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3:40Build a Do-It-Yourself Air Purifier for About $40
2.3M views • 15 years ago
Michigan Medicine
A University of Michigan Medicine demonstration of building a cheap DIY air purifier from a box fan and a HEPA or high-MERV filter using hardware-store parts. It explains why this helps against dust, smoke and viruses and ties it to local air quality readings.
54:01You Suck at Excel - Joel Spolsky (Reupload)
27K views • 2 years ago
Cool Bug Facts
A reupload of Joel Spolsky's talk teaching spreadsheet users the Excel features they are probably missing, such as keyboard navigation, named ranges, tables and lookups. The original disappeared and this copy comes from the Wayback Machine.
Topic match · Productivity & self-improvement
10:25How to Get Good at Small Talk, and Even Enjoy It
2.7M views • 3 years ago
Harvard Business Review
A Harvard Business Review video with tactics for getting better at small talk and enjoying it, such as setting goals, allowing pauses, and starting and ending conversations.
Topic match · Productivity & self-improvement
56:21Getting Started With Org Mode
293K views • 10 years ago
thoughtbot
Harry Schwartz gives a roughly hour-long tour of Emacs Org mode as an outliner, task manager, markup language and agenda tool. He demonstrates how he uses it for documents, presentations and todo lists.
Topic match · Productivity & self-improvement
1:28:31Telescope Building with John Dobson
1.7M views • 11 years ago
Dobson Astro-Initiatives
A roughly 90-minute film of John Dobson building a Dobsonian telescope step by step, including hand-grinding the mirror.
1:25Hazard perception test 2026: official DVSA guide
2.7M views • 11 years ago
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
The UK DVSA's one-minute guide to the hazard perception part of the driving theory test, covering when to click and how to score well.