IMG_1054So I put my second maker video up on YouTube. I wanted to have a second camera running to capture the details of what I was doing, if that footage had turned out I would have been able to put together a really decent video. As it was I ended up with a hilariously painful (think Ricky Gervais awkward) video of me fixing a lamp. I should probably script some of my maker videos because my off the cuff commentary is not always helpful and I often get technical specifics wrong. This imprecise way of talking is quite the opposite of the scripted talks I do for teaching. But that off the cuff approach is what has me doubled over in laughter whenever I watch my videos. It is like the realization of a cooking program I always wanted to make called “My Messy Kitchen: Cooking in Real Life” where I cook in the chaos of living with (then) young children and where the meals sometimes turn out amazing. The key word is sometimes.

I’m still learning about the process of editing these videos. This time I threw up the video I made only to realize that the rendering process cut off much if the text I had added in. I have a fixed version, but by the time I had re-rendered the video I already started getting comments. A couple of the comments are priceless: One person wrote that they were 1 minute in and the lamp was still broken. I’m not sure if I can just swap out the video now.

Watch this video at your own risk, it has funny bits all the way through, but it does drag on towards the end (it picks up again if you can persevere). This video is a pretty accurate account of how I do most of my carpentry/fix-it work. I start with an idea and just run until it is realized or I realize I cannot complete it. Sometimes it works out awesome, other times it fails. But almost always I enjoy myself. And, yes I do talk to myself when I work.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vUFEXCVE9k&w=560&h=315]

The picture is the finished lamp project all ready to be mounted on the wall in our dining room. Sharon is very pleased.