Evil Look
(YouTube link) The only thing cuter than a laughing baby is a laughing baby that gives you the Evil Look. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/evil-look/Archive for December 2007
Christmas Wax
Enjoy a collection of mp3s of Christmas music recorded on wax in the early 20th century. This includes music from the Edison Concert Band and the Edison Mixed Quartet. Eddie Cantor's rendition of The Only Thing I Wan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/christmas-wax/Lost Season 4 is coming in February 2008!
Here's a mediocre trailer for the new season on YouTube. According to the Wikipedia article on Lost, it looks like there are at least eight finished episodes "in the can" for Season 4 out of sixteen episodes anticipat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/lost-season-4-is-coming-in-february-2008/Laser Gunship Revealed
Boeing has taken the first step in making the laser gunship a reality by installing the weapon on a C-130H. Boeing completed the laser installation Dec. 4 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The laser, including its maj...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/laser-gunship-revealed/Disappearing Car Door
The original inventors and designers of the exciting Disappearing Car Door technology are now in a position to equip your favorite automobile with a cool, sexy, safe and convenient automatic door. The vehicle arch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/disappearing-car-door/Woman's Miraculous Recovery Stuns Husband & Doctors
One Saturday in May, Ryan Finley tried to wake up his wife Jill but she wouldn't wake up. The 31-year-old woman had gone into cardiac arrest in her sleep and fell into a coma. After she was rushed to the hospital, do...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/womans-miraculous-recovery-stuns-husband-doctors/Not Your Grandma's Kitchen Timer
Looking for a quirky stocking stuffer for your favorite cook? Look no further than Design*Sponge's handy guide to funky kitchen timers. I actually had (and loved) the tape measure timer above until my husband broke it....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/not-your-grandmas-kitchen-timer/Dribble of Snail.
For that hard-to-buy-for someone -- Baba de caracol, translated by the manufacturer as "dribble of snail."The studies have verified that the dribble of snail allows to prevent and to eliminate wrinkle...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/dribble-of-snail/The Politics of Philosophical Destruction
[YouTube Link] A vicious attack ad against Immanuel Kant. 56 sec. Hat tip: Ace of Spades HQ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/the-politics-of-philosophical-destruction/Man Plans To Jump From Helicopter And Land Without Using Parachute
Jeb Corliss has leaped from buildings and other places in a single bound. Now, he plans to do it without the aid of a parachute. Corliss, who is a base jumper, has made jumps in 16 countries and five contents, mo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/man-plans-to-jump-from-helicopter-and-land-without-using-parachute/Oklahoma Ice Storm
Large chunks of ice fall from an antenna during the Oklahoma ice storm. Look at the end of the clip and see the damage it made to someone’s vehicle. Source: YoutubeIce, storm...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/oklahoma-ice-storm/What is It? Game 48
This week's collaboration with What is it? Blog brings us this strange contraption: can you guess what it is? (No, it's not a tweezer for an extra large nose).Place your guess in the comment section - no...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/what-is-it-game-48/Giant Glass of Beer
When you promise your spouse that you'll only have one glass of beer, with this giant 5-for-1 beer glass technically you're still keeping your word!The giant glass holds 60 ounces of liquid. That's 5 cans of bee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/giant-glass-of-beer/Zeus Lightning Bolt Letter Opener
Don't just meekly open your mails, rip 'em up like a god (or goddess) with this Zeus lightning bolt letter opener! You can even take out your agression at some junk mail like the gods on Mount Olympus ...Made by Greece i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/zeus-lightning-bolt-letter-opener/Scans of Vintage Christmas Catalogs
WishbookWeb has a fantastic collection of vintage Christmas catalog scanned for your browsing enjoyment!Available are old Ward, Sears, Spiegel, and JC Penney Christmas catalogs from the 1940s through the 1980s.Link - via...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/scans-of-vintage-christmas-catalogs/Chrissie Macdonald's Catalog Art
What to do with all those unwanted catalogs you got as junk mail? Well, Chrissie Macdonald turned hers into artwork!Link (Photo by John Short) - via Core 77If you like this, you'll probably like Jen Stark's Paper Artwork...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/chrissie-macdonalds-catalog-art/Quote: Jack Handey on Criticism
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes." - Jack Handey, comedian (1949 - )...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/quote-jack-handey-on-criticism/Super Mario Bros. "Power Up" Energy Drink
Yes, that's a Super Mario energy drink called "Power Up," spotted last year by Flickr user Scuzzi during a Nintendo World event in Manhattan, New York.What does it taste like? Apparently, raspberry (no, not mus...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/super-mario-bros-power-up-energy-drink/Phone Booth Aquarium
Image: nicolasnova [Flickr]Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino turned a phone booth into an aquarium as part of Fête des lumieres 2007 (Light Festival) in Lyon, France.http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/12/10/aq...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/phone-booth-aquarium/Rent-a-Cat
Cat lovers in Tokyo, Japan, who are unable to own pets because of housing regulations can rent one instead at Cat Cafe Calico:Visitors to Calico pay 800 yen an hour or 2,000 yen for three hours in a big room where 14...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/rent-a-cat/Toyota Built a Violin-Playing Robot
Itzhak Perlman watch out! Toyota has created a robot that can play the violin:The new personal robot is a part of Toyota’s Global Vision 2020. The 152-centimeters (5-foot) tall two-legged robot is capable of pl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/toyota-built-a-violin-playing-robot/Roadkill Stuffed Animal
Adam Arber and friends started their own unique brand of stuffed animal company: they specialize in roadkills!The very first stuffed animal available for sale (£25) is Twitch the Raccoon. Besides the bulging, blood...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/roadkill-stuffed-animal/Toilet Paper Typography
The clever folks at Typeworkshop created this typography using toilet papers (the word they've chosen to spell is, ... well, obvious!). It's part of a workshop called Zigzag Zombie in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Particip...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/toilet-paper-typography/Aganetha Dyck's Beehive Artwork
Artist Aganetha Dyck "collaborated" with bees to create her artwork: she installed found objects and figurines into living beehives where they were incorporated into the hive by the bees and later retrieved as...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/13/aganetha-dycks-beehive-artwork/Dear Mr. President
From the movie Walk Hard which is coming out December 21, 2007. YouTube....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/12/dear-mr-president/Cooties
(YouTube link) A public service announcement for kids. -via Viral Video Chart...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/12/cooties/Bill Gates Snowglobe
Geek Culture is offering assemble-it-yourself snowglobe kits. One of the several scenes available is the Bill Gates snowglobe. The floating bits are gold coins and green bills! Link -via Gizmodo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/12/bill-gates-snowglobe/Two Forks, One Cup
(Break.com link) I watched the video and read the comments at Living the Scientific Life, but I still don’t know how this trick works. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/12/two-forks-one-cup/Fluorescent Cats
Neatorama has posted several stories about animals that produce fluorescent proteins after gene splicing. Now South Korean scientists have produced cloned cats that produce RFP (Red Fluorescent Protein). The cats glow in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/12/fluorescent-cats/Mike Huckabee's message to Iowa
Before anyone gets too excited, this is satire. Remember that. Thanks! YouTube....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/12/mike-huckabees-message-to-iowa/
