

"i'll put a card up there when it's out." caught lackin

@heliveruscalion9124

2 жыл бұрын

lmao

@TheAtemAndrew

2 жыл бұрын

*6 months later* where card

@GKplus8

3 ай бұрын

Even now, still not there

I miss the days I could just binge-watch Technology Connections, now I know how it feels to wait months for Alec to do a video on a topic he's been teasing in multiple videos 😭😭😭

@realmccoy

Жыл бұрын

I’m still saying this in 2022 😫

@nekoest

Жыл бұрын

When is the Teletext video going to happen?

@RossComputerGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@realmccoy same

@emretasdemir8028

Жыл бұрын

@@nekoest He said that in some of his recent videos: never.

That plastic melting method of securing things is officially called “heatstaking” Often used because for lightweight parts because it’s cheaper and easier than designing a flange or stand-off and using a screw to hold the parts together.

@jpiffersnottakin

3 жыл бұрын

Sending you to aVe

@ms_enj

3 жыл бұрын

For a treat especiale?

@darkreaper72jp

3 жыл бұрын

Skookum as frig!

@randon19yearold

3 жыл бұрын

I read that as “heatstanking” 🤣

@Disjointedimages

3 жыл бұрын

Also an "ultrasonic weld"

"Anyway, it's neat, isn't it?" *Desperate stare at the camera*

18:52 that deceptive product design is so rad! Just like the fake solar strips they put in "self powering" calculators.

@billyloper4072

3 жыл бұрын

.....they aren't fake. Not all of them anyway.

@BlisaBLisa

3 жыл бұрын

@@billyloper4072 i was gonna say lol I remember in school we'd cover the solar strips with our fingers and watch the calculator screen fade out

@dominateeye

3 жыл бұрын

I want to see Alec add a second speaker to that GeoSafari and make the boops REALLY stereo.

@blaireshoe8738

3 жыл бұрын

Are you meaning that only some parts of the strips are actual solar things and the rest are cosmetic? If so, neato.

@m4cksfx

3 жыл бұрын

@@blaireshoe8738 nah. In some calculators it is just a bit of black plastic or even a sticker. In others it's a solar panel.

I like how you pronounce "?". I LOLed.

@henryhildebrand4236

3 жыл бұрын

ehhh

@thatoneguy9582

3 жыл бұрын

“ehjffgheh”

“Tell us, Will” deserved a proper pause, get up, walk around, laugh-and-sigh. Wonderful.

@TheFinalFrontiersman

3 жыл бұрын

It hurts me that I didn't even notice that until now

I think you'd find the old leappads pretty interesting. Being able to "click a book" with the pen was pretty magical back when I was a kid

@sadmac356

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Too bad I don't have mine anymore, they're with a family friend last I saw.

@Ryan6.022

3 жыл бұрын

I totally forgot about those I need to see if I can get one or a more modern one for my niece

@ThePixelPear

3 жыл бұрын

I had one of those as a kid still have it. Unfortunately I believe we lost most of the cartridges we had, I think a few of them stopped working. But it was a fun and educational tool when I was young.

@romajimamulo

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and I think the Sega Pico too? Though that one might have been Japan only

@triptheroad

3 жыл бұрын

Father I cannot click the book

6:00 These tones were used in the GeoSafari Animals PC software I had growing up. Hits me right in the nostalgia. Interesting to know they copied the same tones over.

I had a globe as a kid with the "GeoSafari" logo on it. It was actually a game. The base had buttons, and different modes and it would ask you questions about the world.

@pyro-millie5533

Жыл бұрын

Omg that’s so charming!! Man, this GeoSafari company really seems to hit the nail on the head when it comes to simple but very pleasing educational tools.

@jerbear7952

7 ай бұрын

Hey guys, we found the rich friend. Let's go to his house for trick or treat. They hand out full size snickers

@loficampingguy9664

2 ай бұрын

Holy crap, I thought I had imagined that or something. There was one in the preschool I went to and for some reason it has stuck in my head permanently. It is still to this day what I think of when I think of a globe.

@LittleDancerByGrace

Ай бұрын

...you just unlocked a memory. I swore I had never heard of this company before, but I KNOW I have seen that globe before. Pretty sure my best friend had one.

