Archive for November 2006

Chao & Eero's Sign Rings.

Chao-hsien Kuo and Eero Hintsanen made some awesome rings that look like question mark, exclamation sign, and so on ... There's even a smiley :) Link | Home page...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/chao-eeros-sign-rings/

X-Men Illustrator Died in Superman Pajamas, Batman Blanket.

Dave Cockrum, a famous illustrator who popularized the X-Men comic in the 1970s, died on Sunday. True to his love of comics, he died in Superman pajamas and Batman blanket. He will be cremated in a Green Lantern shirt. h...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/x-men-illustrator-died-in-superman-pajamas-batman-blanket/

Ridiculous Infomercial Review.

Ridiculous Informercial Review does not review products - instead, it features the silly late-night infomercials themselves!http://www.infomercial.tvheaven.com/ | Their blog - via Yahoo! Picks...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/ridiculous-infomercial-review/

Our Daily Bread: Industrial Automation in Preparing Everyday Food.

Our Daily Bread shows us the behind-the-scenes look of how today's food in Europe are prepared. It's an eerie look at how industrial automation play a large role in preparing what we eat every day. LinkThis is how they p...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/our-daily-bread-industrial-automation-in-preparing-everyday-food/

Toothbrush Pipes Music Straight to Head Through Your Teeth!

Toy company Hasbro is rolling out a toothbrush that plays music through kid's teeth as they brush:When the user pushes a button on the manual toothbrush, it "plays" a song. As the bristles are brushed acros...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/toothbrush-pipes-music-straight-to-head-through-your-teeth/

Gold's Gym Muscleman Opens the Elevator for You.

This clever ad for Gold's Gym looks like a muscleman opening the elevator with his bare hands! Found at How Advertising Spoils Me ......

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/golds-gym-muscleman-opens-the-elevator-for-you/

Urilift, High Tech Urinals to Combat Nighttime Public Urination.

Tired of nighttime public urination, Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada, is considering installing this "Urilift" high-tech urinal that can be lowered down into the ground during the day (for a n...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/urilift-high-tech-urinals-to-combat-nighttime-public-urination/

Fleece Dog: Created with Real Dog Hair.

Fleece Dog is a small stuffed dog that you can create yourself from the hair of your own real dog!Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/fleece-dog-created-with-real-dog-hair/

Dangerous Russian Tunnel.

This tunnel in Russia has got to be one of the most dangerous (it's under a river and it leaks, so during winter there are patches of slippery ice on the road), ... either that or Russian drivers are really, really bad.....

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/dangerous-russian-tunnel/

"Elevate Me!"

This ladybug is trying to fly, but she's trapped by the ultrasound field in which she has been, yes, levitated: [Materials physicist Wenjun] Xie and his colleagues employed an ultrasound emitter and reflect...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/elevate-me/

Top 5 Most Creative Macquariums

If you remember the post "New Uses for Old Mac" you will like this aquariums made out of old Mac monitors. Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/top-5-most-creative-macquariams/

HurriQuake Nail.

Sometimes the best inventions are so obvious that you'd wonder why it wasn't invented before. Here's the HurriQuake nail, invented by civil engineer Ed "Dr. nail" Sutt after witnessing the devastating effect of...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/29/hurriquake-nail/

Zombies Sue Minneapolis.

Newsflash! Zombies sue Minneapolis:The six adults and one juvenile who were arrested while impersonating the undead in July filed their lawsuit Thursday.The ragged group were arrested for "simulating weapons of...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/zombies-sue-minneapolis/

The Irresistible Sirens of American Politics.

The three "irresistible sirens of American politics," as drawn by Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle, are intimately related to (you can even argue that they're the by-product of) one thing: pork-barrel pro...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/the-irresistible-sirens-of-american-politics/

The Most Insignificant Moments in Gaming.

Tired of the top 10 coolest whatever list? (Neatorama's guilty of many of these things). Well, then head on to Something Awful forum's fantastic thread aptly called The Most Insignificant Moments in Gaming. Here, users...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/the-most-insignificant-moments-in-gaming/

"Robo-Rentacop" Patrols Tokyo Shopping Malls.

