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No homebuilding slow down at my house. My two-and-a-half-and-don’t-
you-forget-the-half-daddy daughter is on a gingerbread house-building binge.
So when I was looking for inspiration online (read: wasting time in the guise of doing something productive), I ran across this fantastic gingerbread Mac by Flickr user minorbug.
It’s very cold tonight, so we played with bubbles If you blow them upwards enough they have time to freeze on the way down.
Skipweasel took photographs of the experiments in blowing soap bubbles in freezing weather. The pictures are wild -especially when you see a frozen bubble bursting! Link
This game is surprisingly hard. You have to figure out how to get through each page without any direction whatsoever. It’s believed that there are 12 levels, but apparently there are some hints on the site that more exist. Will you figure it out? If you do, let us know in the comments. I got stuck on the Cirkles level (you can tell what level it is by the URL). I know what to do; I just can’t get it done.
Link via Jayisgames
Link via BoingBoing
Photo from Flutterbies and Scutterbotch Nursery
“Slice an onion, separate into rings, and stack it to make a cone. Then
fill with oil and water, and get annoying restaurant patrons to lean in
really close with their cameraphones to see what percentage of their
eyebrows you can remove. Optionally, add soy sauce for lava.”
- via videosift
Adelir Antonio de Carli the ballooning priest has just won one of the most un-coveted awards in history, the Darwin Awards. For those of you who don’t know, they are awarded to those who "remove themselves from the gene pool" in a particularly stupid fashion:
Sitting for more than 19 hours in a lawn chair is not a trivial matter, even in the comfort of your own backyard. The priest took numerous safety precautions, including wearing a survival suit, selecting a buoyant chair, and packing a satellite phone and a GPS. However, the late Adelir Antonio made a fatal mistake.
He did not know how to use the GPS.
The winds changed, as winds do, and he was blown inexorably toward open sea.
Previously on Neatorama: 30 Strangest Deaths in History
I Flip For You is a 22-second-long video clip that is chock pure of awesomeness. Either that or weirdness, depending on your point of view.
Made by John Schnall of Quality Schnallity ("makers of rather strange animation).
Link [embedded YouTube clip] | Higher quality version at HDgreetings
"Neatorama isn’t a cephalopod blog," but here’s a marvelous art of squid art by Skot Olsen, titled "Blessed Saint Architeuthis" (2008). Skot loves the sea but was stung by a jellyfish at a tender young age, which explains a lot about his artwork: Link – via Ectoplasmosis
As far as street pranks go, this one is pretty sophisticated. And funny. Here’s the "legal to pee" prank that hit Nottingham, UK:
The signs, which were put up by pranksters in and around Nottingham, are designed to look official.
They feature a toilet sign and include the words: "Public Urination Permitted After 7.30pm".
Nottingham City Council is now urging the public to ignore the notices as it sets about removing them. [...]
The prank also featured a laminated note, headed with the logo of Nottingham City Council, which said the scheme was aimed at reducing the mess faced by residents outside their homes.
Link – via Museum of Hoaxes
What profession is found to be the sexiest by women? A survey done by a London dating agency Drawing Down the Moon (date unknown, this has been floating on the Web since 2005) revealed that architects get all the ladies:
Architects are seen as being "balanced and rounded individuals who combine a creative approach with a caring, thoughtful disposition," the survey found. It concluded: "Their ability to cope with pressure of work in a relaxed manner was also deemed to be a significant plus."
Male architects beat stockbrokers, doctors, film directors and teachers to the top spot.
Link – via Swiss Miss
Those distinctive eyes, nose and lips are the hallmark of a Brazilian street artist Mundano. But instead of graffiti, this particular one graces the whole facade of a building in São Paulo. I can just imagine the lower "lips" rolling up when the store opens for the day.
