OSFT Archive - Episode 5 - September 2008

Summary

The video revisits the archive series, featuring highlights from May 2008. The narrator helps a friend remove a computer virus, navigates confusion in phone calls, and pranks family members while they search for a new TV. Later, he introduces a new character—a neighbor's dog—and attempts hide-and-seek, which proves hilarious. After several uneventful videos, he showcases an apartment tour, a failed webcam test, and a walk through the neighborhood, marking the first time viewers see outside his bedroom. The episode ends with a sneak peek of upcoming outdoor footage in October 2008.

Takeaways

• 😀 The video starts by referencing a previous episode from May 2008 and encourages viewers to check it out for an introduction to the series.
• 😂 The narrator humorously recounts helping his friend Josh remove a virus from the family computer while commenting on some quirky moments like wearing short sleeves and feeling cold.
• 📞 The narrator accidentally calls Josh’s mom while intending to call his friend Daniel, leading to confusion and a funny conversation.
• 🕹️ A running gag involves the narrator pranking his grandpa with various objects like a Velcro bookmark and slinky, while his grandpa remains oblivious.
• 😅 The narrator reflects on some mundane videos from his archive, like discussions about internet usage, Windows Vista updates, and his attempts to recover from an illness.
• 🎢 The narrator attempts to show his grandparents a roller coaster simulator, hoping for funny reactions, but is disappointed by their lack of response.
• 📹 A 'big event' in the archive involves filming with a camcorder outside the narrator's bedroom, offering a tour of his apartment, garden, and the surrounding area.
• 🐕 A new 'character' is introduced: Obi, the neighbor’s dog, whom the narrator plays hide and seek with, despite his repeated failures to hide effectively.
• 🏠 The narrator describes his apartment, including awkward moments where his dad focuses on filming his head too much, and the family’s sarcastic commentary on their garden.
• 🚶‍♂️ The video concludes with the narrator taking a walk outside his apartment, exploring a nearby park, a reserve, and Freshwater Beach, giving a glimpse into his daily life.

Q & A

What is the purpose of the video series mentioned in the transcript?

The video series appears to be a personal archive, documenting the creator's daily experiences and interactions. The first episode, set in May 2008, introduces the concept, and the creator continues reflecting on moments from his life.

What issue is the creator helping his friend Josh with?

The creator is helping his friend Josh remove a virus from his family's computer before Josh's parents find out.

What peculiar situation does the creator find himself in when trying to call his friend Daniel?

The creator accidentally calls Josh's mom instead of Daniel's, causing confusion when he believes he is speaking to Daniel's mother.

What prank does Daniel's dad play on the creator?

Daniel's dad pretends to be Daniel while the creator is on the phone, leading to more confusion for the creator.

How does the creator entertain himself while his grandfather shops for TVs?

The creator tries to entertain himself by throwing a ball up and down, placing objects like a Velcro bookmark, elastic band, and slinky on his grandfather without him noticing.

Why does the creator find the video titled 'Nana and Grandpa look at roller coaster simulator' underwhelming?

The creator was expecting his grandparents to have funny reactions to the roller coaster simulator based on their previous reactions to a game, but they showed little to no reaction in the video.

What 'big event' does the creator introduce in one of the videos, and why is it significant?

The 'big event' is the introduction of extension cords, allowing the creator to film videos outside of his bedroom, which is a significant change as all previous videos were confined to the bedroom.

Who is Obi, and what game does the creator play with him?

Obi is the neighbor's dog, and the creator plays hide-and-seek with him, although the creator finds that Obi easily discovers his hiding spots.

What technical issue does the creator face with his new webcam extension setup?

The extension cord for the webcam doesn't work as expected, with the system malfunctioning and failing to detect the webcam.

What unique locations does the creator explore in the video, and how does his father contribute?

The creator explores his home beyond the bedroom, including the hallway, garden, and kitchen. His father films most of the footage, though the creator finds his father's filming technique frustrating as he often focuses too much on the creator's head rather than the surroundings.

