Flight Patterns.
Here's a hypnotically beautiful image, generated using flight pattern data from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Done by Aaron Koblin, hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/flight-patterns/Here's a hypnotically beautiful image, generated using flight pattern data from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Done by Aaron Koblin, hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/flight-patterns/Disclaimer: This is a sponsored review. I'm being compensated for writing it.ReviewMe, a new service that launched yesterday, aims to match up advertisers who want buzz for their products, with bloggers who are...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/reviewme-get-paid-to-honestly-review-a-product/The good news: a parade, costumes, music, attention for nearly 200 little Muslim boys in Bulgaria.The bad news: it's mass circumcision day!Link [video, after the ad clip]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/mass-circumcision-day/November 17, 2006 is another Domino Day, where over 90 teams compete to topple (pardon the pun) the world's record for most dominoes toppled (it currently stands at about 4 million tiles).Link | Domino Day [wiki]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/domino-day-2006/Here's Sacha Baron Cohen [wiki], the man behind the phenomenon that is Borat (or previously, Ali G and Brüno). He's surprisingly normal! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Look at This...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/the-real-sacha-baron-cohen/At Bombay TV, you can pick a scene out of several Bollywood movies, make your own caption, and send it to your friends!Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/make-your-own-bollywood-movie-caption/What's so interesting about the Scrabble board above? It's the end result of a game between carpenter Michael Cresta and deli worker Wayne Yorra, where they broke 3 new records: most point in a game by one player (830 by...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/worlds-highest-scoring-scrabble-game/Michael Kearney won $1 million on AOL's scavenger hunt game "Gold Rush". Now besides winning the bounty, Michael is quite an interesting guy:"Gold Rush" wasn't an academic competition, but intelli...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/prodigy-won-aols-gold-rush-game/The real estate agent's description of this house in Holcomb, Texas Kansas, is charming: hardwood floor, fireplace, built-in china hutch, sunny breakfast nook, etc. (Notice they omit one important fact?)But, the real rea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/the-clutter-home-for-sale/Scientists have sequenced the genome of sea urchin, and found that the spiny invertebrate are part-human:Scientists who have sequenced the genome of the sea urchin say these brainless and limbless invertebrates are s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/sea-urchin-is-part-human/Photo: Phil JonesFrom Astronomy Picture of the Day:Enjoying Wednesday's transit of Mercury from Dallas, Texas, astronomer Phil Jones recorded this detailed image of the Sun. Along with a silhouette of the innermost p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/can-you-spot-mercury/You're looking at photo of the first ever Farmers Sports Meeting in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, where farmers will compete in a number of events including "weight-moving, water-carrying and earthbag-transporti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/farmers-olympic/Here's a compilation of deleted and alternate scenes from "Where No Man Has Gone Before," Star Trek's 2nd pilot. (See explanation here)Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via NeedCoffee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/star-trek-2nd-pilot-deleted-scenes/A creative use of face paint (anyone know you did this?) - see more here: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/fish-face/From Gseeker, a famous Chinese blog focus on Google. Update: The original cartoon was illustrated in the Economist, not the blog previously referred. Thanks to Neatorama reader Laurence Turner! 11/Nov/06*e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/speed/Crazy Aaron's Hypercolor Thinking Putty is thermochromic - meaning it changes color with temperature! Now a touch from your hands will change the putty's into its "hot" color, and if you stick it in a fridge (o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/crazy-aarons-hypercolor-putty/Before the whole "old, new, borrowed, and blue" wedding tradition hoo-ha, there was another must-do part of any nuptials: the dowry. And through the years, lots of things have been given or received to sweeten the blesse...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/10/dear-dowry-crazy-historical-trades-for-brides/