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Podcast Episode #67 - Strange Parts with Scotty Allen

Scotty Allen is the man behind the hugely successful YouTube channel, Strange Parts. He joins Joerg and AJ for Scene World's Repair Month to talk building and repairing your own hardware, China's unique electronics marketplace, and why preserving older hardware is important for future generations. (Interview begins at 14:42)

Links related to this podcast:

• Strange Parts: https://strangeparts.com
• Strange Parts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/strangeparts
• Strange Parts on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/strangepartscom/
• Strange Parts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/strangepartscom
• Strange Parts on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strangeparts_com/

Clips shown:

• A million dollars for a bird!?!! - in Doha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTjdm_wB61s
• How I Made My Own iPhone - in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leFuF-zoVzA
• Bringing BACK The iPhone Headphone Jack - in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfbE3_uAMA
• Paintings, PCBs, and Possibilities - How Chinese Copies Became Originals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWd9nnaDL3M
• How YOU Can Make Your Own iPhone!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3hkwUD-Mnw
• How We Added Wireless Charging to an iPhone - in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY5R-7dgbEA
• Welding a SAILBOAT for the DESERT? - in California: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdgtuOTJX4Y

Other things:

• Only in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/user/ONLYinJAPANWAORYU
• Only in Japan * GO: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDsvL48jluG3tvlyurB4K3g
• Small Change Arcade: https://www.smallchangearcade.com
• iFixit: https://www.ifixit.com
• Smuggler caught in China with 94 Apple iPhones strapped to his body: https://www.phonearena.com/news/Smuggler-caught-in-China-with-94-Apple-iPhones-strapped-to-his-body_id64769
• Crossbows and ziplines used to smuggle iPads into Hong Kong: https://www.engadget.com/2011/08/08/crossbows-and-ziplines-used-to-smuggle-ipads-into-hong-kong/

• Psytronick: http://www.psytronik.net
• King's Valley 64: http://www.psytronik.net/newsite/index.php/c64/113-kings
• Retro-Bit: http://retro-bit.com
• Retro-Bit's Sega Collaboration: http://retro-bit.com/sega-collaboration
• Amazon: https://www.amazon.com
• 64JPX: https://www.64hdd.com/64jpx/64jpx.html
• RetroGameBoyz: https://www.ebay.com/usr/retrogameboyz
• Nick Vivid: https://www.nickvivid.com

The strangest of parts:

• Joerg’s crap blog: http://nafcom.eu
• Joerg on Twitter: http://twitter.com/nafcom
• Joerg on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nafcom

• AJ: http://justwestofhell.com
• AJ on Twitter: http://twitter.com/derision64
• AJ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derision667/

Intro promo by Richie Knucklez: http://www.thekongoff.com
Podcast music by Richard Bayliss: http://tnd64.unikat.sk

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