The Roots of Breakdance
(YouTube link) Soviet dancers backed by “It’s Like That” by Run DMC. -via Digg...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/18/the-roots-of-breakdance/Archive for May 2008
Amputee to Swim 10K in Beijing
If South African runner Oscar Pistorius qualifies for the Olympics, he won’t be the only South African amputee competing in Beijing. Last month, Natalie Du Toit made the Olympic team in the new 10K Open Water Swimming...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/18/amputee-to-swim-10k-in-beijing/Man on a Hot Tin Roof
(LiveLeak link) Don't keep putting off your termite inspection! -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/18/man-on-a-hot-tin-roof/Modern Moonshine
Homemade whiskey is still illegal in all 50 states and most countries, but the craft is making a comeback. This time around, it’s a geek hobby instead of a moneymaking venture, with a focus on quality as opposed to qua...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/17/modern-moonshine/Like Regular Reality, Only a Lot Less Troubling
The world is a difficult place; there are just way too many things to worry about, from saving the environment to staying politically engaged, to maintaining bodily functions through eating food and drinking water. Why b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/17/like-regular-reality-only-a-lot-less-troubling/Troglodyte homunculus
I've successfully resisted the temptation to post one of the Bill O'Reilly meltdown videos that have been popping up this week - until now. This one is the funniest of them by far, selon moi, and I simply have...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/troglodyte-homunculus/'Bladerunner' Wins Appeal
Double amputee Oscar Pistorius (featured previously at Neatorama) has won an appeal and will compete to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. The 21-year-old, who runs on specially adapted carbon fibre blades after hav...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/bladerunner-wins-appeal/Steve Job's and 6 Other Memorable Commencement Addresses
Dear graduating students, Our pal mental_floss has a neat post about the 7 Memorable Commencement Addresses, just in case yours isn't really up to par. For example, here's Steve Job's address to Stanford University's cla...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/steve-jobs-and-6-other-memorable-commencement-addresses/Crazy Raspberry Ants Eat Electronics
First it was killer bees, then Argentine ants ... Now, welcome our electronic-eating ant overlords: It sounds like the plot of a farfetched science fiction movie. Unfortunately for the residents of Texas, it is very...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/crazy-raspberry-ants-eat-electronics/The Best Invention Since Peanut Butter
Here's the best invention since, well, sliced bread and peanut butter: Easy PB&J Jar by Sherwood Forlee:Peanut Butter: it's the greatest invention ever. The only downside to it, though, is the jar that it comes i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-best-invention-since-peanut-butter/Chevy Ads Made Fun of Citroën's Transfomer Car
Do you remember the ads featuring the Citroën C4 car as a dancing Transformer? Well, Chevy just made fun of it in their new ad for the Aveo: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via DropKick MonkeyPreviously on Neator...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/chevy-ads-made-fun-of-citrons-transfomer-car/Solution to High Gas Prices: Your Own Backyard Ethanol Brewer?
Tired of paying through the nose at the gas pump? A company called E-Fuel Corporation is offering a backyard ethanol brewer that can produce up to 35 gallons of ethanol a week that you can pump directly into your car:*em...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/solution-to-high-gas-prices-your-own-backyard-ethanol-brewer/Jet vs. Train: Which is faster from London to Paris?
Two reporters for the UK's Telegraph news organization raced one another from Big Ben to the Eiffel Tower, one traveling via the fast Eurostar train and the other flying via Heathrow and Charles de Gaulle. Who wins?...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/jet-vs-train-which-is-faster-from-london-to-paris/No stealing bases at graduation!
