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Videos Related to Antikythera Mechanism

• The Antikythera Mechanism Episode 1 - Greeks, Clocks and Rockets.(Clickspring)
  • Full List of Clickspring Videos on building the Antikythera Mechanism

• Secrets of the Antikythera Mechanism: Session 1 (Computer History Museum)

History of Technology

• Origins of Precision

• The 1751 Machine that Made Everything

• America's Iron Giants - The World's Most Powerful Metalworkers

Nanticoke & Wilkes Barre

• Aerial Views of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania Sunset in the Autumn of 2020

• 1928, Very early dash-cam, driving around Wilkes-Barré, Pennsylvania

• Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society: Diamond City Trail of History with Tony Brooks: Episode 1: Stegmaier: the Brewery and the Family.

• Hotel Sterling: Rise and Demise

• Our Town Nanticoke

• Nanticoke Ukrainian Festival 1985

Pennsylvania Railroad

• The Pennsylvania Railroad in "Clear Track Ahead"

• Frank's Photography Site Pennsylvania Railroad - Wilkes-Barre area - June, 2013

• Opening Scene of Miracle of the Bells (1948) Showing Nanticoke PRR Station

• The Pennsy Off the Beaten Track from Williamsport to Mount Carmel (mid 1950s- early 1960s)

WW1

• Forensic Lip-Reader Recovers the Words of Those Who Fought at The Somme

• Filming The Battle of Beaumont Hamel and The Somme

Vintage Film / Documentaries

• Sailing 5,300 tons of cargo around Cape Horn in 1929
• Around the world in a square rigged ship 1938-1939
• Fred Dibnah (Traditional Steeplejack and amateur historian of steam tractors who became a BBC celebrity in the 1970s and 1980s)
  • Fred Dibnah ~ Steeplejack 1979.
  • The Fred Dibnah Story S01 E01 Beginnings (1986)
  • Fred Dibnah's World Of Steam, Steel And Stone S01 E01 The Industrial Landscape

• 1944 - Jack Lieb's Color Scenes of London & Paris (speed corrected)

• 21 old films from 1895 to 1902 colorized and upscaled in 60 fps, with sound

• 1911 - A Trip Through New York City (speed corrected w/ added sound)

• A Trip Down Market Street, 1906 - 4k, Colorized, 60fps
  • San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906
  • San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 1
  • San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 2
  • San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 3

• POLAND 1938-1945 WWII DOCUMENTARY & TRAVELOGUE MOVIE 75734a

Poland

Zabno

• Żabno - miejscowość w Wielkopolsce

Przerośl & Filipow

• #40 Przerośl - Suwalszczyzna i okolice

• Przerośl 1962

• Legenda o Przerośli

• Cemetery, daily activity, and synagogue in Filipow (Summer 1937)

• Jewish quarter in Suwalki; Market in Filipow Poland (Summer 1937)

Interesting Maker Projects

• Stop Motion Animation of Frank Howarth Lawn Chair being built
  • Frank Howarth Lawn Chair
• Paul Jackman building 6'-tall Nutcracker (with cameo appearance by me)
• Computerized automatic pool cue

My work at UMD

• Where I work
• Web page for Sandbox Makerspace
• Sandbox Makerspace Wiki (a sort of a handbook for users of the makerspace I manage)
• MSI page (Information about all makerspaces at UMD)