Archive for August 15th, 2011

Narwhal Finger Puppet

Narwhal Finger Puppet - $0.95 Was your favorite childhood pastime pretending to be a Narwhal? Now you can relive your youth with the fabulous Narwhal Finger Puppet from the NeatoShop.  Pop a couple onto your hand and...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/narwhal-finger-puppet/

Man Arrested for Drunk Driving on a Motorized Beer Cooler

A man in Noosa, Australia was arrested for driving down a road on a motorized beer cooler while intoxicated. The defendant: [...] faces charges of driving under the influence and driving without a license after police...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/man-arrested-for-drunk-driving-on-a-motorized-beer-cooler/

What's Your Favorite Love Song From '80s Movies?

Quick - what's your favorite love song from '80s movie? Can't pick just one? Well, neither can Emily Temple. She's crafted this Top 10 list of Best Love Songs from '80s Movies over at Flavor...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/whats-your-favorite-love-song-from-80s-movies/

Taxonomy of Professional Wrestlers' Names

The crack research team at Pop Chart Lab has created an detailed chart depicting the different types of names by which professional wrestlers are known. Pictured above is only a small selection; go to the l...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/taxonomy-of-professional-westlerss-names/

This Playhouse is a Blast!

Dietrich Wegner made this 20-foot tall children's playhouse out of polyfill, rope, wood, and steel. It's entitled Homeland and is a convincing imitation of a nuclear detonation. Remember: your kids are never...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/this-playhouse-is-a-blast/

Cable Not Working? Blame A Squirrel

I don't know about you guys, but I am always having issues with my cable signal. While I always assumed it was the old wiring in my home, it turns out it might be caused by squirrels who apparently love the taste of fibe...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/cable-not-working-blame-a-squirrel/

5 Most Expensive Beers In The World

Would you pay $100 for a Sam Adams? (You might have to if you go to one of those fancy downtown hipster bars.) This high priced Sam Adams "Utopia" and several other beers will run you over $100 a bottle including the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/5-most-expensive-beers-in-the-world/

The Best of Scumbag Brain Meme

While there are always tons of memes floating around the net, most of them are mediocre at best. Scumbag brain, on the other hand, is something all of us can relate to, whether it involves keeping us up at night or r...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/the-best-of-scumbag-brain-meme/

6 Companies That Rigged The Game

If you thought that diamonds are rare or that halitosis is a real disease, then congratulations, you've bought in to some of the most manipulative business practices of the last hundred years. Cracked has even more o...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/6-companies-that-rigged-the-game/

This Jack Russell Knows Some Useful Tricks

(Video Link) Sure if you want something done in life you should probably just do it yourself, but not many dogs have been willing to take this advice to heart...until Jesse the Jack Russell. Via I Has A Hot DogFunn...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/this-jack-russell-knows-some-useful-tricks/

All HTML Tags Assembled on One Page

If you just look at the link, it won't make much sense. But if you view the coding (listed as View Source on most browsers), you'll see what designer Evan Roth has wrought. The webpage consists of a single sentence neste...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/all-html-tags-assembled-on-one-page/

Harry Potter & The Steamy Slow Jam

(Video Link) A lot has been made about all the actors in Harry Potter growing up, but what about the characters? This video explains what happens now that the evil has been wiped away. Warning: you pr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/harry-potter-the-steamy-slow-jam/

The Baatara Gorge

Near Tannourine, Lebanon, you can find a beautiful underground waterfall that plunges down 837 feet. Three natural bridges stretch across the gorge of Jurassic limestone. Kuriositas has more photos at the li...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/the-baatara-gorge/

The 25 Greatest Unscripted Movie Scenes

(Video Link) "Take the cannoli", a signature line from The Godfather, wasn't in the original script. R. Lee Ermey's rant from Full Metal Jacket was something that he made up from his experiences in...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/the-25-greatest-unscripted-movie-scenes/

