Wake Up!
[http://youtu.be/w0ffwDYo00Q] This animation exactly captures the essence of a cat. Push play or go to YouTube. -Thanks, Bill! Update: The title of this is Cat Man Do, and the ani...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/17/wake-up/Archive for October 2007
Dog Survives Fire by Hiding in Tub
Debbie Credidio’s dog Jackson is a three-year-old Newfoundland who often hung out in the family’s bathroom to keep cool. When fire broke out in the morning at Credidio's Farmingville house, Jackson jumped into...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/17/dog-survives-fire-by-hiding-in-tub/Bad Day at Work
This clerk seems to be keeping an eye on things in his store, but someone sneaks up on him anyway! Push play or go to Live Leak. -via Miniature Brainwave...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/17/bad-day-at-work/Cannonball Run
Alex Roy and Dave Maher have set a new record for driving across the US. They covered 2,795 miles from New York to Los Angeles in 31 hours and 4 minutes, beating the previous record of 32 hours and 7 minutes. This was Ro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/17/cannonball-run/Tattoos for the Blind
The Braille Tattoo, designed by Klara Jirkova (a student at the University of the Arts Berlin), is a series of implantable surgical steel, titanium, or medical plastic that's placed under the skin. The tattoo can then...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/17/tattoos-for-the-blind/The World's (Un)Luckiest Man
The following is reprinted from Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader book. Frane Selak. Image: 1dir1.orgIs he lucky ... or unlucky? You decide. THE S...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/17/the-worlds-unluckiest-man/Push Button "Pop-Up" Coffee Shop
People have been tinkering with using shipping containers as the ultimate idea of a portable home for a long time. Artist and architect Adam Kalkin took it one step further: he created a "push button" store, sp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/push-button-pop-up-coffee-shop/Dance Shoes for Father and Daughter
I love these shoes by Finnish artists Huopaliike Lahtinen and Haraldin kenkä. Titled Tanssitossut or Dance Shoes, they are meant to be worn by a father and a young daughter for dancing together!Link - T...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/dance-shoes-for-father-and-daughter/Interview with Oliver Sacks: How Music Can Trigger and Soothe Neurological Diseases
Jacob Goldstein of Wall Street Journal interviewed neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks about his new book "Musicophilia."The book is about how music can trigger symptoms of neurological disease and help ease...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/interview-with-oliver-sacks-how-music-can-trigger-and-soothe-neurological-diseases/New Marine Species Discovered in the Celebes Sea
US and Philippine scientists probing the deep Celebes Sea discovered some new and pretty unusual marine species:One was a sea cucumber that is nearly transparent which could swim by bending its elongated body. Anothe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/new-marine-species-discovered-in-the-celebes-sea/6-Year-Old Girl's Chalk Drawing: Art or Graffiti?
Six-year-old Natalie Shea of Brooklyn is facing threat of fine from the city for ... drawing a pretty picture with sidewalk chalk!Here's a Big Brother story for you:A 6-year-old Park Slope girl is facing a $300 fine from...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/6-year-old-girls-chalk-drawing-art-or-graffiti/Blue Angels Over San Francisco Bay: How Low Can You Go?
This awesome photo is of a US Navy Blue Angels jet flying low on the water of San Francisco Bay - check out the sonic boom (?) as the jet flies amidst sail boats.Link - via Cellar Image of the Day (great discussion, incl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/blue-angels-over-san-francisco-bay-how-low-can-you-go/Love, Sex, and Marriage with Robot Inevitable, Said AI Researcher
Artificial intelligence researcher David Levy at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands has bold predictions: "My forecast is that around 2050, the state of Massachusetts will be the first jurisdiction...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/love-sex-and-marriage-with-robot-inevitable-said-ai-researcher/Mac II Couch
Behold the Macintosh II Couch in a Mac Store in Missouri:A couch constructed from 20 Macintosh II computers at the Mac Store in Maryland Heights, Missouri. It's strong enough to sit upon (since the boxes were built t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/mac-ii-couch/Greatest Hubble Photos
National Geographics has a neat feature of the twenty-five greatest photos of the universe, taken by Hubble Space Telescope in its 17 years in service. This one is the Red Rectangle, a protoplanetary nebula in the conste...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/greatest-hubble-photos/Quote: Khalil Gibran on Truth
"Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather say, 'I have found a truth.'" - Khalil Gibran, poet and writer (1883-1931)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/quote-khalil-gibran-on-truth/Lomographers rejoice!