Japanese company Sohgo Security Services unveiled a new robot called Reborg-Q to patrol shopping malls in Tokyo. Pink Tentacle has the story:While on patrol, four cameras mounted in the robot’s head and shoulde...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/robo-rentacop-patrols-tokyo-shopping-malls/

"Miracle" White Buffalo Calf Struck Dead by Lightning.

A couple of months ago, we wrote a "miracle" newborn white buffalo, in Dave Heider's Wisconsin farm (which makes it a hallowed ground for Native Americans).Now, it seemed the story gets weirder and weirder: the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/miracle-white-buffalo-calf-struck-dead-by-lightning/

Tree bed.

I love this tree bed by Shawn Lovell Metalworks. The only problem is that my cats would be constantly climbing it to get to the bird's nest! Link -via Arbroath...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/4540/

Stonehenge, According to 15th Century Text.

Art historian Christian Heck discovered a drawing of Stonehenge in 15th century text, which gave credit to Merlin for building the mysterious stone structure: In the Scala Mundi, the Chronicle of the World, Merlin i...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/stonehenge-according-to-15th-century-text/

DIY Lucid Dreaming Device.

Lucid dreaming [wiki] happens when a person, who is asleep and dreaming, realizes that he (or she) is dreaming and continues to control the content of the dream. Apparently, it's possible to buy devices that induce lucid...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/diy-lucid-dreaming-device/

Adam Orzechowski's Photos.

See more of Adam Orzechowski's whimsically (photoshop-ically?) fantastic photo art. I love this one of an iguana chinese water dragon playing a guitar! Link - via Ursi's Blog...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/adam-orzechowskis-photos/

Baby Breakdancer.

This little boy sure can breakdance (just don't let your kids do it - they'll break something for sure). And, notice that the parents put in a dance floor in the middle of their living room?Hit play or go to Link [YouTub...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/baby-breakdancer/

Monster Christmas Stockings.

This Christmas, hang monster stockings for your cute little monsters, er kids: http://craftyrobot.com/monsterstockings.html...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/monster-christmas-stockings/

Crystal-Encrusted Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head.

From the website:Want fries with that? A security guard watches over a pair of crystal-encrusted Mrs. and Mr. Potato Head figures on display at the opening of the U.S. Potato Board’s “Healthy Mr. Potato H...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/crystal-encrusted-mr-and-mrs-potato-head/

The Eight Irresistable Principles of Fun.

The Eight Irresistable Principles of Fun is a colorful flash motivational speech on how to improve your life. Its got a lot of good points! Link -via Ursi’s Blog...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/the-eight-irresistable-principles-of-fun/

The Monster Toy Museum

The page shows a bunch of themed toys and merchandising about monster movies, comics and the like. About this in the image, Frankenstein Soaky: During the 1960s, Colgate Palmolive sold liquid buble bath in plast...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/the-monster-toy-museum/

Math Nerds Gone Wild (And by Wild, We Mean Nuts)

1. Georg CantorGeorg Cantor's (1845 - 1918) brilliance is such that other mathematicians talk about him in reverent, almost mystical tones. The German mathematician David Hilbert (1862 - 1943) once said, "No one shall ex...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/28/math-nerds-gone-wild-and-by-wild-we-mean-nuts/

World's Smallest Digg Logo.

Karen created the world's smallest logo with a size of only ~2 microns for his friend Kevin, the Digg founder. “The microscope is a dual-beam focused ion beam/scanning electron microscope. So I milled the word...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/27/worlds-smallest-digg-logo/

World's First Second Life (Virtual) Millionaire.

Meet Anshe Chung, a real-estate tycoon in the online game Second Life, and the first virtual millionaire (her holdings in the game are legally convertible into $1 million in real US currency!)In Second Life, subscrib...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/27/worlds-first-second-life-virtual-millionaire/

Sandbox Blog Interviews Bizarro Cartoonist.

Neatorama reader Tony Medeiros wrote about Sandbox, his blog that's dedicated to everything-related to comics.I particularly like the interview with one of my favorite cartoonists, Dan Piraro who draws the famous Bizarro...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/27/sandbox-blog-interviews-bizarro-cartoonist/
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