Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Explorers Club
No. CCXXV - Charles Babbage's Difference Engine № 2, belatedly constructed by the London Science Museum.







And it works!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Polka Your Eyes Out" from Off the Deep End (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Perhaps my favorite of all "Werid Al's" polkas, I adore the finale of "Polka Your Eyes Out's" extended focus on Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby."

2 comments:

Mike Wilson said...

Two possibilities, non-mutually exclusive: {a} A joke/reference I'm not getting. {b} All the more reason to read up on Babbage & make him the subject of a future episode of "The Explorers Club."

twg said...

Both indeed!

Here and here.

Nice. Also, I can't imagine that you won't like Kate Beaton, history geek she is.