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Don't miss his recent series "The Secret Life of Components" on YouTube giving advice for makers on what components work well for DIY based on his lifetime of building stuff. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtaR0lZhSyANYB0Xxb9OSp47p...

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This is potentially even better than the already excellent website!

I am in complete awe of the man’s ability to break down complex topics like “glue” into something that gives me vocabulary that I can use in day-to-day life.

The pier arcade that he runs/operates is definitely on my destination list.

Lots of remastered versions of the TV series on that channel as well!

Worth watching just for the intro theme song, "The Russians Are Coming", a reggae remix of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five":

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-fvwg9zy08

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Bennett

I most enjoyed his recollections about each episode at the end of the remastered ones. Watching these shows again for the first time in 30 years was very nostalgic, and his recollections made it feel like I was watching them again with him right there with me.

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