Every button I press from now on will be called “Gerald”.

@vect0r858

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to hit that Gerald icon!

@geraldbrouard3211

3 жыл бұрын

yes

@Christopher-N

3 жыл бұрын

Save that for International Blackadder Status Day, 15 March; Mad Gerald, portrayed by Rik Mayall.

@Strawberry92fs

3 жыл бұрын

The switch has 3 settings. On, Off, and Gerald.

@tyrgoossens

3 жыл бұрын

that makes this Gerald's Game

The beeps this thing makes are ingrained in my sub conscience from early childhood. Thanks for the hit of nostalgia

wow 8:08 "it's never too early to get your kids and lambs straight" that was real subtle and i love it

the transformation of the technology connections dude from youthful nerd™ to Your Girl Calls Me Professor Too over the years is sooooo good

@mrShift_0044

3 жыл бұрын

HE IS EVOLVING! .. SLOWLY!~

@davidshi451

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, his increased use of sassy humor is what brought me back to his channel

@qwertyTRiG

3 жыл бұрын

His humour is of a style that no one else I follow really does. Matt Parker sometimes comes close. I love it.

My wife looked over as I was watching this and lit up, she grew up with a GeoSafari and instantly recognized it and started gushing about how much she learned with it.

I saw the title and immediately my brain vividly replayed “welcome to the geosafari talking microscope!” I forgot that thing existed. I feel like im excavating my own memories in a way i never have before. Thank you

Engineer: let's put in two speakers so the sound is balanced. Bean counter: let's get rid of one of the speakers. Kids don't care if the sound is balanced!

Weird flex: when I was a child, I memorized every quiz I owned. I could do them without the sheet! I even memorized a few I didn't own. Those beeps just tickled a corner of my brain.

@rushthezeppelin

3 жыл бұрын

that is a very weird flex....not saying I don't have my own weird flexes but yeah....

@EcceJack

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Colour me impressed! :D

@claytonleverrier6096

3 жыл бұрын

I memorized some of the jr quizes that had the same codes as cards from the original "Sr" version. That way I could do the geography quizes without having to actually learn geography.

@bundo13

3 жыл бұрын

Weird how certain things trigger old memories. Your weird flex reminded me of my own: I was a dumb kid who would rather not see properly than have to wear glasses so I remember quickly memorizing the eye chart when entering the room and cheating the test later. Talk about a Pyrrhic victory

@rars0n

3 жыл бұрын

I had the original GeoSafari. I have to admit, yeah, for some reason those simple sounds were very satisfying.

Unscripted Alec is much less intimidating than scripted Alec.

@ffnovice7

3 жыл бұрын

Jiiiiiiii

@user-qq8gx5du5m

3 жыл бұрын

@@ffnovice7 Can my friends subscribe?

@NathSb

3 жыл бұрын

Unscripted Alec is also quite entertaining to watch.

@VarunGupta3009

3 жыл бұрын

@@NathSb He's quite pleasant and doesn't sound condescending or sarcastic. Weigh the pros and cons XD.

@EgonFreeman

3 жыл бұрын

You find him _intimidating_ on-script? Wow... :D

Alec - thank you. For this latest distraction from everything that's going on outside; for filling our heads with useful stuff instead of anxiety; and for kick-starting the thought processes again when it's all too easy to sit on the sofa and doom-scroll. Your contribution to the mental well-being of your viewers cannot be overstated - and we hope and trust that you're surrounded by the right people to keep you going, too. Happily, we have many hours of Technology Connections to catch up on - unfortunately, through your wisdom, we just learned how truly awful are the ring mains here in the UK (i never questioned it before - now i can't wait to leave - but we're Definitely Not Blaming You; you didn't design any of this stuff!). Sincere thanks for taking on the challenging but vital role of educator in a confused and fractious world - take care, stay safe, and know how much you are needed and loved in the world beyond your studio.

the fact that he always changes the adverb to the smooth jazz is making me subscribe

He finally made those TV background squares for each shelf that he wanted to! Looks great!

"Linear time is pesky" The Sisko gets us.

@roscoeheater

3 жыл бұрын

@Duke Hugh Johnson Not in this Universe. Time reverses. Have fun looking it up and also exploring double slit experiments.

