How Belgium Nearly Invented The Internet In 1910

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The Tim Traveller

The Tim Traveller

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@YeeSoest
@YeeSoest Жыл бұрын
Buddy, everything from the rick roll to the play button for inventing KZbin is PURE AND UTTER GOLD !
@walterh2113
@walterh2113 Жыл бұрын
I also loved the "The Internet" box from the IT Crowd
@666Tomato666
@666Tomato666 Жыл бұрын
And the song "The internet is for "
@graemeporter
@graemeporter Жыл бұрын
@@walterh2113 with the IT Crowd theme music being played on the piano in the background to Tim's voiceover while the box is on-screen.
@sjmelnikoff
@sjmelnikoff Жыл бұрын
And the theme from Tomorrow’s World! That’s quite obscure these days.
@kbtred51
@kbtred51 Жыл бұрын
And the Location Location Location accompaniment to being relocated
@iancl9955
@iancl9955 Жыл бұрын
Given the name “munduneum” the term “world wide web” is probably even more in line with their project than “internet”.
@Rob2
@Rob2 Жыл бұрын
It seems like most people do not understand the difference between "the world wide web" and "the internet", and apparently even some of the original inventors have given up on making that clear.
@57thorns
@57thorns Жыл бұрын
@@Rob2 Just go with it. It is the same as hacking (which btw is really just "bodging together", especially using timber). And secretly feel superior because you do know the difference between internet, www, http, tcp/ip and wikipedia.
@pieter7319
@pieter7319 Жыл бұрын
And then to know that that name, www, was co-invented by a Belgian too, namely Robert Cailliau. Ooh what a quirky little country we are! 😊
@RubenKelevra
@RubenKelevra Жыл бұрын
It's mundaneum not munduneum.
@Rob2
@Rob2 Жыл бұрын
@@pieter7319 It is sometimes stated that WiFi was invented here in the Netherlands, at a research office of NCR nearby where I live. It can be debated, but certainly the group within NCR that created a wireless network for their cash register equipment and established the first WiFi standard worked from there.
@Kuro_Reaper
@Kuro_Reaper Жыл бұрын
This is the only channel that makes me want to travel abroad just to visit a Filing Cabinet. XD
@mm-qd1ho
@mm-qd1ho Жыл бұрын
😂 I'm picturing myself explaining this surprise to my kids, when they were expecting Disneyland Paris
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын
You must not have heard of the world's tallest filing cabinet in Vermont.
@Zraknul
@Zraknul Жыл бұрын
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Sounds dangerous
@mark9294
@mark9294 Жыл бұрын
or Belgium for that matter
@Hal10034
@Hal10034 Жыл бұрын
I'm an academic librarian and I am so glad that you made this video. It's a really clear introduction to Otlet's work. My former chief librarian, who died in his 40s, had a special interest in Otlet and the Mundaneum. You did him proud.
@ariadnavigo
@ariadnavigo Жыл бұрын
NOOO, "The IT Crowd" theme on piano *killed me* 😂
@socialvideoplaza
@socialvideoplaza Жыл бұрын
I didn't catch that, but the box with "the internet" as a background I did!
@Wheeze_NL
@Wheeze_NL Жыл бұрын
I wasn't awake enough during my first watch (had to rewatch to catch all the easter eggs) I did recognize "The internet is for P***" way to Quick
@Wheeze_NL
@Wheeze_NL Жыл бұрын
Great choice of piano-music Tim, you are a genius. I don't know what it says about me that I recognized it the first second. The internet is really, really great!
@brendandenney
@brendandenney Жыл бұрын
Same, after the first few bars of the song I caught it then the timing was spot on.
@Wheeze_NL
@Wheeze_NL Жыл бұрын
@@brendandenney Glad I am not the only one. I did look through the comments to see if someone else had mentioned it before, and was very surprised I seemed to be the first.
@57thorns
@57thorns Жыл бұрын
Tim does that all the time, I am just happy if I can catch it, and I did it this time.
@Wheeze_NL
@Wheeze_NL Жыл бұрын
I know, but this time it was in my area of "expertise" and was happy to catch a lot of them
@Grisu1805
@Grisu1805 Жыл бұрын
It says about you that you have a healthy interest in Broadway musicals and pop culture. 😁😇
@HE-162
@HE-162 Жыл бұрын
As a document and paperwork collector, the notion that there once existed, and still to a lesser degree, a massive filing cabinet full of cards with information on *everything*…it’s a weird mix of arousal and sadness and jealousy 😂
@roderickmain9697
@roderickmain9697 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant find, Tim. As a former Software Engineer who used a connection to the ARPAnet in 1977 from the UK, I feel I should pay it a visit sometime. Checking out the roots of my career.
