Chicago artist Cayetano Ferrer paints street signs with images of its immediate background, thus giving them the illusion of transparency.http://www.cayetanoferrer.com/city_of_chicago/images/ - via Metafilter....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/10/transparent-street-signs-by-cayetano-ferrer/From the always awesome Cellar Image of the Day:This is Thailand, where a Thai animated movie called "Kan Kluay" has been released, and these Mahouts - elephant drivers - have gathered to watch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/10/elephant-drive-in-movie/Check out Microsoft's Steve Balmer dancing to Puttin' on the Ritz [wiki].Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via grow-a-brain...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/10/young-frankensteve/The folks at Mental Hygiene and capstrat had this awesome how-to guide to make your own gigantic elvis out of post-it notes (use the super sticky ones, they said).Link | Flickr Photoset - Thanks Y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/10/post-it-notes-elvis/Nemo Gould makes kinetic, robot sculptures from recycled materials. This one is his latest, a giant 6'7" tall x 10'8" long x 3'6" wide squid robot. Link | Video Clip [YouTube] - via Stu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/10/giant-squid-robot/The winners of the 2006 Art of Science Competition held by Princeton University have been announced! The microscopic art above, titled Easter Bonnet by Qiangfei Xia, won third prize:A laser pulse...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/10/princeton-art-of-science-competition-2006/Scientists of the Max Plank Institute and Berlin's Humboldt University have generated a ball of lightning in the laboratory.The facility can generate impressive “ball-lightning“ in every possi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/ball-of-lightning-created-in-the-laboratory/From the Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society:The Ténéré wastelands of northeastern Niger were once populated by a forest of trees. By the 20th century, desertification had w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/the-last-tree-of-tnreacute/Meet I. plenipes, the world's leggiest animal. This millipede, about an inch long, has been sighted in San Benito County, California, a known biodiversity hot spot.Despite the name, which means "thous...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/worlds-leggiest-animal/Researchers at the University of Melbourne's Zoology Department discovered this earth-shocking bit of revelation: swans cheat. A lot."Swans have long been renowned as symbols of lifelong fidelit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/the-cheating-heart-of-swans/Many more photos of bad hair at the Gallery of Hair Tragedy: http://www.beautyschooldyke.com/badhair/badhairpages/Badhair1.html - via J-Walk Blog...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/gallery-of-hair-tragedy/Why have a boring backyard shed when you can make your own Roman Temple garden shed? Tony from Berkshire, UK converted his shed into a roman temple, complete with columns, marble panels, grape lights, and a f...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/roman-garden-shed/So cute and so stylish! Zoomer Gear's pet helmet is a lightweight motorcycle helmet for dogs or other pets who "love to travel in style!"http://www.zoomergear.com/ - via OhGizmo!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/pet-helmet/This woodblock of the demon Behemoth, a "heavy, stupid demon, despite his dignities ... his powers are in the gluttony and the pleasure of the belly", is found in J.A.S. Collin de Plancy's Dictionna...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/behemoth-the-devil/Every now and then, we come across photographs that make us think - this one is by J.D. Hayward, titled "Plantation". See the ghost in the photo?See more works of this award-winning photograp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/jd-hayward-photography/This photo was taken on May 23, 2006 by Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of the International Space Station:This picture shows the ash plume moving west-southwest from the volcano’s summit. A b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/the-plume-of-the-cleveland-volcano-as-seen-from-space/Do you see Jeff Kubina's reflection in the bubble? Link [flickr] - via Sam-Diablo....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/bubble-reflection/The arrival of rainy season in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan is marked by the appearance of the mysterious, glow-in-the-dark mushroom.The Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms, known locally as shii no tomobishi-d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/glow-in-the-dark-mushroom/Mr. Dealio tracked the prices of electronics from Best Buy and Circuit City to find out who drives the competition for better deals:In the online retail world, few competitors are as fierce as Bes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/best-buy-vs-circuit-city-prices/Astronomer John Barentine ran into this carving while hiking in the White Tank Mountain Regional Park in Arizona. The carving, made by prehistoric Native Americans, depicts a scorption and an eight-po...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/did-prehistoric-native-americans-recorded-a-supernova/(AP Photo / EFE, Alberto Morante)Yes, there is a Woody Allen statue in Oviedo, Spain - so naturally when the famous Hollywood director visited the town for a conference on film, he had to take a look at the s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/woody-allen-visits-woody-allen/Just in time for soccer fever, bora.herke decorated 32 regulation-size soccer balls with different materials associated - for good or bad, with certain countries.And yes, that Sweden ball is covered w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/national-soccer-balls/Improv Everywhere brings participatory art (read: prank in public places) to a new level. In this one "mission", 80 people showed up wearing blue polos and khaki pants and "infiltrated&...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/the-best-buy-prank/Justin's blog is a record of his daily paintings since January 1, 2006 - his New Year's resolution is to paint on a daily basis!Link - Thanks Justin!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/daily-paintings-by-justin-clayton/Scientists found that chemicals from gardenia fruit extract used in Chinese medicine for centuries can actually treat diabetes effectively.The extract has been used in traditional Chinese Medicine to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/gardenia-fruit-extract-can-treat-diabetes/Mr. Crusher, set course for Starbase A.... You just have to see it!Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via VideoSift...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/vaudeville-picard/Geologists studying rock formations called stromatolites found stippled, wavy markings that some claimed to be made by ancient microbes.The rocks, widely regarded as some of the oldest fossils, are e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/09/ancient-rock-formation-suggests-extraterrestrial-life/Summer is nearly here, and with it comes the great American culinary tradition: barbecue!BBQ is both a rite of summer and a rite of manhood (yes, BBQ is associated with male cooking, probably because any sane woman wou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/08/top-10-coolest-bbq-grills/These two ads designed by AlmapBBDO, Sao Paulo, for Veja Magazine [wiki] won the 2005 Clio Awards.Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/07/illusion-ads/Cincinnati and Seattle have the Pigs, Norfolk has the Mermaids, many cities have the Cows, .... New Braunfels has Giant Steins!Check out these humorous, artsy, giant steins: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/07/new-braunfels-art-leagues-stein-parade/
