These are the best media files of 2021 - based on hit stats.
The Laura Ingraham Show (October 18, 2021) - This audio clip takes you back to the 2004 President's election. What were the biggest issues for the first major election after the September 11, 2001 attacks?
Phone Call went Wrong (April 19, 2021) - The person that called me wasn't paying attention and thought I said something different.
Car Warranty Calls (August 23, 2021) - Sometimes I get cold calls about my car warranty being expired. They don't even know the car that I have.
The Morton Downey Jr. Show (August 2, 2021) - This is a great clip of the Morton Downey Jr. Show featuring Doctor Fad.
Rich Little Answering Machine (May 31, 2021) - There was a time when people were trying to be clever on the answering machine messages. Listen to this Radio Shack classic.
Video Professor (April 26, 2021) - Part of the classic Video Professor Infomercial. This is a nice walk down memory lane on how people would learn popular software programs.
Goals for 2022
I'll be working on increasing my YouTube subscribers from 50 to 150 by this time next year. In order to do that, I'll have to post a lot more creative videos.
I have bins of VHS tapes that I haven't gotten to yet. I am sure that I'll find some great clips to share.
In the late 1990s, BluBlockers ran a bunch of Tv Infomercials. One of those featured the "Rapper" guy. I don't know why, but this part of the infomercial seems so memorable.
You can buy BluBlockers online just about anywhere including Amazon and eBay.
This week's video will go down as a classic moment for scam calls.
I have been getting a lot of these scam calls and over the past few weeks have been playing with them. My home and cell number must be flagged and last week one of the callers threaten to kill me.
Bank Account Issue
Listen in on this short exchange about some Suspicious funds in my bank account.
Background picture is from Columbia, California from 2002.
Originally I thought this was a bank call but it was something to do with my Social Security number. Not sure how the two of them are related. I am guessing when you are not from this country, anything is possible.
This week's audio clip is nice and short. This is the Amazon iPhone scam that is going around. Basically, a recording tells you that someone has ordered an iPhone off of your account.
The "Amazon Representative" will issue you a refund if you screen share your computer. (Instead of just canceling the order and refunding any charges as any other company would do.)
Amazon Call
This is the cleanest version of the introduction part of the call that I could get:
The call was short because I asked too many questions that weren't on the operator call sheet.
This week's audio sound byte is another robot auto-dialer fail.
I got this call earlier this summer. This is a robocall for the Health Insurer Quotes (pretty generic company name eh?) The call was never able to transfer to a live operator.
These types of calls are illegal. There's no way to track the call down. Even the number that they tried to call (773) 207-1080 is a dummy number.
This past Thursday, I drove down to Orleans, Massachusetts from Hopkinton, Massachusetts. I took out the GoPro Hero 9 and set up the Time Lapse.
My TimeWarp Default Settings on GoPro Hero 9: Resolution: 1080, Lens Wide, Speed Auto, Speed Ramp: Read Speed, Schedule Capture: Off, Duration: No Limit, Timer: Off, Zoom: 1.0x, EV Comp: 0, White Balance: Auto, ISO Min: 100, ISO Max: 1600, Sharpness: High, Color: GoPro, Wind: Auto.
Watch the Trip!
In the following video, I used the default TimeWarp settings. When I got to the Borne Bridge, I enabled the real speed and then went back to Hypersmooth once I was on the Cape.
Video was shot on November. 4, 2021.
This is interesting because the trip started at 4:30 pm, and ended around 6:30 pm. This means the video starts in light and ends in darkness. It's a good way to see how GoPro handles low light in Hypersmooth mode.
Recently I have been overwhelmed with phone calls from Senior Health Services. These calls are targeting senior citizens who may not know these are scam calls.
These are phishing-type calls. The caller is trying to get as much personal information from you as possible. This is why these calls always start by asking your age.
Sometimes these calls start with a robot answering, sometimes it's a real person.
The calls come in bunches. The first set of calls start around 9 and the last one is usually around 7:45 pm.
If this was a litigate call, why wouldn't they say that in the caller id? Why do they need to spoof the caller id to think it is a random call?
According to the real Senior Benefit Services company, these calls are coming from various Pakistan call centers.
This week's video media features some classic commercials from California. These aired around the late 1990s.
Featuring:
Al Checchi For Governor of California
Taco Bells 12 Taco Shells for home
Computer Learning centers
SouthWest Airlines - "Finding Inspiration"
Chevron Cars
Chia Herb Garden by Terra Cotta
Sprint PCS
These came from a couple of VHS tapes in my collection. The quality isn't 100% great.
The SouthWest Airlines looks pretty similar to the Morgan and Morgan commercial. (People blowing leaves in front of the house.) I checked and the house is different in both commericals.
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