Pimp My Semi.
Checkout these crazy pimped-out Chinese Japanese semis trucks! Link (via Attu Sees All - Maybe NSFW)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/10/pimp-my-semi/Archive for February 2006
Netsuke: Original Japanese Man-Purse!
Netsuke is a Japanese miniature sculpture popular during the Edo period (1615 - 1868). This sculpture actually serve a practical purpose: since traditional Japanese male garments have no pocke...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/10/netsuke-original-japanese-man-purse/Misha Gordin's The New Crowd.
Misha's a Latvian artist who made very unusual photo, done with traditional dark room techniques. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/10/misha-gordins-the-new-crowd/Pieter van Suijlekom's Reef Aquarium.
Checkout Pieter's 1532 gallon 20-foot reef tank (and how it was built!). This aquarium was voted Feb 2006 best aquarium by Reefkeeping: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/10/pieter-van-suijlekoms-reef-aquarium/Man Ate 50 Year Old Chicken to Celebrate Anniversary.
To celebrate their 50th year wedding anniversary, Les Lailey fulfilled his promise to eat a 50-year old canned chicken. The Buxted Chicken tin remained in their kitchen cupboa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/10/man-ate-50-year-old-chicken-to-celebrate-anniversary/Caroline Young's Moon Rabbit.
Caroline makes very cool Chinese silk art paintings. Visit her online gallery here: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/10/caroline-youngs-moon-rabbit/Lois Greenfield's Antigravity Dance Company.
From the website: I had some of my favorite gymnasts doing somersaults in a circular formation to evoke the internal workings of watches. The maneuver was not especially d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/10/lois-greenfields-antigravity-dance-company/Separated at Birth? Conan O'Brien & Finland President Halonen.
Conan O'Brien noticed how he looked like Finnish then presidential candidate for re-election Tarja Halonen, and so he jokingly supported her campaign: "Why do I support Tarja Halonen?...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/separated-at-birth-conan-obrien-finland-president-halonen/Man Saved Nurse Who Saved Him Years Ago.
This is a story that will undoubtedly will inspire a Lifetime made for tv movie: Kevin Stephan always wanted to find the right way to thank the off-duty nurse who got his 11-y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/man-saved-nurse-who-saved-him-years-ago/Car Salesman Got You Angry?
Angry over what he paid for a new Ford Escape, Gerald Georgettis allegedly drove his new car through the dealership's showroom. If that's not bad enough, he then lit it on fire!Li...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/car-salesman-got-you-angry/Cédric Tanguy's Déborah.
This small crop doesn't do Cedric's artwork justice - see a larger pic: here....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/cdric-tanguys-dborah/Team Sandtastic's Monster Snow Maze.
Team Sandtastic, professional sand sculpture artists, created this snow maze for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah. Cool! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/team-sandtastics-monster-snow-maze/Alice in Wonderland: Background Story & Art.
In addition to cool collection of Alice in Wonderland art, this website has a neat background story on the famous tale: In Carroll's original (1862-1864) manuscript for the st...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/alice-in-wonderland-background-story-art/Backyard Artillery's Rubberband Machine Gun.
From the website: This beauty is a fully functional machine gun with TWELVE rotating barrels and a live action trigger. Loads 12 bands per barrel for a whopping 144 rubber ban...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/backyard-artillerys-rubberband-machine-gun/Oleg Vorobyov's Alien.
Oleg created this with fractals! See his gallery here: Link....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/oleg-vorobyovs-alien/Martin & Muñoz's Travelers LXXIX.
I've blogged about Martin and Muñoz shoes before, now checkout their snowglobes....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/martin-muozs-travelers-lxxix/Gerrit Bronsveld & Martijn Boogaarts's Lego Pinball Machine.
Gerrit and Martijn used over 20,000 lego bricks and spent 300 hours building this playable pinball machine! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/gerrit-bronsveld-martijn-boogaartss-lego-pinball-machine/Battle Flags of Kansas.
Kansas State Historical Society has this collection of battle flags of Kansas online exhibit. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/battle-flags-of-kansas/Tim Pickens' Rocket Bike.
What do you get if you strap a rocket to a bike? Pickens, president of rocket-design firm Orion Propulsion, created his first rocket bike with fellow speed enthusiast Glenn Ma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/09/tim-pickens-rocket-bike/Star Trek Fan Went Bankrupt & Got Divorced Turning Home into Spaceship.
Tony Alleyne spent £100,000 he borrowed with 2 big loans and 14 credit cards to turn his flat into a Star Trek home. His idea was that other Star Trek fans would then pay him to do the s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/08/star-trek-fan-went-bankrupt-got-divorced-turning-flat-into-spaceship/Gay Penguins Say No Thanks to Females.
German Zoo officials have a problem: they want their Humboldt penguins to mate and reproduce, but there are six penguins are gay. They even refuse to mate with specially flown-in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/08/gay-penguins-say-no-thanks-to-females/Justin Nevins' Cryptex.
Remember the cryptex tube in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code? Justin makes the super awesome real life version: link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/08/justin-nevins-cryptex/Ugobe's Pleo.
This cute dino toy has 8 microprocessors that control 14 servomotors and respond to signals from 38 sensors. The dino also moves fluidly - it's destined to be the must have toy of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/08/ugobes-pleo/Monkey-slug Caterpillar.
See more of Darlyne Murawski's awesome nature photography: http://www.darlynemurawski.com/gallery.html...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/08/monkey-slug-caterpillar/Max Longin's Floating Bed.
See more of Max's suspension bed here: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/08/max-longins-floating-bed/Steven Kenny's The Ruff.
Checkout more of Steven's fantastic paintings here: http://www.stevenkenny.com/index.html...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/08/steven-kennys-the-ruff/Greycstoration Image Processing Algo.
David Tschumperlé's GREYCSTORATION is a very cool (and free) image processing algorithm. Our algorithm can also be used to perform image inpainting. It consists in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/08/greycstoration-image-processing-algo/Sun Pillar.
Sun pillar seems to be vertical rays of sunlight, but it's actually caused by falling ice crystals. This photo is taken by Jim Kirkpatrick & Brigitte Heiter-Kirkpatrick - see more at the a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/08/sun-pillar/MusucHouse's Selk'bag.
Chilean designers MusucHouse made this very cool sleeping bag jacket called Selk'bag!Now you don't have to give up your bed - you can walk around in your sleeping bag!Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/07/musuchouses-selkbag/Geeks in Japan Are Lords in Maid Cafes.
In Japan, geeks are even treated like gods by cafes that specially cater to them: Maid cafes dot Akihabara, which has become a second home for Tokyo's "otaku" -- rou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/07/geeks-in-japan-are-lords-in-maid-cafes/
