Emergency Money Box
Designed by Becky Miller. Spotted at Yanko Design....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/emergency-money-box/Archive for August 2007
Map of Strange.
The story goes that in ‘78, Mark Gubin was having lunch with his assistant, who remarked upon all the low-flying planes - saying how nice it would be to make a sign welcoming everyone to Milwaukee. Apparently...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/map-of-strange/Flying with Sampson.
Sampson the Golden Eagle was stolen from a British zoo, and kept locked in a cupboard for six months. He broke the feathers off his seven-foot wingspan trying to escape. After officials rescued the bird, they sent him...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/flying-with-sampson/How to spend a million dollars on food in one day.
You’ve seen stories about restaurants that create outlandishly expensive dishes; it’s mainly for the publicity. But what if you were to plan your day around such food items? This menu starts off with a thou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/how-to-spend-a-million-dollars-on-food-in-one-day/Oxygen Therapy for Dogs
Japanese company AirPress opened a cafe catering to pet lovers: it offers a luxurious pet therapy, where you can put your dog in a large clear chamber and give it an oxygen treatment!That's not the only funny thing about...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/oxygen-therapy-for-dogs/Inverse Order's Music Video Sung to an Audience of Dummies
James Dylan of a New Zealand indie rock band Inverse Order sent me a link to his band's YouTube music video, where they sing to an audience of ... mannequins! They set up the whole bit themselves (with help of a producti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/inverse-orders-music-video-sung-to-an-audience-of-dummies/Yuta Watanabe's Dozen Pencils Artwork
Japanese artist Yuta Watanabe's created a dozen of clever and humorous artwork using pencils. The one to the left is a pencil shaped like a miniature sweeper. Of course, the bottom bit is an eraser!http://www.yutawatanab...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/yuta-watanabes-dozen-pencils-artwork/Skull Fracture Ad, Made with Alcoholic Drink Labels
Here's a particularly clever ad from Malteser ambulance service, reminding people not to drink and drive by spelling out "Skull Fracture" using bits and pieces from the names of alcoholic drinks.Found at I beli...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/skull-fracture-ad-made-with-alcoholic-drink-labels/Snap and Dine Cutlery
University of Brighton's Faculty of Arts and Architecture student Demelza Hill created this portable cutlery set titled "Snap and Dine" that comes in a set more familiar to model-makers! http://www.demelzahill....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/snap-and-dine-cutlery/Smoker Celebrates 100th Birthday by Lighting Up
A life-long smoker, Winnie Langley just celebrated her 100th birthday by smoking her 170,000th cigarette!Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War broke out in June 1914 when she was just sev...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/smoker-celebrates-100th-birthday-by-lighting-up/Tessa Farmer's Macabre Insect Art
How shall I describe Tessa Farmer's artwork? Well, for one, she uses insects as a central part of her minuscule sculptures:Tessa Farmer’s miniscule sculptures reinvigorate a belief in fairies: not the sweet Tin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/tessa-farmers-macabre-insect-art/The Sweepstakes Winner
Meet Jay Sokolow, a man whose hobby is entering - and winning - radio and online contests and sweepstakes!He leaves the radio on at work, holding a phone to each ear during breaks, speed-dialing stations during givea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/the-sweepstakes-winner/One Really Tough Commute ...
If you think your commute is bad, check out the way people get in and out of this village in Colombia: by sliding down a rusty old cable 1,200 feet above the ground!Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] Updated Link [VidMax]-...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/one-really-tough-commute/Oshiri Kajiri Mushi, the Strange Japanese Butt Biting Bug
Apparently, this strange song is all the rage in Japan: Oshiri Kajiri Mushi (or the Butt Biting Bug). From Global Voices Online:A catchy tune about a funny-looking bug that bites people’s bums and makes them ha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/oshiri-kajiri-mushi-the-strange-japanese-butt-biting-bug/Real Life Bates Motel
Neatorama reader Rich B. took this photo of a Bates Motel in Vale, Oregon!For those who didn't get the reference, it's the name of the motel in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho [wiki].http://www.flickr.com/photos/eurovancation/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/real-life-bates-motel/Luxury Submarines
As a sequel to their excellent Top 12 High-Tech Luxury Yachts (previously blogged about on Neatorama, direct link here), Naveen of BornRich made another list: luxury submarines!The ones to the left are the submarines of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/luxury-submarines/DIY Laser Pointer
Instructable user KipKay has a neat guide on how to turn a MiniMag flashlight into a laser pointer, using a diode from a DVD Burner.Link - Thanks Mikolka!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/diy-laser-pointer/Miss South Carolina's Do-Over.