Outlines

00:00

📞 A Strange Phone Call Incident

In this segment, the narrator recalls an odd situation where they were helping their friend Josh remove a virus from the family computer. Despite trying to call Josh using a voice service to save money, a mix-up happens when the narrator mistakenly dials Josh’s number instead of Daniel’s. The result is a humorous exchange involving Josh’s mother, whom the narrator confuses for Daniel’s mother. This leads to a bizarre conversation where both parties are puzzled over mistaken identities, with the confusion eventually being revealed as a prank by Daniel’s father.

05:02

📺 Boredom and Grandparent Shenanigans

The narrator shares a comedic story of entertaining themselves while their grandfather and mother were shopping online for a TV. As the adults are focused on their task, the narrator amusingly attempts to attach various objects to their grandfather without being noticed. From Velcro bookmarks to a slinky linking their grandpa and mom together, the grandfather remains oblivious. Despite these silly antics, the adults stay engrossed in their TV search. This segment ends with the narrator playfully connecting a slinky between their family members, creating a moment of lighthearted chaos.

10:04

📹 First Venture Outside the Bedroom

After several indoor videos, the narrator prepares to show viewers a glimpse of life beyond the bedroom. They figure out how to transfer camcorder footage to a computer, marking a significant milestone in the archive series. The first video outside the bedroom begins with the narrator awkwardly narrating as their dad films them exploring the house. The narration is filled with comedic missteps, such as focusing too much on the narrator's head. Despite the poor commentary and filming, this segment introduces new spaces like the bathroom, hallway, and lounge room, while also showing off the surrounding garden.

15:04

🚶 A Walk Through the Neighborhood

The final segment takes viewers on an outdoor adventure, showcasing areas outside the home, such as the foyer, driveway, and a walk to a nearby bus stop. The narrator humorously describes cars and other features, sometimes stumbling over words. They even attempt to climb a rock but retreat after seeing some bugs. The exploration continues through a nearby park and ends at Freshwater Beach. Despite the light-hearted nature of the video, the narrator reflects on the progress of their archive series and hints at more outdoor footage in the next episode.

Keywords

💡Virus Alert

In the video, 'virus alert' refers to a malware infection on a family computer that displays a warning message instead of the correct time on the screen. This concept highlights the technical problems being addressed, such as removing a virus that a friend accidentally downloaded, which forms part of the narrative about computer troubles.

💡Archive

The term 'archive' in the video refers to the collection of video episodes the narrator has recorded over time. This archive includes a series of documented experiences, events, and interactions, showcasing the narrator's journey through technology issues, pranks, and home life from 2008 onward.

💡Fire Alarm

The fire alarm in the video represents a recurring household issue that annoys the narrator's family. It goes off frequently while they are cooking, despite being far from the oven. This highlights the mundane and humorous struggles the narrator deals with in daily life.

💡Pranks

Pranks are a recurring theme in the video, particularly when the narrator is tricked by his friend's dad, who pretends to be someone else during a phone call. The narrator also engages in small pranks, such as attaching objects to his grandpa without him noticing. These pranks add a humorous and lighthearted tone to the narrative.

💡Velcro Bookmark

The Velcro bookmark is used as part of the narrator’s attempt to prank his grandpa by sticking random objects to him. The repeated failure of the prank adds to the comedic aspect of the video and showcases the narrator’s playful relationship with his family.

💡Extension Cord

The extension cord symbolizes the narrator's attempt to expand his video content beyond his bedroom. He discusses using it to film in other parts of the house, indicating a desire to create more diverse and interesting footage as part of his video archive.

💡Hide and Seek

The hide and seek game with Obi, the neighbor’s dog, is a central playful moment in the video. The narrator attempts to hide from the dog but repeatedly gives himself away by laughing. This reflects the lighthearted and humorous nature of the video, emphasizing the fun and spontaneity in the narrator's life.

💡Roller Coaster Simulator

The roller coaster simulator is a video game the narrator shares with his grandparents, expecting their reactions to be funny. This moment highlights the generational differences in entertainment and the narrator's efforts to engage his family in his technological interests.

💡Handycam

The Handycam is the camera the narrator uses to film his videos, symbolizing his efforts to document and share his experiences. He details its features, showing his enthusiasm for using technology to expand his creative output beyond his bedroom recordings.

