I have been a happier person since coming back to the analog life. I remember way before digital age that we were smarter when we physically wrote things down and didn't depend on cell phones.
Thank you. I really enjoyed your video today. Your little radio at the very end gave me flash backs to my Nans radio and the times when everything came to a standstill so that she could listen to Mrs. Dales Diary. Reducing online dependance is important. I agree what happened last week made everyone aware of potential issues. Here in Canada we had an additional warning over a year ago when one of our primary providers of internet went down for an extended period. It impacted all aspects of daily life for many of our citizens.
I dug out my 'old' (early 2000's) Olympus Digital Voice Recorder a few months back which has been invaluable for when I'm out walking and have ideas which I can then jot down when I get back home. Its amazing how many theological questions/sermon ideas pop up when surrounded by nature! :D
Hi Barry! I really enjoy your videos. They are great, I agree with you, off line gayest are great to have. I have a few of the ones you are presenting today. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. God bless.
The pen and paper allows me to create the charts to suit me. The fine Japanese papers and very fine line gel pens have opened up a new world; I get very nice charts. Pen and paper allows me to think better; to make my ideas and thinking more concrete, and it allows me to be more creative. With so many thoughts floating around, it is nice to catch them on paper. A small looseleaf memo book helps me to focus on the tasks at hand, so I don't get distracted from the task at hand. The Japanese have erasable gel pens and highlighters; nice.
I have found your videos thought provoking, I really really enjoy watching them. As for password managers I personally use Bitwarden, I found it to be the best so far. After your last video I've decided to get me a binder journal to use pen and paper again. :)
What a wonderful video! Right when I was going to say, "The best analogue tool you can have is a Bible!" Comment here, I got to the part in your video about the Bible! Then I saw that you have several videos about the Bible on your channel! God bless you for sharing the Gospel, sir! Subscribed!
You have reminded me that I want to search for a FM/AM Pocket Radio to listen to baseball games! I also need to order a couple Weekly Planners for my Regular Travelers Notebook. I currently use a Hobonichi A6 Techo but am contemplating switching and inserting a Weekly Planner into my Travelers Notebook. Your video has also made me add a note to find my camera! When the iPhone came out with a better camera I abandoned my camera Camera! Have a great week Barry!
Thanks so much for this video Barry. Such interesting and good kooking pieces of kit. You have reminded me to go out and get an AM FM SW radio. I loved listening to the radio as a teenager doing my homework.
New subbie here and I am glad I came across your channel and love digital tech also, but love the nostalgia of using analog tools as well. Look forward to watching your previous video and keeping up with your community. Cheers and hope you and all here are well
I use a Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader with Wi-Fi turned off and sync my library with Calibre. My specific model is the Glow Light plus from 2019. This is an older discontinued, but supported and natively reads epub making it ideal for DRM free documents and side loaded books. I'm impressed you had b-roll footage of yourself walking into the office. 🤣
I still have a Kindle Basic, which I use every now and then if I need to refer to an ebook. Like you, the wifi is turned off. -- re: b-roll: :) that was footage from 2005! :)
Love your content! Keep it coming Brother. I got a question. When you fill a TN notebook, how do you store it? File folders, book cases? I am trying to figure this out for myself as my notebooks are piling up.
Delighted you're enjoying the content :) For me, they are currently in a small dedicated book shelf, but do have small wooden boxes too for other notebooks.
I really miss having analog TV signals. I used to listen to CBC tv on FM radio. It was great fun using my imagination to "see" the image in my mind. Listening to a Marx Brothers movie with only sound...quite fun.
CDs and mp3-players, love seeing it. Nothing beats physical media, the joy of scanning the shelves for a CD, Blue ray or a book. I also have a cheap mp3-player with a 256gb micro sd card full of music and audio books - offline is a nice option to have. Cool e-bible btw, never seen before. Subbed!
Absolutely agree! Physical stuff is so much nicer to enjoy. The e-Bible is a Franklin Holman model I bought from Amazon in 2014 - nice little offline device for quick searching. Thank you for subscribing! :)
Thanks a lot for sharing, it is very informative and it is a great idea to show every item in turn, and I sit and think so curious wondering what the next device there would be!
Just found your channel & subscribed it’s delightful 😊 I’m a fellow pen & paper journaller & cash budgeter & find the further high tech things become I rewind to my portable dvd 📀 player 😂 it’s very old but I can play my music cds on there too! Love your content breath of fresh air, god bless Emily 🍂
Hello Emily! Great to meet another fellow pen and paper enthusiast :) Lovely to have you here; thanks so much for subscribing, and indeed for your encouragement.
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I am from Argentina, 46, love CASIO calculators, Olympus recorders, I have a couple of iPods and a few electronic dictionaries: a few Franklins and one CASIO.
