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I really can’t figure out this I Love Egg Song. It’s quite bizarre, but cute at the same time. A friend told me that the animation was created for a South Korean company that sells goofy little Egg dolls. Does anyone know more about these eggs?
Thanks Rico!
Synchronized snarling at the Berlin Zoo. Photo credit: Markus Schreiber -( AP) Via Pet Blog
75-year-old Sigbritt Löthberg of Sweden has the world’s fastest internet connection. She can receive information at 40 gigabytes per second, allowing her to receive 1500 high-definition TV signals at once, and download an entire DVD in two seconds. Löthberg never had a computer before now. She was the recipient of the setup because her son is Swedish internet legend Peter Löthberg.
“This is more than just a demonstration,” said network boss Hafsteinn Jonsson.
“As a network owner we’re trying to persuade internet operators to invest in faster connections. And Peter Löthberg wanted to show how you can build a low price, high capacity line over long distances,” he told The Local.
They wanted to prove that fiber technology makes such connections commercially viable.
“The most difficult part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt’s PC,” said Jonsson.
Jim Rota took the standard periodic table of the elements and broke it into 12 columns to make it easier to understand.
There are several unique structural things about the Rota Period that make it easy to understand and use:
1. It uses 12 columns (groups).
2. The 5+, 6+, 7+, and 8+ elements are not classified into groups V, VI, VII and VIII (or IUPAC 5, 6, 7, 8). This gives these elements their own unique position in the periodic table.
3. It uses the horizontal and vertical of the page to displace elements. This allows ALL elements to have a unique position (if/when necessary).
4. It is based upon showing valences, not orbitals.
Which makes it easier to understand if you know more about chemistry than I do. He sent this in response to my humor post about chemistry at Miss Cellania, but I knew it would find a wider audience here. Link -Thanks, Jim!
Funny looking Japanese melons shaped like faces, hearts, stars, and pyramids.
Scientists reported the first discovery of water in a planet outside of our Solar System:
The planet was discovered in 2005 as it dimmed the light of its parent star by some three percent when transiting in front of it. Using Spitzer, Tinetti and the team observed the star, which is slightly fainter than the Sun. They watched its starlight dim at two infrared bands (3.6 and 5.8 micrometres). [...]
“Water is the only molecule that can explain that behaviour,” says Tinetti.
The presence of water vapour does not necessarily make it a good candidate in the search for planets that harbour life. “This is a far from habitable world,” she adds.
mental_floss has a neat article on 5 cars that became metaphors, whether deserved or not. Like this one:
4. Dolorean = Overhyped
The DeLorean has such a wild story that it became more than one metaphor. Built from 1981 to 1983, it was the dream project of John Z. DeLorean. A Detroit native and engineer and executive at GM, DeLorean founded the DeLorean Motor Company with the help of high-profile investors and huge financial incentives to build his factory in Northern Ireland. Only 3,000 of the strange-looking and expensive car sold the first year, nowhere near DeLorean’s projections. Trying to pull the company out of British goverenment receivership, DeLorean became involved in a cocaine-smuggling scheme and was arrested in 1982. He was eventually found not guilty due to entrapment, but the damage to his reputation, and to his car, was already done.
UC Berkeley’s a cappella group DeCadence found two guys boxing training in Central Park, New York, and on the spur of the moment, decided to provide a little background music: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Fazed
Driven by rising floodwater, as many as 2 billion rats invade farms near Dongting Lake, Hunan Province, China: Link
Previously on Neatorama: World’s Worst Mouse Plague: Millions of Mice Attack Australia
Forget reducing energy consumption of your mansion and private jet – here’s the key to reduce global warming:
Using modern plant-breeding methods to find new diets for cows that make them belch less is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists reported this week.
He noted the average dairy cow belches out about 100 to 200 litres of methane each day, making diet changes a key potential factor in reducing this greenhouse gas.
"There is a common misperception about how methane gets into the atmosphere," he said. "It is actually through belching rather than the other end."
Kojo Nana Obiri-Yeboah, the Nikola Tesla of the Ugandan religious scene, was caught importing a portable electric shock machine he may have planned to use to convince his congregation he had supernatural powers. He’s denying the whole thing:
There has been a massive growth in churches set up by charismatic preachers in Africa in recent years, amid fears some could be fraudsters.
The pastor told the BBC that during his prayers, members of the congregation “act as the spirit comes in them”.
The website of the company Yigal Mesika, which makes the “Electric Touch” machine, among other magic tricks, says: “Charge a spoon, keys or coins and watch as it shocks a volunteer!
“They will believe you have supernatural powers!”
Link – via Fortean Times
A hydrogen atom is only about a ten millionth of a millimeter in diameter, but the proton in the middle is a hundred thousand times smaller, and the electron whizzing around the outside is a thousand times smaller than THAT. The rest of the atom is empty. I tried to picture it, and I couldn’t. So I put together this page – and I still can’t picture it.
The electron in this model is only one pixel. You’ll have to scroll to the right to see it. Link -via Dump Trumpet
Inventor Nikola Tesla had a dream: to build a tower to harness the electricity of the atmosphere, control the weather, and conduct long-distance wireless communications. Construction of the 187-foot-tall Wardenclyffe Tower in Shoreham, New York was started in 1901, with an investment by J.P. Morgan, but the project was never completed. 20th century technology may have been quite different if Tesla’s dream hadn’t run into so many financial problems. Read the entire story at Damn Interesting. Link
Today’s collaboration with What is it? Blog brings us this object to guess: what is this strange object?
Place your guess in the comment and please post no URL. No prize this week, you’re playing for bragging rights only. For more clues, please visit What is it? Blog.