💡Freshwater Beach

Freshwater Beach is a location mentioned as part of the narrator’s video footage. It represents a change of scenery from the usual indoor recordings, highlighting the narrator’s attempt to include more outdoor and diverse content in his video archive.

Highlights

Introduction of the archive series and mention of May 2008 being the first episode.

Josh got a virus on the family computer, and the narrator helps him remove it before his parents find out.

The narrator uses a program called 'Buster' to save 20 cents on a call with Josh.

Josh's desktop clock was replaced with the words 'virus alert,' adding humor to the virus removal process.

The narrator describes issues with a fire alarm going off repeatedly while cooking, even though it's far from the oven.

Accidental call to Josh's mom instead of Daniel’s mom, leading to a confusing conversation where both think the other is someone else.

The narrator attempts to prank his grandpa by placing various objects on his shoulder, which goes unnoticed for a while.

The narrator attaches a slinky from his grandpa’s shirt to his mom’s hair, but they eventually notice the prank.

After using 79% of the internet data for the month, the narrator reflects on the limited 12 GB of data available back in 2008.

The narrator installs Windows Vista Service Pack 1, mentioning it as an important tech event of that time.

A new character, Obi, the neighbor’s dog, is introduced, and the narrator plays hide and seek with the dog.

The narrator tries various hiding spots during hide and seek with Obi but fails repeatedly as the dog easily finds him.

The narrator uses a camcorder to record videos outside the bedroom for the first time, expanding the scope of the archive.

Tour of the family apartment, including the living room, hallway, garden, and kitchen, all filmed by the narrator’s dad.

Humorous segment where the dad uses a sarcastic accent to describe the latest oven technology in the kitchen.

