Archive for February 12th, 2008
Neatest Science Valentine: You're More Special Than Relativity
ZOMG, this is my most favoritest Valentine EVAR! It’s made by Chris of Jack of Science blog. Read the rest of his creations and weep: Link – Thanks Chris!
Previously on Neatorama: Geeky Science Valentines | Scientist Valentines
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The Hundred Grand Dollar Bill
That’s the highest denomination dollar bill ever printed. Well, actually it’s a not a dollar bill, it’s a gold certificate:
What’s a gold certificate? Well a gold certificate is money that the government prints that only they can own and use. It is intended for only the use in Fiscal Channels. They were never issued or used for general circulation. This specific gold certificate was printed in 1934 and has the 28th president, Woodrow Wilson’s portrait on it. There were only 42,000 $100,000 dollar bills printed and the only ones around today are not for sale and are used for educational purposes only. The few remaining undestroyed $100,000 bills are institutionalized today and may be seen only in some museums.
More at the fascinating The Biggest Dollar Bills in United States History article at Purple Slinky blog : Link – Thanks Jon Jason!
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Bureau of Communication's Declaration of Romantic Intent
From the same folks that did the Dharma Initiative Rations featured on Neatorama way back when, here is the Bureau of Communication’s web forms you can email:
The Bureau of Communication has a collection of old-fashioned and very official-looking forms for all the mundane bits of communication in life.
Whether you wish formally apologize, air a grievance or simply acknowledge a holiday, they have a card to match your sentiment.The new "Declaration of Romantic Intent" form is ready just in time for valentines day. Perfect for when you ought to express your attraction in the most clinical way fashionable, without all the treacly hugs and kisses of most valentines day greetings.
Link | Main page with other forms – Thanks Joshua Keay!
Previously on Neatorama: Geeky Science Valentines | Scientist Valentines
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The Wheels on the Bus Cartoons by Eyelander
Ottawa-based artist Eyelander rides the bus and has been drawing the faces of commuters for the past five years. I think I’ve met some of these people, even though I’ve never set foot in Ottawa! Link – Thanks George!
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Hillary for Obama, the Axe Effect Ad
Those oh-so-clever ad people made me chuckle with this ad for Axe, the deodorant and body spray that supposedly made men irresistible. Found at Hobson’s Choice – Thanks Tory Hobson!
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Peace Sign Turns 50
The Peace Sign, one of the most widely known symbols in the world, was first designed and drawn on home-made banners and badges in London, England on February 21, 1958, when CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ) was launched at a public meeting but has since been apropriated by scores of different protest movements, from hippies in 1960s America and to the rest of the world, it is known more broadly as the peace symbol.
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Super Mario Mustache Collection
30 examples of how our favorite video game character Mario would look like wearing a mustache from famous persons like Magnum, Zorro, Frank Zappa and more.
See also: Neatorama’s 10 Mario Fun Facts.
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Indiana Jones 4: The Scripts that Weren’t
The Deadbolt takes a look at previously-unused Indiana Jones scripts that may or may not contain spoilers for the new movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. We just don’t know yet. Read about Indiana Jones and the Monkey King, Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men from Mars, and a script that was never titled. Link
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Swimming at the edge of Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls is on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is 360 feet tall. At the top is a natural rock pool, called Devil’s Pool, where the water is relatively calm. From September to December, when the water level is low, you can swim in Devil’s Pool. The pictures are bound to make you just a little nervous. Or a lot. Link (with video) -via Dark Roasted Blend
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The Weirdest Things Found in Sewers and Drains
Just because you can flush it down the toilet doesn’t mean it’s gone forever! In this article, Roto-Rooter lists their top five things they’ve found, and then there’s more sewer stories from all over. Link -via reddit
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Found at 2FlashGames
Update 2/12/08: Neatorama reader Concerned Nerd told us it’s from a T-shirt design on Off World Design.
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Chicken Pool Trick Shot
We’ve seen a couple of neat pool tricks on Neatorama, but never like this: it’s with a chicken!
