LINKS
This is a collection of links to things I like, including a few of my own. None of these links is monetized.
MY LINKS
This is my blog on local government in Alameda, California.
Here is my personal GitHub
https://github.com/cameronbateman
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My LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/public-profile/in/cameron-bateman-8061a41
YOUTUBERS
I probably spend more time these days watching YouTube than any other form of content. Here are the ones I spend the most time on.
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Steve Wallis is an Alberta, Canada-based licensed gas-fitter who has parlayed his hobby of "boon-docking" into a successful channel. Some of what he does has been criticized as "recreational homelessness", but I really enjoy his enthusiasm for finding new ways to camp and do so within a very low budget. It's partly vicarious I suppose, since I can't do what he does.
https://www.youtube.com/user/thestevewallis
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Big Clive is a Scottish electrician / engineer who has spent decades specializing in lighting control and effects for the entertainment and live action rides businesses. He seems to have worked for everybody from Disney to the Scottish Royal Tattoo to his own business making custom ride controllers for amusement parks. His channel focuses largely on tearing down inexpensive electronics bought from eBay and dollar stores. You get to watch over his shoulder as he maps the physical components of the electronics and then with pen and paper reverse-engineers a basic schematic and explains how it works.
https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom​
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Beard Meats Food is a Youtuber from the Yorkshire region of England. He's built a very popular channel based on the idea of taking on restaurant food challenges and filming them. Although the idea of "competitive eating" has been around in both the US and Japan for years, it only really gained interest in America with the success of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and a rivalry that started between two elite competitors, Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi in the 2000's. This combined with the success of the TV show "Man Vs. Food" around the same time, has led to a proliferation of YouTube channels where eaters take on eating challenges offered as promotional items by many casual restaurants around the globe. "Beard Meets Food" has figured a formula to produce highly watched videos every week of himself travelling around in the US, UK and Europe, taking on these challenges.