Hey, everybody, welcome to a special edition of Retro Tech. And I just wanted to give a little introduction to this next segment. I did invite my friend, Lewis Zezaran from Zez Retro. And many of you know that I do a podcast over there with him weekly. We wanted to do a podcast style discussion about CRT preservation. So in this discussion about CRT preservation, please note that we are focusing on museums and the art world and how CRTs are still important for art pieces and artists all over the world to be able to portray 20th century art pieces that involved the art medium of CRTs. How do they preserve that? How do they maintain CRTs that they already have? And this is just more of an announcement, too, that I have gotten a contract where I will be going and working with museum people over the next couple of weeks here in the United States. And so I wanted to kind of give you a notice of that. I'm really excited. So if you watch this interview and you're wondering why I'm so jacked up and kind of talking fast, it is because I'm really excited to be doing this. And I really wanted to bring you the audience in on it and have you involved. You know, it's kind of a way to follow along and see how CRT preservation restoration and this whole culture of CRTs and needing it, not just for video games, but also for art pieces is really important. So thanks again for joining me today. And I hope you enjoy this special edition of the Cathode Ray podcast. Welcome, everyone. Episode 21 of the Cathode Ray podcast. We are having a special episode for 21. Happy 21. We are on the main RetroTech channel. We've got a shorter episode today because we want to talk specifically and have a chat with Steve about some of the special projects he has coming up. He's got some really exciting new opportunities that are coming up, not to do with video games, but to do with CRT preservation. So we wanted to put this shorter conversation onto the main channel because we know that something that you guys and gals are very interested in. And later on, we're going to put the other sort of rambly fun, not that this is not fun, sort of episode to the Zez Retro channel. So let's get into talking about your current project. Steve, first of all, I haven't seen you for a few weeks. How are you doing, mate? Yeah, it's great to see you too, Lewis. It's been quite a little bit of a break here. We had some things going on behind the scenes and kind of one of the reasons that we wanted to have this special kind of condensed version of the show here today, again, as you said. But if you do really enjoy this, there's a show that's always on over at the Zez Retro channel and we have weekly podcasts there. So you can definitely catch up on anything if you haven't seen anything to this point. But this condensed episode is pretty much primarily about the future of CRT preservation right now and current kind of things that are happening. And this is not, like you said, within the video game world. We're talking about more about the art world and video preservation world and analog video from earlier formats. And this all started from a job that I have been working and negotiating together behind the scenes since, like, right after COVID happened. Yeah, age is even working. Yes, I mean, for like two years, this has been talked behind the scenes. And it was, of course, terrible timing when we first started discussing this plan, at least with the initial museum that we're gonna finally go out and work on this course with. But the plan started where they contacted me and then everything shut down so they had nobody that was willing to come to the presentation. Now, let me just get this straight. This is not like a publicly open presentation. This is a museum that has contracted me to go out to them, develop a preservation and restoration program almost kind of some rules and guidelines and a little bit of like a three-day crash course on training them and getting them up to speed on just how to generally look at a CRT, service it, keep notes on it, get inside some of their specific units that they really use a lot of. And so there was this limitation of what I thought was originally just planned to be one museum, but then this single museum contacted other organizations behind the scenes within the museum industry to see if anybody else was interested. And then he called me back and he's like, there's gonna be five spectators here and three of them are from like the biggest organizations in the museum world and manage thousands of CRTs that are stored away. So I guess there's a few things. Let's try and give some quick backstory for the people. So first of all, just my first point to note out is this presentation, this seminar that you're giving primarily at the start, it's educating museum technicians so that they can do their own preventative maintenance on a day-to-day basis themselves at first. That's what the focus of this one is about. That's what my original thought was on it until like that was the original entire plan here was for me to develop this kind of course, go through. And since it was gonna be three days, it was gonna be a first day of a lot of things going over. Basic safety around a CRT even is down to just handling it properly so you don't injure yourself moving it. And all the way up to breaking them down and servicing them and getting them to where they have the ability to service them in-house with a couple of technicians. That's exactly what I had originally planned on until the conference call I had with the museum curator yesterday and he explained to me that all these new people were coming out and he kind of wanted to alter that to encompass a whole lot more than just the electronics. He's like, that's a big part. We definitely wanna keep that in there but I don't want it to be just focused on the repair stuff now. So I've got kind of a list of things. And so one of the things, one of the things, for example, is he's like, I really like your, and then he sent