Transcripts

welcome back to the archive if you

haven't seen the first episode

aka May 2008 go check it out now for an

intro to this series the first video and

think number 2008 starts off like this

my friend Josh got a virus I find it odd

here how I'm wearing short sleeves yet

I'm so cold that I've got a heater just

wear a jumper anyway I've got to fix

that so I'm gonna do a call to him using

what Buster amusing voice Buster again

to save 20 cents I'm surprised my friend

doesn't just call considering the fact

that I'm helping him remove the virus

before his parents find out he

accidentally infected the family

computer yeah okay on on your desktop

just anyway let's fast-forward 40

minutes to see how the removal is going

delete all files and settings but just

before you click that oh just look now

it's each area the bottom whether I'm in

time is I'm supposed to be helping Josh

ear not laughing at the fact that he's

clock time is replaced with the words

virus alert

anyway after an hour are getting to run

Smith fraud fix and this is the result

oh wait yes I go to all programs though

is it still saying virus alert 24 hours

there we go a couple days later I

discuss our fire alarm playing up okay

right now our fire alarm is doing read

oh by the way we have the song return

oven and a fire alarm while we're

cooking with this up and it seems to

keep on going off and the fire alarm is

nowhere near the oven I guess no one's

gonna want to solo don't love and after

hearing this anyway next up I go to call

my friend Daniel about his friend static

logging into his msn account and

pretending to be him but I accidentally

put in Josh's number instead and what

happens next is just weird

oh hello now this is Josh's mama but I

think it's Daniels mum and ask for

Daniel huh hello is Daniel King back

there yeah she doesn't even know Daniel

why did she just say he was there yet

can I talk to him

I see star Shakey's on his account

she says star [ __ ] like it's some weird

TV series or video game rather than a

person is that you Daniel your mom just

said you were Daniel

this is Daniel's number what's wrong

them tell your mum that yeah I didn't

quite know what to say there I mean what

do I say tell your mum that you actually

aren't Daniel and that your name is Josh

next up I checked the number in sure

it's Daniels number then try again but

things just don't go to plan who's this

I soon hear Daniels bird in the

background and realised that this is

just his dad playing a prank on me

I can hear JP the next day I make a

video showing off what it looks like

outside my bedroom window as every video

so far in the archive has only shown off

my bedroom er don't worry though because

at the end of this month I created a

video doing the full apartment to her

and walk down the road so stick around

to the end of this video to see that

anyway the next day my grandpa comes

over and my mum and him look online for

TVs oh how many I'm sure you're looking

at a 26 26 is a big set after about half

an hour I start to get bored and

entertain myself by throw the ball up

and down in the background three minutes

later I start to get super bored and see

if my grandpa will notice a fake bird

hovering near his face what do you see

that's what we've just looked at that's

the one we just moved here

15:50 fully hi

how annoying but it gets worse way worse

as you can see in the background I'm

testing if a Velcro bookmark will stick

to my clothing before I place it on my

grandpa's shoulder and after a few

minutes he doesn't even notice bad Sonny

Mike hey Brian there's to this Panasonic

and PAL site yeah pal sonic tries to

sound like Panasonic next up I placed an

elastic band on his shoulder but he

still doesn't notice so two minutes

later I placed another piece of paper on

top of that but a few moments later it

falls off and later the bookmark falls

off too eventually it gets super silly

when I attach a slinky from my grandpa's

shirt to my mom's hair linking them

together as if that didn't look silly

enough I attached a bird to dangle on

the slinky between them but that's when

they noticed I even attempted to place a

ball on top of that that didn't really

work anyway you get the picture here I

was constantly attaching weird things to

my mum and grandpa but they didn't

really care a self so focused on trying

to find a new TV anyway let's just

quickly move through the next several

videos so we can spend more time on the

final video on the 8th I've already used

79% of the internet for the month 12

gigs just wasn't enough data back then

on the 10th

I got Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and

just skipping through a few more videos

here you can see always think on the

13th I mean who really wants to watch

that let's see if I'm better by the 16th

hello I'm feeling much better from being

sick well I still sound terrible so

let's move on skipping some more videos

such as this shaky webcam video where I

film the screen while looking up

information about the in development

Windows 7 formerly known as Blackcomb

and oh wait here is a video with my Nana

and Grandpa rennet on the 21st titled

Nana and Grandpa look at roller coaster

simulator based on their funny reactions

to grand theft auto san andreas last

month I'm hoping they'll have really

funny reactions to a roller coaster

simulator so let's take a look

seriously no reaction ah well this video

is certainly proving that bedroom videos

are becoming boring but it looks like

I've got some good news in the next

video

okay the good news look at this look at

this look at this this is a big event in

the archive a big event if I can't even

open the plastic bag containing the

extension cords I'll show you how long

it is okay so it's reasonable in size

let's extend the camera if I put it on

the ground over here right there you can

come out oh yeah Oh fantastic so instead

of just bedroom videos I'll be able to

make hallway videos - ready for the

extension I am

yep we're ready for it but sadly the

next video is this okay I've got some

bad news it didn't work when I plugged

it in it you said something about

malfunctioning or something it didn't

even detect that it was a webcam oh well

that's a shame but I've got a new

archive character to introduce to you

guys that visited me just two days later

okay as you know this is Obi Obi he's a

little dog the neighbor's own now what

I've made up I've made up well that