@Anthestudios
@Anthestudios Жыл бұрын
As a Belgian, I'm so happy you covered the Mondaneum and Mondothèque! It's definitely a story worth telling, and it's fascinating to see what these two were thinking about so early in history. Can't wait for the Netflix adaptation of their life stories :-).
@The-Cat
@The-Cat Жыл бұрын
Wont happen because it doesn't involve sex, gender crap or female empowerment motives
@r.a.h7682
@r.a.h7682 Жыл бұрын
as a belgian? lol nobody says that, youre wallonian or from flanders.
@The-Cat
@The-Cat Жыл бұрын
@@r.a.h7682 Nope I identify myself as a Belgian just like everyone else of my friends family and collegues. Our football team the Red devils are a Belgian team, we wave our Belgian flags on international events and we sell BELGIAN beer and BELGIAN choclates with the world not "Flemish" or "Wallonian"
@thomasherrin6798
@thomasherrin6798 Жыл бұрын
Don't hold your breath!?!
@sonjaverlinden7993
@sonjaverlinden7993 3 ай бұрын
​@@r.a.h7682 Belgium if you please. Thank you .
@kristofdewulf26
@kristofdewulf26 Жыл бұрын
I was today years old when I learned about this magical cabinet located about 30 minutes from where I live. Thanks!
@ADAMEDWARDS17
@ADAMEDWARDS17 Жыл бұрын
As a librarian old enough to have filed catalogue cards, this was fascinating. As a trainee I was allowed to place the card in the correct location, but not to pull the rod out which then secured them in place. That was a professional librarian's job as once a card goes in the wrong place it's lost for ever. Thank goodness the internet replaced all that!
@Anonymous-df8it
@Anonymous-df8it Жыл бұрын
Why forever?
@wolfgangmcq
@wolfgangmcq Жыл бұрын
@@Anonymous-df8it Nobody has any idea where to look for it any more.
@Anonymous-df8it
@Anonymous-df8it Жыл бұрын
@@wolfgangmcq What's a catalogue card?
@ADAMEDWARDS17
@ADAMEDWARDS17 Жыл бұрын
@@Anonymous-df8it Be grateful they are long gone from libraries. In ye olden days (up to approx 1990) each book had cards in a drawers like the ones in Tim's video. So you had to look for the card by author(s) or by subject, find the shelf number and then go to the shelf hoping the book would be there. As you can imagine it was all very labour intensive and inefficient. Online catalogues got rid of them.
@ADAMEDWARDS17
@ADAMEDWARDS17 Жыл бұрын
@@Anonymous-df8it As if the card went in the wrong place it would be very difficult to find to remove it other than by searching through thousands of cards.
@texaco2735
@texaco2735 Жыл бұрын
The way you always, without fail, mention accessibility to the wacky places you find warms my heart
@sanashi27
@sanashi27 Жыл бұрын
This is amazing! I've heard of jokes about what the internet would look like in real life and now I find out an actual one existed long before the internet itself had been created. I think it's pretty cool how much hard work they must've done to make the entire thing. The fact that one of the men was able to predict the internet is amazing, too. It's too bad most of it got destroyed though. Thanks for sharing this story with us! It's nice to know about something this interesting that I might've not known otherwise.
@garage6346
@garage6346 Жыл бұрын
Instant thumbs up for the IT Crowd reference. 😂
@JimmyConwayDE
@JimmyConwayDE Жыл бұрын
Came here for this comment
@brittnar
@brittnar Жыл бұрын
It was driving me batty what that piano jingle was, on the tip of my tongue
@garage6346
@garage6346 Жыл бұрын
... and the blurred picture 😆
@brittnar
@brittnar Жыл бұрын
@@garage6346 I just rewatched the opening. Perfect!
@romainsavioz5466
@romainsavioz5466 Жыл бұрын
@@garage6346 football friend
@flp322
@flp322 Жыл бұрын
This is easily the most interesting topic you’ve covered yet. I have a degree in computer science, but they never told me about curious pieces of history like this. Thanks for telling this story, Tim.