me some demonstrations that are like private webinar things that are for the museum, they pay for companies to make these webinars and they're parts of these organizations. So they're not anything like I could release the public. Or anything like that. No, sure. So this is all industry stuff. So this is like behind the scenes, industry stuff. And yes, so they're interested in, he said there's a place for your CRT history presentation. Like the one I've done before, that I've done at gaming conferences a few times that's on the channel that's been there for years, the CRT masterclass that I have put up. So that, he's like, that presentation would be great. And I'm like, yeah, it would be great, but then I need to chop out all the video game aspects of it. So I definitely need to go in and clean it up. But that's like, so I'm starting to think, that's probably gonna be the starting point is a good kind of hour clearing out that all the video game stuff and going at a more reduced pace on that presentation through, because it's like an 80 slide presentation. So I could definitely get rid of like 20 of them and clean it up. So I'm gonna start with that presentation. Like I like that presentation. And then he shared a webinar with me with presentations that were similar to that, only different aspects of things, not as like detail focused on the exact, like this was the guy who invented this thing. And this was the reason it was so important. And going all the way back to the first CRTs which had nothing to do with a display in the 1800s. So anyway, they liked that. So he's like, yeah, put that in there. And then they have tons of Sony PVM 2030s, the museums do, they love the 2030. It's one they've always used in older exhibits from the time period of the 90s when these were live going on. So it's very easy for them to recreate that if they just have the same monitor. Whereas sometimes you go use a custom monitor from that time period, it's impossible to get the exact same monitor at the other end.   Potentially, cause it's so common with museums. So common. And he's like, this is one, this is the one that I've got here. And I'm gonna go through for an hour or two. And I'm just going to have every board, I'm taking a spare board of every single board in that monitor that I have here. It's just scrap. And I'll hold up the boards and then I'll show the boards inside the monitor. And I'll have slides. And then we'll do live demonstrations where I'll have power hooked up and I'll do the... I'm gonna bring out a Super Nintendo and pull up the 240P test suite. And then I'm going to show them all. They'll all laugh probably about seeing that. And then I'm just gonna hit...  And so then I can really focus in on a lot of things that 2032, like safety and tips on boards, like how to look for repair issues. And then after that, they've got the Dottronics monitors, which are somewhat a more industrialized, just shadow mask monitor that a lot of them have bought for video walls, very plain metal. And it's the same guy who Bob had on an interview a few years ago, or a couple of years ago about his company still made them and they don't have very many of them left. Like... I remember that. Do you remember this? He's got some new old stock and he's using them to construct something. Yeah, okay, okay. So this gentleman is about... I mean, I think he's about out pretty much of monitors at this point. And he has no new plan for ability, at least right now to get anything consistently in. So we're gonna run through a Dottronics monitor in a similar fashion to the 2030. And then I'm imagining that's gonna take up the full four hour segment of that afternoon is that little section of the course. So truly, I was like, I thought I was gonna be struggling to get through this, but when I started thinking about it, the amount of questions, he's like, be prepared for questions. And that's always my favorite thing anyway. I can't sit there and not... Like I love... I know from a stand-up comedian perspective, you probably, I mean, that's just part of it. You want the audience participation reaction. It all makes it a lot more enjoyable than just sitting there through a nerdy CRT presentation. So the museums came back to you and they said, hey, look, we like to show the maintenance boat. We want you to go deeper on these particular types of monitors because they're common to what we're doing. And is that... Is that the new part that they really want something deep on that? And that's just like half of it. And then they're just like spewing out all more stuff they want me to talk about. So one of the other things is it's like they're not... They struggle to... When they're trying to recreate a lot of these exhibits, you can look up specific exhibits. And I have a name for you. If anybody feels like they wanna Google something, it's Bruce Nauman. And he used to do video with pro monitors like these weird Andy Warhol looking art style and the like 70s and 80s and 90s. And these would include like some weird thing on a video loop on a monitor that was just very kind of disturbing. It's like one was in clown torture.  