@eclipse_darkpaw

3 жыл бұрын

Well I mean hes a literal god, of course it is

@MmeHyraelle

3 жыл бұрын

The prophet does not understands. What is linear time?

"as you can see, adversion to the metric system iis indoctrinated at a very young age " ahahahahahhha

@unitrader403

2 ай бұрын

i understood "a version of the metric system"... :D

I had totally forgotten about the GeoSafari, but as I heard the boops and beeps, it all came back, and I even anticipated the victory jingle. Thanks for reminding me of something special from my childhood. Keep up the good work!

I definitely do not miss the days of gigantic D cells, which were always heavy, expensive, and everything took at least 4. Not to mention non-rechargable.

@JohnDCrafton

3 жыл бұрын

And they didn't last long either.

@xorsyst1

3 жыл бұрын

I had some rechargeable ones, back in the day. And a massive charger that could do those, Cs, AAs, AAAs, and PP3 (9V) batteries.

@WAZXIII

3 жыл бұрын

My dad refused to buy them and only let us use the AC adapter he mentioned.

@jlco

3 жыл бұрын

I have a battery charger that's supposed to fit C and D batteries (and AA, AAA, and 9V), but I've never actually seen rechargeable C or D batteries.

@zalafinari

3 жыл бұрын

@@xorsyst1 I had rechargeable D cells and that massive charger too. I used them in the first baby swing I owned that didn't have an AC adapter, though the next revision of the swing corrected that oversight. I still have those rechargeable D cells but what could possibly need them in todays world of 18650 lithium batteries?

"This just taught me something" killed me

@breakfast-burrito

3 жыл бұрын

“You know. When Honda made their first hybrid vehicle, in sure they learned somethings- so those were Educational Insights” This is top tier pun game.

@untitledperson6913

3 жыл бұрын

do I need to call 911

@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464

3 жыл бұрын

@@untitledperson6913 I uh... Think you're 2 days off dude...

@dypteseu

3 жыл бұрын

@@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464 he's from the future

@Vasharan

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously, Alec never played D&D 2nd Ed. Planescape, or he would be familiar with the term 'Rebus'.

I wanted a GeoSafari so badly, but I owned the competitor, whose name escapes me, and is a gray bodied machine that instead of codes, used PUNCHCARDS. Their cardstock had a little punched bit at the bottom that went into a socket on the base. I realized pretty early on that the punch cards meant I could guess the answers to new cards based on matching it to cards from previous packs that I already knew. Not sure how much actual learning I did versus extrapolating from stuff I already knew, but I enjoyed playing around with it. I think it's still somewhere in my bedroom closet at my parents' house.

That moment when some tech nerds in the past made a learning game so good that when some other tech nerd 20 years from later is posting a video about the learning game, the tech nerd in the future learned something while in the process of demoing the aforementioned learning toy for said video.

That look you get when you realize a 30+ year old children's educational toy just taught you, a fully grown adult, something you didn't know: 10:22

"You know, when Honda made their first hybrid vehicle, I'm sure they learned some things. So those were educational Insights." UGH.

@RoryGlynn

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh now I get it. The car is called a Honda Insight

@marcberm

3 жыл бұрын

Alex's puns are usually reserved for his Twitter. They're spilling more and more into the videos. 😂

@jrpstonecarver

3 жыл бұрын

I had an original Insight, and I loved that car. Sold it with something like 260,000 miles on it and the new owner is still driving it 3 years later. It's got over 300K miles on it now and still going. Of course the battery did need replacement a few times... Honda really didn't get that right. Still, it was a great car, very fun to drive. I miss it. Oh, and I suppose I did learn a lot from it too. :)

@Fs3i

3 жыл бұрын

This one could have come straight from his twitter

@jonasdatlas4668

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I love bad puns to an unhealthy degree. Seriously, the more groan-worthy, the better.

Wow that filler segment gave me a really interesting insight into how you produce your videos. Your content is always so interesting and often things I would never have seen otherwise. Keep up the great work/content :)

Despite having not played this game in literally 30 years, i instantly recognized it in the thumbnail and can vividly remember playing it in first grade. The keypad layout, the weird knowledge button, the dancing red LEDs on the sides. Fun times. I completely forgot about it until I saw this review. 30 years seems like a lifetime ago. Hopefully the next 30 will seem equally as long.