I believe the hen plays better pool than me: Link [embedded Metacafe]
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Saudi Banned the Color Red for Valentine's Day
Saudi Arabia has banned the color red for Valentine’s Day!
"As Muslims we shouldn’t celebrate a non-Muslim celebration, especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women, " Sheikh Khaled Al-Dossari, a scholar in Islamic studies, told the Saudi Gazette, an English-language newspaper.
Every year, officials with the conservative Muslim kingdom’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice clamp down on shops a few days before February 14, instructing them to remove red roses, red wrapping paper, gift boxes and teddy bears. On the eve of the holiday, they raid stores and seize symbols of love.
The virtue and vice squad is a police force of several thousand charged with, among other things, enforcing dress codes and segregating the sexes. Saudi Arabia, which follows a strict interpretation of Islam called Wahhabism, punishes unrelated women and men who mingle in public.
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Recliner Sledding
Forget snowboarding, this winter’s fun is all about downhill recliner sledding (skiing?)
Just attach a pair of skis on to your trusty ol’ La-Z-Boy recliner and hang on for dear life.
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Amazing Armless Guitar Player
This armless guy plays guitar with his feet as he sings. I haven’t found out where it was filmed. Hit Play button or follow the link below to watch the video.
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Update 1/12/08 by Alex: It’s Mark Goffeney, filmed in Balboa Park, San Diego – Thanks Hari and Eric!
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Caption Monkey 20: Squirrel on a Tree (Well ... Two Trees)
Photo from the incomparable Cute Overload
Yipee! It’s time for our weekly Caption Monkey collaboration with Hobotopia – this week’s caption contest prize (still) is a free Meet the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats by Adam "Ape Lad" Koford. Last week, Neatorama reader lordunger won, and today, it could be YOUR turn!
In Koford’s book Meet the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats, you’ll find over 250 comic strip of Kitteh and Pip, the hobo cat stars of Ape Lad’s neat old timey webcomic.
Contest rules are super easy: place your caption in the comment section. One caption per comment please, but you can submit as man as you can think of. Adam will pick the funniest caption that’ll win his book.
Good luck (but if you don’t have the winning caption, you can still buy his book at Lulu).
Oh, Adam also started a Neatorama Caption Monkey Photo Pool on Flickr. Please add your photo there if you’d like to be considered for use. If we do use your photo, there’s a free Neatorama T-shirt in it for you!
Update 2/13/08: Great entries you guys – I LOL’d myself at quite a few of the captions. Adam has picked the winner: Congratulations to theBU3NO #51 who won with this caption: “Man, the bathroom in this new place is SO embarrassing.“
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Geeky Science Valentines
Neatorama reader bean and ted lamented that there were no Pavlov and Stephen Hawking Valentine in the Scientist Valentine post. So, because I love you Neatoramaholics, I made ‘em just for you (Yes, these are inspired by David Friedman of Ironic Sans blog). And again, yes, I spent waaaay too much time on these!)
You ring my bell! Here’s the Pavlov Valentine
Hawking says: let’s. make. baby. universes. (No black hole jokes, please, this is a family-friendly blog!)
And just for fun, let’s do a couple more. Can you guess who they are?
I’m hopelessly drawn to your large magnetic field.
How much do I love you? Let Amedeo count the ways …
My heart overflows with love …
If you have made your own or have suggestions for a geeky Science Valentine, let me know!
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When Mr. Yahoo Serious Sued Yahoo! (And Other Great but Odd Personal Names)
Oddee has a neat post about the 15 Craziest Personal Names. This one’s my favorite:
Yahoo Serious (1953 – ), originally known as Greg Pead (name-change by deed poll in 1980), is an Australian film actor and director. He is best known for his 1988 comedy, Young Einstein. He also created Reckless Kelly in 1993 and Mr. Accident in 2000. Serious writes, directs, produces, and stars in all his own movies.
In 1988, Yahoo Serious wrote, produced, and directed Young Einstein, an intentionally inaccurate movie portraying Albert Einstein as a young farmer in Tasmania who discovers rock music and surfing, romances Marie Curie, and derives the formula E=mc² while trying to discover a means of creating beer bubbles. The movie was an international hit, grossing over $100 million worldwide, and propelling Serious to stardom.
