Archive for September 2005
How To Make a Grilled Cheese Sandwich.
A step by step guide to make grilled cheese sandwich a lá Johnny Depp in the 1993 Benny and Joon movie. Link (via Attu Sees All)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/30/how-to-make-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich/No Need to Reverse with Nissan's Pivo Car
No need to turn around anymore with Nissan's Pivo concept car. Instead, just turn the cab 180° and off you go in the other direction! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/30/no-need-to-reverse-with-nissans-pivo-car/Endtroducing on Real Musical Instruments.
Minneapolis' Minnentonka Highschool band plays tracks from DJ Shadow's Endtroducing with real musical instruments. Link (via Aberrant News) Don't like that? How about a Double Gu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/30/endtroducing-on-real-musical-instruments/How Disabled Do You Have to Be to Get a Wheel-Trans Pass?
Rafael Reyes, born without arms or legs, applied for Wheel-Trans pass, a transportation service for the disabled in Toronto. Guess what? The bureaucrats at TTC denied*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/30/how-disabled-do-you-have-to-be-to-get-a-wheel-trans-pass/Balloon Bass.
Woodrow Jackson plays balloon bass, a musical instrument made of actual balloons. You can listen to balloon music here: http://www.balloonbass.com/recordings.html Afterwards, if y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/30/balloon-bass/Steve Erenberg's Weird Head Contraptions.
Steve Erenberg collects weird medical devices, helmets and contraptions too weird to name. See his amazing collection. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/30/steve-erenbergs-weird-head-contraptions/People Who Look Like Kenny.
The Internet has everything, including a website about people who look like Kenny Rogers. Link (via Look At This ...)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/30/people-who-look-like-kenny/Anti Monkey-Butt Powder.
You can buy real anti monkey-butt powder here (via Davezilla)....
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/anti-monkey-butt-powder/The Purrfect Massage.
This cat has mastered the intricacies of deep tissue massage. http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1127902448 (ads on page maybe NSFW)....
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/the-purrfect-massage/Padlock Shimmy from a Beer Can!
Turns out you can shimmy open a combination padlock using a piece of metal cut from a regular beer can! Link (via Make)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/padlock-shimmy-from-a-beer-can/Get Ready for Halloween.
For more funny Halloween customes you can buy, see: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/get-ready-for-halloween/Artificial Firefly Lights.
If you like firefly lights, but are squeamish about bugs, then Firefly Magic's Firefly Lights are just for you! Link (via popgadget)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/artificial-firefly-lights/Sports Moments They'd Rather Forget.
This moment in sports brought to you by SportDignity (caution: some NSFW)....
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/sports-moments-theyd-rather-forget/Muffler Men.
The Internet has everything, including a website dedicated to those fiberglass roadside giants, endearingly called Muffler Men. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/muffler-men/Blindfolded Mario Pianist.
This blind-folded pianist plays Nintendo's Mario theme song. Link Mario theme...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/blindfolded-mario-pianist/Build Your Own Segway.
Trevor Blackwell built his own segway from common parts. http://www.tlb.org/scooter.html...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/build-your-own-segway/She Can Kick The Rock's Butt.
This is "Lucha Libre", Bolivia's answer to pro-wrestling. http://www2.gol.com/users/coynerhm/in_this_corner.htm...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/she-can-kick-the-rocks-butt/Not Just Any Air Max.
It's not just a shoe - watch it turn into something else. http://www.nike.com/nikelab/video/airmaxq_marshall.jhtml...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/29/not-just-any-air-max/Rock Paper Scissor on Steroids.
If rock-paper-scissor is too simple for you, then you can try David Lovelace's RPS-15, with 1.3 trillion permutation and 105 possible outcomes. Still too simple, try RPS-25 wit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/28/rock-paper-scissor-on-steroid/Scientists Explain How Spaghetti Breaks.
Apparently, a bent dry spaghetti does not break in half but instead in three or more pieces. After careful experiments, scientists discovered that ".. the mere release of th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/28/scientists-explain-how-spaghetti-breaks/The Gift of Shroom.
Why give flowers when you can give the "shiitake mushroom log"? With proper care, the log can yield a crop of mushroom every 8 to 12 weeks for years! http://www.redenve...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/28/the-gift-of-shroom/Toilet Paper From Rejection Letters.
World's best authors have their shares of rejection letters. Stephen King got so many that he used to nail them on a spike in his bedroom. Pulitzer-winning author William Saroyan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/28/toilet-paper-from-rejection-letters/Egyptian Helicopter & UFO Hieroglyphs.
Hieroglyphic images of modern-day helicopter, submarines, and UFOs found on the ceiling of a 3000-year old New Kingdom Temple in Egypt. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/28/egyptian-helicopter-ufo-hieroglyphs/The Ramen Museum
The Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum in Japan is the first museum dedicated to, you guessed it, ramen noodles. Link | Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/28/the-ramen-museum/Egg Vending Machine.
Vending machines are everywhere in Japan - there are roughly 5.6 million vending machines, which work out to be 1 for every 20 people there. This one is an egg vending machine....
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/09/28/egg-vending-machine/