@firdausariff
@firdausariff Жыл бұрын
Computer science graduate here as well. These two grandfathers were never mentioned in the text book. Only Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee.
@hairyairey
@hairyairey Жыл бұрын
Agreed never came up in my Mathematics and Computer Science degree either.
@souptime8635
@souptime8635 Жыл бұрын
If you ever experience slow internet, you can blame the Belgians for never getting things done
@thestrum71
@thestrum71 Жыл бұрын
That's our politicians you're talking about, not us mere mortal Belgians.... :)
@officialzelensky
@officialzelensky Жыл бұрын
Just the shitty government and our population voting stupidly
@hedgehog3180
@hedgehog3180 Жыл бұрын
When you're internet is slow it's actually because the packets are being routed through Belgium and because of waffle-iron politics they have to be equally split between Flanders and Wallonia.
@nielsdebakker3283
@nielsdebakker3283 Жыл бұрын
@@hedgehog3180 In short, belgian post services. Also explained that your computer is fried after a short circuit. (and potato cameras) ps. all to be taken with a grain of salt. ;)
@Howardfh
@Howardfh Жыл бұрын
Think the Belgians went six months without a government, and prospered...
@tradebucket3562
@tradebucket3562 Жыл бұрын
The rich history of this filing cabinet is extraordinary. I love it
@miguelplano2538
@miguelplano2538 Жыл бұрын
I always love how Tim can present a random topic on something I never thought I would find interesting and keep me on the edge of my seat wanting for more. Thank you Tim!
@NotAMinifig
@NotAMinifig Жыл бұрын
There's another Belgian involved in the history of the internet: Robert Cailliau worked together with Tim Berners-Lee on the WWW (and he designed the 1st WWW logo)
@TheEstampe
@TheEstampe Жыл бұрын
Indeed. Surprisingly the English Wikipedia page about the World Wide Web only mentions Robert Cailliau as the designer of the first WWW logo while the French page clearly states that Cailliau's involvement was substantial. There is a page about Robert Cailliau though.
@jsquared1013
@jsquared1013 Жыл бұрын
@@TheEstampe sounds like someone who speaks both should edit the English one to update it 😁 (I can't because I don't speak French)
@cdemr
@cdemr Жыл бұрын
I love how you always manage to find topics I had never heard of from my region (southern Belgium) despite me living here my entire life.
@PopeLando
@PopeLando Жыл бұрын
"It's a 15 minute walk from the railway station, itself an hour south of Brussels." Me in Essex: "Ohhh, Hainaut!"
@rynabuns
@rynabuns Жыл бұрын
via Newbury Park!
@katrinabryce
@katrinabryce Жыл бұрын
It is in "Hainaut" [no l], not "Hainault via Newbury Park" 😉
@kmw4359
@kmw4359 Жыл бұрын
They had “adult topics” and later half of it was cleared out to make room for a rubber industry presentation? That’s ironic.
@lukas_drescher
@lukas_drescher Жыл бұрын
3:47 Quite ironic, how they cleared out half the space for a trade fair. That's like today, when half your screen is covered by ads and the other half contains the information you're actually looking for.
@Komiksulo
@Komiksulo Жыл бұрын
Not only that, but it was a trade fair featuring rubber. *cough* Belgian Congo *cough*
@srtgrayfrance
@srtgrayfrance Жыл бұрын
As you say, this is the progenitor of Wikipedia. For a true precursor to the Internet you have to look at medieval monasteries. These were centres of learning and research (many formed the great Universities of Europe), linked by fast and reliable (for the time) communication networks, often duplicating knowledge to avoid it being lost in the case of one monastery (or node) being destroyed by hostile actions.
@rin_etoware_2989
@rin_etoware_2989 Жыл бұрын
if you're counting something as crude as that as the internet, then Ashurbanipal's library also counts
@eekee6034
@eekee6034 9 ай бұрын
@@rin_etoware_2989 Preserving and distributing knowledge is amongst humanity's most ancient traditions. Mocking their efforts is very modern and never as clever as the ridiculers seem to think.
@MaistrePathelin
@MaistrePathelin Жыл бұрын
Great video. Fun fact: the team that devised the WWW had a Belgian member :)
@socialvideoplaza
@socialvideoplaza Жыл бұрын
Hi Tim, what a great video. It's an art to make a dull topic like a big filing cabinet fun and intriguing. My compliments! respect!
