Archive for November 2006
5 Juicy Back Stories on Famous Biologists.
In most textbooks it seems like scientists just waltz into their labs, fiddle around for a bit, then wait for the Nobel Committee to call. Sadly, the road to discovery is rarely that simple, and speed bumps pop up consta...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/21/5-juicy-back-stories-on-famous-biologists/Garum: The Glory That Was Rome?
Garum, also known as fish pickle, was an indispensible element of ancient Roman cuisine, made mainly from fermented fish, fish pieces, fish guts, blood, salt and a variety of herbs. These jars of garum, National Geogra...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/21/garum-the-glory-that-was-rome/Urban Safari
In Wildlife, artist Karolina Sobecka uses the city itself as her medium. At night, projections from moving cars (driven by the San Jose Tiger Posse) are shone on the buildings downtown. Each car projects a video of a w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/21/urban-safari/The Grape Flavoured Apple
Yes, the moment we've all been waiting for: They've done grape flavoured (different) fruits. Link - Via Junk Food...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/21/the-grape-flavoured-apple/Hyperactive Machine.
Video editor Lasse Gjertsen, the brains behind Amateur, has turned his earlier work, Hyperactive into an interactive toy you can control with your keyboard! http://www.zanorg.com/prodperso/hyperactive_machine.htm -via...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/21/hyperactive-machine/The Hairy Christmas Fairy.
A anonymous middle-aged man they call the “Hairy Christmas Fairy†has been handing out money to strangers in towns across Cornwall. He’s also been spotted buying people’s lunch and giving away...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/21/the-hairy-christmas-fairy/Written on money.
Stuff That People Write on Money is a picture essay of bills with handwritten notes. Click on each picture for more information and comments. It makes me wonder what went through someone’s mind at the t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/written-on-money/"How the Other Half Lives."
Lisa at Exploding Aardvark has found an online version of Jacob Riis's 1890 study of the New York tenements, How the Other Half Lives, which includes his magnificent and historically priceless photographs. It's the wor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/how-the-other-half-lives/Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom!
Get an extra live after growing your own green mushroom similar to those in Super Mario. The package reads: The packet claims that eating the 1up Mushroom will grant "immortal life beyond dreams of man." It also...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/grow-your-own-1up-mushroom/Mario & Peach Wedding cake
Been quite a long time since this make it through the net but Neatorama never published it. A wedding cake with a retro Nintendo style. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/mario-peach-wedding-cake/Yunessun Spa: Swim in Coffee, Tea, Wine or Sake!
This will wake you up: take a plunge into a pool of coffee!Coffee not your thing? How about green tea?Red wine pool.Why is that man laughing? Because he's swimming in sake!The Yunessun Spa Resort in Hakone, Japan, has 25...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/yunessun-spa-swim-in-coffee-tea-wine-or-sake/Heated Dolphin Mouse Pad.
Straight from Japan: a USB powered, heated, dolphin-shaped mouse pad! http://www.thanko.jp/hotmousepad/ [in Japanese] - via SCI FI Tech...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/heated-dolphin-mouse-pad/Crayon Sculpture.
Vietnamese artist Diem Chau created these awesome mini sculptures out of ... crayons!Link - via Make...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/crayon-sculpture/Beer Goggles.
Scott Urban of Urban Spectacles of Wood made these funny-looking googles goggles out of beer bottles!Now, if only he makes them out of Coke bottles ...Link - via Boing Boing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/beer-googles/Tracey Snelling's Tabletop Sculptures.
Tracey Snelling makes fantastically detailed "urban" sculptures and models, many of which are put on top of tabletops.I particularly like this one, the tabletop Chinatown.Link - via Jaf Project...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/tracey-snellings-tabletop-sculptures/The Perfect Face for Comedy.
Scientists at the University of Stirling, UK, blended the features of the 20 top UK comedians to come up with the perfect face for comedy.They discovered that a round face with small forehead, a wide nose, and soft femin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/the-perfect-face-for-comedy/Niagara Falls from Space.
From Outhouse Rag via Jonco...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/niagara-falls-from-space/Ostankino Tower Seen Above the Clouds.
The rare photos taken by Russian pilot Letchik Leha for the Moscow city Ostankino Tower [wiki] which stands above the clouds are really fantastic! Standing 1772 feet (540 metres) tall, it was the tallest free-s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/ostankino-tower-seen-above-the-clouds/The Bear Who Loved Vodka.
Potopych, The Bear who Loved Vodka is a delightfully drawn animated short by Darren Price, based on a true story. Select the small size and it will load quite fast. Link -via Motiongrapher...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/the-bear-who-loved-vodka/Rupert the Pet Rhino.
The Cellar Image of the Day has a fantastic compilation of the neatest and wierdest images on the Web (five year's worth!). I'm very proud to introduce a collaboration between Cellar IoTD and Neatorama, here's our first...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/rupert-the-pet-rhino-2/World Toilet Expo.
Proving that there's an organization (and convention) for anything, World Toilet Expo just opened in Bangkok, Thailand. This year's theme: "Happy Toilet, Healthy Life". Links: World Toilet Expo | BBC News in Pi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/world-toilet-expo/Moira Hahn's Japanese-Style Art.
This one above is called "A Three Hour Tour" (how cute!) Check out more excellent japanese-style paintings by Moira Hahn: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/moira-hahns-japanese-style-art/Stone Bathtub.
Stone Forest in Santa Fe, New Mexico, makes some awesome bathtubs from natural boulders: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/20/stone-bathtub/Fred Guttfield's Bird Feeding Table
It's been created to increase the amount of birds visiting your garden. Birds soon get familiar to its swinging movements and come to the invitation. After a short feeding session its internal program starts a moto...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/19/fred-guttfields-bird-feeding-table/"Automatic" Cat Feed Machine
Youtube Video Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/19/automatic-cat-feed-machine/Dining With Diamond Jim Brady.
Diamond Jim [wiki] (1856-1917) began as a bellboy and ended as a fabulously wealthy railroad tycoon, financier, and philanthropist. Now and then he had a bite to eat.1: Number of gallons of orange juice...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/19/dining-with-diamond-jim-brady/Dolphin Island
There's an island called Ile du Golfe off the south coast of Tasmania that looks like a dolphin. Check the link and see the collection of things that look like a dolphin. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/19/dolphin-island/Japlish Sign.
Possibly quite some of non-Japanese can't easily find where the restrooms directed in the Engrish [wiki] sign are. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/19/japlish-sign/Tattoo toy.
I’ve seen jokes about this under the heading “Bad Idea Toysâ€, but this is real! The GR8 TaT2 Maker, a “tatoo†making toy for kids. Open up your very own pretend play tattoo parlor....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/19/tattoo-toy/
