Nov
6
Kirschgarten (via andreas.thomet)
midnight in the old woods
passing along bits of the world, one passage at a time
“Most episodes of Man v. Food begin with host Adam Richman dropping into an American city and announcing his intent to commit an elaborate crime against his alimentary canal. (In a typical instance, he introduces St. Louis’ locally famous Crown Candy Kitchen and its standing challenge to diners to slurp down five 24-ounce malt milkshakes in half an hour.) Then, in scenes functioning like the undercard bouts at a championship boxing match, he goes about town eating tasty things in nonrevolting proportions. And then there you are at home, taking an unseemly volume of pleasure in rooting for Richman to plow through 74 ounces of beef in one sitting.”
A journey through the Travel Channel. - By Troy Patterson - Slate Magazine
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The £4 billion particle-collider faced more than a year of delays after a helium leak stymied the project in its first few days of operation. It is gradually being switched back on over the coming months but suffered a new setback on Tuesday morning. Scientists at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva noticed that the system’s carefully monitored temperatures were creeping up. Further investigation into the failure of a cryogenic cooling plant revealed an unusual impediment.
A piece of crusty bread had paralysed a high voltage installation that should have been powering the cooling unit.
” Large Hadron Collider stalled again… thanks to chunk of baguette - Times Online
Frosty Buck (via nugefishes)
Geese rising (via ARHiggins)
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