BBC – Press Office => BBC and YouTube partner to bring short-form BBC content to online audiences The BBC, BBC Worldwide and YouTube today announced the beginning of a partnership to offer Internet users across the world new and innovative ways to experience and enjoy BBC content through YouTube. This non-exclusive partnership will create branded … Read more
“We’ve blown our budget, let’s make an inexpensive episode.â€
Digital Spy => ITV goes for more ‘Benidorm’ and ‘Primeval’ ITV’s series Primeval has been renewed for another series next year. On the re-commission, executive producer Tim Haines said: “Impossible Pictures is incredibly proud of Primeval, and we’re over the moon that audiences share our passion. ITV’s continued support ensures that Cutter and his team … Read more
Being that we were on the wrong side of the planet for today’s lunar eclipse, we ran it in simulation using a nifty little Mac program called OSXPlanet. This shot is from the sun (with one heck of a telescope) looking at the Earth. This was as the moon was emerging from behind the Earth. … Read more
I can’t believe I ate the whole thing… Read about it here. Technorati Tags: Blog, Pizza, Pizza Week
China View => Huge hot pot in Chengdu Local residents dine around a huge hot pot in Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 16, 2007. The huge hot pot measures 12 meters (39 feet) in diameter, and 4 meters (13 feet) in total height. The maker of the pot has applied for a World Guinness … Read more
I’m so glad I didn’t weigh myself before pizza week started, now I’ll never know how much weight I’ve gained. So far this week we’ve reviewed: Sauce, Z Pizza, Ray’s and Patsy Grimaldi’s over at the Pizza Locust. Technorati Tags: Blog, Pizza, Pizza Week
Foo(d) Bar Blog => Din Tai Fung There’s a funny thing about doing food and restaurant reviews. Even though I know fully well that each person has their own taste and that you can’t hope to agree with anyone except perhaps yourself, there’s a certain weird self-affirmation when you run across someone who records a … Read more
Spaunsglo at FLICKR posted this disturbing photo. This is literally a nightmare I’ve had come true. Time to move the pens back up higher on the shelves. James has already crayoned the tables, chairs, desks and beds. So far, my Macbook is safe, but now I’m worried. It’s so pretty and white, like a piece … Read more
The Independent => Fossils: myths, mystery and magic Fresh on the heels of Primeval we have this interesting article concerning some of the misconceptions and folklore that sprung up about fossils before we lived in this enlightened age of reason. For example: The fossil Protoceratops, which means “first horned faceâ€, was a sheep-sized herbivorous ceratopsian … Read more