Space Time Continuum with Fran Blanche

Dave talks with Fran Blanche for episode 540 of The Amp Hour.

00:00 - Fran Blanche
02:00 - Fob watches
04:30 - Solar power and grids
08:00 - Green Power
11:10 - Fran Lab
14:00 - Commercial and mixed use buildings
16:30 - Youtube
17:15 - GoFundMe
19:30 - Woodworking shop & Storage
23:20 - Alan Bean paintings
26:40 - Next video
29:20 - Philly Lockdowns
35:25 - IEEE
36:40 - Engineering Groups
37:40 - Freemasons
39:15 - Engineering Rings
40:30 - Engineers Creed
44:00 - Old Electronics Smell, Smells, Elastomers & Outgassing
48:50 - Smithsonian drama
51:00 - The new space revival
52:30 - Accents and The Beatles
57:20 - LED displays in the 80s
1:01:40 - Film vs Tape
1:06:30 - Bogus old electronics display ads
1:10:50 - The Youtube Algorithm & Age
1:16:00 - eYoutubers & Webrings
1:21:15 - Fran's Theory of Space Time

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[rayspencer]

In Canada, an engineer can join the "Iron Ring Society". The rings were originally made from the iron gerders of a Canadian fatal Bridge collapse about 100 yrs ago. It is to act as a reminder of the fiduciary responsibility an engineer owes for the safety of the public . Now the rings are made of stainless steel. I am 72 years old,
retired engineer, and I will not take it off. I will die wearing only my wedding band, and my "Iron Ring".The only rings I own.

[NusaCat]

You need some Senior IEEE Member T-shirts. With a "No, I can't tell you what the secret handshake is!"

[Vbeletronico]

Nice video! I loved the conversation.
I can't believe Fran never heard of web rings. These were the best thing as you simply bookmarked one page and could get access to a series of similar content.
Being a fan of displays, I am mesmerized by Fran's wide variety of display devices. Can't wait for the next videos about that.

[mikeselectricstuff]

is this the first Amp Hour recorded with a Shure SM58? RRRoooccckkk!

[triodehexode]

Great stuff as usual two bright folks in conversation.

[jszolony]

Dave and Fran in one video? What a treat!

[dedrm]

Just to mention, I'm a "Millennial" here and found ya both way back around 2007 and 2009/2010, also been into tech since I first saw inside a smoke alarm back when I were 5 (1996).
Note Some say "Millennial" is those whom had teenage through the millennium and others say it's those born on the decade after the Y2K, hence I quote the generation label.

[tonyguerich]

Oh...this is great...two of my favorite people...thanks

[simonstergaard]

i always forget that The Amp Hour exists.. I will try to remember. Always interesting.

[BustedJunkStudio]

I never thought about the YT algo as far as my age which is 70. I guess this explains why I get so few views, most of my peer group is either not viewing or has passed away. I do my videos for the younger generations but I guess it don't matter algorithmically. I really like these amp hour videos, keep them coming.

[Evergreen]

"Fran. You gotta do something on the datastrobe!" Fran:"Okay. Send me one and I'll do a video on it."

[marknash]

Fran's theory of the time gravity relationship is interesting and innovative thinking! Nice job guys!

[yaidontknowwhattoput]

Dave's interview style is just so different. Chris is very "to the point." It might be why they work well with eachother

[MikeB_UK]

I think Fran's F1 video gets so many views because if someone searches on youtube for 'F1 rocket engine' there is not a ton of content and the younger people are probably sucked in by the 'insane' in the title. Right now it gets ranked #2 result with a Scott Manley video as #1.

[alecjahn]

Absolutely delightful chat! Thanks for doing this Fran and Dave!

[joeaponick]

Re: collaboration / webrings / community - Some of the 'maker' channels have gotten together to do a secret santa thing for the past few years (not going to link it, just search youtube for 'maker secret santa'. They all have kinda their own 'vibe', their own favored project types, just like you guys (Dave, Fran, Clive, Mehdi, etc) and I was thinking you might be able to do something similar.

What exact form it takes could change, maybe a secret santa (someone sends Clive some mystery ebay thing they found, someone sends Dave a piece of old test gear to teardown, etc), maybe a switcheroo (do a video for someone else's channel in their style/subject matter), as long as the videos are linked in sequence and maybe have a playlist setup for continuity. I'm coming up short on more specific ideas for that but a once or twice a year thing might be enough to associate the channels into a community the way you're talking about. Even just doing a video similar to the group zoom call on a semi-regular schedule could work though it's quite a bit harder to coordinate 7-8 people across almost as many timezones then it is to coordinate 2-person collaborations and videos over an hour likely end up with lower view counts.

[ThomasCouey]

1:03:00 Star Trek Voyager is the series shot in SD video. Actually my favorite ST series (don’t judge, people). 🙂 I’m actually optimistic that with the new AI upscaling tech coming out we might actually get a high definition version. That tech is amazing.

[RoelvandenBergWillemWasbak]

Idk why but i am watching this for the third time now. there is something about two youtube legends just casualy talking about this and that.

[dhpbear]

1:04:38 - I've had a similar experience with the 'Soap Opera Effect'. It made ST-TOS look like it was shot on video!
I bought a new LG Smart TV a while back. I had to go several menu-levels deep to turn it OFF!

[LuckyLuke]

OK I think I understand what Fran was talking about to bring content into a circle so YT algorithm can recognise it. Let's say YTbers like you guys trying to cover the same electronic device from your respected interest. Fran takes it apart and dealing with the display only; meanwhile Dave covers the circuit design element and BigClive reverse engineering the LED driving circuit and ElectroBoom is shorting out the device and get a shock. It requires very little co-op (but surely some collaboration a few emails at most) only to discuss what part belongs to whom and as a whole the content only makes a full circle if the audience walk the circle. It could work! I would surely watch it. I think it worth a try. Can the algorithm be directed by common interest?