Transformers [wiki] is the name of a line of toys produced largely by Takara and sold outside of Japan by Hasbro from 1984 onwards. A Transformer is an intelligent machine that is able to "transform", reconfiguri...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/10/transformers-toy-commercials/On May 4th, 1988 a fire at the Pacific Engineering Production Company in Nevada ignited tons of the chemical ammonium perchlorate, a rocket-fuel booster. The resulting explosion was said to be roughly equivalent to a k...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/10/the-pepcon-disaster/Are you a fan of package designs for Japanese snacks? Click here for more neat snack characters. Found at Jean Snow ....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/10/japanese-snack-characters/Found at Honeyee . Question > Does anyone have any info on this unique building?...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/10/the-mikimoto-building/This excellent documentary takes a look at the career of Steven Spielberg [wiki] . Click Play or go to Link [YouTube] . Question > What's your favorite Spielberg film ?...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/steven-spielberg-documentary/Ammonites (AKA snakestones) are quite common around Whitby in the north of England where folklore has it that they are the remains of snakes turned to stone by St. Hilda, the 7th century abbess of Whitby:The fact tha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/st-hilda-st-cuthbert-and-the-ammonites/This is the memorable and humorous version of Puttin' on the Ritz [wiki] (performed by Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle) used in Mel Brooks' 1974 film Young Frankenstein [wiki] . The scene in the film is itself a paro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/puttin-on-the-ritz/Ransom Riggs recently made a short film (and we mean short: 68 special effects filled seconds!) called "Portable Living Room"The clip is about a young boy who got stuck at Grandma's house for the weekend, with...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/portable-living-room-a-short-film-by-ransom-riggs/There are 5 main channels on VideoSift: music, comedy, cute, geek and politics. Today, let's take a look at some of the most interesting video clips of the politics channel: So probably everyone knows that Bill Clinton p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/videosift-politics-channel/Here's our weekly collaboration with Bizarro. I think Dan Piraro nailed it with this strip: today's newcasts are filled with bad news, followed by worse news: war, crime, and natural disasters. No wonder news readership...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/bad-news-by-bizarro/Sure, you know these five creatures as stinging, biting merchants of death. But isn’t it time we put aside our differences and embrace the positive? 1. Scorpions: Leading the Battle Against Brain Cancer It Co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/5-deadly-animals-that-just-might-save-your-life/This guy uses candles as pixels in a stop motion animation of Tetris, Pacman, Pong and Space Invaders. Link to Youtube video | Link - via Devilducky...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/vintage-video-game-candle-stopmotion-animation/Nora enjoys playing the piano. She's no Van Cliburn, but for a cat, she's pretty good. She'll even play a duet! Push play or go to YouTube. Link to Nora’s webpage. -via ArbroathNora, piano, cat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/nora-the-paino-playing-cat/The winner is this photo taken by Spencer Platt. I would call it "Glamour & War" The picture shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombings. The pict...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/world-press-photo-award-2006/Did you know you can play music on a scanner? The HP ScanJet 4c has an unofficial “play tune†command. This one is playing Beethoven’s Fur Elise. Push play or go to Google video. Link to ar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/scanjet-music/Special pair of socks by the aNYthing gang . Found at Drooghi ....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/tiger-stripe-socks/Cookie Monster [wiki] is a popular muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is covered with blue fur and has "googly eyes", but he is most known for his voracious appetite. He can (and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/cookie-monster/LA-based artist Mike Kelley, one of the most influential contemporary artists today has collaborated with Perks and Mini and Medicom Toys from Japan to create this soft, cuddly and strangely insecure talking crea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/little-friend/This is the perfect pair for Valentine's Day [wiki] . As seen on Sold Out ....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/perfect-for-valentines-day/The TMNT portable pizza thrower toy has 'an adjustable aim and motorized pizza throwing action'. Listen to what Shredder says in the commercial. Click Play or go to Link [YouTube] ....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/the-pizza-thrower/Dreams do come true. You can finally get that Willy Wonka coat you've been dreaming about. Yes, that's right! The coat comes in three sizes (S, M, L) and if you're not sure which size you should get click here ....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/the-wonka-coat/A few weeks ago, Neatorama reported on Troy Hurtubise's full body armor, dubbed "The Trojan". Now Troy has decided to sell his combat ready suit and shield, with resale rights, on eBay to the highest bidder...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/update-soldiers-suit-for-sale-on-ebay/Techworld is reporting that D-Wave, a heavily funded Canadian company, plans to debut a "quantum computer" next week. This computing device "can carry out 64,000 calculations simultaneously (in parallel...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/09/quantum-computer-may-debut-next-week/Benjamin Cho's dress gives a nod to the crafters of the world: the dress looks like it's still being knitted by giant disembodied hands! What's with the eyes though, I wonder. Link - via Craft, Thanks Henry@Brohans!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/08/benjamin-chos-knit-dress/Fogonazos has a neat photo collection of semi-submersible heavy-lift ships [wiki], basically giant floating platforms that can transport oil drilling rigs, gas refineries, and even warships.This one above is Blue Marlin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/08/blue-marlin-a-ship-that-carries-other-ships/Here's a stunning dynamic sculpture "Morpho Tower" using ferrofluid by Sachiko Kodama: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via EduyayoMore ferrofluid goodness on Neatorama: One more ferrofluid sculpture by Sachi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/08/sachiko-kodamas-ferrofluid-sculpture-morpho-tower/Did you hear about the NASA Astro-nut's Lust in Space saga? She quacked under the pressure!No, seriously - this post is actually about a neat collection of rubber duckies - via Miss Cellania....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/08/space-duck/What's more boring than watching paint dry? Apparently, watching cheese age! From West Country farmhouse cheesemakers, here's Cheddarvision: Link - via Scribal Terror...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/08/cheddarvision/Anita of Say No to Crack is having a little fun contest to find out the best short joke ever. So far, about forty or so zingers have been submitted.For example:A dog limps into a bar and says, “I’m lookin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/08/best-short-joke-ever/Photo: Bernat ArmangueThat's a jail cell in the F1 section of the Aranjuez prison in Spain, designed to let imprisoned parents to live with their children!Welcome to a jail Spain says is the only the one in the world...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/08/five-star-prison-cells-for-jailed-families/
