Archive for June 4th, 2006

Grandparents Ordered Hit on Grandkids for $100.

Two grandparents in Lake County, Florida, was arrested when they offered $100 to a hit man to kill their daughter-in-law, 3 grandchildren, and the family's pet dog!Link - via Global Spot...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/grandparents-ordered-hit-on-grandkids-for-100/

Bird-Brained Marketing.

What better marketing demonstration of bird seeds is there than actually showing birds greedily eating the product? This clever outdoor marketing campaign by Friskies bird seed has plenty of bird seed...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/bird-brained-marketing/

Oops, There Goes The House!

Every year, the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts turned Madrid, Spain into the world's capital of photography. This year's contest, called Photo España 2006 has a very cool...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/oops-there-goes-the-house/

Rep. Jim Kolbe: Bye Bye Penny!

Because the price of zinc has shot up, the cost of production of a penny has risen above the coin's value.Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Arizona) is planning to introduce legislation to eliminate penny from the US cu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/rep-jim-kolbe-bye-bye-penny/

Alien Rain in India?

Godfrey Louis of Mahatma Gandhi University has isolated a strange, thick-walled, red-tinted cell-like structures from a mysterious blood-colored showers that fell in Kerala, India in 2001.Godfrey, a soli...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/alien-rain-in-india/

Trilobis 65: Part Yacht, Part Submarine House.

Italian naval architect Giancarlo Zema dreamed big - really big when he designed a part yacht part submarine house called Trilobis 65:At first glance, the Trilobis looks as if it would be more at home soa...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/trilobis-65-part-yacht-part-submarine-house/

Bernie DeKoven's Roll-Over Game.

Bernie DeKoven of Deep Fun invented a game called Roll-Over:Roll-Over is a variation of a number of Numbers games, like Big Booty, The Prince of Wales and Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar*/em...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/bernie-dekovens-roll-over-game/

Brian Greig's Orreries.

I had to look up orrery: it is a mechanical device that depics the planets in our solar system - some orreries have very complex gear systems and are finished with gold and other precious stones. They...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/brian-greigs-orreries/

Dalai Lama Honors Tintin with Tibet Award.

Tintin will be the first comic character to be awarded the Truth of Light award by the Dalai Lama, for making a significant contribution to the public's understanding of Tibet. In the story, the young in...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/dalai-lama-honors-tintin-with-tibet-award/

Marta Antelo's Illustrations.

There's something fantastic about Marta Antelo's illustrations: warmth, humor, and oh, yeah, bunnies!!!Link - via Drawn!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/marta-antelos-illustrations/

Crystal Cave of Giants.

Deep in a mine in Southern Chihuahua Mexico, there is a cave with magnificent, gigantic crystals called the Crystal Cave of Giants. Now, thanks to Richard Fisher, you can take a look at some amazing photograph...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/crystal-cave-of-giants/

When Wild Cassowaries Roam the Streets.

The town of Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, survived Cyclone Larry only to face a new problem: hungry marauding cassowaries!The critically endangered and famously testy flightless bird, known for i...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/04/when-wild-cassowaries-roam-the-streets/




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