I Am Maru, the Book

Maru, the Scottish fold YouTube star who lives with his human, mugumogu, in Japan, is getting his own book. Published by HarperCollins, I am Maru promises a little insight to the cat's "low-key" lifestyle. "Th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/i-am-maru-the-book/

Nintendo Lunchbox (Made From Old NES)

While many of us may have had Nintendo themed lunch pales we took to school  as young gamers, most of us probably didn't actually go this far with our Nintendo love. One 8 bit  fan took his broken old Nintendo and...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/nintendo-lunchbox-made-from-old-nes/

Bill VS Betty

Bill VS Betty features mash ups of Bill Murray's face over Betty White's face and Betty White's face over Bill Murray's. While some of them are kind of creepy, you will be surprised that for some, both of these belov...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/bill-vs-betty/

T-800 Twitter Feed

If you thought that The Terminator was destroyed by molten steel and an illegitimate baby scandal and it wouldn't "be back" you are wrong. The Terminator is apparently taken to social media in its never ending quest to f...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/t-800-twitter-feed/

Made of Vegetables, Yoda Is

And you thought carrot Darth Vader was impressive - check out the rest of Chef Okitsugu Kado's creations. Using white radish, sweet potato, pumpkin and more, the sushi chef has created everything from an AT-AT Walker to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/made-of-vegetables-yoda-is/

Spaghetti Western Orchestra

Ennio Morricone, composer of music for A Fistful of Dollars, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, amongst others, is probably either smiling or tearing what rema...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/spaghetti-western-orchestra/

Bacon Statue

Photo via J&D's Food Sonoma State University is not only an institute of higher learning, it's also an institute for those with highly refined taste as this Bacon...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/bacon-statue/

Is The Internet Killing "Big Ideas?"

Is information overload via the internet and social media killing our thirst for new "big ideas?" Some say we no longer have great thinkers like Freud and Einstein since we are all so distracted by the hoard of inf...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/is-the-internet-killing-big-ideas/

What a falling star looks like… from space!

This photograph of a meteor burning up in our atmosphere was taken by astronaut Ron Garan from the International Space Station. Dr. Phil Plait brings us the picture and a little math to explain how many more...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/what-a-falling-star-looks-like%e2%80%a6-from-space/

Tortoise Steals Barbecue

(YouTube link) Being a tortoise, he couldn't make a quick getaway, so the barbecue was eventually recovered by its rightful owners. -via Arbroaththeft, barbecue, tortoise...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/tortoise-steals-barbecue/

Bag of Bones and Other Story Cards

John Littleboy designed four decks of beautiful playing cards. One side is, of course, all the same, while on the other side, each card has a different illustration. Placed sequentially, they tell a story. The decks...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/bag-of-bones-and-other-story-cards/

A LOL Confession

Yes, we know that "lol" usually means something is supposed to be funny, and we assume that you are not, in fact, laughing out loud. Nothing new. Still, I found the concept chosen for illustrating t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/a-lol-confession/

Women of Television

This graphic makes you think, but how true is it? When I watch TV, it's usually crime shows, in which successful, independent woman are over-represented as cops, lawyers, scientists, politicians, and crimina...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/women-of-television/

Using an Excavator

(YouTube link) The title of this video at YouTube is "Machine delivered to SA without instructions," but there is no additional information. Could they possibly be out of fuel? What other explanation could there be?...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/using-an-excavator/

Internet Access CAPTCHAs

I've always advocated that you don't have to be intelligent to have rights, but this idea from Defective Yeti has wondrous, if perverse, appeal. What if you had to prove that you had a grasp of basic grammar before y...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/internet-access-captchas/

12 Romantic Tree Tunnels

It's not easy getting trees to build a tunnel -they have to grow that way! But after many years, you end up with something spectacular. Check out a list of lovely tree tunnels from around the world, blossoming, growi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/15/12-romantic-tree-tunnels/








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