Archive for August 2006

Secret Soy Sauce Ingredient: Human Hair!

In an article called "Hair Soy Sauce: A Revolting Alternative to the Conventional" for the Internet Journal of Toxicology, Alexander Tse-Yan Lee exposed that a cheap soy sauce brand in China marketed...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/10/secret-soy-sauce-ingredient-human-hair/

Trendy Kids Bookstore in China.

The Cool Hunter has some neat photos of a whimsically designed bookstore for kids in Beijing, China called Kids Republic:No longer just the world’s ‘workroom’, China is rapidly becoming a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/trendy-kids-bookstore-in-china/

Vintage Baseball Cards.

The Library of Congress has one massive collection of nearly 2,100 vintage baseball cards dating from 1887 to 1914. This one above is of Ty Cobb stealing third base from Hugh Jennings for Detroit.This coll...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/vintage-baseball-cards/

New Uses for Old Mac.

What to do with that ancient, ... er, vintage Apple Macintosh computer? Mac Udder Side Park has 67 suggestions ...http://macuddersidepark.4-you.ca/...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/new-uses-for-old-mac/

Dog Nurses Squirrel Back to Health.

From the website: Finnegan the squirrel was found injured and malnourished in the Seattle area in September 2005, when he was only a few days old. He was brought to Debby Cantlon, who had a reputation for...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/dog-nurses-squirrel-back-to-health/

Photorealistic Vector Art.

From the website:If I didn't know it already, I wouldn't discern that the gallery below is made up of drawings. Yes! They are NOT photographs. Vector drawings using gradient mesh to be specific. Except for...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/photorealistic-vector-art/

Star Trek Inspirational Posters.

Awesomely funny Star Trek inspirational posters (downloadable for wallpaper, too!): http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html - via Presurfer...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/star-trek-inspirational-posters/

Backwards PC Case Mod.

Mike Harrison got tired of having to grope the back of his PC plugging and unplugging things all the time, so he made a backwards PC case mod!I'm sure there must be plenty of tecchie types out there...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/backwards-pc-case-mod/

TroikArt's SMS Guerilla Projector.

From the website:The SMS Guerilla Projector is a home made, fully functioning device that enables the user to project text based SMS messages in public spaces, in streets, onto people, inside cinemas, shops, h...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/troikarts-sms-guerilla-projector/

Photoshopping a Haunted House.

Sebastien Gaucher has cool tutorials on matte painting or digital manipulation of images using Photoshop, with step-by-step instructions on how to change a cheerful, suburban home into a haunted house,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/photoshopping-a-haunted-house/

Giant Panda Cub.

A giant panda in China gave birth to a baby panda cub - the largest one ever born in captivity!The cub weighed just 218 grams (half a pound), but was still the heaviest panda ever born in captivity,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/giant-panda-cub/

Anger Release Bar.

If you think your job sucks, imagine working for this bar in China:A new bar in eastern China is offering customers an unusual outlet for anger - by allowing them to use the staff as punching bags, state m...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/09/anger-release-bar/

Fredo and Pid'Jin Comic.

Eugen Erhan and Tudor Muscalu have some fun (pun?) with words in their Fredo & Pid'Jin comics - see the rest of the panel above on their website: Link - Thank Eug! Fredo and Pidjin...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/08/fredo-and-pidjin-comic/

What is Dada Anyway?

Neatorama reader Greg Fiorini self-nominated his blog Hemingray9, which is all about Dada. I only have a vague inkling of Dadaism, so, I looked it up on wikipedia:According to its proponents, Dada was not...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/08/what-is-dada-anyway/

Leela Case Mod.

After finishing his awesome Futurama's Bender case mod, Jan Erik Vangen went on to build a Leela case mod (complete with an "eye" webcam, and a "thumb" USB thumb-drive!)http://vang1...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/08/leela-case-mod/

James Patten and Ben Recht's Audiopad.

From the website:Audiopad is a composition and performance instrument for electronic music which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music. One can pull sou...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/08/james-patten-and-ben-rechts-audiopad/

Patz Fowle's Ceramic Sculptures.

Neatorama reader Patz Fowle explained to me the story behind this particular ceramic sculpture called "Gone Fishing ... in His Head":The story behind this porcelain piece is, on his commute to wo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/08/patz-fowles-ceramic-sculptures/

Your Website's DNA.

Thomas Baekdal's WEB2DNA art project will take your website, analyze it, and spits out its graphic representation like a DNA gel electrophoresis.This one above, of course, was of Neatorama.Link - via J-Walk...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/08/your-websites-dna/

Pet Hen Laid a Gigantic Egg.

The Pascoe family's pet chicken Gertie laid an egg - a big, big egg:The one-year-old bird normally lays an egg a day but had not done so for almost 48 hours and was looking listless.Kasha said: &q...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/pet-hen-laid-a-gigantic-egg/

Simon Pulsifer, King of Wikipedia.

I love Wikipedia, but not as much as Simon Pulsifer, who is Wikipidia's most prolific author:Today Mr. Pulsifer, 24, is known internationally as the world's most prolific author on the on-line encycloped...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/simon-pulsifer-king-of-wikipedia/

Meat Hat.

Mark Twain himself said: "One always look neat, in a hat made from meat."So, here they are: meat hats. Link - via growabrain...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/meat-hat/

Nick Kim's Nearing Zero Cartoon.

Fantastic science cartoons by Nick Kim - You've gotta see more: Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/nick-kims-nearing-zero-cartoon/

Let's ALL Go to the Beach!

If you think your beach is crowded, at least you're not on this beach in the northern China: Somewhere under that lot, there's a beach. This was the astonishing scene yesterday in the northern Chinese reso...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/lets-all-go-to-the-beach/

Tap Open ANY Locked Door.

Do you feel safe behind locked doors? Think again: Barry Wels explains an unbelievable security flaws in locks and why you can open almost any locked door by using a bumpkey in seconds with no skills at all.Li...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/tap-open-any-locked-door/

Sam I Am: How a N.Y. Butcher Became America's Most Famous Face.

Mascots. You gotta love ‘em. They can make an intimidating team seem cuddly (Miami and its adorable dolphins), turn losers into lovable underdogs (Chicago Cubbies, anyone?), or make backwater minor-leaguers m...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/sam-i-am-how-a-ny-butcher-became-americas-most-famous-face/

Muscle Car BBQ Grill.

Neatorama reader Steve Barker of Muscle Car BBQ Grills told us about his awesome custom-made grills, shaped like a muscle car engine block complete with exhaust ports that let smoke comes out, powder coated gr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/muscle-car-bbq-grill/

Male Praying Mantids Avoid Hungry Females So Not to be Eaten.

Female praying mantids like to eat their mate - so, male praying mantids evolved so they are able to assess the risk of cannibalism and be more cautious in the presence of hungry females!“We kn...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/male-praying-mantids-avoid-hungry-females-so-not-to-be-eaten/

Vampire-like Sea Spider.

From the website:Weird spider-like creatures that live at the bottom of the ocean and use a 'straw' to suck on their prey are baffling scientists.Link | Sea Spider [wiki] - via digg...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/vampire-like-sea-spider/

Hopping Across Continents.

Turned out that global warming wasn't all bad - 10,000 years ago, somewhere between 1,500 and 4,500 metric tonnes of carbon was released into the atmosphere over the course of several thousand years causing th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/07/hopping-across-continents/
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