@dontspikemydrink9382
@dontspikemydrink9382 Жыл бұрын
you find filing cabinets dull?
@Kevin-lw2gl
@Kevin-lw2gl 6 ай бұрын
Currently reading the book Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age. So far it's made me appreciate libraries a lot more. Thanks for this video!
@Stephen_Lafferty
@Stephen_Lafferty Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this fascinating and amusing documentary, Tim! I had no idea that the core ideas of what has become the web were outlined as a framework in Belgium. Thank you for your efforts in making this to enlighten both me and many others!
@bassic6959
@bassic6959 Жыл бұрын
thanks for making these lovely bite sized docos that are super interesting. I love your content and its super digestable for someone who has seemingly no time for good content anymore I love this a lot
@kiereluurs1243
@kiereluurs1243 Жыл бұрын
Documentaries.
@bassic6959
@bassic6959 Жыл бұрын
@@kiereluurs1243 ???
@jonaw.2153
@jonaw.2153 Жыл бұрын
Mon Dieu, I'm Belgian and I never knew about this! Now I have a reason to do the unthinkable and visit Wallonia!
@RedRocketthefirst
@RedRocketthefirst Жыл бұрын
I hope you will survive 07
@barvdw
@barvdw Жыл бұрын
it's a rather nice historic city centre with lots of beautifully restored old buildings, you have to give it to Di Rupo, he knew/knows how to get invstments in his city. The station (massively over budget and overdue) is almost finished now, and while I still miss the old one and think the new one was not necessary, Calatrava knows how to design something imaginative. There's the PASS, similarly to Technopolis, There's Le Grand Hornu, a former mining complex from the 19th century, the Belfry tower, city hall and collegiate church St Waudru, just to name a few highlights. And of course, Dour with the biggest music festival in the southern part of Belgium, is a stone throw away.
@jonaw.2153
@jonaw.2153 Жыл бұрын
@@barvdw this convinced me. I shall brave the journey
@yagi3925
@yagi3925 Жыл бұрын
Bezoek eens "Karelkoning" ;-) aka Charleroi, mijn dierbare geboortestad. De beste locale gids is Nicolas Buissart - en geloof het of niet, hij spreekt NL (sort of, tenminste) 😁
@barvdw
@barvdw Жыл бұрын
@@yagi3925 je hebt wel een goede gids nodig, vrees ik, om niet een beetje teneergeslagen te raken na zo'n treurtrip™. En in tegenstelling tot Mons slaagt Charleroi er veel minder in om z'n centrum opgefrist te krijgen, het blijft vrij verloederd. Mensen zijn er wel erg vriendelijk.
@Djarra
@Djarra Жыл бұрын
Jonathan Medes once commented “Magritte was a realist, it’s Belgium that’s surreal.”
@Orforio
@Orforio Жыл бұрын
I just love your background music jokes, this episode's nod to Avenue Q was my favourite!
@bren106
@bren106 Жыл бұрын
Even M. Otlet got rickrolled on his internet.
@threeparots1
@threeparots1 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Loved the IT crowd reference.
@qqleq
@qqleq Жыл бұрын
With Tom Scott @TomScottGo looking for interesting subjects and asking the entire Internet for them, you still managed to com up with a video on this AMAZING subject before him! All new to me. Still hope that Tom will make a video about it, would love to see the different approaches. Like Tom would probably explain more how the system worked, how you would find the information you were looking for. Curious about that now!
@mfaizsyahmi
@mfaizsyahmi Жыл бұрын
The francophone side of Europe is safely Tim's turf. Tom can cover the other places.
@worldtraveler930
@worldtraveler930 Жыл бұрын
Let's face facts Tom does not have Tim style!! 🤠👍
@hedgehog3180
@hedgehog3180 Жыл бұрын
@@mfaizsyahmi It's like the Treaty of Tordesillas but for youtubers.
@laurencefraser
@laurencefraser Жыл бұрын
@@worldtraveler930 To be fair, the reverse is also true.
@Wheeze_NL
@Wheeze_NL Жыл бұрын
I am so glad that all the mentioned creative people know each other, and work together just enough to surprise us! Like with Jay Foreman's videos.
@MichelFortin898
@MichelFortin898 Жыл бұрын
Toujours très bon Tim ! Maintenant, lorsqu'un theme musical au piano débute, je tente toujours de deviner de quoi il s'agit; tu as planté tellement d'oeufs de Pâques dans les videos passés que je ne veux pas en manquer un!
