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Day July 9, 2006

World’s Most Dangerous Road

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Pictures of a road on the side of a mountain. It doesn’t say exactly where the road is although it does mention Bolivia in the url.

Update:

It’s the North Yungas Road in Bolivia.

The North Yungas Road (also Grove’s Road, Coroico Road, Camino de las Yungas, “El Camino de la Muerte”, “Death Road”) is a 38 to 43 mile road (depending on source) leading from La Paz to Coroico, 35 miles (56 km) northeast of La Paz in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme danger, killing about 100 travellers annually. The road descends from 12,000 ft (3600 m) to 1000 ft (330 m), transitioning quickly from cool altiplano terrain to rain forest as it winds through very steep hillsides and atop cliffs.

Wearable Wrist Computer from 1984

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A wrist watch with computer ‘UC 2100’ developed by SEIKO in 1984. You can type the keyboard, using a small screen of the watch as a monitor.

(Thanks PVC)

Stevie Ray Vaughan Breaks a String

SRV breaks a string during the solo for “Look at Little Sister” and has to switch guitars in the middle of the song.
(via Bifurcated Rivets)


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