Youtube channel's you follow that are oddly just good to watch.

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#2680117 25-Mar-2021 06:38

Most of my favourites have already been listed (Techmoan, Colin Furze, Technology Connections, Tom Scott).

The only videos I watch daily are those from Glen And Friends Cooking https://www.youtube.com/user/legourmettv

Glen's videos were recommended when he was trying to recreate the 1886 Coca-Cola recipe. Since then he has also done a series on KFC. I particularly enjoy episodes on old cookbooks and the history of how ingredients and recipes have changed. He works in television production, so the quality of his work is great, and unlike many cooking channels, shows both success and failure.

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#2680124 25-Mar-2021 08:07

I'm a big fan of Bald and Bankrupt

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxDZs_ltFFvn0FDHT6kmoXA

British guy who travels mainly in the former Soviet Union. Loves him some soviet stuff.

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#2680125 25-Mar-2021 08:10

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mattwnz: Anyone aware of any good NZ YT channels?

Scott Brown Carpentry is good, does interesting tool reviews and things. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_JILA9Hg517dKdMb3n2OrQ

The Offcut is another good NZ channel, primarily furniture making with a focus on Plywood

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY5VgGzF-FvnUXIQOtUhuPw

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#2680128 25-Mar-2021 08:23

I don't watch much youtube, but during lockdown last year someone on here recommended this channel when real life motorsports got covided.

I've been watching it ever since.

Toy car racing on tracks, tournaments, great sound effects, slick video, and getting better and better.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjN5K3IYZgz-vCWhI_DD01A

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#2680129 25-Mar-2021 08:26

Just a couple of random ones I enjoy:

Rick Beato:

https://www.youtube.com/user/pegzch

Venture4wd:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzRkxmVeTP_29MMtEzPF4KQ

Michael Palmisano:

https://www.youtube.com/user/MrGuitargate

Omeleto:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMt7iMWa7jy0fNXIktwyLA

Ronnie Dahl:

https://www.youtube.com/user/RonBacardi666

Geekermon:

https://www.youtube.com/user/CODGeekermon

wratterus

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#2680165 25-Mar-2021 09:26

Hvacr videos (I have nothing to do with Hvacr, it's just really interesting)
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That is self explanatory

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#2680169 25-Mar-2021 09:32

wratterus: Hvacr videos (I have nothing to do with Hvacr, it's just really interesting)
Drain addict
That is self explanatory

Roger Wakefield is another good plumbing channel.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGIMKh92vaL0_Yc0u4GYhHA

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#2680185 25-Mar-2021 10:00

My all-time favourite has to be Retro Recipes by Perifractic - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gARF3ICgaLfs3o2znuqXA

As the title suggests, he does videos about retro computing (which is definitely my thing lately), with videos about the history of old computers like C64, Mac, Amiga, Atari ST, and more. He's got a great presenting style, an ASMR voice which is hypnotic, and is frequently joined by his counterparts Ladyfractic (his partner) and Puppyfractic. The videos are fun and entertaining, have pretty good production values, and always interesting.

A couple of other retro computing channels I watch and can recommend:

RMC - The Cave (formerly Retro Man Cave) by Neil - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w

The 8-Bit Guy - https://www.youtube.com/user/adric22/featured (currently on hiatus as David recovers from the storms that battered Texas earlier this year, but a great backlog of videos to watch)

More retro computing channels that I dip into from time to time include Jan Beta https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCftUpOO4h9EgH0eDOZtjzcA and Guru Meditation https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYt9E2d_GCrPzquW-5MZwmQ and LGR https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee

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#2680187 25-Mar-2021 10:06

mattwnz: Anyone aware of any good NZ YT channels?

https://youtube.com/user/AngryRamNZ

Chap who lives in Malborough sounds and restores things. Ie digger abandoned in Bush for 10 years, old grader bought of trade me, tractors etc.

I love his hydroelectric power plant built from old washing machine and used to power his house as I think he is off grid

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#2680193 25-Mar-2021 10:32

Rich Rebuilds would be one of my fav's now. A clever alternative to to the Top Gear format or rebuild this car type tv shows
Humor, lots of sarcasm, silly car builds .
https://www.youtube.com/c/RichRebuilds/videos

Kerosan English
https://www.youtube.com/c/kreosann/videos
A bunch of Lithuanians , who do crazy backyard tech builds , and sneak into forbidden zones such the abandoned Buran storage building (Russian space shuttle) and Pripyat where they reno'ed an abandoned apartment .

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#2680233 25-Mar-2021 11:06

afe66:
mattwnz: Anyone aware of any good NZ YT channels?

https://youtube.com/user/AngryRamNZ

Chap who lives in Malborough sounds and restores things. Ie digger abandoned in Bush for 10 years, old grader bought of trade me, tractors etc.

I love his hydroelectric power plant built from old washing machine and used to power his house as I think he is off grid

Marty T

There's something very calming, even meditative about this channel. The way he just quietly narrates without feeling the need to keep talking all the time.
It's utterly unlike so many of the hyped shrieky channels around the place. It slightly makes me want to move to somewhere off-grid and do what he's done, but it would take me many lifetimes to not only learn all his skills, but also his common sense and methodical way of going about solving problems.

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#2680269 25-Mar-2021 11:37

Great thread, never mind that Youtube is now humanities greatest invention.

I have over 400 channel subscriptions so I'll just point out these two at random:

https://www.youtube.com/c/LabPadre

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUu1lih2RifWkKtDOJdsBA NASASpaceflight

Which have things like live streams of SpaceX's Texas site - aka the way to Mars IRL

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#2680345 25-Mar-2021 13:01

+1 for Marty T, a great NZer and interesting watching him get that old gear working. If you like watching people get old engines going Mustie1 is another great channel.

For entertainment Matt's Off Road Recovery - family friendly, great people and beautiful scenery (Utah, near Zion National Park).