@mammouth2727
@mammouth2727 Жыл бұрын
Ça me fait penser à la musique du générique de IT Crowd
@yukimoe
@yukimoe Жыл бұрын
@@mammouth2727 C'est justement ça la référence, avec en background la fameuse boîte noire qui contient l'entièreté de l'Internet présentée dans l'un des épisodes :)
@NoNameForNone
@NoNameForNone Жыл бұрын
As a non-Frenchman who can read some French, I was completely off guard by the "d'oeufs de Pâques", which I'd had to look up. (and so the rabbit hole goes)
@MichelFortin898
@MichelFortin898 Жыл бұрын
@@NoNameForNone Hahaha! Being a bilingual Canadian, I tried my best to translate the well known "Easter Egg" calling of clever surprises hidden within artist's creations. I might have invented the french equivalent in fact! Reverting back to Tim, I adore the fact that he is a francophile brit living in France and that there seems to be an association/friendship/brotherhood of co-YT creators Geoff Marshal and Jay Foreman.
@ricmacas
@ricmacas Жыл бұрын
There’s also a reference for “the internet is for porn” (Avenue q musical)
@raedwulf61
@raedwulf61 Жыл бұрын
I should try the Internet. All the cool kids are talking about it.
@renakunisaki
@renakunisaki Жыл бұрын
Just say no to peer pressure!
@autohmae
@autohmae Жыл бұрын
@@renakunisaki but say yes to peering agreements.
@TheAnon26
@TheAnon26 Жыл бұрын
Damn. I wonder what the two of them would think if they saw the world today... Thanks for bringing the mundaneum to my attention! ^^
@jaredkennedy6576
@jaredkennedy6576 Жыл бұрын
Love the little The IT Crowd spoof there.
@gammaphonic
@gammaphonic Жыл бұрын
In regards to inventing the internet, it’s less a case of who should be given credit than it is who should be held responsible.
@riptidemonzarc3103
@riptidemonzarc3103 Жыл бұрын
What did Kaiser Bill know that we didn't?
@JohnnyAngel8
@JohnnyAngel8 Жыл бұрын
Maybe the Belgian government knew better about access to too much information! ;-)
@Tomtycoon
@Tomtycoon Жыл бұрын
I learn more from my own country with one of your videos, than with a year of watching Belgian TV.
@Cherijo78
@Cherijo78 Жыл бұрын
Once again, thank you for trolling us with the background soundtrack. That piano version was subtle and excellent. This is why I watch you lol
@Raymondgogolf
@Raymondgogolf Жыл бұрын
Hi Brianna I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌹🌹
@Frank-om4fc
@Frank-om4fc Жыл бұрын
Yet another informative and interesting upload ...thanks Tim keep it up!
@IslandInteractions
@IslandInteractions Жыл бұрын
If Otlet & La Fontaine were the grandfathers of the WWW (& your wonderful video certainly highlights this, Tim!), then Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) was the great-great-great-etc-etc-father of indexing information. In 1548-49 he issued the first subject index - the Pandectarum. It was meant as a key to his overview of all printed works in Latin, Hebrew and Greek, the Bibliotheca Universalis from 1545. You should pop over here to Zurich to do a video on Gessner. Or Scheuchzer. Or the other Gessner 😀
@Rheilffordd
@Rheilffordd Жыл бұрын
The last place I expected to get Rick rolled was this channel! Well played Tim!
@vaclav_fejt
@vaclav_fejt Жыл бұрын
Your soundtracks are always full of surprises...an Advent calendar, you could say. Love it.
@peterhofmann665
@peterhofmann665 2 ай бұрын
This must be the best travel channel in the whole internet. Well done!
@qugart.
@qugart. Жыл бұрын
I so appreciate The IT Crowd is playing in the background
@davegoldspink5354
@davegoldspink5354 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating and interesting story Tim thanks so much for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@ThisIsARubbishName
@ThisIsARubbishName Жыл бұрын
Tim I just wanna say I love the audio design of your videos. I always try and recognise the songs and listen for jokes. And the content is really good!
@TZB77
@TZB77 Ай бұрын
Good day Tim....following you for several years now and loving each and every clip....love how you make Belgian content....as being Belgian myself....