"Its -2 degrees outside" Yeah ok nice and cold "19 in metric" Oh..

@adamswenson1093

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah people don't understand just how cold/miserable the Midwest can get. The high temperature for today will be about -4F/-20C

@SydBat

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamswenson1093 - nor how cold the Canadian Prairies can get. Yesterday in Calgary, we got to a balmy -25c. Then there are the cold parts, like Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

@urielseptim910

3 жыл бұрын

you have been fooled by america ONCE AGAIN, FOOLISH TEA MAN

@TheRian125

3 жыл бұрын

@@urielseptim910 i totally agree with being a fool, but i live in hell (aka brazil)

@user-vm1hi7bo5s

3 жыл бұрын

Just an ordinary day in Russia

Wow, I had no recollection of this thing until I heard the tones. I totally remember having one of these now. I wonder how far back that memory is going. I guess 1995 makes me 6.

@00lucky7

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, i do feel like I played this game when I was a child, but I can't recall exactly when and in what context. Pretty sure I didn't own it myself

@JamesDavis-qk4hr

3 жыл бұрын

I recall this as well. I had the geography version and it was all geographic questions.

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I was 8 or 9 in 1995, depending which half of the year it was, yet I remember those sounds clearly. I think one of the schools I attended might have had one? Or maybe one of my friends?

@ghanshamchandel1854

3 жыл бұрын

Wow nighthawk, with all your knowledge and that beard, I thought you would be a century or a half old.

@Sirocca

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I too didn't remember until I heard the sounds! Then recognized some of the pictures on the cards!

“This just taught me something.” Win-win, unless you were trying not to learn something.

The GeoSafari is one of the best items from my childhood! There was a wide range in difficulty from the easy cards meant for little kids, and the complex cards such as memorizing all the countries in each continent. My favorite card was the countries of Asia one. I did make my own quizzes on the blank cards, but I don't remember what I made. As a platform, this thing probably beats nearly all educational resources available today.

When you said 'We did it!' in your joyous paternalistic tone, as one does to a toddler watching dad mend something, I felt included and proud to have 'helped'.

@trippmoore

3 жыл бұрын

lol, I thought the exact same thing. And I helped!

OK there are DEFINITELY going to be bloopers for the part where he's rapidly showing off each of the cards... **checks blooper reel** YUP

Dude, thank you so much for making this video! Today I heard sounds that I haven't heard in over 25 years, and boy what a nostalgia trip it was! Thanks for always awesome content dude

In case no one else has piped up about this yet... It's very common to have extra bits of plastic in your injection molding that are intended to be re-melted later to hold down other things. I've seen this a lot for holding down PCBs in inexpensive products. I've personally never seen it for wires, like this product, but I digress. I do it with a soldering iron often enough but there are specialty tools that do this on modern production lines. I know this as "heat staking".

10:22 "This just taught me something. "That humbled face expression is priceless.

@massimookissed1023

3 жыл бұрын

Humbled, and slightly afraid.

I didn't notice the hand snag until you mentioned it. But I'm glad you kept that in because it's hilarious

@RobbyMaddox

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when he said that, I was like Nope. Totally missed it. *Rewind* lol

@RealBradMiller

3 жыл бұрын

I only watched for it because of this comment. I still did a rewind though.

We had a similar device which was entirely mechanical in my school in France. It was called the "lexidata".

@ilex_occulta

5 ай бұрын

entirely mechanical? i'd love to see that.

@the20thDoctor

3 ай бұрын

Yeah bro, gonna need a link.

This unlocked a deep seated memory of mine, I had one of these, I’m sure I’m too young to have actually been around for these things but my mom and grandma were preschool teachers so they probably let me use it when it got discontinued.

"When Honda made their first hybrid vehicle, I'm sure they learned some things. So those were educational insights" haha I got that one

@Psychopatz

3 жыл бұрын

I dont understand it sir, can you please explain, 😅

@HURBased

3 жыл бұрын

@@Psychopatz The Honda Insight was the name of the first hybrid Honda made

@kredal

3 жыл бұрын

That one got an audible sigh out of me.

