Play skittles while you watch and wait!
A large English cheddar cheese has become a star of the Internet, attracting more than 1 million viewers to sit and stare at it as it slowly ripens.
First placed in front of a webcam in late December, the Westcombe cheddar from West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers leaped to public attention in early February and has since attracted viewers from 119 countries.
“The hits went over 1 million this morning. It has been a real challenge keeping the cheese up and running with all the interest it has generated,” said a spokesman for the company running the website.
“The whole idea was to show people how real food is made — and it seems to be working,” cheesemaker Tom Calver said. “It takes a year for the cheese to mature. This is not fast food. It is slow food.”
Bravo!
Wasn’t the first ‘netcam’ a coffee maker?
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Ayuh.
Good grief Charlie Brown.
Now waiting for ‘grass growing’, ‘variable star’ and ‘paint drying’ webcam. Two episodes (instead of one) of ‘Cranky Geeks’ per week could fill the void. C’mon JCD, quit messing with the cheerleader.
A slightly more entertaining videocast – Barn owl nest.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/nestboxcam/barn_owl_ca/
Only a couple of ooops that really freaked people out… the bigger brother eating their smallest siblings live on the web.
Now waiting for ‘grass growing’,
I remember the DINOSAURS series from Jim Henson Co. and one scene where the grandmother was watching the grass growing channel.
No… it was not GolfTV.
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How about agencies like reuters learn to include links when they are writing stories about website? Thank goodness for Dvorak Uncensored!
LOL Mouse potatoes