Old-school hipster lomographers are drooling over limited edition White Stripes lomography camera kits - the JACK and the MEG. Each comes with its own custom retro plastic Holga camera and an assortment of accessories...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/lomographers-rejoice/Baby Porcupine Eats a Banana
This baby porcupine (also called porcupet) eats a banana. You'll hear tiny squeaks--those are hiccups! mother was killed when she was hit by a car and he was cared for by licensed wildlife rehabilitator Gail Buh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/baby-porcupine-eats-a-banana/Ron de Jong's Switchbike
Martijn of Freshcreations wrote to us:During Holland Innovation I ran into an incredible bike made by Ron de Jong: the Switchbike. The bicycle can be used in two different settings: 1) as a regular city bike...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/ron-de-jongs-switchbike/Masking Tape Art
BUFF diss is an Australian street artist who makes scenes with masking tape! This wall is ready for a show called BUFF diss vs. the Queen beginning Thursday at the Bus Gallery in Melbourne. See more works at h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/masking-tape-art/Gallery Of Modified Pez Dispensers
Big gallery here. Via Urban Retro Lifestyle....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/gallery-of-modified-pez-dispensers/Slinkachu's Tiny People Art Project
Oh no, the framed photograph fell on .... teeny tiny people? Take a look at this art installation by Slinkachu, and see what happened at the scene of the accident (warning: fake little figures blood and gore). LinkPrevio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/slinkachus-tiny-people-art-project/Designer Cinder Blocks
Loom Studio turned boring ol' cinder blocks into a chic designer material which when assembled gives a 3D wall effect by giving them 12 new shapes. This one above, called the egg block looks an excellent site for nesting...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/designer-cinder-blocks/Mozart and Bond Music
Duo classical musicians Aleksey Igusman and Richard Hyung-Ki Joo performs something fun for us: a mix between Mozart and James Bond!Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | The pair's official website - Thanks kaiserandi!*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/mozart-and-bond-music/Optical Illusion: Which Way is She Spinning?
Here's a neat optical illusion, go to this website and stare at the dancer. Is she rotating clockwise or counter-clockwise? And can you change it at will?She appears to rotate clockwise to me, but if I focus elsewhere, a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/optical-illusion-which-way-is-she-spinning/The Boy Who's Allergic to (Almost) All Food
Meet Tylor Savage, a 12-year-old boy who has to eat the same thing every day (chicken or tuna with carrots and potatoes, apples and grapes) because he is allergic to almost every food:By the time he was 10, TylorR...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/the-boy-whos-allergic-to-almost-all-food/Funny Money: Strange currencies of the world.
Since the beginning of trade, communities have experimented with exchange mediums. These may seem strange now, but they made sense to someone at the time and place they were in use. Rai stones. (image credit: Eric Gu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/16/funny-money-strange-currencies-of-the-world/Photoshop Your Car For Your Kids.
If you have small children, you've almost certainly seen the Disney-Pixar movie Cars. The Subaru Impreza Owners Club forum has a great Photoshop tutorial on how to make your car look like it belongs in the movie. I...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/15/photoshop-your-car-for-your-kids/All we are saying...
Slate has a nice collection of photos from anti-Vietnam war demonstrations in 1969. I think I saw Carruthers in one pic trying to untangle his love beads from his beard. Link....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/15/all-we-are-saying/A papal visit from beyond the grave?
Did a bonfire lit in Poland as part of a celebration honoring the late Pope John Paul's memory set the scene for a magic papal visit from beyond the grave? Some say yes. You be the judge. Link....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/15/a-papal-visit-from-beyond-the-grave/
