PostSecret began three years ago as a creative idea for an art show exhibit, which just happened to change Frank Warren’s life. With a background in small business, Warren is a self-described, “acciden...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/the-secrets-behind-postsecret/In most animal hybrids, you see a gradual blending of traits from each parent. In the case of this “zorseâ€, there is no question about which body part came from each parent! Eclyce’s mother is a ho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/a-zorse-is-a-zorse-of-course-of-course/The following is an article from Bathroom Readers' Institute's Uncle John's Great Big Bathroom Reader Ever wonder how the creators of your favorite comic strips came up with the idea? Uncle John got c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/a-comic-strip-is-born/This week's collaboration with What is It? Blog brings us this strange object: can you guess what it is? More clues at What is It? Blog.Place your guess in the comment section - and please, post no URL;...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/what-is-it-game-27/Computerworld magazine has a neat top 10 vintage computer ads from four decades of their magazine: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9023960...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/vintage-computer-ads/It's amazing how the two movies fit together perfectly: here's The Goonies of the Caribbean by Steve Concotelli.Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | GooniesVsPirates website - via i am bored...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/goonies-of-the-caribbean/How fat would you have to be to stop a bullet? The Naked Scientists investigate, using a tube of gelatin to simulate fat. The answer? They don't even have tube long enough to find out properly! Here's the interesting exp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/how-fat-would-you-have-to-be-to-stop-a-bullet/Hiroyasu Imura, a 69-year-old former insurance examiner, is staying busy in retirement: he has spent 19 years pursuing his boyhood dream of making a replica of the Himeji Castle: Imura also studied reference material...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/building-an-insanely-accurate-backyard-castle/Scientists at Global Resource Corporation can now turn plastic back into oil using a giant microwave:Key to GRC’s process is a machine that uses 1200 different frequencies within the microwave range, which act...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/microwave-turns-plastic-back-into-oil/NEXT architects made a truly unique lamp: a "slow glow" lamp (aka fatlamp) that uses a bulb filled with fat - turn on the light to slowly melt the fat and the lamp gets gradually brighter!http://www.unicahome.c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/fatlamp/Yay for klutziness - it was the reason band aid was invented. mental_floss got the story:IT ALL STARTED: in 1920, when Dickson wed his sweetheart, Josephine, and quickly discovered she wasn’t exactly Little Mar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/the-origin-of-band-aid/This looks like fun: the world's longest and fastest zip-line in Sun City, South Africa:Height: 918 ft / 280 mLength: 1.2 miles / 2 kmTop speed: 100 mph / 160 kmphhttp://www.influks.com/post1350.html [Flash vide...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/worlds-longest-and-fastest-zip-line/Photo Credit: Tate PhotographyDarren Barefoot wrote to us:Speaking of discarded clothing as art, I was blown away by Brian Jungen's 'People's Flag' when I saw it at the National Gallery in Ottawa. It’s an enorm...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/brian-jungens-peoples-flag/We posted about fubar and foobar, the watering hole for soldiers and computer programmers before ... now, here's where math nerds go to drink: The Pi Bar!I wonder if they serve pie ... http://www.pi-bar.com/ - Thanks...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/pi-bar/Joe Meets Jaws by Nelson YrizarryWho is Joe Vig?Well, he is the unluckiest and most oblivious minifig ever created. Joe has no clue of what’s going on in the area just around him! He is also electro-magnet for...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/the-unfortunate-joe-vig/This crazy crop pattern in a corn field in Holland was not created by alien - instead, it was made by a drug user who tried to escape from the cops in his father's car! Link - Thanks Mikolka!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/this-is-your-crop-circle-on-drugs/According to the Miami Herald, David Canales, a landscaper, was killed this past Thursday by lightning that came out of a clear blue sky. It's a bizarre phenomenon called a "bolt from the blue":Dan Dixon, a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/a-bolt-from-the-blue/iPhone junkies aren't the only geeks camping out in order to realize their dreams. Yipee-Kai-Yay, Melvin Farber! Link at YouTube....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/the-worlds-biggest-die-hard-fan/No problem is too big or too small for Miriam to look into. Link - via Buzz...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/dear-miriam/1. Increase contrast. 2. Select the right wall of the maze using the magic wand. 3. Select > Modify > Expand 4 pixels 4. Create new layer. 5. Fill with Red. 6. Select > Modify > Contract 2 pi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/solving-a-maze-with-photoshop/Re-entry from space without a ship is not something to be taken lightly, although someday spacediving might save lives. A 60-mile freefall is possible, but would require a special suit and helmet. Rick Tumlinson, founder...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/spacediving/Dr. M.B. McLaughlin is talkin' to you! Found at Livejournal....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/weak-men-read/This giant homemade poster of a scene from the Boondock Saints [wiki] is made with the software Rasterbator. Found at MakeUseOf - via wugsy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/giant-homemade-poster-made-from-lots-of-regular-paper/Talk about an extreme vacation! An Australian adventurer spent two weeks living underwater, riding a bike to generate electricity and using algae to produce oxygen! Breathing air provided by algae soaked in his own u...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/underwater-extreme-vacation/From the website: Firefighters said it can't get more ironic than this -- a thief/arsonist breaks into a convenience store, steals scratch-off lottery tickets, tries to cover his tracks by setting a fire, and in the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/thief-set-self-on-fire/Turns out Americans aren't the only people who eat "on the run": Allison excavated an entire neighborhood block in Pompeii, a city frozen in time after the eruption of volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. [......
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/ancient-romans-preferred-fast-food/CBS reports on the annual Peruvian guinea pig (cuy) festival -- and it's not just about running on a little wheel or navigating mazes; it's about who tastes best "grilled, fried, [or] baked":Peru's celebrat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/cuy-bien/This hamster is enjoying his popcorn too much to be bothered. Just plain cute! Push play or go to YouTube. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/hamster-piano-and-popcorn/A full technical explanation on how ketchup works, and how to make a traditional glass bottle give it up. Now, if they can only decide on the proper spelling. http://www.icogitate.com/~ergosum/essays/ketchup/k...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/27/how-to-pour-ketchup/Your CDs seem like a big load to the little man in this clever display case. In addition to the â€lifting man†case, you can also get a “pushing man†case. http://www.wrapables.com/jsp/ProductDet...
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