@5roundsrapid263

3 жыл бұрын

@@HURBasedI remember seeing the first one at the Honda dealer in the small town I grew up in. It was about 1998. It took them about a year to sell it. The Prius didn’t exist yet.

@Kellanium

3 жыл бұрын

Me and my car felt personally attacked

"could you tell that I caught my hand on my sleeve" no, I was too busy distracted by your leg shaking

@leptok3736

3 жыл бұрын

I went back and looked lol

@QlueDuPlessis

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice the stimming myself. Although I'm really not surprised. 😋

Love seeing this little thing get some love and recognition, had one of these as a kid my parents found in a thrift shop, and loved this little thing!

I absolutely loved my GeoSafari (not Jr) as a kid. The planets card only had nine answers so I got to the point where I was answering faster than the machine could ask questions. Good times.

Oh my gosh, the memories! My family built custom games on our original (not yellow Jr.) GeoSafari. I learned the major street names in my city on a GeoSafari. The 'wrong' tone you kept playing brought back some mild PTSD.

@piyh3962

3 жыл бұрын

It's like all my favorite youtubers are coming together

@MikeOHaraYQM

3 жыл бұрын

@@piyh3962 right? Lol

@esra_erimez

3 жыл бұрын

Make one out of a Raspberry Pi

@bone-a-lisa

3 жыл бұрын

Now this is one hell of a crossover episode

@F3Ibane

3 жыл бұрын

Hey it's that geerling guy!

When I was a kid I discovered some codes would freeze the device; I used to sit there just trying random codes to see what would happen. If I recall correctly 0456 was one of the bad codes. ...I was a weird kid

@vect0r858

3 жыл бұрын

I think most people on this channel were weird kids

@Nevir202

3 жыл бұрын

@@vect0r858 true

@costa_marco

3 жыл бұрын

Do you work in Quality Assurance now? ;)

@BBC600

3 жыл бұрын

Now I want to see Technology Connections type in the "GeoSafari code of doom!"

@F40PH-2CAT

3 жыл бұрын

@@vect0r858 We were, though I think mine was longer ago than most who subscribe. The machine here came out when I was in college.

Your videos are all delightful. Thank you.

I love how excited you get over this stuff, lol. It's adorable

"Glop top" (ASIC silicon on PCB) goes back to the 70's. The melted construction was to save costs (probably to offset the large mold size) And yes the socketed segmented LED display is very odd... guessing it was some sort of assembly consideration, ie "we can't wave solder the LED and make the cables work correctly" There's also a lot of flux indicating some hand assembly.

@mccobsta

3 жыл бұрын

Who else but Ben heck would know that

@matth3wc

3 жыл бұрын

@@mccobsta definitely nobody else 😉

@0ThrowawayAccount0

3 жыл бұрын

"glop top" is what we called your mother.

@prjndigo

3 жыл бұрын

the socketed LED was because they wanted to use LCD but didn't have any. Kinda common to have boards made with sockets like that even today. The melt-over retention of the wires also indicates hand assembly.

@deelowe3

3 жыл бұрын

@@illustriouschin the wires have to be bonded either way. With socketed chips, they are bonded to the pins.

>"yes/no" question > 3 tries Amazing

@Kalvinjj

3 жыл бұрын

Wanna bet some slow kids needed more tries?

@AerinRavage

3 жыл бұрын

So, it's like plugging in a USB cable?

@PorkYoSelf

3 жыл бұрын

"Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?" Easy, it's a fruit. *Bad boops* But it is a fruit... Maybe it mistook me... *Bad boops* Ugh, I give up! Let me hit the huh key for the answer.

@lukmly013

3 жыл бұрын

@@PorkYoSelf Welp, actually it's both. www.britannica.com/story/is-a-tomato-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable

@nitehawk86

3 жыл бұрын

yes/no/maybe

Hi! I'm 65, when we grewed up we only had Spirograph and Lite-Brite! That's why we are so stoopiD! Great video!

@loistverberg900

2 ай бұрын

My Mom used to say, “I was born too soon!” (She was born in 1922.)

This made me so happy! I would have never remembered this on my own. Me and my sister play with this so much as kids!! Thanks for this memory jog

The Honda Insight joke took years off of my life. Holy shit. I didn't think I could be more of a fan of yours, but here we are.

