Archive for March 1st, 2007
ATV/Tank + Snowboard = Scarpar.
What do you get when you cross an ATV with a snowboard? You get this: Scarpar, a motorized snowboard that lets you shred in practically any terrain. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Scarpar website – via Backcountry, Thanks Rocky Thompson!
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World's Bestest Parkour Experts.
Rabbit and Nimrod are pioneering parkour experts. Definitely the best in the world!
Just check out how talented they are – check out their video clip: Link – Thanks Virginie Clarke!
What’s parkour? Link
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Battlemachy Jade Bandit.
Battlemachy: Jade Bandit is a simple (yay!) yet fun Flash game that entertains! All you have to do is point your mouse and shoot at the baddies (and after the level is over, you can even upgrade your weaponry). Check it out: Link – Thanks Joseph Lieberman!
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HellHoles Episode 3.
We’ve been waiting for the release of Episode 3 of the a little scary but very funny comedy HellHoles series, directed by Efram Potelle and Kyle Rankin. Turns out it was out last month!
Guy’s new friend, Professor Klum, explains a few things about hell. The duo will try to escape this cursed realm together, but there will be obstacles along the way. Is Guy up to the challenge? Can Professor Klum escape the demons of his past (and present)?
Well, here it is: Link
Previously on Neatorama: Hellholes, a Web Mini Series. Need to catch up? Episode 1 and Episode 2
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Al Gore's Own Inconvenient Truth: He Uses Lots of Electricity!
After Al Gore’s documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth" won an Oscar last week, Tennessee Center for Policy Research, a conservative think tank, blasted him as an environmental hypocrite and pointed out that Al Gore wasn’t as green as his image:
From ABC News:
Armed with Gore’s utility bills for the last two years, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research charged Monday that the gas and electric bills for the former vice president’s 20-room home and pool house devoured nearly 221,000 kilowatt-hours in 2006, more than 20 times the national average of 10,656 kilowatt-hours. …
The Center claims that Nashville Electric Services records show the Gores in 2006 averaged a monthly electricity bill of $1,359 for using 18,414 kilowatt-hours, and $1,461 per month for using 16,200 kilowatt-hours in 2005. During that time, Nashville Gas Company billed the family an average of $536 a month for the main house and $544 for the pool house in 2006, and $640 for the main house and $525 for the pool house in 2005. That averages out to be $29,268 in gas and electric bills for the Gores in 2006, $31,512 in 2005.
The blogosphere was abuzz, as it is wont to do, about this: The conservatives pointed out that Al Gore uses twice the electricity in one month than the average household does in an entire year. (I haven’t done the math myself).
The left shot back, saying "oh yeah, that’s nothing compared to Dick Cheney’s $186,000 electricity bill, which the US Navy footed."
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Cat Bus.
These people saw the Nekobus or cat bus (Neko means cat in Japanese) in Miyazaki’s anime Totoro:
… and then decided to mod their own vehicles to look like the cat bus!
Link: Photo Gallery [in Spanish]
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The TV Watch.
This is the Seiko TV watch from 1983.
Found at the Product Design Database.
(Previous Neatorama post here.)
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The Create-a-Villain Contest.
Holy icicles! This is the best cereal contest ever. Open to children 6 to 14.
Click Play or go to Link [YouTube].
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The Mazda AZ-1 Autozam.
This futuristic-looking-made-in-Japan car is from 1992.
Found at the Product Design Database.
Question > Has anyone ever driven one?
(Previous Neatorama post here.)
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The New Toronto Police Car.
The Toronto Police has new graphics for their cars. Does the new look remind anyone of Crest toothpaste? As seen on blogTO.
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World's Largest Burger (Again).
The world’s largest burger record keeps on getting larger and larger! First it was the 78.5 lb burger from Thailand, then the record returned to the US with a 105 lb cheeseburger.
Now, Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub claimed that it has the biggest yet: 123 lb:
Weighing in at 123 pounds, this giant burger features an 80-pound beef patty, a 30-pound bun, 12 tomatoes and 160 slices of cheese. Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub also throws on a pound each of lettuce, ketchup, mustard and mayo — and up to five onions.
The menu price for the Beer Barrel Main Event Charity Burger comes to $379.
Link | Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub website – via A Welsh View
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Dog Yoga.
Spluch has a neat story and pics about "Dog Yoga" lesson in Japan, which aims to improve health and bonding between owner and dog through yoga! Link | China Daily Article
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Flying Spaghetti Monster Paper Model.
Flying Pig has a downloadable model of the Flying Spaghetti Monster you can buy for only £2.95!
Link – via Papercraft World and Eduyayo
What’s Flying Spaghetti Monster? Link
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Circus Trees.
