2013-03-13
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Atomic Gardening, by isavibes (via). Photography by Frank Scherschel for Life Magazine.
More at Pruned:
After WWII, there was a concerted effort to find ‘peaceful’ uses for atomic energy. One of the ideas was to bombard plants with radiation and produce lots of mutations, some of which, it was hoped, would lead to plants that bore more heavily or were disease or cold-resistant or just had unusual colors. The experiments were mostly conducted in giant gamma gardens on the grounds of national laboratories in the US
2012-04-10
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An advert for the Burroughs 205 Computer, designed by Campbell-Ewald Company, posted to Flickr by bustbright.
2012-04-06
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London Icon Map by Calsidyrose on Flickr:
For the Danish traveler—a tour booklet about London.
It’s odd that Senate House and the Guildhall - not usually thought of as tourist destinations - are on here. So’s the Royal Festival Hall, which is nice.
2012-04-05
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Norwich City Council’s first computer, an Elliott 405, being delivered. 1957. (via, via)
2012-04-02
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(Source: believermag)
2012-03-27
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Back Cover of the Pan An Complete Reference Guide to France.
Azimuthal polar projection, cropped and rotated. See also.
2012-03-20
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The See-Yourself-on-TV Vending Machine, from the fantastically named (and just followed) Voices Of East Anglia site. (They’re really from East Anglia! They also have a proper blog, presumably for the wordy stuff and when they need to post lots of photos.)
