Kurt Steiner of Emporium, PA is the world record holder for stone skipping. From the website: Not only did he outskip all other competitors, but no one had previously seen a skip in competi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/11/world-stone-skipping-record/Apparently, in the great state of Florida, hogs are a real problem: Hogs are anything but endangered. In Florida, they are something like the computer virus of the mammal world, known for...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/11/meet-greg-spook-whidden-hog-hunter/A rare mirage of a city appeared off the shore of Penglai City, Shandong Provice, China: Thousands of tourists and local residents witnessed a mirage of high clarity lasting for four hours...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/11/mirage-of-a-city/From the website:Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 Balaklava was one of the most secret towns in Russia. 10km south eas of Sevastopol on the Black Sea Coast, this small town was t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/secret-soviet-underground-submarine-base/Short on space in your kitchen? You need Compact Concepts' Circular Kitchen:The inner core rotates 180 degrees and is equipped with all the conveniences of a conventional kitchen, includin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/circular-kitchen/Found at Ueba (via Fosfor and Unique Daily)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/poor-mans-inline-skates/See more of Doris' cool photos: http://www.dorism.com/dmitsch_home.html (via Stuff on Fire)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/doris-mitchs-lotus-10/If you like Virgin's "Flex Your Music Muscle" viral ad (blogged here before), you'll probably like Lonely Planet's "Cities". There are 45 cities represented...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/lonely-planet-cities/Found at Bit & Pieces....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/make-your-own-zebra/Hod Lipson of Cornell University and colleagues invented a robot that can (somewhat) self-replicate: Their robots are made up of a series of modular cubes -- called "mole...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/self-replicating-robot/This one is called Jules Verne's Mysterious Island by Istvan Orovitz. At first glance, the image looks like a shipwreck on a weird-looking island. When a cylinder is put on the print, the refl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/istvan-orovitzs-anamorphic-art/This one is "Escher I: Double Reflection", based on Escher's famous drawing.This one is "Escher II: Infinite Reflection", a very unique "continuous infinite image"...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/kelly-m-houles-anamorphic-art/Yet more Anamorphosis art, this time a 3D trompe l'oil sculpture of Dali. http://www.anamorphosis.it/galleria/galleria.htm | Similar Links:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/gianni-and-stella-migliettas-dali-1993/Yes, yes, they're not new pictures, but they're still very, very funny. For more redneck pictures, check the motherload mother lode: Dave's (World Famous) Redneck Photos....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/redneck-hot-tubs/From the website: The Pet Umbrella keeps your pet dry and comfortable in rain, sleet or snow.Features include a clear oblong arc trimmed with classic plaid waterproo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/the-pet-umbrella/This how-to may save your life one day: Mike Richardson tells you how to make fire using a condom.Link (via Look at This...)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/how-to-make-a-fire-with-a-condom/Doc Ock would be proud: US scientists funded by DARPA have created a tentacle-like arm: Most robots rely on mechanical gripping jaws that have difficulty grabbing large or irregularly shape...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/robotic-tentacle/Artex's Photo to Text software allows you to convert any photo into text arts. From the website: What makes our software unique is that you can type any message that you want, the converte...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/10/artext-a-picture-paints-a-thousand-words/Lasse shows us how beatboxing and video editing are supposed to be done. Hit play or go to Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/09/lasse-gjertsen-hyperactive/Recently, Londoners were treated to a spectacular free show of giant 42-ton mechanical elephant, a time-travelling Sultan and his retinue, made by the French art company Royal de Luxe.Links: Royal de Luxe's website...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/09/sultans-elephant/A fantastic collection of obscure vintage calculators and other outdated technologies: http://www.vintage-technology.info/pages/calculators/general/calccompany.htm (Thanks...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/09/emil-dudeks-vintage-technology/Hannes Coetzee is an aloe tapper and self-taught musician from South Africa. He is also the only known man who can play music using a teaspoon in his mouth to slide the melody in his guitar.*e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/09/hannes-coetzee-plays-guitar-with-a-teaspoon-slider/(Photo from Ashefire.net's Fat Pets gallery)Why do we love fat cats? Duh! Because they're so cuddly, cute and fat, of course!Many fat cats have become Internet phenomenon - the web has seen several viral emails on...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/08/top-15-amazingly-ginormous-fat-cats/Scientists are baffled by a huge (about the size of Connecticut) glowing luminescence in the Indian Ocean, as shown in the satellite picture above: "The circumstances under which milk...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/08/milky-sea-mysterious-ocean-glow/Gotta admire the creativity! (Found at Nothing to do with Arbroath)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/08/cardboard-baby-stroller/When illustrator Dylan Meconis did a Simpsonification of Battlestar Galactica characters Six and Baltar, the Internet was abuzz. Now, she did the whole cast: Link (via Drawn)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/08/dylan-meconis-battlestar-galacticsimpsons/Hubble Space Telescope took a picture of a new red spot in Jupiter, dubbed "Red Spot Jr.": "Red Spot Jr." as it is being called, formed after three white o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/08/jupiters-new-spot/In 2004, two Christian camp counselors were killed in an isolated Northern California coast beach. The case remains unsolved, and now the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has released clues to t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/08/devil-faces-amongst-clues-to-a-murder-mystery/Invented by Dutch entrepreneur Anton van den Brink, Carver One steers like a car and banks like a motorcycle: ... what happens when you drive a Carver: you 'carve' corners. And even when t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/07/carver-one/From the website: Some Orange County residents are still waiting for their loved one's headstones. Customers said the headstone maker has been hard to find since a suspicious...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/07/thats-one-way-to-get-rid-of-a-pesky-tv-reporter/