But if you go back and look at like how it was done originally they weren't using the PVMs that are exactly in use now cause it was maybe before that, before they existed. So they're trying to either contemporary like to make that switch up to something that is as close as to the original as possible or get the original set up. So I worked with the Bruce Nauman project with the Philadelphia Museum of Art a couple of years ago. And specifically the Bruce Nauman project there, they loved the 20 M2 MDUs to be used in the white room because it was an all white monitor. And like I helped them design that. You're not designed this actual thing but I helped them get two perfect 20 M2 white monitors and they were just ecstatic about that. So they use those monitors so you can look at like, you can look at like old pictures of these and how it varies cause it's going from art museum to art museum and it's all in like a plain white room and the room is the art. It's like you, the whole ambiance of the room there'll be a couple of weird things on the wall and reflections of the floor as the lights go down. And so it's all, that's all part of the art experience. So they have, yeah, good. For a second, let's, and I realize we should have got to this already. Sort of maybe going where you, right now you've explained sort of one exhibition but to just more, let's take a step back and like why, and let's explain to people why museums are interested in CRTs. And why, so okay, we might have all been to a museum and we've seen some piece there and there's a TV and it displays something or we get the idea that we might walk in and there's a bit of a TV wall and there's a couple of TVs and you know, there's something playing there, right? And there's some nuance, as you say there's some nuance to explain to this because while you might think, ah, just stick a TV in there and it works. The artists often, and I think mostly created these installations with particular TVs in mind looking for a particular set. Some of these artists knew just as much about CRTs as many of us who are listening right now, the way they look, the masks, the screen, you know, reflections and so forth. And so it's extremely important to the art, I think to the integrity of the art in many cases, that it is exactly the monitor that the artists designed this for. And you might say, well, what's the friggin difference? Well, true, what is art, you know, then what is any of this?  Well, why would you go look at the Mona Lisa in person if you could just Google a picture of it on the phone? You know, it's the same thing. Sure, why does any of it matter? What's the difference between a print and original? It's like, well, here's the thing, you brought it up perfectly and sometimes I can get, you know, lost on a detail. If something else, it doesn't matter. Yeah, they are completely concerned always with the closest to recreation.  And part of the art was the fact that it was made on that composite medium that it was always gonna be limited to the composite look of that television. So you can't just say, oh, a PVM's the best thing for this. And that's specifically what this art or this museum curator told me. He's like, they have a hard time understanding that they can't just use the PVMs for everything. And it's like, yes, sometimes the artist had never had access to the PVMs so the art was designed around the limitations of those sets. And so that part of interference is part of this. So you have, they have problems using, you know, so that's another whole aspect of this is I have to go through and explain how original artists were intending with this stuff and you need to sometimes think about your art medium as like, not only was it, what kind of tube was it on? Was it on a Trinitron? Was it on a shadow mask? Was it on a shadow mask from this time period that would have been looking like this? Or, and was the format composite video, was it a higher resolution? So it would look better on this other video format monitor. And that's a whole aspect of what the next day of probably classroom will be after we get done with this first day is kind of going through those projects and kind of helping people understand.  I think talking about that is gonna be very important. And he also had mentioned that they are all over the place when it comes to HDMI or HD, SDI downscaling to like, how are they getting it onto these monitors? Cause they're not, so here's the thing that's happening. They sat on all their video equipment and a lot of these places just stored it, the video equipment, any of the analog video tapes and things that were from the 80s and 90s, they just stored this stuff in warehouses. And it's to the point now where we've proven you can open up brand new tapes from the 1990s and they'll have mildew growing on them. And so they've realized this is the point now, they've kind of like let it just sit back there for 20 years, maybe longer, and done nothing besides sit it in cold storage. So now it's like we need to bring this stuff out and preserve it or there will be a repeat of what has happened before in history where you go back and this stuff's degraded, you lose it and it's gone forever. And it could be just some artists' video of something that, who knows? I mean, we don't know what we're tapping here into this art world. So there's an element of preservation because okay, you've tapped into it, an interesting idea here. Okay, I think we got the idea that the TV matters. The TV matters and maybe if our listeners are coming from a video game's perspective, I would say the analogy in the video games world may be the old argument, oh, did the designers design it on composite and did they mean to have the composite shading effect on Sonic with the waterfall? You know, is that what they meant or did they mean hard RGB with hard pixels? This level of artistic intent is, that would be the analogy into the video game sphere and we both know that that's an endless argument that'll never be settled. Also because they're not, often our video games are not made by one person. A team or something like that. Where here, I could imagine that a video artist going to a museum may be more clear and maybe like, look, this is my installation. It's gonna go from museum to museum and I need this TV and I need this and I need this look and they may have been more upfront about it. That's exactly. And he said that more or, because a lot of these artists are still alive that originally created this and they obviously own their copyright to their works so they still get paid by these private museums for their installations. Just like any copyrighted material to be used publicly because the museum then charges money to have the event, gets money from it. So that's, he said that there's some guys that are just like, no, I was designed specifically for