Invidious

Just a very quick update. (I'll TRY to keep it short!)

*Long story short: There were some delays *because* of the surplus of money that came in, so i put it into this computer to make it even better -- and it's working great. My clumsy computer building skills are apparently still "adequete" :) -- Therefore I very much do expect that we're back online with some new shows *THIS WEEK* (and i hope to post multiples.. thanks to josh keeping at work getting things prepped so my job is a little easier !!)

So.....

Thank you again to everyone, we are always in need of support to keep this runnning, but what happened last month was absolutely overwhelming and allowed this to happen..

No, we have not disappeard ... Yes, the computer is together (I ended up moving the radiator in the front of the case to the top, and i went out and bought 3 fans for front air intake, and another fan for rear exhaust, and another fan that helps bring in air from the bottom, which helps create a lot of static pressure inside the case.. this is a good thing!)

I also went out and bought a couple more NVME solid state drives (Three total drives, 2TB each, max transfer speeds are ~15GB/SEC sequential) ... basically dumped a few hundred more into this one to get to where therer wont' be a need to take stuff apart any time soon. This was all about increasing airflow while trying to do it in a way that wouldn't make a lot of noise.. (more fans, less work per fan, etc.) More onboard memory to be able to swap large video files around very quickly.

The computer is up and running great, it took me a bit of time to make a custom windows install to get rid of all the "bloat" in windows 11... and then i had to do all the "tuning" that comes with a custom built pc -- and luckily i can say it turned out wonderful. I put it through a lot of benchmarking and stress tests to make sure it's going to hold up great and it's even better than i was hoping for.

This did take a little longer than expected, and I was hoping to have this up and producing content way sooner, but it was better to "get it done right" and make this thing as solid and as good as possible.. We had a slight overrun on the donor drive so i tried to make sure it all went itno this build. (while retaining my promise that i would still use my own money for a large part of it)

I added a 10 gigabit network card to it so we can transfer files between computers and to the file server very quickly (this gets super important when we're dealing with the massive sized videos that we use in the editing process)

Anyways, I was hoping to get a show out before GD60, that didn't happen, but now that this puppy is tuned in, I think we will get back on track this week

I will be back active on patreon (again, you can be a free member there!!! You don't have to pay money, plus you'll get acces to the discord server that i've been setting up for things like live streams that can't be here on YT... We'll go over that more later... I really want to do it in a way that makes it easy for people who don't understand "what is discord"

That said, it changes nothing for the channel, we'll still be putting everything we can on here, and we'll be starting back this week.

Apologies for the almost month-long delay here, things have been a little hectic with dealing with parental surgeries etc.

We should be back this week, and I think we're gonna have a lot of shows, because while i've been doing this , Josh has been hard at work getting a queue of shows for me to work off of so when this was ready, I'd be able to just go at it :)

2 months ago | [YT] | 87

@Bookmarkerer

Sorry about your parents health issues, being there for them is time well spent; so glad your subscribers raised what was beyond the goal—being able to watch and listen to the continued staggering amount of live Grateful Dead concerts and performances—always with the best pristine audio and the best video upgrade possible; thanks Chris, Josh Davis and any other colleagues that help youse out; will always be grateful to this most excellent channel—it has brought so much pure and utter joy into my life.

2 months ago | 3

@Heathcsw

Looking good! My son and I love your pc build. Keep up the Grate work!!

2 months ago | 3

@Hazard4K

Side note: If anyone is interested in purchasing an RTX 4090, inquire within -- I realize it's a long shot for people on here as they are still selling for 2000+ on ebay (I will give a good deal less than what ebay scalpers are selling. No, we are not downsizing at all by the way,. I'm just making some upgrades to the other computer over a period of months to totally refresh it up to the spec i would like to see it at .

2 months ago | 8

@augustwest5273

Thanks for sharing your wares and part of where the magic comes from. Btw, I see video clips all the time on Instagram and other social media platforms that look like your video remastering. I always leave a comment and ask if it’s a Hazzard video remaster and make sure to ask that if it is that they reference or site your work. Keep on doing amazing work.

2 months ago | 3