Archive for March 2007

Living Tables.

Makeup By Julie can supply your next party with Living Tables. The tables will chat with your guests (in character) and serve food and drinks. You can order tables with a variety of themes. Link -via Everlasting Blort...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/08/living-tables/

What is It? Game 14

Today's collaboration with What is It? blog brings us this mysterious object: guess what it is and win a Free Neatorama T-Shirt!Game rule is easy: leave your guess in the comment section (post no URL please, let others p...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/08/what-is-it-game-14/

Note Table

This giant 'post-it note table' consists of 5,000 sheets of paper bound with PVA glue. The table is great for scribbling notes or doodling on and if you spill something on it, tear off the sheet and you've got a new...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/note-table/

Lylie Fisher's Bubble Chamber Art.

San Francisco-based artist Lylie Fisher took the original bubble chamber images made by particle accelerators and turn them into works of art!Link | Lylie's website...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/lylie-fishers-bubble-chamber-art/

Pale Blue Dot, a Tribute to Carl Sagan.

Pale Blue Dot is a music video tribute to Carl Sagan made by YouTube user Ice Core Scientist. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks andrea!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/pale-blue-dot-a-tribute-to-carl-sagan/

The Inflatable Super Colon.

We've seen the inflatable church, spa, and pub before on Neatorama, now it's Super Colon, the giant inflatable colon's turn!The SUPER COLON, an inflatable, 20-foot long, 8-foot high replica of a human colon, is an in...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/the-inflatable-super-colon/

Obi-Wan Kenobi's Cloak on Sale.

London theatrical costume company Angels is auctioning off some iconic movie costumes, like the Star Wars cloak worn by Alex Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi:But buyers were waiting for the star lot at the Bonhams sal...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/obi-wan-kenobis-cloack-on-sale/

The Americone Dream.

Run out and grab a pint of Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream, a delightful blend of vanilla, caramel and chocolate-covered Waffle Bits. (Surprisingly, there are no “Colberries,” to use the Fren...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/the-americone-dream/

What’s the Orange Ball For?

Watch and see why combinis and banks have them in Japan. Click Play or go to Link [YouTube]. Found at Japan Probe....

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/whats-the-orange-ball-for/

The Earphone Necklace.

Jewelry should be something everyone wants, it used to be that everyone wanted diamonds--now everyone wants MP3 players. Anna Tascha Larsson a jewelry designer still in school in Stockholm heard the many reports...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/the-earphone-necklace/

Come In / Go Away Doormat.

Suck UK has a doormat which uses a clever typography: one side reads "Come In" but when you flip it, it reads "Go Away". Link - via ArbroathSee also: Love/Hate Shirt....

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/come-in-go-away-doormat/

Cassini's Saturn Pics.

Cassini-Huygens [wiki] took some breathtaking pictures of Saturn. This small photo of Saturn really didn't do it justice - see the larger pic at the Cassini Imaging Diary - via Militant Platypus...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/cassinis-saturn-pics/

World's Largest Bubble Wall.

World's largest bubble wall was created by Fang Yan in 1997. The wall measured 156 feet (47.4 m) in length with a surface area of about 4000 square feet (370 m²). http://www.bubbleart.com/world%27s%20largest%20bubbl...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/worlds-largest-bubble-wall/

The Fart Artist.

As an entertainer, Joseph Pujol had a unique talent:On stage, dressed in a fine red coat and black britches, Le Pétomane began each performance by explained to his audience that his emissions were odorless. Af...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/the-fart-artist/

Public Restroom the Dirtiest Place? Think Again!

Think that public restrooms are the dirtiest place? Not so, according to scientists from the International Journal of Environmental Health Research.After collecting 1,100 samples at public places like airports, offices,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/public-restroom-the-dirtiest-place-think-again/

La Traviata.

Verdi’s la Traviata, musically interpreted by Coro dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia of Rome, and portrayed in this video by... I don’t know what they are besides amusing! Push play or go to YouTube. -via...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/la-traviata/

Super Mario Doom.

A programmer in Peru made a version of Doom modded to feature characters from Super Mario!http://www.thelastboss.com/post.phtml?pk=2349 - via GorillaMask...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/07/super-mario-doom/

Peeing in Tom Hanks' Movies: a mental_floss Quiz.

According to mental_floss, peeing plays a role in nearly all Tom Hanks movies. To make it fun, they have a quiz where to play, you have to match the peeing "scenes" to the movie titles.Here's the quiz link: The...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/peeing-in-tom-hanks-movies-a-mental_floss-quiz/

String Spin.

A simple, yet fascinating Flash applet from Zefrank: Link - via Weird Daily...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/string-spin/

People are Good at Figuring Out Faces at Low Resolution (6 x 7 Pixels).

A little experiment by Cognitive Daily showed that people are amazingly good at identifying faces from other images at the resolution of only 6 by 7 pixels!Link - via AQFL...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/people-are-good-at-figuring-out-faces-at-low-resolution-6-x-7-pixels/

Roundworm in the Brain = Death.

From the website:In 1980, he saw the first confirmed human death, a Pennsylvania boy who apparently had eaten feces from raccoons living in the family's chimney. Like the birds, the boy had neurological problems and...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/roundworm-in-the-brain-death/

The Trial of Han Solo.

Here's a funny parody of the TV show Law and Order, featuring Han Solo on trial for the murder of Greedo in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.Hit play or go to http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4970281608...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/the-trial-of-han-solo/

Maggot Art.

Abstract art? No, actually it's maggot art. Rebecca O'Flaherty, the founder of Maggot Art educational curriculum explains:What are maggots?Many groups of insects have four stages of developm...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/maggot-art/

Dog Cuisine in Nigeria.

Here's why dogs are becoming scarce in Abuja, Nigeria:"Everybody is eating dog meat openly now, that is why dogs are scarce," he says.Many Abuja dog owners complain that their dogs have gone missin...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/dog-cuisine-in-nigeria/

Mafia Tactics in Cowbirds.

Cowbirds have long been known to lay eggs in the nests of other birds, which then raise the cowbirds’ young as their own. Sneaky, perhaps, but not Scarface. Now, however, a University of...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/mafia-tactics-in-cowbirds/

Chill a Beer or Soda in Under a Minute.

Need a cold soda or beer quick? The Tinchilla will cool any canned drink in a minute or less. Just insert two AA batteries, ice, water, and your favorite beverage to get an ice-cold drink delivered up to 240 times...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/chill-a-beer-or-soda-in-under-a-minute/

The Making of a Celebrity Photoshoot.

If you've ever wondered how much effort is required to create great celebrity photographs, then this time lapse video by Michael Grecco should help put it in perspective. The video shows the entire 3 hour setup, pho...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/the-making-of-a-celebrity-photoshoot/

SciFi Story Sentences So Bad They're Good!

Top5 SciFi has the Top 10 sentences from third-rate science fiction stories. Kind of like the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest of bad writing ("It was a dark and stormy night"), but for SciFi. For example:As he was led to d...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/scifi-story-sentences-so-bad-theyre-good/

Yakuza Table.

This Yakuza table is "digitally tattooed" (whatever that means) to look like the body art of a Japanese gangster. http://www.reddishstudio.com/furniture/yakuza01.htm - via Ponchorama...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/yakuza-table/
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