What I've been Watching on YouTube - 8th April 2026

Hey guys, back again with some more YouTube videos I’ve been watching!

What COMPUTER SHOPS Really Looked Like in 1990s BRITAIN | Dear Old Blighty | 18:06

AI channel, but a nice video all the same, a look back at 90s computer shops in the UK. A lot of memories came rushing back watching this!


My Quiet Life; slow living with no friends in Britain 🇬🇧 | Quiet Life | 18:50

A guy who lives in the country talks about his life and not having any friends. This resonated a lot with me.


Explaining The Mess Of Top Level Domains | Brodie Robertson | 16:47

A quick video about the mess of TLDs, I had no idea there are right-to-left ones, makes sense for Arabic and Hebrew domains!


The Magic of Old World Harmonies: Medieval Festival Music Unplugged | Medieval Serenity | 3:33:45

Ok, this is over 3 hours of AI slop, but I quite like it, seeing all these AI generated fantasy/medieval scenes gives me a nice feeling and makes me want to play Oblivion or Skyrim, gives me inspiration for building in Minecraft, too…


From the Shire to the Ruins of Arnor | Tolkien Lore Tour in ArdaCraft | Game World Art | 28:13

A walk around the Shire on the ArdaCraft server in Minecraft. Lovely project that aims to recreate Middle Earth in Minecraft!


Every English Monarch Explained in 36 Minutes | Majestic Studios | 36:07

Another AI slop video, but I think it was quite well done… if you don’t look too closely. But yeah, I’m very interested in the English and British monarchy.


The Music That Broke the Berlin Wall | Paul And Sanja (MrBiffo/Digitiser) | 1:18:20

Paul & Sanja with another fantastic documentary from Berlin. I’m fascinated with the history of Berlin, the Berlin Wall, etc, really interesting video, give it a watch!


Path to the Forest Hearth | Medieval Fantasy Music & Animated Ambience | House of Nobless | 3:23:35

More AI slop from an unfortunately named channel. I have to admit, again, if I squint and don’t look at the details, these kind of videos are quite nice to relax to, some of the scenes give me inspiration for building in Minecraft or playing a fantasy RPG.


What’s Left of Medieval London? | Look Up London | 10:00

A quick look at some medieval sites in London.


Frutiger Aero City Park 4K | Calm Ambient Music | Early 2000s Nostalgia | Past Future Sounds | 1:59:59

What the future looked like in the not-so distant past. I love it.


ArdaCraft: Bag End to Bree - Environment Artist Explores #1 | Game World Art | 22:12

Another look at ArdaCraft in Minecraft. I have to try this, it looks beautiful what a project!


My 1st Time Playing Diablo 3 Part 20 | Lets Play Diablo 3 | OmarioRpgGaming | 37:02

Been enjoying watching Omar play through Diablo 3 on a barbarian (the best class) in story mode.


307 Dead: Was Putin Involved In The Bombings? | Dan Snow’s History Hit | 34:30

Dan Snow and Helena Merrima discuss the Russian apartment bombings, very interesting if you’re into conspiracy theories.


Building a Linux Bandwidth Monitor in Bash From Scratch! | You Suck at Programming | 1:08:08

How to write a bandwidth monitor in Linux’s Bash shell. Need to learn Bash scripting, this looks really cool.


I Finally Did The Factory Job in My Winter Car | 22 | Jeff Favignano | 32:28

Another MWC video. The factory boss speaks some English now! I can’t imagine having to do a job like this for 8 hours a day every day, F that!


Designing A Complete DRSSTC Tesla Coil In 10 Minutes | Kaizer Power Electronics | 19:04

Designing a DRSSTC (Dual Resonant Solid State) Tesla Coil in 10 minutes, I need to get back into electronics, I have an ambition to build a big Tesla coil, I’ve already made a smallish solid state one, but I want bigger arcs!


Frutiger Aero University Campus 4K | Past Future sounds | 1:59:59

I want to be a student here. This was what the future looked like when I was a teenager.