In August 2000, Yahoo Serious tried to sue the search engine Yahoo! for trademark infringement. The case was quickly thrown out because Serious could not prove that he sells products or services under the name "Yahoo," and therefore could not prove that he suffered harm or confusion due to the search engine.
Many more here: Link – via Miss Cellania
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Jumpin' Armadillos! (Literally)
I don’t know where Gail of Scribal Terror blog gets her stuff, but this one is priceless: In the southeastern USA, there are a lot of nine-banded armadillos killed by cars.
At first, it was thought it was because they got run over but scientist and long-time armadillo watcher Dr. Eleanor Storrs found out the truth:
At first it was thought that the tires or the front of the car was impacting these armadillos, which do not look both ways before they cross a road. Later it was observed that when an automobile drove over an armadillo, it would be startled and would end up jumping vertically against the car.
Another weird thing about armadillos is how they cross a river:
One behavior that is thought to have helped the armadillo to reach the southern part of the United States is the ability to cross bodies of water. It is thought that the nine-banded armadillo arrived in Texas by crossing the Rio Grande in the mid-19th century (Schueler, 1988).
The nine-banded armadillo has been observed to get across a body of water by two methods. The first method is the ability to float across by gulping air into their stomachs and intestines (Watson, 1989), and secondly if the body of water is shallow enough, the nine-banded armadillo is able to walk across the bottom by holding its breath for up to five minutes (Watson, 1989).
Link – via Scribal Terror
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Yoda Cookie
Photo: Zoe’s Sweets
This awesome Yoda cookie Zoë Lukas created. You too order can from her, hrmmm?
Link (Zoe’s order info within) – via GeekAlerts
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Wait (Maybe Forever) For Mr. Right or Settle with Mr. Good Enough?
Here’s an interesting article by Lori Gottlieb for The Atlantic about waiting for Mr. Right (and run the risk of him never showing up) or settling down with Mr. Good Enough:
Of course, we’d be loath to admit it in this day and age, but ask any soul-baring 40-year-old single heterosexual woman what she most longs for in life, and she probably won’t tell you it’s a better career or a smaller waistline or a bigger apartment. Most likely, she’ll say that what she really wants is a husband (and, by extension, a child). [...]
Oh, I know—I’m guessing there are single 30-year-old women reading this right now who will be writing letters to the editor to say that the women I know aren’t widely representative, that I’ve been co-opted by the cult of the feminist backlash, and basically, that I have no idea what I’m talking about. And all I can say is, if you say you’re not worried, either you’re in denial or you’re lying. In fact, take a good look in the mirror and try to convince yourself that you’re not worried, because you’ll see how silly your face looks when you’re being disingenuous.
Whether you acknowledge it or not, there’s good reason to worry. By the time 35th-birthday-brunch celebrations roll around for still-single women, serious, irreversible life issues masquerading as “jokes” creep into public conversation: Well, I don’t feel old, but my eggs sure do! or Maybe this year I’ll marry Todd. I’m not getting any younger! The birthday girl smiles a bit too widely as she delivers these lines, and everyone laughs a little too hard for a little too long, not because we find these sentiments funny, but because we’re awkwardly acknowledging how unfunny they are. At their core, they pose one of the most complicated, painful, and pervasive dilemmas many single women are forced to grapple with nowadays: Is it better to be alone, or to settle?
Link – via Locusts & Honey
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Super Punch Free T-Shirt/iPod Skin Contest
Our pal john at the super awesome Super Punch blog is having a (super easy) contest: you can win a free t-shirt or iPod skins featuring a dragon artwork by Jeff Wood.
Here’s what you have to do:
1. Go to The Faded Line Clothing Co.
2. Post a comment with your favorite item in the store at Super Punch (NOT here, okay?)
3. Win and gloat here.
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Bizarro: Tunnel of Love, Before and After
This Bizarro comic panel hits it too close to home … too close … For more Bizarro, check out Dan Piraro’s website and blog.
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