Ben Eater: explains and builds 8 bit computer, vga graphic card etc.<p>This Old Tony: machinist with great sense of humour<p>PBS Spacetime: space, time, and all inbetween<p>Tom Scott: interesting random stuff<p>Technology Connections: how basic tech works<p>Gamers Nexus: truly infomative pc news with 0 bs packed in.<p>Cody's Lab: a teen doing somewhat easy projects that just noone ever does.<p>Stuff Made Here: guy builds stuff, like a haircut robot or gun pellet powered baseball bat.<p>Kurgesagt: short videos explaining various topics with great animations<p>JohnnyQ90: machinist building motors and rc cars as a hobby, no spoken word.<p>TryMike4Instance: dota montages that are actually good.<p>Lindybeige: explains historical tppics in depth.<p>Two Minutes Papers: AI news<p>zefrank1: this guy is something else. His older videos are similarly weird in totally different style.<p>Barny64: World of Warcraft videos that are actually entertaining to watch.<p>exurb1a: your irregular dose of existential crysis<p>Applied Science: guy building cool stuff (like his own electron microscope) "from scratch" and explaining everything as he goes along.<p>Internet Historian: to not forget what once was, and laugh.<p>Trago: before his "podcasts" an awesome short videos about film making.<p>Marco Reps: dude repairs electrics stuff, or just messes with it.
My #1 is “Adam Savage’s Tested” at <a href="https://youtube.com/c/tested" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/c/tested</a><p>Then BosnianBill’s LockLab at <a href="https://youtube.com/c/bosnianbill" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/c/bosnianbill</a><p>Then TheLockpickingLawyer at <a href="https://youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer</a><p>Of course, no list is complete without Maru at <a href="https://youtube.com/user/mugumogu" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/user/mugumogu</a><p>The crazy guys at ModernRogue also make the cut at <a href="https://youtube.com/c/ModernRogue" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/c/ModernRogue</a><p>I’m also enjoying ThisOldTony at <a href="https://youtube.com/c/ThisOldTony" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/c/ThisOldTony</a><p>Edit — How could I forget:<p>SmarterEveryDay at <a href="https://youtube.com/c/smartereveryday" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/c/smartereveryday</a><p>The PunishedProps Academy at <a href="https://youtube.com/user/punishedprops" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/user/punishedprops</a><p>The incomparable Simone Giertz at <a href="https://youtube.com/c/simonegiertz" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/c/simonegiertz</a><p>And The Slow Mo Guys at <a href="https://youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys</a><p>?!?
I have sunk many hours this year into watching Scott Brown Carpentry - a New Zealand Carpenter who is incredibly talented at video editing as well as carpentry<p><a href="https://youtu.be/S1XlLrEh-mQ" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/S1XlLrEh-mQ</a><p>I’ve also enjoyed watching Kitboga - a twitch / YouTube personality who wastes phone scammers time in intricate ways, like building fake bank websites to lure them in if they use screen sharing.<p>One of my favourite videos so far involved “driving to a store” to get google play codes, then redeeming them on a fake google play store while the scammer watched on screen share:<p><a href="https://youtu.be/HNziOoXDBeg" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/HNziOoXDBeg</a>
Harry Mack - uses random words from people to improvise a freestyle rap. Positive energy and makes everyone smile.
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Because of covid, I have been cooking at home a lot. The Youtube Food channels have been amazing. Here are the ones I frequent:<p>* Ethan Chlebowski<p>* Joshua Weissman<p>* Adam Ragusea<p>* J. Kenji López-Alt<p>* Babish Culinary Universe (Binging with Babish). This is more of an entertainment channel than a how-to channel. But I like to see how he makes certain things.<p>* MATTY MATHESON<p>* Bon Appétit
These bring a smile to my life:<p>James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer: Canadian retiree who rescues raccoons<p>Seoul Walker: Videos of Seoul, South Korea<p>Tokyo Explorer: Videos of Tokyo by a Swedish expat<p>Dianxi Xiaoge: Videos of Yunnan country life & cooking