NU:TOPIA | Soothing Y2K Ambience | 2 Hours | Dreamfibre | 2:00:00

Beautiful, looks like some kind of futuristic cyber cafe, these videos are not AI by the way. I wish the future was like this.


I Tried Switching to Linux | Robertson Reacts | Brodie Robertson Reacts | 26:33

Brodie reacts to SAMTIME’s video where he attempts to switch to Linux. I like SAMTIME, but he is obviously an Apple fanboy, and it is unfortunate he runs into rather a lot of problems which are mostly not Linux’s fault. As I always said, Apple makes computers for people who don’t like computers. As for this Brodie guy, he seems rather arrogant and condescending (like most Linux fanboys), or maybe it’s just the Arch users…


Linux Age Verification: FOSS in the Brave New World | ExplainingComputers | 16:46

A video from ExplainingComputers about the proposed OS-level age verification that could be coming to Linux. Age verification for websites and social media is one thing, but for operating systems? What about OSes with multiple users, library/college/uni PCs? I don’t think politicians have thought this through.


The forgotten history of Piccadilly Gardens. Manchester + Underground | Martin Zero | 23:07

A look at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester and the former Royal Infirmary/lunatic asylum. I didn’t know the fountain is being removed, shame! The place has become a magnet for the dregs of humanity now, best to avoid the area when in town. It’s rather ironic this was once the site of an insane asylum in Victorian times, and now the area is full of wandering weirdos who should be locked up - bring back the asylums!


Exploring the Rothschild’s Village of the Damned | swilliamism | 44:29

Swilliamism explores a village in Buckinghamshire founded by the Rothschilds.


Digital Clock in C from Scratch - 7-Segment Display | Daniel Hirsch | 2:04:56

Very interesting video using Raylib in C to create a 7-segment display clock, this is definitely something I want to try out, maybe in C and Java, I will add it to the list of potential projects.


Welcome to Europe’s Most Hated city | Spanian | 47:54

Never seen this guy before, but in this video he visits Brussels in Belgium. This is supposed to be the capital of the ‘United in Diversity’ European Union.


OpenClaw……RIGHT NOW??? (it’s not what you think) | NetworkChuck | 34:43

How to setup OpenClaw as your personal assistant - I really want to try something like this! Love this guy’s videos.


Lucid Skies | Frutiger Aero Ambience | Dreamfibre | 2:00:00

Ah, I want to live in these videos, I am obsessed with these Fruitger Aero videos. Makes me want to write a book set there and gives me ideas for my upcoming Minecraft playthrough…


Nightfall Ambience in Richest Neighborhood of Amsterdam • 4K ASMR | Jeronimo Ambience | 36:00

Another beautifully shot video from Jeronimo, I once asked what camera/lens they use, but they directed me to their Patreon - cheek of it. Anyway, this is a lovely video of a stroll through Oud-Zuid, a wealthy neighbourhood in Amsterdam. I don’t know if I mentioned, but my life’s ambition is to one day live in the Netherlands, maybe not in Oud-Zuid, but somewhere nice like this.


How the Fabian Society Infiltrated EVERY Level of Parliament | Green & Pleasant | 29:14

A video about the Fabian Society. Sinister bunch of weirdos if you ask me.


Visiting the Prime Minister’s Country House (and Decoding the Secret Symbols) | swilliamism | 44:58

I don’t even know if posting this online is a breach of some legislation, but swilliamism is back at it this time in the countryside of Buckinghamshire. Some lovely drone shots in this, I want to get a drone maybe one day, but I just know I’ll probably break it or chop my fingers off accidentally. I would have chickened out and ran away from those two armed policemen.


Who is Eostre? The Lost Goddess behind Easter | Story Crow | 59:24

About the origins of Easter in England, love this guy’s videos.


Right, and I think that’s it for now, I’ll be back with some more interesting videos soon hopefully. Oh yes, and here’s my most recent YouTube watch time stats, do you think I spend too much time on YouTube?

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