Say No to Crack has a couple of photos of mad arborist Alex Erlandson’s circus trees (now located at Bonfante’s Garden):
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Busted Hard Disk? Buyer Beware!
From Consumerist, a cautionary tale about going to Geek Squad’s repair contract:
Seven days later, they hadn’t even looked at the machine. After 8 days, they’d begun testing the laptop. On the 10th day the exhaustive tests were still being done, but things weren’t looking good for O.’s data files. On the 11th day, O. was given the sad news that his hard drive was fried and would need to be replaced for an extra charge of $118.00. On the 12th day, O. was given his laptop, and his non-working hard drive.
Link – via Who Tends the Fire
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Books Sorted by Color.
How do you sort your books on the bookshelf? Flickr user Chotda decided to sort the books by color! Link [Flickr] – via magpie & cake and Random Good Stuff
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Top Ten Sports Vacation Destination.
From YesButNoButYes, an interesting article about the top ten sports vacation destinations. This one is Alligator Wrestling Academy in Mosca, Colorado. See the whole list: Link – via Miss Cellania
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Broken Ice Shelves Revealed New Antarctic Underwater Species.
Photo: J. Gutt/Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Yay for global warming! When a large ice shelf broke up due to global warming, scientists got a glimpse of a pristine ocean floor, which had been sealed off from the world for thousands of years.
This ice fish above is well-adapted to the cold polar water:
As an adaptation to the extreme cold of polar waters, the fish has no red blood cells. This makes its blood more fluid, so that the animal can save energy otherwise needed to pump blood through its body.
Link – via Scribal Terror
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Clap Your Tentacles.
Clap your tentacles is a cover version of the classic tune Papa’s got a brand new bag.
Nice and raw with decent production. The Happy Monsters appear to be on lead vocals: Klaxons, bells, squeaks and parps are strewn all over the top of the final mix, making the whole thing rather comical.
You can download it here.
Found at Monsterama.
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The Midlife Crisis Car Goes Green.
One of the drawbacks to the widespread use of electric cars has been that they’re usually pretty ugly. The Tesla Roadster will change that perception. It runs on 100% electricity, for 250 miles per charge at about a penny per mile. Plus it goes from zero to 60mph in about 4 seconds. These cars are sold out now, but reservations are being taken for the 2008 models. Link -via Dump Trumpet
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Granny Finds Grenade in Groceries.
From Yahoo News:
A 74-year-old Italian grandmother who bought a sack of potatoes at the her local market found a live grenade among the spuds.
“I went to the market to buy some potatoes and that’s where the bomb was. But this bomb was covered in dirt, and I put it in water and got all dirt off. And then I realized ‘It’s a bomb’!”
To the woman’s relief, police and explosives experts in the small town of San Giorgio a Cremano, near Naples, recovered the grenade and safely detonated it on Wednesday.
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The Kobe Testujin Project.
After suffering heavy damage in the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, Kobe City’s Nagata Ward has managed to rebuild and recover quite well. To celebrate its revival, Nagata Ward is planning to erect a statue of one of Kobe’s local heroes, the anime robot Testujin 28 [Gigantor]. The statue will cost 135 million yen (about 1.1 million US dollars) to build, 45 million of which the city government has promised to provide. Local citizens are collecting donations for the project. If completed the statue will rise to a height of 18 meters, which is about the same as a 5 story apartment building.
As seen on Japan Probe.
For more info click here [The Kobe Testujin Project].
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The Cocaine Cowboys.
This is the true story of Miami’s wild west style cocaine gold rush in the late ’70s early ’80s. Jan Hammer – the guy who wrote Crockett’s Theme for the Miami Vice series – did the soundtrack.
Click Play or go to Link [YouTube].
(Thanks to CBC’s The Hour for this clip.)
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Medicom Toy meets The Rolling Stones.
This limited edition Medicom Bearbrick is a must-have for Rolling Stones fans.
As seen on Sold Out.
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Scrape those ears clean!
Japan Probe writes: Am I the only person a little grossed-out by a news feature in which a reporter approaches people on the street and asks men to show her their ear wax scrapers? The reporter also visits a store to see the latest in ear cleaning technology, and then shows us some relaxing ear cleaning salons. Nothing beats putting your head on the lap of a yukata-clad young woman as she scraps the gunk out of your ears!
Click Play or go to Link [YouTube].
(Thanks to Japan Probe for this clip.)
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What is It? Game 13
This week’s collaboration with What is it? blog brings us these two strange springs (6" tall). Leave a guess in the comment section (no URL, please – let others play). First correct guess will win a Free Neatorama T-Shirt!
Remember to check out What is it? blog for more guessing fun!
Update 3/1/07: The answer is …
Springs for making a regular chair into a rocking chair, they mount onto the bottom of the front legs.
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