Who is Ben Heck?

[electrolux]

Who is Ben Heck?

[Simon]

no comment  apparently I'd break some unwritten rule if i offered an opinion. chances are he knows no more about electronics and MCU's than the very hot red head girl that "presented" a scrap metal reclaiming channel knew about scrap metal but was so hot that bored blokes would watch the "programmes" just to fantasize over her.

[electrolux]

no comment  apparently I'd break some unwritten rule if i offered an opinion. chances are he knows no more about electronics and MCU's than the very hot red head girl that "presented" a scrap metal reclaiming channel knew about scrap metal but was so hot that bored blokes would watch the "programmes" just to fantasize over her.

Don't get it

[Hydrawerk]

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/thoughts-on-ben-heck/

[Simon]

there are a lot of youtube shows by people who just look good but are really just acting and speaking a script.

there is one where this really hot red head girl "shows you" how to recover scrap metal from various appliaces yet does not even know how to use tools so it just looks fake.

[electrolux]

there are a lot of youtube shows by people who just look good but are really just acting and speaking a script.

there is one where this really hot red head girl "shows you" how to recover scrap metal from various appliaces yet does not even know how to use tools so it just looks fake.

I see, hmm he doesn't sound good as dave.

[Hydrawerk]

there is one where this really hot red head girl "shows you" how to recover scrap metal

Link please?

[Simon]

there is one where this really hot red head girl "shows you" how to recover scrap metal

Link please?

haha, it was ages ago, not even sure if it's still going and i was that impressed by it that I can't remember the name, it was "something" girl but i can't remember

[SeanB]

there is one where this really hot red head girl "shows you" how to recover scrap metal

Link please?

You need to get out more...... Real life is a lot better than pixels for that. I can go to the beach and get the show for close to free, and get a nice day of sun and sea as well.

[Simon]

uh if you must, i remembered, scrapper girl it is: this particular video for example show how much she really knows. she goes to auction for scrap metal gee how much is the scrap worth ?

[kolonelkadat]

circa 2004 ben heck made an xbox360 laptop. As far as I know, that is where he gets his fame. iirc he has made some other portable gaming systems as well, though. Essentially, he is an overhyped case modder.

Dont get me wrong. he is a top notch enclosure designer, or atleast appears to be. His skills in electronics, however, are laughable at best.

[EEVblog]

uh if you must, i remembered, scrapper girl it is: this particular video for example show how much she really knows. she goes to auction for scrap metal gee how much is the scrap worth ?

They like it when she comes in...

[zapta]

uh if you must, i remembered, scrapper girl it is: this particular video for example show how much she really knows. she goes to auction for scrap metal gee how much is the scrap worth ?

She as an annoying voice and intonations.  Show name has an extra 's'.

[EEVblog]

She is an aspiring actress that also scraps:
http://www.scrappergirlonline.com/
Make sure you get your wallpaper and mouse mat:
http://www.chinimblelore.com/scrapper/store/index.html

[Bored@Work]

She as an annoying voice and intonations.  Show name has an extra 's'.

Drinking, smoking or just a cold fixed part of the voice issue:

She is an aspiring actress that also scraps:

We thought that was obvious last time we discussed her. There is some video production company behind this http://www.chinimblelore.com/ The company sells great stuff, like

Paranormal Proof
Found Footage Horror

Director: Kevin Hicks
Writer: Kevin Hicks
Producers: Brian Balog, Dan Griffin
Executive Producers: Vickie Hicks, Kevin Hicks

Sales Rep: The Bosko Group
Release Dates: TBD

Fourteen months after the death of his wife, Marcus Gates and his two daughters begin experiencing strange occurrences around their home. Convinced that it is his wife trying to communicate with him, Marcus sets out to prove that the afterlife exists in this found-footage supernatural thriller.

[vk6zgo]

Who is Ben Heck?

OK,Who the heck is he?

[Simon]

some bloke that went over to the dark side after being paid a fortune by a huge scumbag corporation.

[miguelvp]

some bloke that went over to the dark side after being paid a fortune by a huge scumbag corporation.

What's wrong with Newark, Element 14?

Edit: And for what Dave accounts I think it's far from "a fortune"

[Simon]

the fact that they felt the need to create such a superficial show makes them pathetic. just another way of putting their name around.

[miguelvp]

the fact that they felt the need to create such a superficial show makes them pathetic. just another way of putting their name around.

I don't watch it, I might have seen about 10 episodes for curiosity and it's ok, It was better when Jeri gave it a try.

But I do like Newark, they have good customer support and they even sent me a big discount my way

As for marketing, nothing wrong with making a show, apparently a lot of people like it.

[Simon]

Well for starters his most popular video which was clearly put to the top of the searches by element14 giving google a load of money is a fraud. He does not show you how to make a development board, he shows you how to make a target programmer board. It is not a development board. but we all know that is the title what not what it is no one would have watched it. I'd really like to see how many people actually made it through the whole video. I gave up quickly as it was clear that no real information was going to be given and i was getting fed up with the 50% video effect to 50% of nattering that contained 10% of the information it should have. there is knowing your stuff and there is saying the script that you corporate sponsor paid you to.

[miguelvp]

This video?

[Simon]

yep, ok it turned out to be a bit more advanced than I thought, I gave up within 5 minutes of special effects but still not much to it. anyone can build it from a schematic, if you want to talk software just talk software.

[Richard Crowley]

The episode canned intro says...

Benjamin J. Heckendorf was a mild-mannered graphic artist until he was bitten by the electronics bug....

I can't help thinking this is closer to reality than just a clever intro script.

[Simon]

the items you mention are hardly peripheral devices they are barbones essentials to program a chip. if the he was doing a decent job of it he's have used a zip socket, gee did you see how long and how much yanking it took to get an 8 pin chip out of the socket, a real pro.

Sorry but time is a a precious commodity, if a reasonable amount of information has not been imparted by the time your 25% of the way through the video it's a waste of time. all he has done is mimicked the arduino board without the ftdi and added an 8 pin socket, just buy another arduino board or do a proper job, I hope that was not a weeks work, bit of breadboard and a few parts, I'd still not call that a development board, might as well just put it on a breadboard.