Love and Hate, Baby Knuckle Tattoo.
Found at the Italian photography company LSD s.l.r.: http://www.lsd.co.it/people/lay_p.html (Don't miss their bridal cow and pig!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/love-and-hate-baby-knuckle-tattoo/Archive for December 2006
Scientists Made Vanilla Out of Cow Dung.
Japanese researcher Mayu Yamamoto has succeeded in making vanilla out of ... cow dung! In a world-first recycling project, a one-hour heating and pressuring process allows cow feces to produce vanillin, the main com...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/scientists-made-vanilla-out-of-cow-dung/Earwax and Evolution.
There are two types of earwax, wet and dry. Wet earwax is common in Africa and Europe, while dry earwax is characteristic of East Asian populations. South and Central Asian populations are half wet and half dry....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/earwax-and-evolution/Plight of a Telemarketer.
Tom Mabe is a comedian who's well known for making fun of those annoying telemarketers. Here's one of his stunt from a while back, where he duped a telemarketer into thinking that he had called a murder crime scene:Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/plight-of-a-telemarketer/Ad Mashup.
Ad Mashup, like the name suggests, is dedicated to the "re-mixing" of print ads. For example, this one is an ad for Harry's bread, with the tagline "Nice and Soft":And now, after being mashed up (by...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/ad-mashup/Visual Acoustics.
With Visual Acoustics you can paint a musical composition on your screen! Choose an instrument for your brush, set the volume and delay, and move your mouse over the surface to create a pattern both visual and acousti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/visual-acoustics/Tiger's Nest Monastery.
Photographer Leo Palmer took this breathtaking photo of the Tiger's Nest Monastery (Paro Taksang) in Bhutan.Link | Also, take a look at Leo's portfolio: Gallery...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/tigers-nest-monastery/Can't Afford Plasma? Improvise!
Found at wugsy (don't know where the pics originally came from). See another example of Poor Man's Flat Panel TV...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/cant-afford-plasma-improvise/The End of Belgium Hoax.
From the website:Thousands of Belgians were thrown into a panic by news that the Flemish half of the country had declared independence. A two-hour live television report on the break-up of the nation showed images of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/the-end-of-belgium-hoax/Toyin Odutola's Artwork.
See more of Toyin Odutola's fantastic artwork here: http://undulations.operaglasses.org/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/toyin-odutolas-artwork/Hallucii: Trapped in Escher Illusion.
Hallucii is an animated movie created by Goo-Shun Wang about a guy trapped in an M.C. Escher illusion. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/hallucii-trapped-in-escher-illusion/Gerald Ford Died.
Former US President Gerald Ford died today. Ford was the first US President ever appointed to the Vice-Presidency and then the Presidency (when Nixon resigned) without ever having been elected to either office.According...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/27/gerald-ford-died/Wife Fattening.
From a BBC article a couple of years ago:Obesity is so revered among Mauritania's white Moor Arab population that the young girls are sometimes force-fed to obtain a weight the government has described as "life-...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/26/wife-fattening/Robin Schlotz Sings Queen of the Night.
Just watch this 13-year-old boy named Robin Schlotz of the Tölzer Knabenchor sing "Queen of the Night" from Mozart's Magic Flute. His range is amazing! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via MonkeyFilter...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/26/robin-schlotz-sings-queen-of-the-night/Cute and smart.
Three-year-old Maadhu Krishnan of Sunnyvale, California can name all the United States capitols, plus the capitol cities of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas! He is also learning multiple languages, including Span...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/26/cute-and-smart/Seahenge.
Seahenge is a circular timber monument dating from the Bronze Age, found off the coast of the English county of Norfolk at the village of Holme-next-the-Sea: Link [wiki]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/26/seahenge/Stonefridge: Stonehenge Made of Refrigerators!
Adam Horowitz built Stonefridge, a Stonehenge-like monument made of 60 refrigerators in Santa Fe! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/26/stonefridge-stonehenge-made-of-refrigerators/Carhenge.
If you think the Stonefridge above is weird, here's something else: Carhenge, a replica of the famous Stonehenge. It was built by Jim Reinders in 1987 using 38 automobiles! Links: Official Website | Carhenge [wiki] Stone...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/26/carhenge/Star Wars AT-AT Graffiti: I Am Your Father
Done by Banksy [wiki], I think. Found at Link [flickr]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/26/star-wars-at-at-graffiti-i-am-your-father/Christmas Crimes.
Not everyone was nice on Christmas, here's a list of strange Christmas-related crimes:David Allen Rodgers, 42, was arrested December 3 on a charge of driving while intoxicated -- at the wheel of a float during the an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/26/christmas-crimes/James Brown Died.
The Godfather of Soul James Brown died on Christmas day 2006. He was admitted earlier to Emory Crawford Long Hospital with pneumonia and suspected heart failure.Link | James Brown [wiki]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/25/james-brown-died/Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Merry Commercialism Christmas, Everyone!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/25/merry-christmas-everyone/The Cat Came Back.
The Cat Came Back is a funny animated short film, directed by Cordell Barker, inspired by a folk song with the same name [wiki].Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via AQFL...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/25/the-cat-came-back/Chocolate Cubist Christmas Tree.
Here's a cubist chocolate tree sculpture, made entirely out of chocolate! http://www.lamaisonduchocolat.com/commerce/en/US/US/product/U-CTREE/Chocolate-Chrismas-tree-cubism - via Look At This ... (who has a fantastic lis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/25/chocolate-cubist-christmas-tree/Cats in Santa Hat.
Here are some cute pics of cats in Santa hats: Link - via Miss Cellania (check out her excellent collections of Christmas links!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/25/cats-in-santa-hat/12 Days of (Indian) Christmas.
The best Christmas musical EVAR! 12 Days of Christmas by the animated Indian popstar boymongoose. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | boymongoose website - via Boing Boing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/25/12-days-of-indian-christmas/Improvized Christmas Tree in Iraq.
This week's Cellar / Neatorama Image of the Week is this crazy looking Christmas tree in Irbil, Iraq. No wonder Iraqis improvize something for a Christmas tree ... turns out, selling Christmas trees is one of the most da...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/25/improvized-christmas-tree-in-iraq/A Weird Santa Costume.
What do you get when you combine Christmas and Halloween? Probably something weird like this costume from Trading Places Walking Illusion: Link - via Didn't You Hear...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/25/a-weird-santa-costume/A Goose Nativity Scene.
From the Cavalcade of Bad Nativities, who has a tremendous amount of kitchy nativity scenes: Link - via Scribal Terror...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/25/a-goose-nativity-scene/Apollo 8.
On Christmas Eve 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission, Astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr, and William A. Anders, beamed home this holiday message as they orbited the moon (appoximately 240,000 miles above the e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/24/apollo-8/
