History WebVideo / TechnologyConnections

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: Alec can [[https://youtu.be/wh4aWZRtTwU?t=12m6s speak Mandarin Chinese]].

** Happens again near the 22-and-a-half minute mark in [[https://youtu.be/hpwLDQSadE4?t=1343 CED part 4]]. It comes right after a SequelHook where Alec promises to talk about [=CEDs=] after talking about the history of RCA (which he spent most of the video doing). This Fake-out Fade-out even has the names of Patreon supporters.

** In [[https://youtu.be/ICcEOXVZ3F0?t=500 the TOSLINK video]], he compares the light found in an input TOSLINK port to be "as dark as the future of Windows Phone."

--> '''Alec:''' You can string a whole bunch end-to-end because they use so little energy. They're probably inherently safer because they use so little energy. They're cheaper to operate because [[BrokenRecord they use so little energy.]] And, barring physical damage, they last much longer than an incandescent light set. Another huge advantage is that [[ViewersAreGoldfish they use so little energy.]]

* PercussiveMaintenance: In the first minute of [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4?t=49 CED Part 2]], Alec does this to fix a RepetitiveAudioGlitch on his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} machine.
--> '''Alec:''' Anyway, [[{{Irony}} let's get on with th- on with - sh - sh - on with]] - on - sh - sh - sh - sh - show - on with - sh - sh - sh - sh - show - sh - on with - on with - '''*THUD*''' - on with the show.

* FakeOutFadeOut: In the beginning of his [[[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU "Filming [=CRTs=]"]] video on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClRwC5Vc8HrB6vGx6Ti-lhA his second channel]], as soon as he says what you need to do to film a CRT screen without excessive flicker, he then cuts the video to black and starts playing the closing music, before popping the video back up and going into a bit more detail.

* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: Happens a few times [[PlayedForLaughs for comedic effect].

--> '''Alec:''' Anyway, [[{{Irony}} let's get on with th- on with - sh - sh - on with]] - on - sh - sh - sh - sh - show - on with - sh - sh - sh - sh - show - sh - on with - on with - '''*THUD*]]''' - on with the show.

* BadToTheLastDrop: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9avjD9ugXc his video discussing percolators]], Alec drinks coffee made on a stovetop percolator and an electric percolator. He finds the taste from both to be pretty bad, but he finds the coffee made on the electric percolator isn't too terrible after getting used to the taste (his only major complaint was the coffee smelling bad). In comparison, Alec finds the coffee made on the stovetop percolator completely awful and points out how it tastes very burnt due to how the coffee grinds are recirculated in the water while the pot is being heated.
* BlatantLies: The second channel Technology Connextras was originally called Technology Connections 2. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrwkGT5452E the first video he uploaded there following the name change]], he claims that the channel was ''always'' called that and never ever anything else.

* BoringButPractical: Many of Alec's videos covers subjects that would considered incredibly boring to talk about, but he goes into great lengths to explain how certain things work, why they work that way, and how it affects people that interact with them. For example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48hW-K7fQTM his video on elevator signal cues]] shows how simple double ring from an elevator helps those with visual impairments know that the elevator is heading down instead of up, which would ring only once.
* BrickJoke: In part 4 of his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} retrospective, Alec mentions that the codename for the format was "[[UnfortunateNames [=DiscPix=]]]", emphasizing the "S" sound in case anyone mistook it for something else. Later in part 5, when talking about the lack of porn on the format, he says "The only way we'd have gotten ''that'' kind of [=DiscPix=]..."

* CurseCutShort: At the beginning of the Automatic Record Changes video:

* FacePalm: His reaction to learning that there are ''gold-plated'' TOSLINK cables. Quite rightfully so, considering TOSLINK connectors ''don't even conduct electricity on their plating.''
* FakeOutFadeOut: In his [[[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU "Filming [=CRTs=]"]] video on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClRwC5Vc8HrB6vGx6Ti-lhA his second channel]], as soon as he says what you need to do to film a CRT screen without excessive flicker, he then cuts the video to black and starts playing the closing music, before popping the video back up and going into a bit more detail.

--> '''Alec''': Oh boy! We're gonna have a honking good time with this video!" ''*INTENSE GRIN*''

** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC5Zr3NC2PY "The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video"]], he recommends that you may want to un-stretch your captured video so the originally 4:3 ratio isn't 16:9. He then follows it up with "If you don't want to, we can't be friends."
** In the TOSLINK video, he compares the light found in an input TOSLINK port to be "as dark as the future of Windows Phone."

* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVpABCxiDaU His camera does this at the end of this video.]]
* BadToTheLastDrop: In his video discussing percolators, Alec drinks coffee made on a stovetop percolator and an electric percolator. He finds the taste from both to be pretty bad, but he finds the coffee made on the electric percolator isn't too terrible after getting used to the taste (his only major complaint was the coffee smelling bad). In comparison, Alec finds the coffee made on the stovetop percolator completely awful and points out how it tastes very burnt due to how the coffee grinds are recirculated in the water while the pot is being heated.
* BlatantLies: The second channel Technology Connextras was originally called Technology Connections 2. In the first video he uploaded there following the name change, he claims that the channel was ''always'' called that and never ever anything else.
* BootstrappedTheme: The jazz music he used in the VHS vs. Betamax quality comparison would later be adopted as the closing theme on all of his videos.
* BoringButPractical: Many of Alec's videos covers subjects that would considered incredibly boring to talk about, but he goes into great lengths to explain how certain things work, why they work that way, and how it affects people that interact with them. For example, his video on elevator signal cues shows how simple double ring from an elevator helps those with visual impairments know that the elevator is heading down instead of up, which would ring only once.

* FakeOutFadeOut: In his "Filming [=CRTs=]" video on his second channel, as soon as he says what you need to do to film a CRT screen without excessive flicker, he then cuts the video to black and starts playing the closing music, before popping the video back up and going into a bit more detail.

* HypocriticalHumor: At the end of his comparison of VHS and Beta's tape designs, he goes on a long tirade about how absolutely none of this even matters anymore because they're completely dead formats and haven't been relevant for the last several years, and chides Beta adopters for picking the wrong format to back. He caps it off by saying he's off to go check out his HD-DVD player.

* RuleOfThree: Played straight and subverted at the beginning of the LED Christmas lights video:

* SoundEffectBleep: In his discussion about car horns, he startles himself when he activates a ''very'' loud horn and follows it up with "Holy *HONK*, this thing is loud!"

** In "The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video", he recommends that you may want to un-stretch your captured video so the originally 4:3 ratio isn't 16:9. He then follows it up with "If you don't want to, we can't be friends."

* BrickJoke: In part 4 of his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} retrospective, Alec mentions that the codename for the format was "[[UnfortunateName [=DiscPix=]]]", emphasizing the "S" sound in case anyone mistook it for something else. Later in part 5, when talking about the lack of porn on the format, he says "The only way we'd have gotten ''that'' kind of [=DiscPix=]..."

--> '''Alec:''' You can string a whole bunch end-to-end because they use so little energy. They're probably inherently safer because they use so little energy. They're

* BrickJoke: In part 4 of his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} retrospective, Alec mentions that the codename for the format was "[=DiscPix=]", emphasizing the "S" sound in case anyone mistook it for something else. Later in part 5, when talking about the lack of porn on the format, he says "The only way we'd have gotten ''that'' kind of [=DiscPix=]..."

--> '''Alec:''' You can string a whole bunch end-to-end because they use so little energy. They're probably inherently safer because they use so little energy. They're cheaper to operate because [[BrokenRecord they use so little energy.]] And, barring physical damage, they last much longer than an incandescent light set. Another huge advantage is that [[ViewersAreGoldfish they use so little energy.]]
* SelfDeprecation: Alec does this quite often in the subtitles for humorous effect.
* SoundEffectBleep: In his discussion about car horns, he startles himself when he activates a ''very'' loud horn and follows it up with "Holy *HONK*, this thing is loud!"
* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: Alec can [[https://youtu.be/wh4aWZRtTwU?t=12m6s speak Mandarin Chinese]].
* TakeThat: He'll occasionally take a jab here and there:
** In "The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video", he recommends that you may want to un-stretch your captured video so the originally 4:3 ratio isn't 16:9. He then follows it up with "If you don't want to, we can't be friends."
** In the TOSLINK video, he compares the light found in an input TOSLINK port to be "as dark as the future of Windows Phone."

* BrickJoke: In part 4 of his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} retrospective, Alec mentions that the codename for the format was "[=DiscPix=]", emphasizing the "S" sound in case anyone mistook it for something else. Later in part 5, when talking about the lack of porn on the format, he says "The only way you would have gotten ''that'' kind of [=DiscPix=]..."

Alec also has a second channel, aptly named [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClRwC5Vc8HrB6vGx6Ti-lhA Technology Connections 2]], where he typically covers a topic already covered on his main channel but digs into further detail about the topic in an unscripted fashion.