this. It has to be, I'll allow for these three monitors or the other people are like, I don't know, whatever. Use whatever, because they were like, I got whatever CRT I got and like I said, this Korean guy, he was like, it was a beautiful exhibit. So he didn't really care. And I think the reason he brought that up was he was giving them the leeway to use PVMs. So they use PVMs, but it didn't have that same effect. Of course, because they've then increased the line count from a 150 to 200 line generic terrible CRT to, at the time, $3,000 machine that was the best in the world at displaying composite video. And then you have an expert come in and calibrate them. So it's like, it's very fun. It's very challenging because it's like way more than I thought I was gonna have to be covering and like lists of other things. And that's kind of- And also the quickly on that same matter. So the TV matters or it doesn't matter, apparently, or it matters to the artist. Maybe it doesn't matter to the artist, but then the museum might, as you say, stick a PVM there and just go, nah, nah, this isn't, you know. I'm not the artist, but I can tell like, nah, this isn't it. They themselves are so passionate about their stuff and they wanna bring this there and they get it there. It's just like if you, you know, if you had anything, any show, you're like, oh, this just doesn't turn out as, I've just had this.  And then they turn around and talk about it. And it ends up on social media and it ends up in, I have an article written about it and then, you know, enough of a draw, right? It's just like anything, I'm sure. So- I would imagine that's like when I watch like if I watch some online thing and it's like a movie that was in 24 frames a second, but they've upscaled it to 60 and you can tell it looks like dog shit because 24 doesn't divide into 60. But before, just quickly, another point that you said that was very interesting was, okay, so it's about TVs, but something has to play that. Something has to play that signal. Yeah, that's a big problem. And so then the, is the unit, the maybe a VCR, I imagine a lot of these dudes were literally a friggin' VCR with a VHS tape. So how's that VCR unit playing? How's that going? And then preservation of the VCR tape, do we to preserve it then? Then you have choices. Do we try to dub that to another tape? Is that gonna have degradation? Do you then, and then as you kind of alluded, do you digitize that? And oy vey, then you're in a whole other world. Well, that's the route they're doing, is they're going to digitize as much of this as possible to save it in a different format. So that's what I have to, and that's, I have like this, this is gonna be exactly what we're talking about here. This is gonna be an open discussion with these guys because I have no idea what they're doing. I wanna have kind of like open discussion, pick their brains on what they're doing and seeing if they can maybe see that some of that's the right approach, some of it might not be the right approach, but at the same time, like yeah, how are you digitizing that original film and what are you digitizing it to? What is the format you're digitizing it to? I believe most of the time they're digitizing it to some type of 480p, and then they're sending that 480p signal and then they are all downscaling that 480p out of HDMI most of the time, right into composite, into a CRT. So then it's like, he told me this, and I'm like, oh my goodness, so they're having all kinds of issues where they're just like, what's the weakest link? Just like any of us gamers, what's the weakest link in your setup? It's like you spent thousands on every piece and it all comes down to this little HDMI to S, or S video or HDMI to composite video and decoder, descaler, that's a piece of junk that we all get from Amazon because we just under-appreciate it. Now, and they're gonna under-appreciate it more because they have no care for lag. So latency, the only way latency matters if the audio doesn't match up, right? I mean, lag will have no effect on just watching video. So, because there's no input reaction. So that's like, their biggest thing is going to be, so that's almost like, what are you using for this? And then talk about some good options that are from downscalers that are high-end options, probably ones that I can't even get. I'm gonna have to email Bob or DM Bob after this and be like, Bob, what do you have that's ridiculous? Do you have the GBS control? Do you have the GBS control? Take that with you. That sounds like something that maybe they want to use. I think that I probably will. So that's another thing that, an idea right there. So there you go, GBS control, that's what I was thinking. I was like, the GBS control, but I don't know how like museums feel about open source stuff. So I'm gonna test those waters too and see what their even opinion is of that. Cause you know, a lot of those guys like to get in with these companies and like, oh, we only work at Decay, you know, so you don't know. But yeah, so I know we got 25 minutes into this and I wanted to make sure, it's okay. Yeah, but everybody just understand the discussion here today, I wanted everybody to understand that there's a whole new world of preservation. A lot of times I get wondering like, where's the real CRT? How much more can it really grow within gaming? And like, how many, I mean, there's a lot of people, most people know about it. A lot of people have gone through the full cycle. I've watched them of really wanting a CRT, loving it, having it, falling out of love with it, jumping out of gaming. And then I see their CRT for sale and who knows what else hobby they've jumped into, which is cool. That's what we all do. But this is like, it's more exciting to me cause it's like a whole industry now is empowering this. They have a lot of money behind them. And this is like, I was looking at the funding for these people. It's like Carnegie Mellon funding. So it's like, you know, this is the most