Cooking With Richard

My office is opposite Farnborough airport, and every two years there’s a very famous airshow. We went there last time, in 2006 and took lots of photos.

The company held a BBQ today at the office, because the 2008 airshow is on at the moment, so we got a free display.

In the UK there are laws which were passed after an accident at the 1952 Farnborough show which killed many spectators to say that airplanes cannot fly over or towards the crowd. Well, our BBQ isn’t in the crowd, so the planes were flying right over us!

More photos later, but in the meantime, the Royal Air Force Red Arrows display team at Farnborough today:

Higher quality version

Top Gear race across Japan [this link will only work if you’re in the UK] in a fast car versus a shinkansen (and other types of train).

Note: The interesting part starts at around 15 minutes in.

Click for programme

Vaguely cooking related video:

More PES …

I was a bit confused by this one, he keeps on saying “shika shika“?

And for the main finale:

I so want this game …

I’m afraid that the ducks eggs and nest has gone. Something dug under the fence from the next door garden and swiped all the eggs. Only 2 days to go before they hatched as well :-(

Update

The neighbour thinks it was a fox, although maybe it was the neighbour’s dog. You can see the hole and the broken nest here:

and from the other side of the fence:

There was no sign of any eggs or even egg shells.

Mother was OK, but shaken. She sat in the garden for about half an hour like this, just doing nothing:

And that was that.

One of the best bands of the ’90s, live at the Bull and Gate, Saturday 10th May 2008:

Here’s another good video.

Previously: Uncanny valley of the dolls …

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I bought a Crookes radiometer from these people yesterday. Today the sun came out for just a few minutes and it actually works. I was fascinated by these things at school, but I’m also disappointed to find out that they don’t work because of “light pressure”, which is what my physics teacher told me.

(Skip to 2′50 in the video to see the effect at work)

More info on the project page

N-sama bought me a tiny helicopter for Christmas, so here it is in action …

Hmmmmmmmmm…. Second time lucky?

OK … third time?

IT FLIES!!!

Edit:

The Professionals fly:

Documentary about wildlife in Japan (this link will only work for the next 2 or 3 days, so watch it now!)

Click! —> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008cb9b

This was N-sama watching that video!

Thanks pinktentacle. Uncanny valley pseudoscience nonsense.

Update

Simroid sans skin.

We love Cyriak aka Mutated Monty on b3ta. Here is his latest vid:

If you liked that, then an earlier Cyriak mix video.

Apparently I’m not allowed to play my favourite band, The Cardiacs in my own home!

Here are some music videos for you to enjoy anyway:

Strange video of “to go off and things”:

Smith looks a bit like Suggs, and Domo-kun makes an early appearance, in this video:

Slightly more mainstream cover of a Kinks song (better than the original I think):

And Cardiacs live:

and more time-lapse Tokyo photography.

You should really click this link …
You tube link

His job is a helicopter lineman.

This video is actually about my level in Japanese, in that I can watch it and understand almost all of what the narrator is trying to say. I understand the sentences, but just what is going on?

(From JWZ)

Update

Apparently this is a sketch from バミリオン・プレジャー・ナイト (Vermillion Pleasure Night), a risque Japanese late-night variety show. For more of this see Oh Mikey which is somewhat reminiscent of the brilliant Leisure Town.