@deansiracusa3966
@deansiracusa3966 Ай бұрын
The IT Crowd “Internet” background photo on the intro is absolute gold!
@YouennF
@YouennF Жыл бұрын
3:33 I see what you did with the music. Well done.
@Mishotaki
@Mishotaki Жыл бұрын
Loved it, thank you for this wonderful story, it was a pleasure to learn about this.
@RomanoPRODUCTION
@RomanoPRODUCTION Жыл бұрын
My favorite laidback youtuber. So cool. Thank you Super Tim
@thomaschurchill6957
@thomaschurchill6957 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video Tim! I think this may be my favourite one yet
@helmutkok7833
@helmutkok7833 Жыл бұрын
A the IT Crowd reference and a Rick roll. You are spoling us Tim
@antontimeboy6094
@antontimeboy6094 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the IT crowd music and background at the beginning
@TheHylianBatman
@TheHylianBatman Жыл бұрын
Essentially a big library and encyclopedia! Excellent!!
@cyqry
@cyqry Жыл бұрын
It always amazes me how many folk from decades and even centuries past had pretty much hit the nail on the head with certain inventions, even if their version doesn't quite grasp the small scale we have thanks to a little thing called the microchip.
@JackieOdonnel
@JackieOdonnel Жыл бұрын
Your videos are brilliant. Love the editing (the Rick Roll and the meta TV in a TV, haha) and I just love the topics you select. Truly great videos. Been watching you for years now and it just gets better and better. Thanks for all the cool stuff you do!
@FutureCatNZ
@FutureCatNZ Жыл бұрын
There are very few people on KZbin where I see that a video is about filling cabinets and think "this will be interesting" 😅 And I wasn't disappointed - it was!
@bmsp6880
@bmsp6880 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for always mentioning the accessibility of the places you go. as a wheelchair user I really appreciate it.
@philherb3843
@philherb3843 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the "internet"-box from THE IT-CROWD and the fitting background music. And for the rick-roll at the end. You always find interesting subjects and present them in an informativ and fun way!
@ThurstonCyclist
@ThurstonCyclist Жыл бұрын
The mention of the trade fair for the Belgian rubber industry gets much, much darker when you know about Belgium's history with the Congo.
@commando2113
@commando2113 Жыл бұрын
Not belgium but the king of the belgian's it was his private state and not from belgium belgium gaind it in 1908 and named it the belgian congo and that crap that happend in the private state was done by murcs fro france britain the usa and nordic country's with the force public .
@CouldBeMathijs
@CouldBeMathijs 3 ай бұрын
@@commando2113 True, but the government (or some government officials) knew and did nothing to stop it. So The statement @ThurstonCyclist made still stands imho.
@Optidorf
@Optidorf Жыл бұрын
I have an endless admiration for how you come up with this stuff. I'm a Belgian and I have never heard of it.
@douglasboyle6544
@douglasboyle6544 Жыл бұрын
Another banger of a video, I don't know how you keep finding this stuff but please don't stop!
@rdear
@rdear Жыл бұрын
Loved the IT Crowd theme!!
@HD-ty8ng
@HD-ty8ng Жыл бұрын
Fantastic find, great story. Would love to visit that cabinet now weirdly enough. Btw thanks for always adding the info if the place is wheelchair accessible!
@gillesdejeneffe4938
@gillesdejeneffe4938 Жыл бұрын
Once again I learned something and I've spent years studying in Mons ... And I never though I'd be rickrolled in a Tim Traveller video ..
@cakemartyr5794
@cakemartyr5794 Жыл бұрын
Thanks again for a great video. Love the Rick Astley cameo. My contribution: in the rock opera Tommy, Pete Townshend foresaw something known as The Grid, I think, where people would be connected. And as I'm sure you're aware Minitel was very big in France through the eighties. Would be great to see a video on that.
@roderickjoyce6716
@roderickjoyce6716 Жыл бұрын
Tim, this is one of your best yet. Entertaining, informative and eye-opening.
@evandonovan9239
@evandonovan9239 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you always mention how accessible the places are that you visit.