funded stuff. And he's like, there's a fire under them and it's only getting hotter. Like, and they know it. So I want everybody to know that like, I am dedicating a lot of time to this program over the next couple of weeks. I do plan to have a lot more information coming about this trip. I've even got some special stuff set up to hopefully film. They've allowed me access to like these Panasonic 4K cameras. They just got in this week. Two of them to like film whatever I want at the museum for a day. So I'm gonna have something there, but I wanted everybody to know that so that, you know, if there's like a, not as much content as normally this time, that's why. So we will, Lewis and I will continue to update and talk through his normal channel on Zez Retro. We will be there with this podcast. We normally do it weekly when we can. So if you wanna know more, just continue to jump over there. But I think as far as like the vast majority of the important things here is at least from my meeting yesterday, that's it. And it's, I'm super excited about it. I think it's a big deal, especially for me to be able to get like some, we've been talking about trying to get some more like legitimate, steady business stuff. And this is like, this could be the opportunity of a lifetime, pretty much. It is, it's good for everyone. I mean, don't get us wrong, that the patrons and the customers that you have very appreciative. Absolutely. Always continue doing that work, has provided a steady stream of work. But you know, like think about it. This guy here, this other guy I'm talking to, he fixes old TVs and that's supposed to be his job support, he's family to everything. You know, you gotta find the ways to diversify and this is a way to diversify that can grow your business. And I know we've talked about this already at the podcast before. How does Retro Tech grow? Well, boom, this is it right here. This is a good chance. Like more than I thought that I'm not, I'm always the kind of the pessimist on this stuff cause I've been in like businesses and run my own business for 12 years. And like, I don't even like to say anything about a business deal till the check is in my hand and I can walk away with it, you know? And like, then I have the money. That's what I consider a deal like sealed. I don't consider even like a signed contract to be meaningful sometimes. Money baby, show me the money baby. Yeah, that's it. But at the end of the day, it's like, what's your pay? Then you're like, yeah, this is real. This is happening. So that's what's going on with me. It's tremendous. And, but I was, I was, I was also blown away because I thought that you had an awesome project, which I mean, you know, it's not going to the museum or anything, but I still thought that your last project with S video and composite was just awesome. And I really enjoyed it when I was away on my trip. So I mean, what do you want to say about maybe that one a little bit? Okay, well, I think what we'll do right now is we'll wrap up this one here. It's a tight 30 minutes for the main retro tech channel. You've heard about what Steve is doing. If you don't hear as much out of him recently or if there's not as many of these, it's because he's fighting the good fight, doing the good work out there and doing something really, you know, the next level up for preserving CRTs. And yeah, so what we encourage you to do now, come over to my channel, Zez Retro. If you haven't already been there, we've got the Cathode Ray podcast. We do it every week. We do it a little more casual. We're going to talk about Steve's holiday. We're going to talk about this video that I made recently on the new S video cause for the Mista that have been produced by Mike Simone. You can get native S video out of the Mista. I think it's a tremendous step up. There's so many things that are a step up for Mista. It's a tremendous step up. And I wanted to just explain how the cabling works. It's not that difficult to understand, but I just wanted to put all that information in one spot. So we'll see you over on the Zez Retro channel for Cathode Ray podcast, number 22. Thanks very much for your time today. That's right. Go now. Ciao.


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Hey everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Sauceman joined today by Tom Vecchio, a fan new who's here to break down tonight's NBA sleep. What's happening, Tom? Yeah, 11 games sleep before the All-Star break, and so then we get a week off while we top in. Let's get right into it. This is the last big night before the All-Star break, as you mentioned, so there's a lot of games and players to choose from. So we begin with some of your studs, and that takes us to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Andre Drummond. There's a lot of sentence I thought I'd say two weeks ago, but that's what the truth is. You like Drummond tonight? Why is that? Yeah, tonight's 11 games played. I want to say just like overall, we don't actually have a ton of injuries we need to be worrying about. We do have Kevin Love, who's listed as questionable for the Cavaliers, and with Andre Drummond now on the Cavaliers, as you said, we don't have too much of a sample size to draw from since he only played one game. So this really isn't about whether or not Kevin Love plays or not. This is just like factually a good spot for Andre Drummond. Pay some spot for the Cavs against the Hawks. We know the Hawks don't play defense. We see the Overunder sitting at 234 points. And we actually look at Drummond's stats when he was on the Pistons earlier this year against the Hawks in the three games. He averaged 20 points and 14.7 rebounds. So this is a spot we would want to be looking to Drummond kind of regardless what team he is with, regardless if Kevin Love plays or not. And with the extra usage potentially for Drummond with Love Out, I think this is just a lock and load spot for Drummond. All right. Get Drummond in there without the injuries. We know