Pictures of the day

From a new book from National Geographic entitled "National Geographic: The Image Collection", which takes 450 photos, many never before released, and puts them together for your enlightenment. Among the many great things about the book are the the early century looks at some of the exotic locales of the world, as shown below. You can take a gander at the website they've put together here.

Antarctica 1922. The ship Terra Nova framed by an ice grotto by Herbert Ponting

Peru 1913. Macchu Picchu by Hiram Bingham

France 1890's. Early mountaineering in the Alps

Afghanistan 1931...or is it 2009? You can't tell the difference. by Maynard Owen Williams

Things your children will never comprehend 2

Recording audio onto magnetic strips of tape that are spooled inside a cheap plastic. Writing track lists onto strips of parchment included inside the primitive plastic holding container.

Things your children will never comprehend

Typewriters, typewriter ribbons, and the tins to hold such ancient witchcraft. From Uppercase, also on Flickr.