The Unlikely Installation: A DIY Adventure

As I stood there, gazing at the snow-covered plaque, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and trepidation. It was as if I had stumbled upon a scene from National Treasure, where Nicolas Cage's character discovers a treasure trove in the most unexpected way. The beeping of my camera and the techno music in the background seemed to fade into the distance as I contemplated the challenge ahead.

I chuckled to myself, thinking that perhaps I had underestimated the task at hand. How could one possibly create an InstallationSensation out of a plaque? But I was determined to find a way, to prove to myself that it was indeed possible. The high-pitched beeping of my equipment seemed to mock me, but I pressed on, fueled by my determination.

Finally, the moment of truth arrived. As I gazed at the plaque, now lying before me in all its damp glory, I couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of it all. Winter was trying to ruin everything, but I had persevered, and now we were reaping the reward. "Guys, we did it," I exclaimed, my voice barely above a whisper. The plaque may have been wet, but I didn't let that deter me.

I rummaged through my bag, searching for something to help me cut the tape that held the case together. Ah, yes! A paperclip from a previous tech video log would do just fine. With a flick of my wrist and a little paperclip action on this side, I had managed to cut through the tape with surprising ease. The force was clearly in my favor, or perhaps it was just a really strong paperclip.

With a flourish, I opened the case, revealing a luxurious piece of foam that might actually look good on the wall. And nestled within the foam was a nice letter, made from the finest stock with a texture and thickness that seemed almost luxurious. It wasn't your average 8 1/2 x 11 paper; this was something special, something that commanded attention.

As I gazed at the plaque once more, now transformed by my DIY efforts into an InstallationSensation, I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. Who needs a knife when you have a paperclip?

