Archive for December 2005
Photos of Abandoned Quarries.
Edward Burtynsky's Rock of Ages documents abandoned quarries. This one's the marble Adam-Pirie Quarry in Barre, Vermont. Link (Thanks for catching the mistake, p3on!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/06/photos-of-abandoned-quarries/Weird Animal Skulls.
What animals do these weird skulls belong to? The California Academy of Sciences has the answer! http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/animal_match.html...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/06/weird-animal-skulls/The Hair Makes the Man.
You know these people right? President Bill Clinton and Vice President All Gore.Wrong - look again. It's Clinton's face twice, with two different haircuts....
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/06/the-hair-makes-the-man/Dog Dressed (Dyed) like a Panda.
Check out this dog in Japan who got dressed up as a little panda! Link (via Unique Daily)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/06/dog-dressed-dyed-like-a-panda/Whatever Happened to Saddam's Spider Hole?
This is what became of that spider hole Saddam was hiding in! (via DarkCreek)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/05/whatever-happened-to-saddams-spider-hole/Balloon Hats in Distant Lands.
Addi Somekh and Charlie Eckert traveled to 34 countries to make balloon hats for people and take photos of them. For Real. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/05/balloon-hats-in-distant-lands/Soviet Anti-Alcohol Propaganda.
This one is called "Bartered". See more of Yuri Matrosovich's cool collection of Anti-Alcohol posters of the Soviet propaganda era: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/05/soviet-anti-alcohol-propaganda/Floozie in the Jacuzzi.
Anna Livia Fountain on O'Connell Street in Dublin was created in 1988 by Eamonn O'Doherty (Anna Livia Plurabelle is a character in James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake). The fountain is lovingly (de...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/05/floozie-in-the-jacuzzi/I Dream of Mr. T.
Wiley Wiggin's "Othello", as seen in Slow Wave, a collective dream diary drawn as comic strip by Jesse Reklaw. Awesome dream! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/05/i-dream-of-mr-t/Stainless Steel Cards.
What to give that card shark in your life? How about a deck of stainless steel playing cards. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/04/stainless-steel-cards/Can You Find 74 Music Band Here?
So, you think you know pop music. Let's see if you can find 74 music bands in Virgin's latest viral ad here: Flex Your Music Muscle | partial solution (via gtmcknight)You can a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/04/can-you-find-74-music-band-here/Shawn Barber's Babies.
Shawn Barber's paints psychedelic babies (and other interesting artwork). Check it out: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/04/shawn-barbers-babies/Honda's Cool Ad: Cog.
Oldie but goodie - This 2 minute ad for Honda called "Cog" aired in the United Kingdom in 2003. The ad took 606 takes to shoot, and was completely real - no trick photo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/04/hondas-cool-ad-cog/Brandon Bird's Death of Jennifer Sisko.
Brandon Bird slips in references of pop culture into his cool paintings. Check it out: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/04/brandon-birds-death-of-jennifer-sisko/Number Spiral.
Who'd knew that amazing properties of numbers show up when they're arranged in a number spiral....
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/03/number-spiral/What do Things Look Like at the Speed of Light?
What do things look like when they move near the speed of light? Relativity visualized here: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/03/what-do-things-look-like-at-the-speed-of-light/Lewis Hine's Portraits of Child Labor.
Portraits of child labor in the United States between 1908 and 1912, as documented by Lewis Hine. This one above is from Newberry, South Carolina. LinkFrom the website:The overseer said apologetically, "She ju...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/03/lewis-hines-portraits-of-child-labor/Utah's Newspaper Rock.
This is the Newspaper Rock or Tse' Hane (Rock that Tells a Story) records 2000 years of human activity near Monticello, Utah. Basically, passer-by people of the Fremont, Anasazi, Navajo, and o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/03/utahs-newspaper-rock/Mel Kadel's Art.
Mel Kadel's illustrations are pretty cool & funny. Check it out: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/03/mel-kadels-art/Philip Straub's Elephants.
More of Philip Straub's neat illustrations: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/02/philip-straubs-elephants/Mobile Strip Joint.
Police in Tampa, Florida discovered a mobile strip joint, complete with a pole and disco ball, at a football tailgate outside the stadium.From the website: "For $20, men...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/02/mobile-strip-joint/Amusement Device That Senses Odorous Gases in a Bathroom.
US Patent #6966840 titled "Amusement Device That Senses Odorous Gases in a Bathroom" is why the USA is great!From the website: When gases from a bowel movement are...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/02/amusement-device-that-senses-odorous-gases-in-a-bathroom/Bruce Lee Statue in Bosnia.
The Bosnian town of Mostar unveiled a golden statue of Bruce Lee, who was worshipped by the Muslims, Serbs and Croats population of the ethnically divided city. Link(via BoingBoing)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/02/bruce-lee-statue-in-bosnia/Duct Tape Fashion.
Who says money can't buy style? $8 buys you a very stylish duct tape wallet. Other items for sale: duct tape purses, hats, belt ... see a pattern here?Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/02/duct-tape-fashion/Rejected & Banned Ads.
From the website: "Mattel sent The Body Shop a cease-and-desist order, demanding to pull the self-esteem posters featuring Ruby - a rubenesque anti-Ba...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/01/rejected-banned-ads/Bobby Neel Adam's Age Maps.
Bobby Neel Adams's Age-Maps is made from spliced photographs of the same person at two different ages (child and adult). Very cool. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/01/bobby-neel-adams-age-maps/If Fox News Had Been There ...
This website asks "What if Fox News had been there for other key moments in World History?" This is what they imagined: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/01/if-fox-news-was-there/Free Fruit, Courtesy of Your Neighbor's Backyard.
Takind advantage of an obscure Los Angeles city law that makes any fruit that overhangs on sidewalks public property, CalArts professors Dave Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/01/free-fruit-courtesy-of-your-neighbors-backyard/
