Archive for March 2007

Sandals You Can Drink to (or from).

With the Reef Dram Sandals, you can easily bring the drinks with you during those long romantic walks along the beach. Each sandal contains a generous three ounces of storage capacity for the drink or your choice (p...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/sandals-you-can-drink-to-or-from/

3 Guys on 1 Guitar

Here's three members of a band called Corpreal from Libertyville, Illinois all playing the same guitar. The songs appropriately called "All We Got" I guess life is pretty tough as a starving musician. Maybe they'...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/3-guys-on-1-guitar/

Desktop Tower Defense.

Desktop Tower Defense is a fun Flash game where you you have to stop your enemies from crossing your territory by installing defensive towers.http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/ - via Didn't You Hear...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/desktop-tower-defense/

Bathtub Sofa.

With this bathtub sofa from flavour design, you can stay in the tub all day! Link - via Smidigt...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/bathtub-sofa/

The Bacon Tux!

There is a theory that "Everything is better with bacon," even fashion!Online novelty store Archie McPhee has this Bacon Scented Bacon Print Tuxedo, tailored from chemically treated latex fabric print to smell...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/the-bacon-tux/

Transfomer Transfiguration, a Suspicious Artwork.

A fun contest at Worth1000: fine arts that somehow seems suspiciously like counterfeits! I continue to be amazed at how good these photoshoppers are! This one above is "a suspicious copy" of The Transfiguration...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/transfomer-transfiguration-a-suspicious-artwork/

Mobius Chess.

Regular chess child play for you? Even the Extreme 3-D chess too easy for you? Then try mobius chess!Puzzle: This chess board is on a Mobius strip. The length is infinite (and wraps) but the width is only four square...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/mobius-chess/

"Pastafarian" Sent Home from School for Wearing Pirate Outfit.

Bryan Killian, who one day went to school wearing an eye patch and pirate accessory (um, an inflatable cutlass), was sent home. Now he's fighting back, saying that the school violated his Freedom of religion: “...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/pastafarian-sent-home-from-school-for-wearing-pirate-outfit/

Light Acting Like a Liquid.

Image credit: Tatsunosuke Matsui, University of UtahAs if the wave-particle duality [wiki] isn't weird enough, physicists at the University of Utah discovered something else that is strange about light: it can act as a l...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/light-acting-like-a-liquid/

Is Dark Energy an Illusion?

Is dark energy, a hypothetical form of energy that acts in opposite to gravity at large scales, an illusion?Astronomers were astonished to discover in 1998 that the expansion of the universe is happening at an ever-i...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/is-dark-energy-an-illusion/

Do Fairies exist?

It’s obviously a hoax, or not? What appears to be the mummified remains of a fairy have been discovered in the Derbyshire countryside... The remains were discovered by a local man, who wishes to remain anonymo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/do-fairies-exist/

L33t ads.

A recruitment ad doesn’t have to be understood by everyone, just by those who are qualified for the position, right? Some ads can leave the rest of us scratching our heads, like this billboard* seeking computer...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/l33t-ads/

The Perfect Wallet for Computer Nerds.

Zieak at Instructables has a great walkthrough on how to either make this wallet or a checkbook cover. All you need is a spare keyboard and clear packing tape. Link Want something equally unique, but a little le...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/31/the-perfect-wallet-for-computer-nerds/

Meet the Sciopods.

This peculiar character is nicely described in Field Guide to Monsters of the World:First described in AD 77 by the elder Pliny in his masterpiece, Historia Naturalis, their name is Latin for ‘shade-foot.â€â...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/meet-the-sciopods/

West Virgina.

The West Virginia Mountaineers won the National Invitational (basketball) Tournament (NIT) by beating Clemson 78-73. As they celebrated their win, the team was handed commemorative t-shirts printed by the NIT. Tourname...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/west-virgina/

Use Your Hands as Mouse

This application called Podtech recognizes the shapes in the image, distinguishes your gestures and acts as a mouse so you can move things around the desktop using only your hands. I'd like to play Warcraft with this...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/use-your-hands-as-mouse/

Madrid - New York in Google Maps

If you ever plan to motor west... Don't use Google Maps to trace your route. In the step 40 you can read "40. Cruzar el Atlántico a nado, 5.572km" It means: "40. Swim across the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/madrid-new-york-in-google-maps/

Whoosh Boom Splat: How to Build a Potato Gun.

Here's a funny ad (but don't try this at home, kids) for William Gurstelle's new book Whoosh Boom Splat: The Garage Warrior's Guide to Building Projectile Shooters.Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Bill!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/whoosh-boom-splat-how-to-build-a-potato-gun/

VIZCap.

The VIZcap is a new bottle/cap system that allows one to store vitamins and supplements dry (so they don't lose potency) in the cap of a bottle.Once you're ready to drink, just push the top to release the mix into the li...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/vizcap/

Weird Japanese Climbing Wall.

This climbing wall in Japan uses picture frames, mirrors, and deer's head as climbing holds!Link - Thanks Rocky!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/weird-japanese-climbing-wall/

Take a Cork Out of the Bottle Without Breaking It.

Here's a magic trick for you: push a cork into a bottle and take it out without breaking the bottle! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Chanel!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/take-a-cork-out-of-the-bottle-without-breaking-it/

The Arusha Cleaner: Paper Bag Waste to Souvenir Dolls.

Ramadhani "The Arusha Cleaner" Juma is a guy in Arusha, Tanzania, who got the brilliant idea of collecting plastic bag that lying around the city as garbage, making them into puppets, and selling them to touris...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/the-arusha-cleaner-paper-bag-waste-to-souvenir-dolls/

Overclocked.

(YouTube link) Setting the clock, or setting the time? From Sheepfilms, who has more surrealistic clips here. -via b3ta...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/overclocked/

Boy survives 90-foot fall.

Five-year-old Young-Jin Kim fell nine floors from the balcony of his apartment in Hamilton, Ontario and survived! The ground was soft from recent rains, which probably saved his life. He left the imprint you see in the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/boy-survives-90-foot-fall/

7 Great Sports Scams, Scandals, and Hoaxes

Some say the U.S. national pastime is baseball. Others say it's football. Or basketball. Or jai alai. But you can forget all those, because these seven examples prove that when it comes to sports, mankind's favorit...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/7-great-sports-scams-scandals-and-hoaxes/

VideoSift: Nature Channel.

It's VideoSift time! Let's check out their nature channel: (this turned out to be harder than I thought, because a lot of the neat clips had wormed their ways to Neatorama already, but don't worry - VideoSift...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/videosift-nature-channel/

Bizarro: "American" Crash Test Dummy.

Here's our weekly collaboration with Dan Piraro - don't forget to check out: Bizarro...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/30/bizarro-american-crash-test-dummy/

How NOT to Pickup a Woman.

Men - have you ever had a few great dates, but then when you take the belle to your pad everything cools off? If so, the problem might not be you, but your apartment. Take the guy in this picture, who refuses t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/29/how-not-to-pickup-a-woman/

Gotcha Box.

Don't you just love the look on someone's face when they unwrap a present only to find that it contains something -- tasteless? pointless? absurd? And you see them, just for a moment, working out how to smile naturally a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/29/gotcha-box/

We Are Happy To Serve You Mug.

For those who don't know, the graphics on the mug are featured on deli coffee cups all over New York City, it's as New York as the footlong and knish combo at Madison Square Garden. The maker of the mug version r...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/29/we-are-happy-to-serve-you-mug/




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