Found at Wooster Collective, where one would find such things: Link | More of Mundano’s street art on Flickr
If your goal in life is to own the most tasteless rock memorabilia, then you best be heading to eBay soon. The Big Bopper was moved to a new casket recently and that means his previously used casket is now up for sale on the internet.
The casket is in good condition, having some minor rust damage and a little lime sentiment that shows water once entered the outside vault, although it seems the interior never suffered water damaged.
If you’d like to see the item in person before you place a bid, it is currently on display in the Texas Musicians Museum.
Link Via BoingBoing
Japanese television is one of the best things in the world. Pair it with another stupidly catching internet song and you have an instant hit -especially when the video and song emphasize the wonder that is created when a chimpanzee rides on a segway.
Link via Mental Floss
Dean Durrant and Alison Spooner of Fleet, Hants, England had twins seven years ago, two girls, Hayleigh appearing black, Lauren appearing white. The odds of such a combination are quite high -but now they’ve done it again! Alison gave birth to twin girls November 13th. Miya has dark skin and Leah appears white.
Alison said: “I was shocked when I first found out I was pregnant with twins again — but I never thought for one second they would turn out the same as last time.
After the babies were born they weren’t breathing properly, so they were taken to a special care unit.
It wasn’t until about five days after they were born that we saw them side by side for the first time.
And when they were together it was clear that one was darker than the other. It was unbelievable.”
The babies are now home and reported healthy. Link -Thanks, Sharyn Bramscher!
(image credit: Solent News & Photo Agency)
Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Zelle, an exotic dancer who was lured into the spy business during World War I. The French, who recruited her, suspected her of being a double agent and sentenced her to death. Read an eyewitness account of her execution on October 15, 1917, from Henry Wales, a British reporter who covered the event. Link -via Cynical-C
Logos are everywhere. Because of this, only a few can rise among the noise — and often it’s the more unique logos that are most memorable. Sometimes to be unique, you’ve also got to be weird. In this post, we showcase twenty lovably strange logos that work.
The pictured logo is for Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation of America. Makes sense to me! Link -via the Presurfer
There are more, of course, including one from that wonderful little French girl Capucine on Vimeo who stole everyone’s hearts with her story about crocodiles and hippopotamuses.
Salon embeds a few additional videos in the article but provides links to many more.
What did Salon miss? What did we miss here? What were your favorite videos of 2008? What videos were important? Were any newsworthy? We want to hear from you on this icy Saturday, the first of 2009! Comment early – comment often!
Percy Bright started a pretty nifty post on BuzzFeed, one of my favorite websites on the Web. It’s all about animals that, for whatever reason, sit like humans: Link
Maybe my Google-fu isn’t as strong as yours, so I’ve just found out that you can find nifty things like line drawings, faces, and clip arts in Google Images!
Here’s what you’ll find if you look for line drawings of "Neatorama": Link – via Chris Glass
If you start knitting this now, you too can have your very own "Sexy Turkey Hat" for Thanksgiving 2009.
Etsy seller Angela Catirina, who is a force to be reckoned with in the world of crafts, is selling the pattern to this unbelievably awesome headwear (I dare you to find something more awesome, folks): Link | More about Angela at ExtremeCraft
Photo: Noah Dylan Goldblatt [Flickr]
Toxel blog has a pretty nifty post about some clever and creative bench advertisements (benchvertising?) – My favorite is the Kit Kat Bench above.
Link – via Chair Blog
What is it with pie charts and the webbernets? This Bizarro comic panel reminds me of a post Miss Cellania wrote for our pal mental_floss last summer: Fun with Pie Charts.
For more Bizarro goodness, check out Dan Piraro’s website and blog.
Harry the Hawk, the mascot of the the Atlanta Hawks basketball team got pwnd by this kid, who showed him how to DANCE!
– via videosift
It’s easy to make a clown horrifying, but Angus MacLane managed to make a clown adorable. Click here for a gallery of images of his Lego Clown Tank.
Previously on Neatorama: Kung Fu Clowns.