didn't last long

basically I'm about to play hide and

seek with my neighbor's dog and trust me

this works better than I expected it to

well that hiding spot didn't work so

let's try again

it's funny how he thinks I'm behind the

door Judah what making a sound but by

looking at the door he makes me laugh

and thus is able to find me plus

probably is plan all along anyway let's

see if I can avoid laughing in the next

round not only did I laugh again but I

chosen even more obvious spot I seem to

be getting worse at this next up I

decide to move the camera to a different

angle and hide it under my computer desk

seriously

how dumb can I get the computer desk is

the first thing you see when you walk

into my room and being a dog low to the

ground

means seeing under my desk is super easy

anyway next up I hide behind my sliding

mirador once again oby looks behind the

door not realizing that he was the one

that made it hit the wall wow what an

awkward position I placed that webcam

I'm not on the bed OB but what I've just

seen it is about to make me laugh yep

get myself away again I think I'd better

move on now because as you can see my

hiding spots aren't exactly getting

better and I'm sure you've all seen a

don't play fetch the ball in the next

video I do a screen recording of a

simulated online operating system that

looks just like Windows XP found at oo

SCC however it appears at the website

you've no longer up and running today

now the moment you've been waiting for

is about to occur and I talk about it on

the 28th today will be the first day you

get to see outside of the archive well

it actually ends up being the next day

due to a mix-up but anyway let's move on

we're gonna film it using our camcorder

and I found a program on the computer

which transfers DVD files into avi

basically we have a camcorder back then

that recorded videos onto mini discs and

I didn't know how to transfer them to

video files on PC until I found a

certain program but now that that's all

figured out and working it's time to

film the first video that takes place

outside my bedroom but of course the

video starts off inside my

this is the sort of outside house

archive video and this is just a screen

set but anyway let's go they're pretty

cool looking screensaver if you ask me

the camera we are using is handycam it

was made in 2005 and I don't know much

more about it okay as you can see this

is entering the distance that the webcam

can't go in this is the bathroom I found

it pretty awkward here because my dad

was so focused on filming me that he

wasn't really looking around the

bathroom properly don't make sure it's

not too sensitive main place

so that was the bathroom anyway the

commentary here was pretty bad so I'll

just take over this is down the main

hallway and to the left out of sight is

the front door to the property and to

the right is my parents bedroom here's

the bedroom and the box for candy can

you still notice my dad is filming my

head way too much here which is why in

future videos I decided to do the

filming myself in the lounge room here

you'll notice that a lot of the

furniture on the left is still in our

current home as of 2019

sadly the lighting here was terrible

though anyway time to take a look at the

view

the beach is saying if freshwater beach

in all the houses there all belong to

the suburb of freshwater

anyway time to check out the garden once

again my daddy's driving me nuts by

filming my head rather than the garden

but in just a moment he's going to

randomly put on an accent as he talks

about the garden as you can see is some

lovely flowers have just planted the

other day in within a few hours II grew

and that's my beautiful garden there

with a few dead plants and some lovely

lavender which I planted just the other

day in case he didn't realize he's being

sarcastic so let's move on to the

kitchen a solid oh now this is the

latest technology or Val H in arm tree

yep that's the same solar Durham oven

that used to randomly set off the smoke

alarm earlier in the month it is the

latest design in oven technology brought

to you by Philip Adams now Philip please

explain the technology you have

witnessed today you get that you open

the oven up put the food in close it and

then you spin that thing for how long

you want to but there's many other

features and that's your favourite thing

you press that if you've got your

favourite food in there Wow was that

actually meant to be a joke that was

awful anyway you've seen the house it's

time to look outside here's something

that the archive has never seen and will

never see even if I do get an extension

cord for the webcam which I won't need

anymore

[Music]

don't make those sounds the viewers have

already suffered through bad jokes they

don't need cream G music anyway what

you're now seeing is the foyer of our

apartment and up the stairs and around

the corner is where my neighbor's dog

lives later in the video we check out

the garage area walk up the driveway and

eventually take a walk down the road to

see where the second bus drops me home

from moringa mall as my school bus only

took me to ring them all and I had to

catch a second bus to get home from

there and sorry I sucked at saying that

sentence because I cannot properly

pronounce worrying of all more crossing

the road later we see some cars which I

decide to describe to future viewers of

this video that's the average way of and

they do not go above the ground they

don't go above ground what do they do

drive under the road what I meant to say

here was that they don't fly above the

ground as we don't have flying cars yet

but as of 2019 there are plenty of

flying cars on the way as well as hopper

bikes and other cool things that would

have the 2008 version of me

super amazed but these aren't in common

use yet next up we climb up a rock at a

park but I'm pretty quick to get off

when I see some creepy bugs on the

ground which reproduce yeah yeah yeah I

know it's kind of silly being scared of

little bugs but hey at least I don't

make strange sounds like my dad when he

gets off the rock

anyway the rest of the video is just

more walking around and exploring the

nearby reserve and finally fresh water

Beach I'll leave a link to this full

video in the description and don't worry

there'll be more videos recorded outside

my bedroom in the next episode featuring

October 2008 anyway that's the end of

this episode I'll see you next time