Category: television
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The same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?
Every year thousands of people across Europe watch a short British comedy on New Year’s Eve called Dinner for One or Der 90. Geburtstag (The 90th Birthday). The show consists of a simple dinner party, with four guests, Miss Sophie as the host, and her faithful Butler James. Unfortunately Miss Sophie is 90 years old…
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The Secret Life of Components: Linkages & Mechanisms
The tenth episode of Tim Hunkin’s The Secret Life of Components is up. Linkages & Mechanisms does what it says on the tin as Tim Hunkin shares his knowledge and experience with us about the parts that amplify forces and make his machines move. This is honestly my favorite video so far, we get to…
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The Secret Life of Components: Sensors
Tim Hunkin helped us peek into The Secret Life of Machines on TV three decades ago with his colleague Rex Garrod. In the meantime Hunkin had also made custom, extremely silly, arcade machines and other inventions. Last year Hunkin was inspired by other creators and returned to video with a new series of eight episodes called…
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Remembering the ‘Aqua Teen’ bomb scare that shut down Boston
The original version of this website had the Mooninites borrowed prominently in the logo, so I have to link to Ilana Gordon writing for Input about the Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare that took over Boston 15 years ago: The devices that temporarily paralyzed Boston were black panels measuring around 14 inches tall by 11 inches…