Books
- God Bless You Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
- Paul Farmer - Mountains beyond mountains
Aunt beast a wrinkle in time
- The Robot Builder’s Bonanza, Third Edition
I was introduced to electronics and hardware via this book. While the edition I had used quite antiquated electronics (the basic stamp?)
Movies
- Hackers
- Chain Reaction (1996)
- Johnny Mnemonic
Short Circuit I and II. Got me into Robotics. The intro is so compelling.
TV shows
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Mythbusters
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Macgyver (original)
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Murdoch Mysteries
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Due South
Hello Internet
Tom Scott’s Citation Needed - never fails to cheer me up, great sense of humor
vlogbrothers
very central to me.
The Bite Sci-Zed series by Alex Dainis.
I grew up watching these videos! I think the presenter does a great job conveying the process and enthusiasm of science (the green algae video is a masterpiece of critical commentary on a primary source). I was introduced to Alex by a biology tutor (also named Alex!) that my parents arranged when I was young - probably 13 or so.
Dave Jones’ eevblog
Emily Graslie’s Brain Scoop
Other
Keith Neufeld’s electronics blog
http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/electronics/?p=243
dansdata & howtospotapsychopath
Sparkfun comments - Nathan Seidle’s TEDx talk on patents
Servo, Robot magazine