February 2012
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January 2012
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A whole article about french fries and how they... →
If I wasn’t already an anglophile, I am now.
For a burning passion about chips – how they are cooked and served, and with what condiments, if any – is a very British attribute. The French just eat what is put in front of them, ditto the Americans and the Germans. But something about the humble fried potato speaks to us deeply as a nation.
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47 year old television signals bouncing back to... →
A BBC team have been working closely with Dr Venn’s team to help recover the signals. BBC Television historian Peter Wells, explained “We now know these are original broadcasts. So far we have recovered about 7 weeks of old television signals from space. Every day in our lab is like traveling back in time. And speaking of which we have just started the digital recovery of...
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Had me doing my lisa-simpson-laugh hella hard at work.
barackobama:
President Obama to Betty White: Where’s your birth certificate?
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