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(exciting music)- Wait a minute, what is this?Holy shit!It's like getting buried under snow,it's like that scenefrom National Treasurewhen Nicolas Cage found The Charlotte.Whoa, this is it!I'm gonna have to go down to the lairand do an InstallationSensation of this plaque.You may think that's noteven possible, how can youpossibly do an InstallationSensation of a plaque?Well, you've underestimated me.I will find a way. (chuckling)(high-pitched beeping)(techno music)Well here it is, in all of its damp glory.Frickin' winter, justtrying to ruin everything.So, it's a little wet, no big deal.But guys, we did it, youhelped make this possible.And now we're gonna reap the reward.Now, I was smart and didn't bring a knife.I do, however, have a paperclipfrom a previous tech video log.And that shall do, there ya go, see?That's all you need, flip it over,do a little paperclip action on this side.That actually cuts really well.Must be really easy-to-cut tape,or just a really strong paperclip.Here we go, open the case.And a little more tape hasto be taken care of there.And bon appetite!We have a luxurious piece of foam,that actually might lookgood on the wall too.And this nice letter, very nice stock.This isn't like a typical 8 1/2 x 11,you know, this is a nicestock with a nice textureand a nice bit of thickness,and a card as well.\"You've just done something that very few\"YouTube creators accomplish,you had an astonishing\"100,000 people subscribe to your channel.\"We know that numbers onYouTube can get really big,\"but we hope that you don't lose sight\"of the reality behindthat six-digit milestone.\"Yeah, that is pretty important.Whoa, this is cool.And Susan, the CEO of YouTube, I'm sorry,I don't really know how topronounce her last name.(attempting to pronounce \"Wojcicki\")Oh, I'm gonna get a lotof hate for that one.I apologize for notsaying the name correctly.And we also have a cardin here, from Rick.\"Congratulations on yoursubscriber milestone,\"we are honored to take part in\"recognizing your achievement,\"and want your experienceto be exceptional.\"This award...\"Okay, award, reward?I keep, some people sayaward, some people say reward.It's like no one can agree, what is it?Grammar, aw it's a bitch.\"This award was inspected and packaged\"with great care by Rick.\"Well thank you, Rick!You're my new best friend.\"If your award was damaged during shipping\"or if you have anyquestions, please contact us.\"Fantastic, and now...The box is trying to steal the spotlight.And now, ladies andgentlemen, for the first time,we will look at the ComputerClan 100,000 subscriber plaque.I have not seen it yet,you have not seen it yet,no one outside of YouTube has seen it yet.This will be the first time weall see it at the same time.Let's count down from 10,000.Just kidding, three, two, one!Boom, there it is!Super shiny, and this box iscausing a problem now, hang on.I'm gonna have a littleboxing match, if you will.(chuckling)Wow it is cold!Holy balls, it is full of condensationbecause it is so cold, but there it is!Holy shit!Whoa, like I'm just kinda letting it...Set in there, you know?\"Presented to Computer Clan forpassing 100,000 subscibers.\"There it is, this is frickin' real!Holy shit, guys.Hang on, let's take itout of the condom unit.Man, this, it feelslike some kind of metal.I mean it looks like brushed metalbut it feels like metaltoo, it is really cold.Oh I thought that wasa scratch for a second.There was a hair on the mirror part,I thought it was a scratch, ohthankfully it came right off.Yeah, nice brushed metal with myfingerprint there 'cause it's so cold.And a shiny, chrome-y mirror part.You can do your makeup in this thing now,like this will be my mirror now.I'm just gonna kindalightly polish this boy up.The condensation is taking over.Oh goodness me we need to getthis at a good temperature.Yeah, I don't know what thiscrud is on here, you see that?I don't know if that'sdamage or if it's just dirtand I can scrub it off,but I'll get to that later.Yeah the moisture kinda took overbut luckily they included asuper dry desiccant packet.Alright desiccant packet, c'mon,work your magic and dry that shit up.Well we'll have to give it some timeto think in the corner over there.But yeah, it's looking pretty good.Nice brushed metal look and feel.But yeah, that's nice.We need to do an InstallationSensation with this,as per tradition on this show.So, I brought my friend...The hammer from, youremember that episode?The one where I went all How To Basicon that hard drive's ass?Yes, this is that exact same hammer.(grunting and hammering)I brought him back as aguest star in this episode.We're gonna do an InstallationSensation of this plaque.No, I'm not gonna smash the plaque.What I'm gonna do ishammer it to the wall,that's all it's gonna be,it's gonna be a simpleInstallation Sensation.No software updates required,we're gonna do thisand it's gonna be fine.The only this is, I budgeted for one nail,but I am now discovering there are twonail containment fields on the back.I'm gonna need to double my nail budget.So, I'll get on thehorn with my accountantand see if the quarterlyfiscal will cover that,and then we will try to escape the lair,go back to my normal office,and do an Installation Sensation of thissuper shiny, very cold plaque.Back in a jiff, hopefully.Before I proceed, I just wanted to takea closer look at the potential anomalies.Yes, right there, thereis some crud there.Now, I don't know if that's damagedor if I can just kinda scrub that off.I really wanna be careful 'cause I alreadylightly touched theshiny part to wipe some,I don't know where allthat dust came from,maybe it's from the lair, butI tried to wipe some dust offand there's already asmall scratch on there.So yeah, it's like theback of an old iPod,it's that polish that justscratches super easily.Now I know that, but heyI guess it adds character.As cool as it is, I didn't expect itto be 100% amazing quality, you know?I mean, it's given to you for free,so you gotta be grateful.Ooh that's a nice bevel-y feel there.It has a 3D feel to it and that's nice.But yeah, Rick, I'm not sureif you missed something.I dunno if your designer missed something,because your card isn'teven center-aligned,but it looks like there's a little bitof a defect with this plaque.So I'll reach out to themand just see what's up.If they have a suggestionon how to clean it,I'll just do that, butit would be best if theycould replace it 'causeit does look really dirty.I mean, worked hard for this,I would like it to be clean, you know?And it just looks kinda filthy.You can really see it when I angle it.In the reflection there you can seethose speckles of grime or something.I don't know, everythingelse looks good though.Alright so, that's my inspection, Rick.Let's see what you haveto say when I message you.But in the meantime, we'lldo an Installation Sensation.Okay according to my calculations,the first nail shouldgo in right about there.Now all I need to do is find the nailI probably carelessly threw on the floor.Uh-huh, yeah that'sgoing really well so far.Where did I put the frickin' nails?Wow, I feel like a dumbass.Shit!Alright, nevermind, we found it.(chuckling) It's beenone of those lifetimes.Alright, go for precision,little bit of an angle.And a light tap to get it started.Alright. (hammering)These are probably really(censored) big nailsfor what I'm doing, butit's all I could find.(hammering)There we go, let's see.So that'll hang, kinda like right there.So it's right about there.Keep it level, so let'ssay right about there.Alright, nail number two.Oh good, Krazy Ken DIY channel,I just had a big nightmare about that.That would be something. (hammering)Oh shit. (chuckling)This baby got a little loose.Okay, I'm gonna start on this side then.I never said I was good with my hands.This could be an ad for HomeAdvisor or some bullshit.Like, \"You tired of(censored) up all the time?\"And this other hole's justgonna get covered up anyway.Here we go!And it's slightly crooked, that's great.But good enough for government work.I actually have somethingI wanna talk about.So there's kinda two specialthings going on right now.The first thing is,yes, you guys helped me,helped the Computer Clan,get past 100,000 subscribersand this is proof of that,so thank you very much.But there's something elsekinda going on that's special.I'm not crazy worried about thisbeing a little crooked right nowbecause I'm not gonna be here much longer.I'm moving to a new placewith a studio space attached to it.So I won't be filming whereI normally film anymore.Yes, my character is stuck in a lairbut I'm breaking the magic right now.Yes, I film in a studio.And I'm about to bemoving to a different one,so this plaque is gonna becoming down in a few weeks anyway.And again, you guys cametogether and helped megrow this channel to 100,000 subscribersso thank you very frickin' much.And some may not knowthis but we're one of thelongest-running YouTubechannels on YouTube.We didn't grow as fast because,well honestly when I started this,I didn't really know how to grow it.I didn't take it very seriously untilreally only the past couple of years.But we've been around since '07,we were early adopters of YouTube.And I've made a lot of goodmemories along the way.And I hope you guys did too.I just wanted to get onemore good look at it.And yes, it'll be moved soon.And I'll show you guys where it sitsonce we move to the new location.But yeah, there we are.\"Presented to Computer Clan\"for passing 100,000 subscribers.\"That is a big win right there.And it's a nice mirror, I can do my makeupin the morning just bylooking in this mirror.And also, I did contact Rickabout the damage on the plaque.I still have not heard back.So to be continued on that end.But for now, this is stilla great accomplishmentand this is pretty to look at.Thank you guys very, very frickin' much.Catch the crazy and pass it on.(techno music)\n"