a little bit more right now than we normally do at this time. And Andre Drummond should be in a good spot tonight for the Cavaliers. So get him in your lineups. Another snow you're pretty high on this late here. Tom is Bradley Beale for the Washington Wizards. Second night of a back-to-back for them. But they are playing the New York Knicks whose defense has, well, it struggled most of this year. Although it's been better. Underhead coach Mike Miller. Bradley Beale, second night of a back-to-back. How come you're in? I'm just on board with a player like Bradley Beale. I want to say almost every single night, especially for Torbans. I mean, we look at what Zach Levine did last night. It's kind of the same player. Someone who just takes over 20 field goal attempts every single game. You know, Beale is that guy. You know, he's having a 29. He's averaging 29 points per game this season, which is career high. Not surprising that wall is gone for the entire year. But we're locking in 40 points every single night. 20 field goal attempts. If he gets hot, we're looking at a 60-point upside. It is a pace-down spot for the Wizards. But if you look back at his game block, they're on the road, they're at home. Good defense, bad defense, pace-up, pace-down. Bradley Beale gets it done. He's scoring a ton of real points. This Nick's defense is getting better, but I'm still banking on those 20-25 field goal attempts from him. 40 plus Fandal points every single night. Those points are always really strong for Bradley Beale. He has the Wizards pushing for a playoff spot right now. Does Bradley Beale? We'll see if they can get the job done. Well, let's first make sure Bradley Beale hooks us up tonight on Fandal. One more stunt I want to make sure we get to, Tom, and that brings us to Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns. Always fast pace. Booker, having a heck of a year thus far, why do you like him on this massive slate? So tonight against Golden State Warriors, I think is just a great spot to attack. 226 point over under. We have the warrior sitting at 13th and Pace Phoenix sitting at 10th. I was big on Booker the other night when Aten was questionable and he just didn't get it done in that game right. 19 Fandal points in 31 minutes. Not great. He shot two of 11 from the field and 0 of 4 from deep. So just an off night from the field. But this is a player who's shooting 49% from the field. And with Aten listed as questionable, again, we know that Booker is still that guy for the Suns. He can score 40 points. I think he's a little bit too cheap. Exciting. So I want to be trusting him, especially if Aten is out again. It's a significantly easier matchup compared to playing the Lakers in their most recent game. Golden State, horrible this year. They don't play defense. Fast paced.  So I'm going back to Booker tonight. I want Bradley Beale. I want these players that can score 40 plus real points. All right. Love it. Bradley Beale, Devon Booker, Andre, German, three awesome studs with the floor is just so, so high. All in good spots tonight. The matchups are great. Devon Booker, the latest stud, you're going to want to get in there on Fandal tonight. In order to get these players in there, we got to save some money. Without a ton of injuries on the slate, we got to figure out how. So let's begin with Rande Hollis Jefferson. Why do you like RHA in this matchup? So we want to be looking to RHA if Ibaka is out again. Ibaka's listed as questionable, missed their most recent game. We saw Hollis Jefferson get the start in that game, posted a very solid 38.7 Fandal points in 33 minutes. I think we can be looking to him again if, you know, the things fall our way with Ibaka being out. He should be in the starting lineup. And he sees, you know, a very modest 2% increase in usage when we adjust for not only Ibaka being out, but also Marcos Saul being out. But even with a 19.4% usage rate, you know, increased with two, with that 2% increase, he's still posting 1.02 Fandal points per minute. So the modest price tag, you know, against a pretty modestly bad, you know, Nets defense, we can be looking to him in the starting lineup, being productive, $4,100 price tag, really everything going for RHA tonight. You don't want to watch Serge Ibaka's availability tonight for that's around a raptor is to see if RHA makes sense. If Ibaka is out, obviously RHA should be in there. So consider making the move with Rande Hollis Jefferson. Up next, Ersan Ilyasova is always good for a few games during the season where he's going to absolutely go off. You believe one of those games could be tonight. Yeah, we know he gets the start when Attenticumpo is ruled out. He missed their most recent game. Attenticumpo has already been ruled out for tonight's game. I think this is one of the more obvious plays on the entire slate. It's when Attenticumpo is out, you go to Ilyasova in the starting lineup. You can look to Middleton. You can look to Eric Bledsoe as well. Overall, this is a pretty solid game environment against the Pacers. 222 point over under. We have a one-point spread. And we see Ilyasova coming in at $4,100. In his most recent game, he was out there for 23 minutes. Tonight, we have him projected for 24, putting up 24 fangled points. Again, you're kind of just locking in a floor at some of these value plays so you can spend up for those players that have a massive ceiling. Ersan Ilyasova in the lineup without Yanis Attenticumpo getting ready for all-star weekend, we hope. So Ersan Ilyasova, a fine play tonight, an obvious play. That's still the right one. One more value play to get to on this slate here, Tom. And that brings us to Dylan Brooks, who's heaking on an expanded role with Memphis after some of the trades they made at the deadline. You like Dylan Brooks tonight? How come? I absolutely love this game against Portland. 