Latte Art.
The Dutch take their latte seriously - so seriously that there is actually a latte art championship there. http://www.latteart.nl/fotos_etching.asp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/20/latte-art/Archive for December 2005
Zena Holloway's Waterbabies.
Amazingly cute collection of underwater photographies of babies at Zena Holloway's website: Link....
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/20/zena-holloways-waterbabies/Larry Van Pelt's "With You Always".
On Thanksgiving Day in 1987, Larry Van Pelt awoke in the middle of the night and had an epiphany: I was awakened in the middle of the night with a clear, vivid...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/19/larry-van-pelts-with-you-always/Mitch Hiveley's You Only Live Twice (1967) in Lego.
Mitch Hiveley build these awesome James Bond vignettes out of lego. Check out the rest of the collections: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/19/mitch-hiveleys-you-only-live-twice-1967-in-lego/Sedlec Ossuary in Kutna Hora.
The Sedlec Ossuary in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, is a small Christian chapel decorated with the human bones. Frisco Ramirez has a cool collection of photos about it: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/19/sedlec-ossuary-in-kutna-hora/Dan Heller's Photos of Star Trails
Dan Heller took neat photographs of star trails. This one above is from Yosemite. Link star trails, Dan Heller...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/19/dan-hellers-photos-of-star-trails/The New Tattoo: Silicone Implant
Since tattoo is non-conformist in a mainstream kind of ways, rebels everywhere are turning into other forms of body mods. Here's one: non-medical silicone implant. "Silic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/19/the-new-tattoo-silicone-implant/Popularity Contest for Names.
What? No one names their babies Buford anymore? Check your baby's name popularity using The Baby Name Wizard's NameVoyager....
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/19/popularity-contest-for-names/Superman's Super-Sized Problem.
I can't say it any better:UK tabloid The Sun reports that the size of 26-year-old Brandon Routh's bulge in the superhero's skintight costume could be distracting enough that t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/18/supermans-super-sized-problem/Beer Bottle Organ.
Peterson Tuners made this beer bottle organ, which produces sound by blowing air over the tops of real beer bottles. "The bottles are filled or "tuned" using mineral oil, so...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/18/beer-bottle-organ/Star War's Rebel Attack Cruiser in Lego.
This 8-foot Rebel Attack Cruiser was designed by Erik Varszegi and made from over 35,000 pieces of Lego. Link(via Mathew Ingram's Blog)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/18/star-wars-rebel-attack-cruiser-in-lego/Super-Sensing Tusk of the Unicorn Whale.
Martin Nweeia and colleagues discovered that the spiral tusk (basically, a tooth) of the unicorn whale or narwhal has a rare combination of strength and flexibility, and perhaps a "super-s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/18/super-sensing-tusk-of-the-unicorn-whale/Buddhabrot.
In 1993, Melinda Green discovered a new way to render a Mandelbrot fractal. This was later named the Buddhabrot, for its resemblance to Buddha (do you see it?). Link to Wikipe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/18/buddhabrot/Victor Safonkin's Contemplation of Summer Moon.
Victor Safonkin is a prolific artist, whose "European classic surrealism & symbolism" style is definitely unique. Hundreds of his artwork are here: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/18/victor-safonkins-contemplation-of-summer-moon/Acme's Knitted Klein Hat & Mobius Scarf.
Winter's coming - so keep your head warm with Klein bottle knit hat with matching Mobius Scarf made by Acme. Link What's a Klein bottle? Why it's a zero-volume one-sided bottle, w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/18/acmes-knitted-klein-hat-mobius-scarf/Matt Trewe's Knitted Digestive System.
Matie Trewe knitted the entire digestive system of man.From the website: "Q. What on earth compelled you to knit the human digestive system?A. The tube is one o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/18/matt-trewes-knitted-digestive-system/NAO Design's JL421 Badonkadonk.
"The JL421 Badonkadonk is a completely unique, extremely rare land vehicle and battle tank. Designed with versatility in mind, the Donk can transport cargo or a crew of fi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/17/nao-designs-jl421-badonkadonk/Sven Andersen's Eros Watch.
Sven Andersen's "Eros" watch with erotic automata has 11 different movements, a world record. This is a fine wristwatch in gold of classic conception in normal dimensions with a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/17/sven-andersens-eros-watch/Frazee Turkey Fire.
Workers were working (with a blowtorch!) on Frazee's (Turkey Capital of the World) beloved 22-foot tall Big Tom in preparation for the town's upcoming Turkey Day, when they accidentally set it...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/17/frazee-turkey-fire/Optimus Keyboard.
The upcoming Optimus Keyboard uses organic LEDs on every key. This means every key are configurable! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/17/optimus-keyboard/American Propaganda.
For a neat collection of American propaganda posters, see: http://www.freeinfosociety.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=15 (via Our Strange World)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/17/american-propaganda/Now That's a Tree House!
If you have a lot of dough, the TreeHouse company can build you one super awesome tree house.This one's called the Falcon Project. From the website: "At the end of a l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/17/now-thats-a-tree-house/Dunbar and Chiappin's New Body of Art.
Look closely - real closely at Andrew Dunbar and Anthony Chiappin's "New Body of Art". Link (Not safe for work, kind of)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/17/dunbar-and-chiappins-new-body-of-art/The Moon Landing is a Hoax - Here's the Proof.
From the website: "If we look a bit more closely, we spot the constellationof Pegasus with the planet Saturn (marked S1) clearly visible in the top left corner. Yet at...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/17/the-moon-landing-is-a-hoax-heres-the-proof/Daron Mouradian's Pêcheur I.
See more of Daron Mouradian's quirky, fun illustrations here: http://www.galeriemouvances.com/peintres_Mouradian17.asp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/16/daron-mouradians-pcheur-i/Mona Lisa is Mostly Happy.
A computer program by the University of Illinois and University of Amsterdam concluded that Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was "mostly happy". It concluded that the s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/16/mona-lisa-is-mostly-happy/500-Pound Man Caught for Scamming Fast Food Joints.
Police caught a 500-pound man with a long rap sheet for scamming fast food restaurants in Seminole County, Florida. Investigators said George Jolicoeur, 33, would visit fast-f...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/16/500-pound-man-caught-for-scamming-fast-food-joints/Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet (1956).
Now you can have your own Robby the robot from the 1956 film Forbidden Planet! Standing seven feet tall, Robby is created from the same blueprints, molds, and templates used t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/16/robby-the-robot-from-forbidden-planet-1956/