Miss Teen South Carolina, Lauren Caitlin Upton became an internet sensation after her mangled answer to an interview question at the Miss Teen USA pageant Friday. This morning, she gave a better answer on NBC’s *e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/miss-south-carolinas-do-over/Fearless Frankie - Free Zombie Comic
Canadian artist Rob Sacchetto, who has been featured here before for his custom Zombie Portraits, recently completed a throwback Tales from the Crypt / EC Comics style tale of zombie terror se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/fearless-frankie/Crosswalk Prank.
High school students in Austin, Minnesota pulled this prank via an underground tunnel connecting the two school buildings. Keep your eye out for the chicken and the cow! Push play or go to YouTube. -via Cynical-C...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/crosswalk-prank/Oh, that's why they're called "The Watchmen"
I love this newly posted Threadless t-shirt design, and the artist used the best t-shirt models ever. If you'd like the chance to buy, follow the link below to vote now. You can see some more excellent Thread...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/oh-thats-why-theyre-called-the-watchmen/Pacific Whipped Into An Ocean of Froth
Yesterday, the shoreline north of Sydney was transformed into what reporters are calling ‘The Cappuccino Coast’. From Daily Mail: Foam swallowed an entire beach and half the nearby buildings, incl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/pacific-whipped-into-an-ocean-of-froth/World's Smallest Park.
Greg Ross at Futility Closet writes: The smallest park in the world is Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon. You're looking at it: 452 square inches, barely two feet across. The nearby Forest Park is 60 million time...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/worlds-smallest-park/Board-Faced Baroque.
According to English Russia, this was a fashion in 19th-century Russian villages. Note that even the pillars are made from wooden slats....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/board-faced-baroque/Video: Hurdler slips, goes face first into hurdle
As The Sun delicately puts it, "LUCKLESS Guenther Weidlinger puts the CHUMP into the World Athletics Championships yesterday as he careers head-first into a hurdle." Via With Leather, which has stills. (With Leat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/video-hurdler-slips-goes-face-first-into-hurdle/Ninjas All Over The Place
Scott Campbell has created a terrific work of art suitably called "Ninjas All over The Place" for the art show Ninja Show 2. The image you see above is but one very small section of a much larger work, featuring man...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/ninjas-all-over-the-place/The Dictionary of Symbols
Cool Tools says: In art, literature, film and life, even the littlest image or reference can open a world of interpretation. This thick encyclopedia, with contributions from scholars in various disciplines...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/the-dictionary-of-symbols/House On A Stick
The "Single Hauz" concept house by Poland's Front Architects is ready for the oceans, fields etc. The question is how ready is it for strong wind? Link - via Notcot...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/house-on-a-stick/Caption Monkey 7: Dressed Up Dog
Found at Teh Interweb - via Scribal Terror (anyone know the background story?) [Update 8/29/07: It's from a doggie fashion show, credit for photo above: Timothy A. Clary - Thanks Monty!]Neatorama's weekly Caption Monkey...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/caption-monkey-7-dressed-up-dog/LOL Cats and Monkey Drawings by Ape Lad
Our partner Adam Koford, or also known by his nom de blogge Ape Lad of Hobotopia, who draws the neat Neatorama monkey and prize for the weekly Caption Monkey game (see above), has been making quite a name for hi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/28/lol-cats-and-monkey-drawings-by-ape-lad/
