Archive for September 3rd, 2007
Pete’s Pond Webcam
The Pete’s Pond webcam from National Geographic is back up for its third season! The webcam is at a watering hole in the Mashatu Game Preserve in Botswana. If the animals aren’t out when you go to watch, push play or go to YouTube for a taste of last year’s webcam feed. Link -via Metafilter
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Beer Can House
John Milkovisch spent 18 years and 39,000 cans of beer replacing the building material in his house with aluminum beer cans! Its one of the many stories in the article Alternative & Crazy Home Construction Materials : Beer Cans, Tires & Cardboard. Link -via Look at This
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Hollywood Aliens
Dr. Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy discusses how the weirdest aliens Hollywood could dream up are still based on life as we know it on Earth. The clip is from of the UK show Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide. Link
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Transparent Toaster
This looks like a wonderful idea. You can see how brown your toast is getting, so you won’t be surprised by burnt toast. Too bad it’s only a concept, since glass can’t get hot enough to toast bread …yet. Link -via Engadget
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1964 FSU Ad
This 1964 promotional film for Florida State University stars an aspiring young actor and student named Jim Morrison before he and Ray Manzarek formed The Doors. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Metafilter
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The Chinese Paris.
To someone who has never visited Paris, this may look just like the city of love and light. Look a little closer, and it becomes obvious that something isn’t quite right:
These photos were taken in Tianducheng, a residential community built in on the outskirts of Hangzhou in eastern China. Apparently there’s only 2,000 people living there now, which seems rather sparsely populated for what they must be hoping will be a tourist attraction.
Has anyone seen this bizarre little community (or know more about it)? All online information seems to point back to the Reuters link below.
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Lost Cities.
Shunya.net maintains a fantastic photo collection of lost cities, from popular sites like Memphis (where the pyramids were built) to tiny little-known ancient villages. The photograph above is from Sanchi, the best preserved ancient Buddhist site in the world. Link to Lost Cities and more on Sanchi.
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Miss Teen USA South Carolina T-shirt
Sooner or later those words had to end up on a t-shirt.
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Ghetto Batmobile
Found at Tacky Raccoons via Say No To Crack
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Clowns Kicked KKK Asses
Here’s an excellent example of pwnage: when the white supremacist group VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK tried to host a hate rally in Knoxville, Tennessee, they were foiled by … clowns!
Unfortunately for [VNN] the 100th ARA (Anti Racist Action) clown block came and handed them their asses by making them appear like the asses they were.
Alex Linder the founder of VNN and the lead organizer of the rally kicked off events by rushing the clowns in a fit of rage, and was promptly arrested by 4 Knoxville police officers who dropped him to the ground when he resisted and dragged him off past the red shiny shoes of the clowns. http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/7704982.html
“White Power!” the Nazi’s shouted, “White Flour?” the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt “White Flour”.
“White Power!” the Nazi’s angrily shouted once more, “White flowers?” the clowns cheers and threw white flowers in the air and danced about merrily.
“White Power!” the Nazi’s tried once again in a doomed and somewhat funny attempt to clarify their message, “ohhhhhh!” the clowns yelled “Tight Shower!” and held a solar shower in the air and all tried to crowd under to get clean as per the Klan’s directions.
At this point several of the Nazi’s and Klan members began clutching their hearts as if they were about to have a heart attack. Their beady eyes bulged, and the veins in their tiny narrow foreheads beat in rage. One last time they screamed “White Power!”
The clown women thought they finally understood what the Klan was trying to say. “Ohhhhh…” the women clowns said. “Now we understand…”, “WIFE POWER!” they lifted the letters up in the air, grabbed the nearest male clowns and lifted them in their arms and ran about merrily chanting “WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER!”
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College Analogies
Here’s a sample of the funny shenanigans you can find at Miss Cellania’s post on everything College:
These are analogies and metaphors found in college essays. (Thanks, Wendy!) I can’t vouch for how "actual" they are, but they are way too funny not to post!
Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two other sides gently compressed by a thigh master.
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie surreal quality, like when you’re on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7 pm instead of 7:30.
John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
"Oh, Jason, take me!" she panted, her breasts heaving like a college freshman on $1-a-beer night.
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Puffin: Symbol of Hardwork and Excrement-Hiding Excellence
Michael Ignatieff of Liberal Party of Canada wants to make the puffin the symbol of his political party.
Why? Here’s his reasoning:
"It’s a noble bird because it has good family values. They stay together for 30 years,” Ignatieff said Thursday outside a Liberal caucus retreat in the Newfoundland capital.
"They lay one egg (each year). They put their excrement in one place. They hide their excrement. … They flap their wings very hard and they work like hell.
"This seems to me a symbol for what our party should be.”
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Darth Vader Lamp
Star Wars fans: give your boss the gift he truly deserves, a symbol of his true dominion over you (but if you get fired, don’t blame me!) – the Darth Vader lamp!
Link – via GeekAlerts (lots of other Vader links there)
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Deep Fried Latte
One of this year’s entry in the State Fair of Texas contest is the Deep Fried Latte – yes, you’ve read that right: deep fried latte.
