Archive for October 25th, 2006

Is Art Made with Copyrighted Material Illegal?

Illegal Art website has a collection of video, visual, and audio works of artists that challenge copyright laws.The Illegal Art Exhibit will celebrate what is rapidly becoming the "degenerate art" of a corp...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/are-art-made-with-copyrighted-materials-illegal/

Terry McCallum's Abstract Art.

I don't recall featuring any abstract art on Neatorama before, perhaps because I don't understand any of it. Anyhow, here's a website of abstract paintings by Terry McCallum, a "self-taught abstract expressionist ar...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/terry-mccallums-abstract-art/

Dalek Pumpkin.

Evil Mad Scientist Lab has a neat step-by-step guide on how to make your own radio-controlled Dalek pumpkin! Perfect for Halloween. Link - via Boing Boing...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/dalek-pumpkin/

DIY Underwear Made from T-Shirt.

A chapter called "T-Shirt Underwear" by Logan Billingham explains how to turn a T-shirt into an undie! This how-to is just one of 40 DIY craft projects in the book "Craftivity - 40 Projects for the DIY Lif...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/diy-underwear-made-from-t-shirt/

Pirate Jack-O-Lantern.

Found at David and Jennilyn's blog, complete with a play-by-play description on how to make your own.http://davidandjennilyn.homeip.net/2005/10/31/captain-jack-o-lantern/ - via Squirl's collection of Jack-O-Lanterns, *em...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/pirate-jack-o-lantern/

Waiters with Strangely Shaved Heads.

Spluch found this restaurant in Beijing where all of the waiters have their hair shaved into "OK," "H," or the chinese character for 'noodles'. It's a practice enforced by the shop's owner in a bid to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/waiters-with-strangely-shaved-heads/

Last Face-Tattooed Woman of Myanmar.

From Daily Mail:An old woman from the Chin ethnic minority group in Myanmar, which borders India and Thailand, shows off the tattoos she was given as a young girl to ward off attacks - particularly by neighbouring pr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/last-face-tattooed-woman-of-myanmar/

RuBot II, Rubik's Cube Solving Robot.

The scary-looking RuBot II can solve any Rubik's cube in just 50 seconds, no matter how mixed up the cube is! This is the new version of RuBot by Pete Redmond from Dublin, Ireland. It's very different to the prototyp...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/rubot-ii-rubiks-cube-solving-robot/

The Man Who Can Suck His Face In.

JustElite got more photos of this Chinese guy who can girn his face (vocab lesson of the day: "girn", look it up) into grotesque forms, just like Popeye! Link - Thanks JustElite!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/the-man-who-can-suck-his-face-in/

Long Distance Game of Hangman.

ChallengeSpot is a website where you can challenge your friends to a long distance game of Hangman (so far that's the only game): Link - Thanks Bill Poster!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/long-distance-game-of-hangman/

How it's made.

Although chewing gum is an ancient practice, the US patent for chewing gum was granted in 1869 to a dentist! Bubblegum was invented in 1928. Watch the bubblegum manufacturing process, as well as vid...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/how-its-made/

House on a Museum.

That "house" on the roof of the Viennese Museum of Modern Art is actually an exhibition, titled "House-Attack" by Erwin Wurm: The art project, entitled House-Attack by top local sculpto...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/house-on-a-museum/

Beer Box Cowboy Hat.

Don't let this Coors cowboy hat, made from real beer boxes, slip you by. They're just $45 right now at eBay: Link - via UniqueDaily...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/beer-box-cowboy-hat/

Zymoglyphic Museum.

From the website: The world's only repository for the study and display of Zymoglyphic art, artifacts, and natural history. The creative output of the region relies mainly on the assemblage of natural objects. The mu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/zymoglyphic-museum/

Must Love Shark.

Another good mash up, in the same vein as The Shining: a Romantic Comedy, that got famous last year. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/must-love-shark/

Wired's Very Short Story.

Wired Magazine wrote that Hemingway once wrote a story (his best, he said) in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn"). So they asked sci-fi writers to do the same. Here are some of the gems: Longed...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/25/wireds-very-short-story/




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