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07JP27

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:50:00 -0500

Simpit stuff. Seems to be on hiatus.

A home-cockpit DIY builder and traveler living in Japan. The builds side covers simpit hardware and motion-rig details; the travel side is footage from around East and Southeast Asia (Taipei, the Philippines) shot on DJI Osmo gear, plus the occasional diorama build. Last upload was about nine months ago, so the hiatus looks real — but the back catalogue is worth a watch anyway.

Dave's Garage

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0500

Dave Plumber - former Windiv deveoper/engineering manager. Dave is a book author as well and likes to cover fairly expensive equipment.

Windows history, Windows-vs-Linux comparisons, Arduino and ESP32 tutorials, and shop projects, pitched from hobbyist to engineer with practical step-by-step walkthroughs. The host writes as a Microsoft engineer, and recent uploads skew toward clear-eyed AI-agent takes (“As a Microsoft Engineer, This Is the AI Agent Story That Scared Me,” “I Tested AI Cloning… and It’s Way Worse Than You Think!”) alongside deep dives like diagnosing slow machines with TMOG and TCP vs UDP.

Fran Blanche

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:45:00 -0500

Fran is a long time retro-hardware person, can be opinionated, finds super interesting items and shows them off.

Fran Blanche — pedal designer, engineer, artist, musician, SMIEEE, and self-described full-time goofball — makes stuff: electronics repairs and builds, guitar pedal work, 3D printing, and a near-daily vlog cadence that mixes project work with tech news (“Mini Black Holes, Nukes On The Moon, Bus Batteries Go Bust, And More!”). 298K subscribers, multiple uploads a week. The long-running follow-up to ElectroBOOM-adjacent repair content with a distinctly personal voice.

HeliMech

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:37:00 -0500

More Simpit stuff, and good inspiration.

Behind the build of 737DIYSIM — 3D-printed A320 and 737 cockpit projects: pedestal radio panels built and programmed with Mobiflight, ProSim integration tutorials, and full-day sim-workshop behind-the-scenes vlogs. Uploads are sporadic (a few months apart between big posts), but it’s a solid companion to the simpit-building corner of YouTube.

Kirsten Dirksen

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:24:00 -0500

I follow Kirsten simply because she finds the most interesting houses.

Documentary shorts about people living differently: simple living, alternative lifestyles, and unconventional homes around the world — from a 290-square-foot micro-home in Thailand to a 100-square-foot home in the Philippines and a 1970s solar pioneer’s off-grid house. Dirksen runs Fair Companies in Bellingham, WA. 2.17M subscribers, roughly weekly uploads. The definitive “other ways to live” channel.