@nefron

3 жыл бұрын

I have one of those newfangled Edumacated Insights (2019). Nice car, not a lot of pep though.

"Tell us, Will!" *William Tell overture plays* What am I doing with my life...

@kindlin

3 жыл бұрын

I tried to refind this in the video, but it remained elusive, without just rewatching the whole video (and it's not _that_ good!).

@modern_milkman

3 жыл бұрын

@@kindlin It's at 6:56. You're welcome.

@kindlin

3 жыл бұрын

@@modern_milkman I guess that's the overture? I had to relisten to the overture to hear the tune in the GeoSafari.

@hero_knightusp7416

2 ай бұрын

Yeez was looking what its called without realizing the joke :D Thx

As soon as I heard you started hitting the buttons I flashed back to my childhood. I only ever used this as a geography quiz. All the other kids thought it was boring. I became an expert on geography...

When I was a kid (talking early 60s here) there was an even simpler knowledge game. It was basically a 1.5V light bulb, a 1.5V battery and a hard-wired circuit all tucked inside a low-profile carboard box, and question & answer sheets. The player held two leads coming off the box, much like the leads of a multimeter. The sheets had questions in cells on the left side, and answer cells on the right. In each cell, the sheets had small holes that would line up with little metal contacts on the box, which completed the circuit to the bulb. The idea was to connect any one of the questions to its correct answer. If you were right, the bulb would light. That was it. The game came with dozens of sheets in various subjects. The obvious flaw was that being hard-wired, it would take just a few minutes to memorize that whatever the subject sheet being used, the correct answer to question in cell A2 would be the one in cell F4, etc. Nonetheless, as a kid I found it amusing and did learn a lot from it. Those were the sixties.

"linear time sure is pesky", said the time traveler

@maighstir3003

3 жыл бұрын

We're all travelling in time! At a speed of about one second per second.

@AMPProf

3 жыл бұрын

yep!

"Linear time is pesky" OMG is he a wormhole alien?

@smwillia

3 жыл бұрын

Clearly he is a Prophet that has spent too much time amongst mortal beings outside of the Celestial Temple. He has become aggressive, adversarial.

@razinhailsharp4439

3 жыл бұрын

He is the Watson. He is of Earth.

@casey6556

3 жыл бұрын

The Watson is of KZread but he will find no rest there.

@rushthezeppelin

3 жыл бұрын

Could also be fighting in the Temporal Cold War.....bet you can never guess which Trek I'm watching right now lol.

@rushthezeppelin

3 жыл бұрын

Or a Q

Idk if anyone’s told you this before, I’ve been watching your videos for a while, and it just hit me that you give me a lot of Stephen Fry vibes. You remind me of him a lot which is really great. Thanks for sharing all of this knowledge!

OK I'm sure you'll get into this, but it had cards for geography and that was one of its big things (at least when it was new). You'd touch buttons for different places on the map, thus you went on a "safari" of "geography". I only ran into one of these like once or twice as a kid but they always had maps on 'em when I did. Edit: LMAO I see you did in fact figure it out. That was big funny, and I love that you left it in and acted like it was a rigorous research process. 😂 Seriously, I love your videos, could not appreciate you more.

4:15 "and 3 other buttons - Clear, Eeuuuh, and The Knowledge Button." I had to double take that one.

@mickeymouse12678

3 жыл бұрын

Otherwise known as "Gerald"

"For all I know it's called Gerald."

@BubblegumCrash332

3 жыл бұрын

All of our phones need a Gerald button

@ryanrenolds

3 жыл бұрын

GERALD KOMM RUNTER ESSEN

@MrFrazierNation

2 жыл бұрын

@@BubblegumCrash332 yessss

@d_trich

2 жыл бұрын

I saw this comment 5 seconds after hearing this in the video

@geraldgomes

2 жыл бұрын

That would be funny.

I had one of these at one time. Really loved the concept behind it and how diverse it was with what you could learn. :)

at 55 seconds.... I love that you leave these outakes in. Makes for a lot of charm :)

Quarantine is getting to Alec but I love the resulting content.

@tomgidden

3 жыл бұрын

Mmm... the hairstyle’s moving from Eddie Munster to Ted Cruz. Get that man a haircut, stat!

