Archive for March 2007

Wonder Woman 1967 TV Pilot.

Following the success of the 1960's Batman TV series, in 1967 Greenway Productions produced this four and a half-minute of oh-so-campy TV pilot of Wonder Woman! In the show, Wonder Woman is less of an Amazonian princess...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/wonder-woman-1967-tv-pilot/

Chocolate Bubble Wrap.

That's chocolate bubble wrap from DeLessio Market Bakery - so instead of popping those bubbles to calm your neurosis, you eat 'em! http://www.delessiomarket.com/Chocolates%20Page.htm - via She's A Betty...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/chocolate-bubble-wrap/

Drunken Animals.

Look at This blog has 5 YouTube clips of drunken animals (including monkey, squirrel, cat, dog, elephant, giraffe, warthog, ostrich, wildebeest ...)The first clip is quite interesting. It's about monkeys at S. Kits who s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/drunken-animals/

Chromatically Arranged Bookstore.

Remember the post where someone arranged their bookshelf by color? Well, San Francisco's Adobe Bookshop (temporarily) arranged more than 20,000 used books chromatically for an exhibit in 2004!http://www.npr.org/templates...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/chromatically-arranged-bookstore/

Cruise Missile in Google Earth.

Whoa! Google Earth "captured" this Cruise missile in the skies above Utah (en route to?)http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/05/google_earth_cruise_missile/ - via smidigt.se...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/cruise-missile-in-google-earth/

Music Cocoon: iPod Dock with Glowing Tubes.

iPod dock and a bar? Nope - that's just some glowing tubes by Roth Audio's Music Cocoon MC4. Link - via Shiny Shiny...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/music-cocoon-ipod-dock-with-glowing-tubes/

Hand-Made Arts of Mass Produced Items.

Aryon Hostleton and Alison Macrina made the knitted version of the ubiquitous plastic shopping bag you get from a store - their work is part of an exhibition at Space 1026, suggestively titled "Handjob". It's a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/hand-made-arts-of-mass-produced-items/

Most Expensive Frog Watch

For $150,000 you get this cute timepiece. Executed in textured 18kt.yellow gold, the body is pave set with ombre tsavorites and studded blue sapphire cabochons with diamond feet details and ruby cabochon eyes. Thi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/most-expensive-frog-watch/

Kamini

Hip-hop isn't dead! Kamini's "Marly-Gomont" has been around for perhaps six months. It is a musical tribute to the rural French village he's from in which his was the only black family. He has a Wikipedia entry here...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/kamini/

9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood

In general, Hollywood filmmakers follow the laws of physics because they have no other choice. It’s just when they cheat with special effects that we seem to forget how the world really works.1. Those Explodi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/9-laws-of-physics-that-dont-apply-in-hollywood/

Röyksopp's Remind Me.

Röyksopp's [wiki] Remind Me music video (yes, it's been around the Net for a while) is one very cool piece of infographics eye candy! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/ryksopps-remind-me/

Kris Kuksi's Sculpture.

Check out Kris Kuksi's fantastic sculptures (this one is called "Lust and Self-Abuse"): Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/kris-kuksis-sculpture/

Ultraviolet Image of the Sun.

NASA's twin spacecrafts, the Stereo orbiters, captured this close-up ultraviolet image of the sun. The two satellites will give Earth-bound scientists better ability to track "solar fronts" that disrupt radio c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/ultraviolet-image-of-the-sun/

Amazing Meccano Creations.

Meccano [wiki] enthusiast gathered in Skegness, England to showcase their amazing creations. This one above, a fighter jet model made by John Thorpe, won first prize.http://www.skegnessvideo.com/Meccano_Exhibition_Embass...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/amazing-meccano-creations/

World's Biggest Balls.

Over at mental_floss, there's this list of the world's biggest ... ahem, balls! Like this one - the world's biggest popcorn ball:Constructed in a popcorn factor in Sac City, Iowa (doesn’t that seem like cheatin...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/06/worlds-biggest-balls/

Help the police!

I must confess that I am a young father who raised his daughter - now a teen - on "Gangsta Rap," and I didn't even have the wisdom to put a positive spin on it like the dad in this video. "Havin' fun cause I'm a teena...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/help-the-police/

Polar Ice Sheet's Giant Zipper.

Scientists discovered a giant zipper running through the polar ice sheets! No, seriously: it's a pattern of interlace when ice sheets meet each other."A surprising pattern, much like the meshed teeth of a zipper...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/polar-ice-sheets-giant-zipper/

AP's Experimental Blackout of All Paris Hilton "News"

Last week the Associated Press did an experiment: it had a blackout on all news about Paris Hilton, just to see if anyone cared.Turns out, people noticed:The reaction was to the idea of the ban, not the effects of it...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/aps-experimental-blackout-of-all-paris-hilton-news/

Man Persuades New Wife to Get Plastic Surgery to Look Like His Old Wife.

He must have been very, very convincing:A Chinese man has persuaded his new wife to have plastic surgery to make her look like his first wife. Zhao Gang's new wife has agreed to have plastic surgery to look like his...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/man-persuades-new-wife-to-get-plastic-surgery-to-look-like-his-old-wife/

When Voodoo Priests Fight.

Neatorama reader Jeff Simmermon wrote:I recently discovered that two Santeros (Latin voodoo priests) are waging war on each other right next to my building -- found evidence of one of their blood sacrifices in the ro...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/when-voodoo-priests-fight/

Visualizing DNA Sequences from Different Species.

Dr. Eamonn Keogh at UC Riverside developed a method to visualize and compare the similarity of DNA sequences of different species, like human and chimp:You often hear that Human DNA and Chimp DNA are 96% the same, bu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/visualizing-dna-sequences-from-different-species/

The Japanese Bruce Willis.

This is a competition of celebrity impersonators. The Japanese Bruce Willis faces off against a Yon-sama impersonator and wins. His re-enactment of the final scene from Die Hard 1 is hilarious. Click Play...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/the-japanese-bruce-willis/

Don't Flash Your Cash.

This is a PSA segment known as C.O.P.S. For Kids from the late 80's C.O.P.S. animated series. Big Boss and Squeeky Kleen show viewers how one must never flash his/her cash in front of the crowd with...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/dont-flash-your-cash/

Shave with the power of Gundam!

For only 980 yen you can be the owner of the Tetra K-4 MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM razor. Not only is it created in the color scheme of a mobile suit, it also has 4 high quality blades that deliver a “new typeâ€Â...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/shave-with-the-power-of-gundam/

Alien Test Tube Baby.

Forget the Cabbage Patch Kids, here's the coolest "birth" of a toy: Each alien comes in a white egg, which is lodged in a clear plastic tube. Flushing the tube with water dissolves the egg in an exciting bu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/alien-test-tube-baby/

Crime of the Century, a Top 25 List.

Time Magazine lists the Top 25 notorious crimes of the century, like the stealing of the Mona Lisa in 1911:... on Aug. 20, 1911, the space she occupied on the walls of the Louvre was discovered bare. The theft shook...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/crime-of-the-century-a-top-25-list/

Giant Gundam Lantern.

This giant 1:1 Gundam lantern is part of the Lantern Festival celebration in Taiwan! Link - via Blue's News...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/giant-gundam-lantern/

Strange Billboards.

Say No to Crack has a neat list of the top 10 strangest billboard ads, like this one for a Manhattan self-storage company: Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/05/strange-billboards/
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