"We have gained about 10 pounds trying this. I’m not kidding," said Michael Levy, a concessionaire who will debut his family’s new Deep Fried Latte at the fair this year.
"I’ve probably eaten 300 of these trying to get it right."
Deep Fried Latte – a fried pastry topped with cappuccino ice cream, caramel sauce, whipped cream and instant coffee powder – is one of seven new fair foods that will battle for fried domination in the third annual Big Tex Choice Awards contest on Labor Day.
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Blue Skinned People
Meet the real world equivalent of fictional blue-skinned Andorian [wiki] of Star Trek: the blue people (whose skin color is caused either by a hereditary blood disease or ingestion of elemental silver).
From The Human Marvels:
Argyria is an extremely rare condition caused by the ingestion of elemental silver, silver dust or silver compounds and the most dramatic effect of argyria is that the skin is colored blue or bluish-grey. The most famous person with argyria was Captain Fred Walters. Walters was born in England in 1855 and was a captain in the British army before a degenerative neural condition, locomotor ataxia, prompted his retirement. Treatment for his condition included the ingestion of silver and that regular ingestion caused Captain Walters to turn blue. He subsequently traveled to the United States in 1891 and began a career exhibiting himself for profit.
As time went on Walters allegedly increased his silver intake in an attempt to turn himself as blue as possible. For awhile, he was successful and his deep blue pigmentation resulted in more fame.
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Nick van Woert's Paint Art
COLOURlovers blog features these neat creations by Nick van Woert, made by repeatedly dunking plastic figurines into cans of paint!
each piece is made of 1 can of paint and a plastic figurine like a super-hero only none of them are super-heros. the sculptures are made by putting the two parts together. i dip the figurine into the can of paint until all of the paint has accumulated onto the figure. the empty can then acts as the pedestal for the finished work. the materials and the process are simple and fixed. the result of the process on the materials is unpredictable and out of my control. it’s like an icicle forming on an overhang. simple, pointless, fragile beauty.
See also previously on Neatorama: World’s Largest Ball of Paint
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Swan Duck Feeds Goldfish Every Morning
From Spluch:
A local security guard recently discovered a peculiar scene where black swans can be seen feeding goldfish near the shore of a lake located in Hangzhou, China. According to the guard, 9 black swans will climb onto a raft and start feeding the goldfish with their beaks at 10am every morning. The goldfish can always be seen following the swans closely after that. Locals were astonished to find such an affectionate tie existing between the two creatures.
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Brian Dettmer's Book Sculptures
Brian Dettmer creates wonderful works of art by sculpting books! Check out his artwork here: Link – via Random Good Stuff
Other book arts on Neatorama: Nick Jones’ Book Sculptures | Martin Frost’s Fore-edge Painting | Jim Rosenau’s For the Kitchen Bookshelf | Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Book | Tim Baker’s Ammonite Book
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Backyard Skiing
Some people really have all the fun: Travis Roberts just told us about his blog Skiing At Home, which is all about those who have their very own private ski hill (Travis’ home in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia has its own backyard ski run!)
The photo above is the set-up of one Kevin Thomas of Pennsylvania: his DIY tractor-powered ski lift tow rope!
Link – Thanks Travis!
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Clothespin Grave Marker
Here’s another photo from Neatorama reader Rich B., who is also having all the fun (his family’s going on a 100-day summer roadtrip across the USA): a Clothespin Grave Marker in Middlesex, Vermont.
Link [Flickr] – Thanks Rich and drive safely!
Previously on Neatorama: The Weirdest Grave in the West
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New Monster by Mail: Aliens!
Neatorama pal (and illustrator of the Neatorama Zombie) Len Peralta is having a new theme for Monster by Mail: Aliens!
Len will draw only 175 aliens – first 100 orders will get a CD of 50 Sci-Fi radio shows. Plus, each order will get a free "Vote Glurn 2008" campaign button and bumper sticker.
I just ordered mine! Link – Thanks Len!
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First Female Beefeater Going on Duty
Here’s a follow up to our post "After 500 Years, Tower of London Hired First Female Beefeater": she is now officially going on duty!
Moira Cameron, 42, from Argyll, beat five men to the £20,000-a-year job as Yeoman Warder.
She said it was a "great privilege" to work and live at the Tower as she donned the famous blue and scarlet uniform for her first duties on Monday. [...]
While posing for a barrage of cameras she admitted carrying a mirror and lip gloss in the "wonderful big pockets" of the blue uniform dress.
Link – Thanks David R!
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Couple
These bedsheets are printed with a ruler, so you can see how close you are to your partner, or how much of the bed he or she is hogging! The zero is in the exact middle. Link -via Swiss Miss
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Chinook Power
A Chinook helicopter is tied down for a ground resonance test. Those who know say they are more stable in the air. Push play or go to Live Leak. -via Arbroath
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Boring Games Photoshop Contest
Lots of fantastic images at Something Awful.
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Worst Singer Ever
Believe it or not, Florence Foster Jenkins managed, despite being famously awful, to sell out an entire concert at Carnegie Hall. She had many admirers (among them Enrico Caruso). This has to be heard to be believed. As a particular point of interest, after she recorded this song, she told the sound engineer that no second try was needed as it was perfect. See for yourself. Listen for yourself. Source
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