Think marionettes are old-fashioned and no longer entertaining? How about when the smallest one in the entourage is still more than twenty feet tall...? The Sultan's Elephant was a massive puppetry show...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/impressive-puppetry/This cute little polar bear looks just like a plush toy. http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/lf/022504polarbears/im:/070124/ids_photos_wl/r959783251.jpg;_ylt=ApCvDP9nQtgFZ_HJTiOsRSMBWscF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3dmhrOGVvBHNlYwN...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/a-polar-bear-called-knut/It's vital that one be fluent in nonverbal communication, or a misunderstanding may develop before you even open your mouth. Are you hip to the language of hips? Or are you lost in a babel of bodily slang? If so,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/body-language-is-important/65-year-old Californian woman Nell Hamm fought a cougar off her husband Jim with a pen and saved his life!Link - via Spluch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/woman-battled-cougar-with-a-pen-and-won/Photo: Annie LeibovitzFamous photographer Annie Leibovitz [wiki] is teaming up with Disney to take pictures of celebrities dressed as various Disney characters for Year of a Million Dreams ad campaign. The photo above is...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/annie-leibovitz-photos-of-celebrities-as-disney-characters/As if the original version isn't bad enough already, scientists upped the ante by creating the caffeinated donuts: That cup of coffee just not getting it done anymore? How about a Buzz Donut or a Buzzed Bagel? That's...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/scientist-invented-caffeinated-donut/Black Sheep (no, not the 1996 comedy [wiki] with Chris Farley and David Spade) is a film about genetic experiment gone bad (yes, with killer sheeps) made by New Zealand direcotor Jonathan King. Hit play or go to Link [i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/black-sheep-movie-violence-of-the-lambs/Got a spare $150,000? Then buy yourself this 1959 Cadillac better known as Ecto 1, the Ghostbusters [wiki] car from George Barris Star Car Collection.http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/cadillac/unspecified/1...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/ghostbusters-car-for-sale/Get His attention, repair damage, redeem your reputation and more! Link - via Random Good Stuff...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/lookin-good-for-jesus/Here's a story about a woman who loved her dog so much that she applied an immigration visa for it! As her husband lived in Japan for so long time, Ms. Wen's pet teckle Niuniu who accompanied her for seven years has...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/woman-applied-for-immigration-visa-for-her-dog/In 2001, John Richards started the Apostrophe Protection Society, which aims to preserve the correct use of this much abused punctuation mark.There's a Flickr group, called Grocer's Apostrophe which documents bad use of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/29/abusin-the-apostrophe/This is a picture of the Cloud Gate sculpture (affectionate known as "The Bean") in Chicago's Millennium park. This 33 foot tall stainless steel sculpture reflects the Chicago skyline from the outside, and amuses vi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/28/the-most-loved-bean-in-chicago/I think there's no jail that can lock up this guy. I've got no other info about this video. Link [youtube video]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/28/wall-jumper/This weird ping pong "table" is not playable at all, instead it's an "art" creation for a gallery. See more pingpong creations and some other sport related sculptures: Link - via Mira y Calla...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/28/ping-pong-pipe/See this glassblower make a cute cat out of glass! (That's some skill!) Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via VideoSift...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/28/making-of-a-glass-cat/the Hardest Boy has a neat list of the world's rarest Nintendo Game Boys. Included in the list are the Tommy Hilfiger, Hello Kitty editions, and this giant game boy on the left!Link - via digg...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/28/worlds-rarest-game-boys/The digital Sand+Time hourglass watch is a clever design by Russian graphics designer Balykin Pavel.http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/balykin_pavels_.html - via Gizmodo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/28/balykin-pavels-sandtime-hourglass-watch/From Something Awful, what those physics modeller should've been like! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via reddit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/28/the-physics-of-something-awful/The Musical Stones of Skiddaw.On display at the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery in Cumbria, England is a unique musical instrument that looks like a xylophone - but instead of metal or wood, the notes are made from stones...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/28/the-original-rock-music-stones-that-sing/This remarkable color photo was taken by a Russian photographer 100 years ago, but the little shop and its proprietor could have come from the time of Tamerlane. This is what the Old Silk Road must have looked like. Eng...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/fabric-seller-in-samarkand/Guitar World magazine put together a reader's poll to find out the 100 best guitar solos of all time: LinkCityRag Ursi Spaltenstein of Ursi's Blog has compiled the top 20 Greatest Guitar Solos videos based on the list:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time/Apparently, this is how American soldiers drive in Iraq! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via YesButNoButYesNote: Some in the comments said that the soldiers had to drive like this to limit the risk of getting shot, wh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/humvee-drivin-in-iraq/From the website: Aaron deBruyn, 26, is accused of using a Taser on his wife's grandmother Wednesday morning after he got into a fight with her regarding the spanking of his infant son.His wife, Caroline deB...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/man-tasers-grandma-not-sorry-about-it-at-all/Talk about being obsessive: Kate Bingaman took photographs of all of her purchases for two years, and will be uploading 'em all to Flickr!Link [Flickr photoset] | Kate's Website: Obsessive Consumption (how appropriate!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/obsessive-woman-took-photos-of-all-her-purchases/For three years, German scientists tried to coax a sloth [wiki] into moving up and down a pole for a scientific experiment:The sloth, named Mats, was remanded to a zoo after consistently refusing to climb up and then...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/scientist-cant-make-sloth-move-gave-up-after-3-years/What do you get when you mash up Mac and James Blunt? Apparently, this geeky-wonderful love song called Mac Beautiful by Christine of Happy Slip.http://www.happyslip.com/category/videos - via Miss Cellania...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/mac-james-blunt-mac-beautiful/Amateur photographer Jake Dobkin takes very cool photographs of (mostly) the urban landscapes of New York City. He posts new picture on the front page of his blog every day, and compiles the best photos of the year since...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/jake-dobkins-photos-of-new-york-city/Grimace [wiki], the jolly and lovable purple gumdrop and friend of Ronald McDonald, wasn't always like that. In the first cycle of McDonaldland commercials in 1971, he was "Evil Grimace," with two pairs of arms...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/grimace-then-evil-now-cuddly/Metropolis Magazine invited structural engineers Leslie Robertson and Craig Schwitter to pick their favorite feats of man-made wonder. One of their picks is Machu Picchu, the mysterious ruins built by the Incas.Built...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/27/ten-feats-of-man-made-wonder-picked-by-structural-engineers/