@bethaltair812

3 жыл бұрын

I'd like one that's just "this is a cat. It's not my cat, I just found it on the street. Let's run through it's features..... I have 4 hours of this cat/string interaction on my second channel!" I'd watch.

@brianvoll9725

3 жыл бұрын

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity"

@croissantpanda96

3 жыл бұрын

i just realized i didn’t know his name until now LOL

@joeyvanostrand3655

3 жыл бұрын

@Tappy Toes how about instead of being jealous you stop being lazy?

"And three other buttons: 'clear, 'HUH?' and 'knowledge'".

@npc6817

3 жыл бұрын

yeah but knowledge is pronounced like Michael from vsauce and with added reverb/bass boost

OMG I had one of these! The start-up bloops gave me a flashback to a king - AND YOU HAVE THE MEASUREMENT CARD I'm so happy rn

Wow, I had completely forgotten about this thing, despite loving it as a kid! This video unlocked those childhood memories shockingly quick

I love how this channel is just literally you infodumping about things you really think are neat. And everyone just absolutely loves it because you have an amazing personally and are super informative

"This is why you don't force things, you were probably just being silly." Sage wisdom

@ec5838

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, indeed it is. Been there, done that. XD

dang, that "not-outtake" at the beginning caught me off guard

I never thought tech channels can be wholesome. Thank you.

Man this thing was so cool as a kid - learned so much. It had the ability to code your own cards I Made some of my own custom cards as a kid for my little sister what a great product.

@wincentywilk7511

3 жыл бұрын

How does the coding system work cause I assume you know.

@hambrick03

2 жыл бұрын

@@wincentywilk7511 play the card, get all the questions right, take note of the led location of the correct answers, then make your own card with the same led layout for the correct answers.

@hambrick03

2 жыл бұрын

You could make some really cool "who done it" games for your siblings

@da4127

2 жыл бұрын

@@hambrick03 I thought it was more complicated, but now that you mention it, it makes perfect sense for the "coding" worked lol

You can hear and see the decay in Alec’s words and mannerisms as he begins his slow descent into madness - with Technology Connections being the only authority he must report to each day. It goes without saying: This channel will only get better with time. :)

@nicholasluers7070

3 жыл бұрын

Like watching Michael from Vsauce

@dominateeye

3 жыл бұрын

Exhibit A: The subtitles starting 20:55

I had one of these as a kid and I swore it was a fever dream. Thank you for reminding me of something from my childhood that really made me excited for learning and tech

lmao that cold outside comment was on point, thanks for the content, love your videos

I love how he looks more crazy on each video, maybe it's the hair, but I love it. XD

Petition for the question mark to be called the “heuh” from herein out

@Jehty21

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. Sorry, I am German. That heuh button is called hä?.

@gator_productions

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that said heroine

@brocklewis7624

3 жыл бұрын

@@gator_productions That's the next petition.

Thank God there is an introduction to basic agriculture. Every human being has a duty to know about corn.

I can't watch this without the subtitles 😂. [Under breath], [Intense shuffling]

"educationally smooth jazz" at the end. This guy really pays attention to details!

@kielaraneolus

2 жыл бұрын

And even later ender they accuse you of stealing their acorn. We owe him a new acorn.

In the first grade we called that thing “the computer”

@0.-.0

3 жыл бұрын

Omfg yes

@darthkitsu

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha saaaaaame

@Cymes

3 жыл бұрын

I'm certain you learnded a lot of things.

@HonkyAssZach

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@bhootpriyo1987

2 жыл бұрын

Me2

I'm totally delighted by this. I had the original not-yellow GeoSafari as a kid and I loved it to death. It's so neat to see how it works all these years later. :D

Delightful review! And this is strongly reminiscent of the older, non-digital, even cruder Comic Electro game I grew up with. Rather than LEDs, the board had rows of metal dots along the sides, and scattered metal dots across the board, and there were little holes that lined up with these dots punched in the card overlays (with words printed next to the holes on the sides, and pictures by the scattered holes). It also had two cords with connectors on the end. Touching one connector to a word, and the other connector to the corresponding picture, would complete a circuit and I think a lamp would turn on. Surprisingly entertaining for a kid in the pre-Internet world.