21-year-old William Lopez was ejected from his graduation ceremony Thursday at Yankee Stadium. New York University held its commencement at the ballpark because of construction at Washington Square Park. The students wer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/no-stealing-bases-at-graduation/NANA Saver
Here’s a gadget that will keep a half of a banana fresh. NANA Saver™ Banana Holder Eliminates waste so you can enjoy half now, and half later. Keeps a sliced banana fresher, longer by reducing exposure to air....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/nana-saver/The Ampersand
Among blogs with very specific subjects, this is one of the most focused. It’s a blog dedicated to the ampersand, the typographical character for “and”. I like the ampersand. I think it is often the most attra...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/5 Classics Written Under the Influence
Many writers seek extreme experiences, including getting drunk / high / ecstatic / wasted / buzzed. And while we're not exactly advocating altered states here, it did seem to take the edge off...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/5-classics-written-under-the-influence/Close Encounter of the Elephant Kind
This is why you should always get the extra insurance when renting a car to go on an African safari:"My sister and I drove in our Golf behind them. We saw a group of elephants and started taking photos when we s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/close-encounter-of-the-elephant-kind/Money Ads
Brazilian newspaper Gazeta Mercantil's "Understand the real value of money" print ad uses shocking images of money to tout the newspaper's analysis of the financial market, as well as political and social event...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/money-ads/Trivia: The "Losingest" National Soccer Team in History
The Sark National Football Team, nicknamed "The Bad Lions" is the "losingest" national soccer team in history.The Sark national football team represented the island of Sark in the International Island...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/trivia-the-losingest-national-soccer-team-in-history/Remember To Take Off Your Mask When Entering the Bank
Non-holiday masks, are okay! Found at Russell [Flickr]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/remember-to-take-off-your-mask-when-entering-the-bank/Quote: Jef Raskin on Exploding Shoes and Computers
"Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining." - Jef Raskin, computer scientist (started the M...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/quote-jef-raskin-on-exploding-shoes-and-computers/Fantastic Photo of a Volcanic Lightning Storm
Photo: Carlos Gutierrez/UPI/Landov Not only is Chile's long dormant Chaitén volcano now erupting, but it is creating some amazing volcanic lightning storms. All I can think of when I see the picture is "wow"*/em...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/fantastic-photo-of-a-volcanic-lightning-storm/10 Optical Illusions in 2 Minutes
Ooh, this is an excellent viral video clip ad by Samsung: 10 optical illusions in 2 minutes. The dino robot alone is worth it! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Elijah Jones!If you like the dino robot, y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/15/10-optical-illusions-in-2-minutes/Yves "Fusion Man" Rossy Jet-Powered Wing Flight
A while ago, we posted about Yves Rossy, a former Swiss military pilot that jumps out of airplanes with a jetpack.But this clip that is making its round on the InterWeb is so darned cool that we have to feature it again....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/15/yves-fusion-man-rossy-jet-powered-wing-flight/Girl Scout Sold 17,328 Boxes of Cookies!
Meet Jennifer Sharpe, a 15-year-old girl scout who sold an astonishing 17,328 boxes of cookies by setting up shop on a street corner:"Make a goal, and don't give up on it. Keep working for it, and one of these d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/15/girl-scout-sold-17328-boxes-of-cookies/Skin Disease or Dungeons and Dragons Character?
In today’s Lunchtime Quiz from mental_floss, you are given a nonsense word (or at least that’s what they seem to be), and you decide whether it’s a character from Dungeons and Dragons or a skin disease. Although...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/15/skin-disease-or-dungeons-and-dragons-character/Eugenics
In addition to natural selection, Charles Darwin referred to artificial selection, meaning the process of breeding domestic animals to select for desirable traits. His cousin Sir Francis Galton said this principle could...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/15/eugenics/The Something Store
Send ten dollars to the Something Store and they will send you ...something. You don’t know what it will be, but hey, it’s only ten dollars! It maybe something you need, something you want or something you desir...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/15/the-something-store/Voice of Bart Simpson
On Australian's weekly television talk show Rove Live, hosted by Rove McManus, he speaks with Nancy Cartwright who is famous for the voice of Bart Simpson. In the interview, she also impersonates does other charactor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/15/voice-of-bart-simpson/
