Sunday, October 21, 2007

National Geographic Magazine - Flashback Archive

  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/archive.html>

Many cafes provide magazines for customers to read.  Usually the
magazines are not my cup of tea, but one cafe in Grenfell Street had
National Geographic magazines.  I think they only had one or two year's
worth, but I flipped through each issue at least once.  My favourite
section was the "Flashback Archive" ...

"'We try to come up with funky stuff that is full of surprises,' says
 illustrations editor Susan Welchman, who picks the images each month
 for National Geographic's most popular feature. 'They have to be light,
 related to the stories in the magazine, and, if possible, funny.'"

A selection from the Flashback Archive:
* "Cold Comfort"
  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/0502.html>
* "We Love Lucy"
  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/0408.html>
* "Sounds Fishy"
  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/0309.html>
* "Hell's Swells"
  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/0308.html>
* "Soar Subject"
  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/0312.html>
* "The First Fast Food?"
  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/9604.html>
* "Dream On"
  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/9706.html>
* "Basket Cases"
  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/9709.html>
* "Remembrance of Things Pasta"
  <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/9803.html>