I can't play the embedded version, nor know what this is, but in case others can play on YT... 

youtu.be/9gJq_BMVY7I?si=her4S2d9uLJj9v2e 

youtube.com/watch?v=ABZT8IoL2dg

 

 

That second link worked.

For me too. The first showed the same not available in your country message.

Learning about the Melungeons.

  

Plenty of tennis. It’s the Nitto Master Finals in Torino. Today semifinals, Sinner won De Miñaur, now to start Alcaraz vs Aliassime.

This is beyond cool:

I have the EV-1's user manual here and it was a fascinating thing

 

Why did Cloudflare go down?

Nerdy Rust programming explanation:
 

 

Edited November 20, 2025Nov 20 by HiWire

 

 

Violin repair:
 

 

Winter Wallace & Gromit:
 

 

BBC Planet Earth II:

Edited December 10, 2025Dec 10 by HiWire

Alton back doing Alton things - Alton cooks food... 

Finally getting around to American Gods, picking up where I left off (starting season 2).

Glad to see Alton Brown is back. Was a big fan of his original show.

Alternating subjects continued. I liked American Gods as a bit of a guilty pleasure kind of show, but I'm not sure if we finished it or not.

(waits for another Alton Brown post before posting another American Gods post)

Free endorphin shots here

 

ah ..

Christmas...

4k!

You know, there's a Chris Rea fireplace "visualizer"...but it's Christmas music, so I, personally, will pass.  I would love an ambient/IDM fireplace, though...

 

Ah...close enough...

 

Upgrading a Silicon Graphics Indigo2:
 

 

Going farther back - the new Commodore 64 Ultra:

 

Edited December 24, 2025Dec 24 by HiWire

Happy Festivus.. 

 

 

This 

 

And This

 

 

 

I haven't seen another Alton Brown post, but there were a couple others, so:

first episode of season 3 of American Gods

It turns out Discogs has a YouTube channel:
 

 

Philippine Airlines inflight safety videos

 

On 1/2/2026 at 3:51 PM, blessingx said:

Philippine Airlines inflight safety videos