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So Long, Wanamaker Organ... 😥
Last Call for the Wanamaker Organ - Macy's will close its doors and shutter the historic John Wanamaker Building's open retail space in March 2025, and the Wanamaker Organ will go silent. If you've never heard the organ play, go and hear it now!
Sekonic Studio Deluxe Analog Light Meter
No Batteries and No Fuss! Always my favorite light meter... so let's take a close look at and inside the Sekonic Studio Deluxe II light meter, truly a marvel of simple design and 20th Century spare no expense rugged construction. Enjoy!
Thumbnail Outrage!
How angry can people get over the smallest possible amount of information? Apparently, the Nth Degree. Let me examine the modern reality that is Thumbnail Outrage! Enjoy - goddamit!
Thinking About Auto-Tune Guitars
Can you really get a guitar that never needs tuning?
What's Up With The Gig Economy?
Everybody's Busking For The Weekend! Yes, in the near future everyone will be part of the Gig Economy - and what a world it will be! Enjoy!
Burroughs B7971 Nixie Lifespans
It has been a few years of running one of the B7971 alphanumeric tubes and I have come to some conclusions about how they age. Enjoy!
Hydrogen, Oxygen, And Rockets In Between
Rambling on gasses and lighter than air travel, and rockets, and dope - not that kind of dope but the other kind! Enjoy!
FranLab Live: Blade Runner 2025 Edition
Just another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth, so let's look at something cool! Enjoy...
Show Disasters
The only bad show is one that does not entertain anyone. Enjoy!
Did YouTube Really Want Me To Make This Video? I'm Not Sure!
RCA Tube Manufacturing In Lancaster PA (1966) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUMIPvBi8SkWhy Study Mathematics? (1960) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSWijKj92JYFran's Film Archive - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLEGuAEYBk-1j2naTzxfkTGNN5UckZmF7
Goodbye Friar's Club! 😥 (Fran Connection)
Would you believe that I have a Friar's Club story? I do... so goodbye, and sail on Friar's Club.
Can You Really Light The Griswold House????
The holidays are over - so time for some reflection.... on those lights. Enjoy!
Viewer Mail Mini - End Of 2024!
Closing out the year with a mini Viewer Mail! Enjoy!
FranLab Live: Pre New Years Resolution Breaking Edition
Just another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth, but the last one of 2024, so let's hang out together and maybe something cool.
FranLab Neon Blinky Tree Live
Promoting joy and peace on Planet Earth through high voltage neon discharge displays. Hey.... it couldn't hurt! Enjoy!
The Wild Days Of 90's DIY Cinema
Looking back on those Wild West days of no-budget movie making in the 80's and 90's. Enjoy!
Musical Dreidel Test Of Endurance!
A completely non-denominational holiday teardown of a toy dreidel that delivers a very maddening tune. How much can you take? Let's find out!
Hoarder... Or Curator?
One person's trash is another's treasure... so they say. But they do say a lot of things. What do I think? I'll tell you.
YouTube AI Video Suggestions For FranLab!
The next level - let YouTube create all your content for you! All you have to do is say what it tells you and show what it tells you and let it write all the descriptions and comment replies automatically - and You Will Be A Guaranteed Success!!!! Start your career as in Influencer humanoidbot NOW!
100 "Illuminated" Toggle Switches... Or Not???
I really got a good deal on a bag of illuminated switches.... or did I? Let's take a look.
FranLab Live: Pre Festivus Eve Airing Of Grievances Edition
Just another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth, but with a show of strength. Enjoy!
Sears KSX Super Ricoh 35mm Camera
The first rule of photography is that you have to load the camera. How hard could that be? It depends. Here I dust off my Dad's old Sears KSX Super 35mm camera and get it loaded for some shooting. Enjoy!
12 Hours Of The Telechron DigiTel Mechanical Digital Clock
An astounding display indeed! This completely mechanical 7-segment display clock was made in 1974 and is a marvel of ingenuity. The whole clock is powered by a small AC synchronous motor that runs a gear train that in turn moves levers that slide plates that create the display animation. A pair of i...
Sears Digi/Trek II Telechron Clock Radio
A quick dive into a new fixer-upper with another Telechron DigiTel mechanical clock in it. Still needs work, but I get it going. Enjoy!
AI Comments As Fran
From my livestream - I go through some of the suggested replies that the new AI Googlebot suggests I say as myself to commenters in reply to what they write to me. Oh, the humanity!
FranLab Live: The Spirit Of Clock Radio Edition
Just another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth, so let's look at something cool! Enjoy...
YouTube Now Has A Brain - And It Is Insane!
Oh, My! Today I awoke to find that YouTube had a mind of it's own... and it is not good. So I made a video about it. Enjoy!
Where Films Go To Die
Back to the Vault II to deliver some sour reels that I recently pulled out of the collection. Yes - this is the OTHER Vault! Enjoy....
Telechron DigiTel LED Lighting Converter
I'm just going to try out making a converter to illuminate the Telechron DigiTel clock that I pulled out of that Sears clock radio last week. Enjoy!
Yes, I Am Still Making Videos
Pay to Play? I really hope not - but I have to find out. Here we go...
