Archive for August 2006

How NOT to Release a Leopard into the Wild.

Lesson No. 1: Do not poke an angry leopard with a stick. If you do, chances are there will be no Lesson No. 2.Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Look At This ......

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/how-not-to-release-a-leopard-into-the-wild/

Mona Lisa After One Week in Hollywood.

Made me chuckle - does anyone know who did the photoshop job? Link - Thanks Jack!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/mona-lisa-after-one-week-in-hollywood/

Tiny Animals on a Finger.

Who can resist cute, tiny animals on a finger? Check out the flickr user Specklet's photoset of, well ... tiny animals on fingers: Link - via Boing Boing - Thanks Yayo!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/tiny-animals-on-a-finger/

Chimp Chauffeur.

From Sept 1929 issue of Modern Mechanix magazine, found at Positive Ape Index via Glyph Jockey...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/chimp-chauffeur/

How to Make a Looty.

Neatorama reader David Hayward wrote to us about his creation, a Looty invented by the famous comics artist Jim Woodring. What's a looty, I asked - here's what David said:A Looty is a device that allows a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/how-to-make-a-looty/

Firefox Crop Circle.

Do aliens prefer Firefox browser over IE? Apparently the Oregon State Linux Users Group does! To celebrate Firefox's 50 million download milestone, they created this 45,000+ square foot crop circle of...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/firefox-crop-circle/

Penlight Animation.

It's amazing what some people can do with a long camera exposure and some penlights!See a few more examples: http://tochka.jp/pikapika/2006/06/report_pikapika_in_kitijoji.html - via digg...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/penlight-animation/

Tiger Temple in Thailand.

The Tiger Temple or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua is a Buddhist temple in Saiyok, Thailand, that is famous for tame tigers that walk around the place free or on leash, cared for by the temple's monks.http://www...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/tiger-temple-in-thailand/

Spiral Highway.

Traffic congestion? Add more road! Ten miles of it. And make it a spiral.In their book "Tooling," New York-based architects Benjamin Aranda and Chris Lasch suggested a 10-mile spiral of roadway that...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/spiral-highway/

World's Smallest Gun.

Leave it to the Swiss to make the world's smallest Colt Python revolver that can shoot a real, but very tiny bullets. Link - via A Welsh View and Boing Boing...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/worlds-smallest-gun/

Dogs in Costumes!

Cute! See more photos of Victoire the bulldog and Bertha the Pekinese all dressed up!Link - via Presurfer...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/16/dogs-in-costumes/

Toilet-O-Rama.

I'm very happy (and humbled) to be co-blogging with the awesome Miss C. at Miss Cellania, who single-handedly can compile the best and funniest things about any topic at all - and does it every single day!Our top...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/15/toilet-o-rama/

The Missing Body Parts of 10 Famous People.

The Missing Body Parts of 10 Famous People. Remember that goofy uncle of yours who always tried to impress you by "stealing your nose" or pulling the ol' separating-his-thumb-from-his-hand move? Well, those parlor...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/14/the-missing-body-parts-of-10-famous-people/

Continuous Drawing Challenge: Queen Victoria in 1 Minute.

Design company Fibre hosted a challenge: draw Queen Victoria in one minute without taking the pen off the paper. This one above, by Mr. Bingo, took first prize.Link | See the rest of the entries [Flickr]...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/14/continuous-drawing-challenge-queen-victoria-in-1-minute/

Turning Whale Songs into Visual Art.

Using wavelet technology, a technique for processing digital signals, Mark Fisher of Aguasonic transforms whale songs into beautiful, fractal-like, mandalas:Among whales, certain sounds and patterns...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/14/turning-whale-songs-into-visual-art/

Anti-Smoking Vaccine.

From the website:Doctors are testing a radical new way to help smokers quit: a shot that “immunizes” them against the nicotine rush that fuels their addiction.Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/14/anti-smoking-vaccine/

Bowling and Drinking Don't Mix.

A twelve second YouTube clip on how not to bowl ... Come on, you know you want to see it!Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/bowling-and-drinking-dont-mix/

Mike's New Office.

From the website:A few of us at work have been pranked one too many times by a certain coworker by the name of Mike. He was out of town for a few days and we had some extra cardboard laying around. This is...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/mikes-new-office/

Double Decker Garage.

Do you have a one-car garage but absolutely want to park two cars in it? Fret not, just get a car life like this one made by Harding Steel, Inc.Link - via Unique Daily...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/double-decker-garage/

Walking on Water.

From the website:A Chinese schoolgirl has invented a pair of shoes that enable her to walk on water. Wang Wenting, from Chengdu, says she got her inspiration from watching ducks. The high school girl took...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/walking-on-water/

The Amazing Man in the Bottle.

Meet Hugo Zamoratte, an Argentinian "Bottle Man" who discovered his talent quite by accident:He discovered his talent for dislocating almost every bone in his body by accident. In 1964 Hugo was s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/the-amazing-man-in-the-bottle/

Joanneke Meester's Skin Gun.

In 2004, Dutch artist Joanneke Meester had an 8-inch-long piece of her skin surgically removed so she can use it to cover a gun-shaped plastic and fiber mold. Voilà - a skin gun.Link: Joanneke's website...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/joanneke-meesters-skin-gun/

Genius Pad: Giant Sticky Note Furniture.

Artists Arash Kaynama and Kelly Sant created this awesome piece of useful furniture called "Genius Table," which comes with a 300 sheet "Genius Pad" giant sticky notes - hey, it's for...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/genius-pad-giant-sticky-note-furniture/

Genetic Engineering + Art = Glow-in-the-Dark Bunny.

An oldie but goodie: Meet Alba, a transgenic bunny that fluoresced green (when exposed to uv light ... okay, not exactly glow in the dark - but close enough) thanks to a jellyfish gene for Green Fluore...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/genetic-engineering-art-glow-in-the-dark-bunny/

Mobile High Capacity Fire Escape Slide.

Because firemen can't get people trapped in a burning building out fast enough down ladders, Israeli inventor Eliyahu Nir suggested a neat solution:A specialised emergency truck would carry an extend...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/mobile-high-capacity-fire-escape-slide/

Little Boy Balloon.

Kazuya Kanemaru made a balloon shaped like the atomic bomb "Little Boy" that was dropped on Hiroshima - the first nuclear weapon used in warfare, and traveled across Japan to interview the people's r...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/13/little-boy-balloon/

Migrant Sewn into Car Seat.

From the website:The primary officer said the driver has a nervous demeanor. The officer referred the vehicle and occupant to a secondary lot for a more in-depth examination.In the secondary lot,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/12/migrant-sewn-into-car-seat/

That's One big Baby.

From the website: A newly born giant baby boy rests with a baby of normal size in a local hospital in Xiangfang, Central China's Hubei Province August 10, 2006. The boy weighed 5.5 kg (12 pounds) and was 5...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/12/thats-one-big-baby/

Orchestra Plays Music with Vegetables!

Apparently, vegetables can be made into fine musical instruments ...The sound of 90 pounds of finely tuned cucumbers, leeks, potatoes, radishes, peppers and other vegetables entertained a German audi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/12/orchestra-plays-music-with-vegetables/
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