Collaborate Disseminate
When the British budget electronics brand Amstrad released their first budget VHS camcorder in the mid 1980s, they advertised it as making a filmmaker out of everyone. Now everyone truly …read more Continue reading Printed Film Camera Gets 10 Seconds out of a 35mm Roll
The recent flurry of videos and posts about the TVGuardian foul language filter brought back some fond memories. I was the chief engineer on this project for most of its …read more Continue reading The Story Behind the TVGuardian Curse Catcher
Archiving data from old storage media can be a highly complex process. It can be as simple as putting a disk in an old drive and reading out the contents. …read more Continue reading VHS-Decode Project Could Help Archival Efforts
[David Murray], aka The 8-Bit Guy, did an interesting video (embedded below the break) on the time line of PC graphics cards from CGA through to EGA. Not only does …read more Continue reading CGA Competitors from the 1980s
Making narrative film just keeps getting easier. What once took a studio is now within reach of the dedicated hobbyist. And Neural Radiance Fields are making it a dramatic step …read more Continue reading NERF – Neural Radiance Fields
With everyone doing videos these days, you might want to up your narration game with a teleprompter. [Modern Hobbyist] can help. Since he does videos — like the one about …read more Continue reading At a Loss For Words? Try a Teleprompter
The one thing that separates the pros on Twitch from the dilettantes is the production values. It’s all about the smooth transitions, and you’ll never catch the big names fiddling …read more Continue reading DIY Streamdeck Helps You Professionalize Your Twitch Show
The one thing that separates the pros on Twitch from the dilettantes is the production values. It’s all about the smooth transitions, and you’ll never catch the big names fiddling …read more Continue reading DIY Streamdeck Helps You Professionalize Your Twitch Show
The Slingbox devices used to let you catch up with the programming on your TV when you weren’t near it, using your Internet-connected mobile device. As cable TV became less …read more Continue reading Slingbox Getting Bricked – You Have Less Than 24 Hours
A decade ago, I was learning Linux through building projects for my own needs. One of the projects was a DIY CCTV system based on a Linux box – specifically, …read more Continue reading Make Your Pi Moonlight As A Security Camera