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The temperature plummeted and it snowed a little bit today, so hopefully skiing season isn't over quite yet.

Going from below freezing to 80°F in one week sure melts the snow quickly... and also brings out the shirtless runners and spandex-clad bicyclists. 🏃 🚴

I'm pretty sure my Canon HF200 is "Orlando" -- it's from around when this was recorded (2010), did cost around $700 when new, and Canon's press photo of it matches the brief glimpse of the web site shown in the video; although it doesn't have an L-Series lens (that was only on Canon's high-end camcorders), and it does have dual 3.5 mm jacks, but they're a mic input and headphone/AV output instead of "dual inputs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt68nkF1l2Y

One odd thing about the 1985 Fisher FVH830 VCR I used in my Macrovision video: it has a "tape select" switch with positions marked "~T60" and "T80~". The manual just says to set it to the length of tape you're using, and gives no further explanation. I guess the squigglies are supposed to mean "T60 or shorter" and "T80 or longer", but who was using tapes that short, anyway? I thought T120 tape was already the norm long before then. And why would it matter?

www.worldradiohistory.com has been an invaluable resource in doing research for my videos. It has fully OCR'ed and searchable scans of books, magazines, catalogs, journals, and other publications relating to radio, TV, audio, video, electronics, and music.

Ah yes, the forgotten ELP speed of VHS video cassette recording.

Did you know? The word damsel (as in "damsel in distress") has a rarely used male equivalent: donzel. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/donzel

Radio Shack's "Easy Home Video Editor" from the mid-1990s. A Videonics product in disguise? @themaritimegirl@tech.lgbt

A reminder to pay attention to how the video length stamp may impinge upon your video's thumbnail.

Did he trip and fall on my collection of Y2K-era translucent blue electronics?