233 point over under. I want multiple players from this game. And I'll say for Brooks, you know, don't box, score, watch. If you're looking at his recent games, 14 and 18 fangled points in these last two, really not strong. Like no one's debating that. In those two games, he shot 4 of 17 and 4 of 12 from the field and went 0 of 11 from deep. So a bit of a cold stretch, but super fast-paced game. Like you said, he's taking on an expanded role and actually holds a usage high among their new starting five with John Moran, Kyle Anderson, Brooks, Jaren Jackson, and Jonas Valenskunis. He is the usage leader right now. It's a small sample size, but we want to trust the player who's shooting over 40% from the field in a high over under game, in a high pace game, to kind of get back in form with this shooting tonight. So I love this game environment. I love his new role. His price is great. And I kind of want to buy in if there's any recency, you know, buys against him just because he had two bad games. Yeah, this let's buy back in on Dylan Brooks. Let's buy that bounce back here in a good matchup against Portland. Should be a fun one. Dylan Brooks, someone to very much consider putting your fan to a lineup tonight. That's going to do it for us here on the hurry up for today. Tom Vecchio, I appreciate the time, man. Yeah, we have a week off. I'll see you in a couple of weeks then. Oh, yeah, you have the week off. That's awesome. I'll be back tomorrow with Jim Sanis as we take a look at the XFL. Have a great night. Enjoy the games. And we'll see you here tomorrow for another edition of the Fandal Hurry Up.


My greatest purchase in over 10 years is not a gaming console, not a TV, and not even a new gaming computer. Instead, it is the foundation of which all of my future gaming computers will now rest on. My desk. Waking up is a little more tolerable nowadays because getting to work has never been more inviting. It may not be an RTX 3090, but it will most definitely outlive it. This is my minimalist desk. Kung naghaanap ka ng legit Windows 10 Pro CD-Key, may special promo ngayon ng CD-Key offers for Black Friday. Mura na sila dati, mas mura pa sila ngayon, and may dug dug 20% discount if you use our promo code. Add to cart, check out, done ka sa payment options nila, wala pa isang minuto, finished. May legit working CD-Key ka na sa software na pinili mo. Gamitin ang aming promo code para makakuhapan ng extra 20% discount sa purchase mo. Kung naghanap ka ng mura, legit, and original software, check out CDKOffers.com Never buy anything for the sake of adorning your room with new things. Things have value only if they're useful within your budget and will last you for a long time. My previous desk, a five drawer pine wood table, was a childhood gift to me from my parents when I was seven. You can still see the streaks of my childhood across its surface, and this was my workstation throughout all my years in the It was during my time in law school when I realized the most serious flaw. I was running out of desk space due to having a second monitor, a printer, scanner, and having the PC on top of the desk. We always recommend that PC stay on top because it attracts less dust balls, thus improving circulation and air cooling. Due to COVID and the work from home mantra, I finally went all in on a new desk, but I had five years worth of Pinterest experience to know what I wanted. It had to be similar to the Ikea Alex drawers and Linman tabletop. The problem is that Ikea isn't open yet in the Philippines, and the Linman tabletop doesn't seem sturdy as it has a tendency to bend in the center. More on that later. The best solution I could come up with was to have the desk made to order, and after going through six furniture makers, I finally found one which replied and who gave the best price for what I wanted. It is by no means a cheap desk, but after going to so many furniture stores in the past five years, and much smaller desks made out of wood costing even more than what was quoted, I knew I found a bargain. My desk gives me freedom. I can put my feet up anytime if I want to. I can even move my keyboard and mouse around a variety of configuration spaces in case I don't want to use them. Sometimes we have gotten so used to believing that an office table is meant entirely for the computer, and we forget the benefits of pen and paper. To this day, I handwrite the tasks for the day on a small notepad which I keep within quick reach. Writing on paper as we are taught in law school strengthens memory, and to be honest, I find it more fulfilling writing off a task with a pen rather than using an app. I design my desks that I also have a lot of leg room. I can rest one of my legs after long periods of work, or even just switch to Indian sitting all together without a single concern of running out of space underneath. The key to achieving this is the height of the drawers and the length of the tabletop. At a height of 32 inches, my table is aligned with the arm rests of my chair, and I want to emphasize how important this is. When the table originally arrived, it was way too high, and it was extremely uncomfortable to use. My arms were literally overextended each time I needed to use the keyboard. This was completely my fault as they were just following my original specs. I attempted to remedy the problem by installing NASA-approved modifications to my arm rests, and while this did somewhat fix the problem, it came at the cost of having shoulder pain due to them being unnaturally raised for extended periods of time. Axe Woods, the furniture maker, was kind enough to adjust it for me at no cost, and I was extremely grateful. I want to give a special shout out to me who helped make this possible. The lesson to be learned is always make sure your chair's arm rests are level with that of your table. The countertop is 4.2 centimeters thick and made of pure mahogany. Having a thick plank of real wood as my countertop was non-negotiable. Wood adds warmth and a natural vibe to the otherwise unnatural beasts that lay on top of it. Seeing and feeling the individual wood grains remind me that my table