Today we often take things like binary code for granted, but did you know that the technological origins can be traced all the way back to the Neolithic period – to the warp-weighted loom?!

Did you know that international barcodes caused the creation of the micronation of “Bookland”?!

Post your own fun facts of programming history in the comments below!

Here is the whole film:

<div>An excerpt from the 1959 Soviet film ‘The Sky Beckons’, by Alexander Kozyr and Mikhail Karyukov, depicting a suspiciously familiar rocket landing on a floating platform!</div>

<div>Two of the major shortcomings of EV technology to date have been long charging times and short battery range. </div>

This has been particularly problematic in countries like Australia, where we have vast distances and sparsely distributed populations outside of the capital cities. Half of our roads and properties are also…

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<div>There is a long way to go until somebody witnesses this:</div>

That’s hilarious! I can’t believe that somebody has already tried this! 😂🙃😂 They don’t seem to be able to tell which direction is up and which is down in zero gravity. Humans can kind of make an arbitrary decision about which direction is the “ground” based on what they’re trying to access & orientate their bodies accordingly. But looks like…

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This little treasure is an old cat litter tray found on a kerbside collection, that we re-purposed into a cat bed (after a good scrubbing!). One of my cats absolutely loves it due to the shape and size being just right. We call it “The Cat Pod”, as it looks a little spacey! So that actually got me thinking – how would one even go…

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Thankyou for these ideas. My son loves Scratch, but I was kind of wondering what he could progress to next, as this appears to be where his greatest interest and talent may lie… but it isn’t mine at all, so I’m kind of flying blind here!

Next launch window is 18:17 UTC / 2.17pm EDT on 03/09/2022.

Who’s watching the next Artemis 1 launch attempt live on 03/09/2022? It will be 4.17am local time where I am, so we will try, but we might fall asleep and miss it! 😆 It’s a little bit exciting…

I found this recipe for a home made one:

https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Homemade-Chiko-Roll-1986593?prm-v1

It’s funny, but definitely accurate… 🤣

I’m sure the Portuguese ones are better… Chicko rolls don’t contain much meat. 😆 I actually don’t eat them these days because I have an MSG sensitivity. https://chiko.com.au/products/chiko-rolls

We used to buy a packet of chips and a buttered bread roll from the school tuckshop (canteen) and make these. Some people put tomato sauce on them as well. 😆

<div>I have always been an onions on top type of girl. My weigh in to this national debate is that Bunnings is a third party interlooper and has no jurisdiction over my sausage sanga. </div>

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-14/farmer-applauds-bunnings-onion-advice-after-slip/10496568

https://studentedge.org/article/tim-the-snag-fan-used-a-drone-to-get-a-sausage-sanga-from-bunnings

Also called a Democracy Sausage on election day, if you buy it from a vendor at a polling place. Many polling places are schools and the P&C (Patents & Citizens Committee) of the school will often run a BBQ or cake stall to raise money. Voters will even select which polling station they go to based on who has the best democracy sausage &…

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Sausage Sanga (sausage sandwich) – A sausage served in a slice of bread with optional tomato sauce and fried onions. This is arguably the king of Australian cuisine.

Deep Fried Mars Bar

Drinking using a Tim Tam as a straw to drink a cup of tea…

It’s a very sensitive political issue 🤣

Police On NSW/VIC Border Quiz Motorists By Asking Them To Identify Deep Fried Potatoes

Whether you call this a Potato Cake or a Scallop will betray which Australian state you are from (they are mostly called potato cakes in Victoria). It is neither a cake nor a scallop, but a battered and deep fried slice of potato…

Chicko Roll

Australian Pie Floater

Also a Chip Sandwich

Australia – Chip Sandwich

Variations of the Pie Floater include a meat pie with tomato sauce “floating” in a bowl of pea soup, on mashed peas or can of whole peas complete with the liquid. They’re actually not as disgusting as they look! 🤣

This looks like Portugal’s answer to the Pie Floater… 😆 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-14/pie-floater-adelaides-enduring-taste-treat/6618640