@richardberechula2942
@richardberechula2942 Жыл бұрын
FABULOUS episode, Monsieur Tim! One of the most fascinating vids so far, on your channel. Je suis gobsmacké! 👏
@DigitalGamerBE
@DigitalGamerBE Жыл бұрын
Wow... I never anticipated that I'd see my town in one of your videos! I should go back to the mundaneum now! Thank you 😁
@klenzgaming
@klenzgaming Жыл бұрын
just top notch editing and effects. well done Tim
@anyalazor7978
@anyalazor7978 Жыл бұрын
This made me sad - such an amazing idea, a library where you can learn about anything, and such a sad ending for these two guys. They were clearly great humans and I'm thankful to them for being able to watch this video about them here on the internet.
@Flor-um1zu
@Flor-um1zu Жыл бұрын
Hey Tim, a big thank you for covering these stories. Your other Belgian history videos thought so much about my country, I hope your visits have been fun to you personally, merci à toi
@adrianrutterford762
@adrianrutterford762 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. Thanks Tim. Love the TW theme music.
@sjmelnikoff
@sjmelnikoff Жыл бұрын
I’m glad I’m not the only person who recognised that!
@adrianrutterford762
@adrianrutterford762 Жыл бұрын
@@sjmelnikoff So am I.
@bunjection
@bunjection Жыл бұрын
i love that you used the avenue q song on 3:19. even when you said about the internet being born here it lines up with the song lyrics
@TheWeirdaholic
@TheWeirdaholic Жыл бұрын
Yep. That was nice.
@lewkbrett
@lewkbrett Жыл бұрын
I always laugh when narrating Tim makes a joke and starts yelling to someone away from the microphone. I like to think it's a cat lol
@davidsparks6146
@davidsparks6146 Жыл бұрын
OMG, You're the very best my friend! You deserve your own tv show. Loved every second of this, ...more please!
@i-am-ber
@i-am-ber Жыл бұрын
It's always fun trying to spot the music covers! Tomorrow's World: instant nostalgia.
@sjmelnikoff
@sjmelnikoff Жыл бұрын
Ha! Glad others recognised that too 😊
@matthi5146
@matthi5146 Жыл бұрын
This video is a godsend, the content fits so well in my topic for a school project! thank you very much for the inspiration
@hellmuthschreefel9392
@hellmuthschreefel9392 Жыл бұрын
Tim, you present the most interesting little videos ever on the electronic mundanueum.
@petervanackeren5227
@petervanackeren5227 4 ай бұрын
Still not entirely obscure and forgotten here in Belgium, but for sure very much so elsewhere I guess. Quirky, very entertaining and informative ... another excellent one this !
@jessicad83
@jessicad83 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on 300K Subs Tim!! Most deserved 🎉💋
@greenbriar07
@greenbriar07 Жыл бұрын
I'd love to visit this for nostalgia's sake, my town's library used to have index cabinets. I still miss flipping through those drawers, with the mish-mash of hand written and typed out cards.
@Yossus
@Yossus 11 ай бұрын
The Avenue Q playing in the background disguised as an old timey piano piece is such a brilliant musical touch
@Liza03V
@Liza03V Жыл бұрын
Thank u. Through your travels and your knowledge I started reading more and of course following you. I m obsessed with your channel. Merci.
@darrenwilson8042
@darrenwilson8042 Жыл бұрын
I always say I come away from a Tim Vlog having learned something......... today I can say that literally
@bernardfournier9650
@bernardfournier9650 Жыл бұрын
Je n’avais aucune idée de tout cela. Merci pour ce fantastique vidéo !
@FestinaFirefly
@FestinaFirefly Жыл бұрын
Tim; you are brilliant. Every episode is charming and leaves me feeling slightly giddy.
@RogerFriberg
@RogerFriberg Жыл бұрын
Oh that subtle music nod to AvenueQ when talking about.. erhm.. adult stuff.. Bravo Tim, JUST BRAVO!!!
@mykul8151
@mykul8151 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, well researched mate. Also, poor Rick Astly
@nordicwolf1193
@nordicwolf1193 Жыл бұрын
The music, just hilarious, for us that actually seen Avenue Q 😅❤ 3:44
@deanbayden4519
@deanbayden4519 Жыл бұрын
Nice use of the IT Crowd theme! Another great video, thankyou
@socklesslad
@socklesslad Жыл бұрын
This video is so amazing I'm speechless! Good one, mate!
@MicraHakkinen
@MicraHakkinen Жыл бұрын
3:33 Brilliantly subtle choice of background music :)
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple Жыл бұрын
I was so happy to find this! I have only been aware of the Mundaneum through historical fiction. It's great to see the real thing.
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