is unique. Although anyone can order a similar table, no wood grains are the same. And while it isn't very noticeable, my tabletop is actually made of several planks of wood merged together to make a whole. This is why there are some variations of color, but just like the planks of wood in my room, it adds character rather than a distraction. Having a thick countertop not only adds to the premium look, but most importantly, it guarantees that the table will not sag in the long run. The thinner the countertop, the less weight it can take. A lot of Ikea and Ikea-inspired desks suffer from the middle sagging, especially if you are getting a long table like mine. This is why some people install a support bracket, but this makes the desk ugly and removes the clean minimalist appeal. There's even a guy who purposely broke his Ikea desk by jumping on top of it. You can check it in the link below, but in short, his Ikea tabletop showed signs of sag even before he jumped on it and it broke quite easily once he did. I'm not going to court danger by jumping on top of my desk, but I have every confidence in its strength when I occasionally need to sit on top of it, which I really need to do sometimes in order to adjust my cable management. Wood not only looks nice, but it will also last you longer and it ages well. Take my 24-year-old desk for instance. Although wood can easily get scratched, the damage is not permanent as you can always sand it down by professional and return it as good as new. The thicker the plank of wood, the more you can sand it down over the years, thus increasing its longevity. I fully intend to refinish my old desk eventually, and if I ever get a kid, at least they'll already have a good study table. This is not true with respect to countertops made from other material. My drawers, for instance, are made of marine substrate, which inherits the same problems as furniture made from MDF, which is that once it is damaged, there is very little you can do and you need to bear with it until you replace it entirely. I have 10 spacious drawers. While they aren't made of wood and probably won't last as long as the countertop, I don't really mind. Just as long as I don't get it wet and I'm careful not to hit it unintentionally, I can easily see these things lasting years. And when I do need to replace it, insulation will be as simple as putting the countertop on top of the new drawers. And because it is marine substrate, it is a lot cheaper to replace than drawers made of wood. The fact that the handles are cutouts makes it not only nice to look at, but keeps costs down and makes sure that there are less things to replace. Keep in mind the more stuff anything is made of, the more maintenance it will need and more stuff you need to replace it with over time, just like these handles. Although not made of wood, the premium nature of the drawers come from the mechanism. It makes pulling and pushing a real joy and there is even a safety function built into the rail, which prevents me from accidentally damaging it by banging it shut. I protected the interior of the drawers with a plastic film. All you need to do is cut it out to the correct size and now you don't need to worry about your items rolling around and damaging either the drawer or the stuff inside it. I'll leave the details of it in the link below. Unlike most gamers, I really don't mind if I can't directly see the RGB lights of my PC or if my PC is far away from my monitors. I prefer to have as much table space as possible because you never know when you will need to work on a project which doesn't involve your computer and even if I don't use the space, seeing a large table that is clutter free helps remove anxiety and it inspires me to get to work on something. The best way for me to achieve this was by having a cabinet made which uses the same material as my desk. It has six large drawers meant more for clothes rather than office stuff, but I welcome the extra space so it can store ink cartridges and paper for my printer. Combining that with the 10 drawers I already have makes my storage capacity feel limitless. And the best part of it is that the extension creates the illusion that the table is longer than it really is. The danger, however, of having such a large table is the instinctive desire to put stuff on it. I wanted to make sure the space it occupied in my room isn't wasted, thus all the drawers. While most people will look at the monitors and the PC when they come into my room, what I am most proud of is the charging station I made with a 94-peso cable organizer. It has the following cables, a USB 2.0, 3.0, my laptop's charger, my corsair harpoon's charger, and my printer's USB cable, all neatly tucked in without any mess in sight. I have a similar charging station next to my bed. In conclusion, a new desk may not be the most exciting thing to buy, especially when there are RTX 3090s and new AMD processors, but consider that a desk is something which generally isn't replaced as often as a new computer. At least not in my mind. I used the same desk ever since I was a kid and I only changed it now. So I really think this is going to be sticking with me for the next 15 or 20 so years. And I'm actually quite excited for the desk's journey, so to speak. And to be honest, I really think that having a good desk or office space makes me produce work more efficiently and actually to make better work, not just work that's work. Well, I guess what I'm trying to say is share this video to your boss so that they can the office can sponsor you a nice office table and chair. I know that some companies do that. And hell, you know what, you deserve it. If you like this video, consider liking and subscribing to us. And if you didn't, well, you know what to do. Let us know in the comments below what you liked about this video and what you didn't like as well as the other videos that you want us to produce for you. Till then, I'm Rafael from Hardware Sugar and thanks for tuning in.