Update 7/13/07: It’s a threshing flail – apparently, it’s so easy practically everyone got it! Yay for you!
Dance Dance Revolution has been around for a long time – but I’ve just found out that there are actually many different "versions" of DDR. Check these out:
Just a friendly game of regular DDR – oh, I dunno, maybe easy level or something:
Link [YouTube]
Hard to stay on your feet? Maybe adding hands will help. Here’s Freestyle DDR done by a guy who goes by the nickname "smidget" (hm, that you Robert?):
Link [YouTube]
If you can’t do it, maybe it’s because you’ve got two left feet. The obvious solution is to try one-legged DDR:
Link [YouTube]
Still can’t do it? Maybe it’s because you need a partner, like the Japanese:
Link [YouTube]
… or the Koreans:
Link [YouTube]
All that jumping will probably induce a myocardial infarction in old, out of shape fat guys like me, so why not try something "easier" like finger DDR:
Link [YouTube] – Thanks wade7!
That reminded you of your carpal tunnel syndrome? Mad that you don’t have the skillz to play any of the DDR versions above? Feel like hulk-smashing something? You’re in luck:
Link [YouTube]
Now here’s something for me: Dance Freaks, where you flail to win! (Added 7/13/07 – Thanks Joe Felice!)
Link [YouTube]
Still can’t DDR? Maybe it’s a matter of motivation … Here’s something that will surely motivate the heck out of you: Dance Dance Immolation, where a wrong move is punished by a flamethrower! (Added 7/13/07 – Thanks Ed!) | Dance Dance Immolation website – Thanks Richaard!
Link [YouTube]
Who were the hottest signers of the Declaration of Independence? Coming in at number three… heeere’s:
Matthew Thornton
Represented: New Hampshire
Outside of Signing the Declaration, Best Known For: Serving as surgeon to the New Hampshire militia, writing political essays, presiding over the New Hampshire House of Representatives, drafting the first New Hampshire state constitution
Likes: Microscopes, hygiene, ferryboats
Dislikes: Syphilis, small pox
Fun Fact: He arrived late to the Continental Congress, just barely in time to sign his name.
Kristin and Erin Say: "Surgeon name: Doctor McTreaty"
Link | See also Neatorama’s 5 Obscure Facts About The Declaration of Independence
We had a picture post of Ye Olde Tourist Trappe on Neatorama before, but have you ever thought about the origin of that word "Ye"?
According to Beautiful English Online (Neatorama author gail’s new blog), "Ye" was originally pronounced "the."
Here’s the full story: Link
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Here’s Star Wars Darth Vader Back Buddy, which Entertainment Earth touts:
Have the power of the Dark Side on your back at all times! The back pack features Darth Vader’s helmet as he clings to your back. This item makes a great gift for those still in school, or for Star Wars convention-goers with just too many things to carry on their hands!
It’s a good thing your kid has the power of the Dark Side, if not he’ll probably get beat up in school… Link – via GeekAlerts
So that’s what it’s for! Whew! Found at Say No to Crack, which has a lot more funny old ads.
Here’s an excellent clip: Beer Song, the LEGO version! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Miss Cellania (whose topic of the Day "Beer" is worth drinking to!)
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Photographer Steve Strawn has a neat portfolio of some very cool shots of glasses in the process of breaking. Link – Thanks Steve!
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Tampon Crafts lives up to its name by presenting you this DIY guide on how to make your very own Tampon Pan Flute:
It’s summer and the birds are singing their sweet songs. Join them with a musical tampon applicator pan flute. This eight-note pan pipe covers an entire octave, so you can play some of your favorite tunes. The hills are alive with the sound of tampons!
Link – Thanks ebez!
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Unless you live in earthquake-prone California, you probably don’t think twice about earthquakes. But just because you don’t live on the west coast, that doesn’t mean you’re safe:
We may not be able to accurately predict earthquakes, but the USGS has determined that the locations most likely to suffer a large earthquake in the next 30 years are:
The New Madrid Zone:
Believe it or not, this 120 mile stretch following the Mississippi River created the largest earthquake ever recorded in the continental US. This was an estimated 8.1 (on the Richter scale) which is equivalent to the energy released with an explosion of 1 Billion tons of TNT. For comparison, the energy released in a small atomic bomb would be much smaller in size and be equivalent to a 4.0 on the Richter scale. Memphis and St. Louis are right on the zone, and large portions of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Southern Illinois are likely to be effected by a New Madrid Zone earthquake as well.
Justine Ashbee is living proof that fantastic art does not need to be made using fancy brushes and paints – she uses Sharpie pens to create hers!
Here’s an example, called iconoclastic reverb (2006):
Remember the AT AT baby stroller we posted before on Neatorama? The Official Star Wars Blog tracked down Rick Russo, the proud owner of the now famous stroller and interviewed him (with tips on how to make your own): Link – via Eyebeam reBlog
Although she was born with no arms, Dawn Larson has learned to lead a full life and can even drive using her feet. She’s never had any problem in public, until McDonald refused to serve her:
Normally, Larson first gives the cashier her debit card to pay for the order and then grabs the food and drink with both feet.
But at McDonald’s she said they took her money at one window but wouldn’t give her the food at the next window. Larson says she felt degraded.
"I reached my foot out the window to grab the food," says Larson. "She set the food down, raised her hands up really high in the air and slammed them down on the counter. This was like violently."
"’I am not doing this,’ she screamed that at me, ‘Absolutely not doin’ this.’"
The restaurant offered her a $10 gift certificate. She then contacted a lawyer and two months later experienced the same thing at a different Rockford McDonald’s.
Link – via Weird Daily