I love that most items you show are modest. There is this temptation to trade the obsession with smartphones with a ‘gear’ obsession, e.g. expensive notebooks from Japan, and you have kept a very levelheaded approach.
Thank you so much. I enjoy using stuff that works in a simple way, and mostly things that are built for one purpose, e.g. MP3 player, Calcs, etc. Many thanks for your encouragement!
I am a media specialist and I enjoy your commentary on these retro tech tools. I used to train teachers on how to use the flip video cameras. We had them in the library for teachers to check out and use with their classes.
Try CB Radio for communication. One with a wide bandwidth length and all frequencies. You won't depend on the 2G/3G mobile networks and unless somebody puts a jamming signal or a Faraday cage over the Earth, as long as you have your own electricity you can still reach other people in the same circumstances. And if you want to be more analog than that, try pencil and paper. Anything that uses electricity, emits radiation and electromagnetic waves which can be tracked. Sure, most of the items mentioned are not connected to a network/grid. But you still depend on electricity to run them. Good luck with your endeavors.
This is great; thanks very much indeed! I had thought about CB Radio recently, but haven't been exposed to it for decades. I will certainly re-visit now. Thanks again for the encouragement.
With voice notes, there is an awesome program called whisper ai that can do really good speech to text and it is free. I use it to make subtitles for music, speech to text, movie subtitles, etc.
Just found your channel today but loving your content. I’m Gen X so I grew up without internet and all the tech stuff, but currently love all things tech. I’m torn between loving the minimalism of having absolutely everything digital & contained in one device & cloud storage, and knowing how often tech fails and also having prepper tendencies. I will say some of my fondest memories raising my kids are during power outages, listening to battery powered radio & playing card games by candle light. Things were always so peaceful & nostalgic feeling
Delighted you're enjoying the videos :) I completely understand being torn between the 'two worlds' - just need to find a balance, whatever that is for each one of us. Thank you for your support!
If you're really interested in tracking spurious RF emissions, get a Tiny SA (Tiny spectrum analyser) - it's a proper scientific instrument, and provides far more detailed information than your 'Safe and Sound' devices whilst also being properly calibrated. It'll also provide insight into your 'dirty power'. It is, however, digital - it incorporates a microprocessor (like your phone, camera, calculators, CD player, voice recorder, MP3 player and bible), although it doesn't use any kind of network connection.
Thanks for the tip; I'll check that out. The S&S Pro II I have is a fantastic, and calibrated, device, which is very accurate alongside the much more expensive products. Very happy with it; and has helped me to mitigate the negative affects of RF within my home. Thanks again!
That HP-12C calculator is a financial calculator, its used for figuring interest, payments, a lot of accountants use them as well as mortgage companies, and the like. I think I still have one somewhere in the box of calculators I have. I have a few Texas Instruments Graphing Calculators as well. I've collected several different calculators over the years. I've been trying to use my Traveler's Passport size notebook more often as of late, I have several different brands of them, and never have really dug into using them much. Here lately I've been using one kind of for daily notes for work and personal task lists. Its nice to be able to put it in my pocket or bag and have it with me wherever I go. Heck of a lot better than packing around a netbook or laptop LOL....When I get home I put some of the notes into my google calendar and paper calendar, some stuff just stays in the notebook throughout the week for shopping lists, etc.
Greetings what an intriguing collection of devices! Ive been carrying an old nokia flip phone round with me for the past couple of years after ditching my smartphone. Its got a camera though as i like to take the odd snapshot of our 9 year old while we're out and about. Got a very similar Prunus radio to you too, looks great and goes very loud! Regards, Ben
I saw the possible downside to digital years ago. I made sure to have offline and off grid options for entertainment and quality of life tools incase of emergencies.
I have a iPhone 14 plus. It's part of the family plan. Plus I have a free phone a blu. I have had a lot of so called free phones cut off on me out of the blue so they are not reliable to count on.. Thank you for the video.
Hi, Barry! Thanks for the suggestions. I'd really like to have an MP3 player that also has radio. I'm sure I can fine one if I just get to looking for it! Thanks for the video. I'm enjoying watching.
Interesting video Barry, well done .Very interesting to know, would love to see more of those wifi and other wave meters. I would like to know once when you put your Iphone on your bedside table how much radiation from that device flies around your head. I can quite imagine that that might negatively affect the quality of your sleep or am I wrong ?
Thank you so much; delighted you liked it. You are certainly not wrong! RF/EMF next to your pillow can indeed interfere with sleep. My upcoming video will highlight this too. Thanks again!
It's a great device :) --- here you go: www.amazon.com/s?k=PRUNUS+J-160+Portable+Radio&crid=3I3SK9ZALM2ZC&sprefix=prunus+j-160+portable+radio%2Caps%2C163&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
