In my previous post on matatus, the private buses of Nairobi, Kenya, a couple of commenters said that these vehicles don't compare to the ones in the Philippines - and boy, they were right!Here's the symbol of Filipino c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/jeepneys-philippines-blinged-out-public-transport/There's a lot of neat examples of laptop engraving out there on the Web, but Glenwood of Oslo Press decided to do one better: he added good old fashioned wood inlay to the engraved parts!http://blog.oslopress.com/?p=20 -...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/engraved-laptop-with-wood-inlay/Is Google God? The people at the Church of Google (and practitioner of "Googlism") think so, and they've even got 9 proofs of why Google is God. For example:Google remembers all. Google caches WebP...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/is-google-god-here-are-the-proofs/"I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart." - ee cummings, poet (1894-1962)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/ee-cummings-on-living-large/Our previous post on Swastika is all about how the symbol meant other things before it was co-opted by the Nazis.Neatorama reader Gitai found something else: a town In Ontario, Canada, named Swastika that refused to chan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/swastika-town-refused-to-change-name/Ever since Yayo posted the uber-guide on How to be a Scottish Fold cat, I've been trying my darnest to resist posting this YouTube clip. But I have succumbed to temptation, so here's a clip of cats taking naps inside of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/cute-alert-cats-sleeping-in-crockpots/Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd know by now that Myanmar (or Burma) is in the midst of a violent crackdown against peaceful demonstrations by monks and other citizens.Because of tight control of information...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/blogger-is-one-of-main-sources-of-info-for-myanmar-protest/It's an ad for insurance in Thailand, but that's not important. This made me cry. Push play or go to YouTube. -via BrandweekNRX...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/most-intense-commercial-ever/The 2007 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge awards are given by the National Science Foundation and the journal Science. This image is a CT scan of the structure inside the human no...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/best-science-images-of-the-year/Have you ever had the urge to play chess in the dark? Now you can! This chess set is illuminated with LEDs in the chessboard. Designed by Daan Van Tulder. http://judag.com/art-design/amazing-chess-with-led-set -via Gee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/glowing-chess-set/Joshua Budich has an extensive collection of Star Wars action figures. He made tiny pictures of each one, with a linked description, and posted it on his website. http://www.joshuabudich.com/SWCollection/ -via Metafilt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/my-star-wars-collection/Flickr user manmadepants http://www.flickr.com/photos/borrowed/ uploaded this photo with the story that explains it. I swear on my life this is 100% real. I was walking down the street looking for stuff to photogr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/lounge-lizard/I don't know what was more amazing--the fact that this guy kicked butt on piano, or the fact that (lo these MANY years after playing it,) I still remember exactly which levels these pieces were from... Push Play o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/28/doom-soundtrack-on-piano/Someone has gone and mounted a birdcage inside a fish tank, do you call it a fishcage or a birdtank? http://m3.picsdown.com/piles/?s=fishcage...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/the-birdtank/Oops! The Navy's Coronado amphibious base and barracks, built in the 1960s, actually look like a giant swastika from the sky - as recently discovered by Google Earth.Now, the US Navy is going to spend as much as $600,000...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/navys-barracks-looks-like-giant-swastika-from-the-air/If you're ever in Nairobi, Kenya, you'll see a fleet of private buses and old vans called the matatu ("tatu" is "three" in Swahili, the original fare in shillings). Each bus or van is "b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/mutatu-private-bus-in-kenya/Following up on Miss C's recent post of strange deaths, here's one suggested by Alistair Strachan of Fortean Times, the case of a misplaced faith and atheist lion!A man shouting "God will save me if he exists&qu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/strange-death-misguided-faith-and-atheist-lion/Masayuki Sumida and colleague at the Hiroshima University, Japan, had created a frog with transparent skin!The researchers say the see-through frogs can help in the study of diseases and in the development of medical...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/transparent-frog/Images: superlocal (left) and shezzz (right), both from FlickrThat's the tornado potato, a new snack found on the streets of Seoul, South Korea: take a spud and carve it into a long spiral and deep fry it to a crisp. Yum...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/tornado-potato/"Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States." - John Bartlett Brebner, Canadian historian (1895-1957)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/brebner-on-usa-and-canada/Firefox sure has a devoted user base, some of whom go through great lengths and cost to promote the open source browser. Take for instance Nathan Lineback of Toasty Tech, who made pencils with Firefox logo and give 'em o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/firefox-pencils/PC World has a gallery with some amazing images from Google Sky. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137265-page,1-c,internettools/article.html - via LinkNotes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/most-spectacular-google-sky-sights/The ingenuity of College and University students continues to amaze me again and again. So, what have the kids at Dordt College in Iowa done that is unique? Well, how about a mural completely created from Post-It N...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/calvin-and-hobbes-post-it-note-mural/Behold the 17 lb (7.75 kg) baby born to a Siberian woman in Russia!A Siberian woman who gave birth to her 12th child - doing more than her fair share to stem Russia's population decline - was stunned to find that lit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/17-lb-baby-born-to-a-russian-woman/Two criminals, believed to be women, went into and robbed a Pittsburgh suburb gas station dressed as ninjas! Their weapon? Swords, of course!Link [YouTube] - via Fortean Times...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/ninjas-robbed-a-gas-station/American media mogul Ted Turner owns more than 2 million acres of land in 7 states. He owns nearly 2% of the state of New Mexico. Combined, his land is larger than the state of Delaware....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/trivia-ted-turner-the-land-baron/We've featured Janus, the two-headed turtle before on Neatorama, but this one is slightly different: this mutant turtle is joined in the butt! Jay Jacobi, the shop's exotic reptile manager, said: "The two heads...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/is-it-a-turtle-with-two-heads-or-two-turtles-with-one-butt/When Crystal Adams and James Chandler's mobile home caught on fire, the quick-thinking couple grabbed their pet dog and fled. But they left their young boy inside!Police said the firefighters learned that the boy was...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/home-caught-on-fire-so-couple-grabbed-dog-but-forgot-boy/Only my second day of authoring posts here at Neatorama - thanks Alex - and I'm already doing self-promotion. Here's a spoof ad gallery I put up as a bit of fun at my ad agency site. Non-North Americans may not get t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/headon-spoofs/Clever macro photography of backlit oil and ink mixed together. (Presumably water too.) flickr set by Paritosh Narayan here...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/27/oil-and-ink-abstracts/
