Subway Goddess Monserrat Maria of Santiago, Chile has been brightening the commutes of some of her fellow passengers by performing pole dances in crowded subway trains. YouTube....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/12/the-subway-goddess/Yes, gang. The "Will it Blend?" guy apparently placed his brand new iPhone 3G into one of his incredible blenders and vaporized it for all of us to enjoy. I'm not sure what to think. YouTube....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/12/will-it-blend-iphone3g/Swordfight, just another day in the life of a college student of yore ... Yes, that's tennis as it was played in 1600 CEBibliOdyssey blog has some nice scans of "Illustrissimi Wirtembergici Ducalis Novi Collegis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/12/good-really-really-old-days-of-college/Strange Carafes are a set of wine decanter made by French sculptor Etienne Meneau. The intricate glass carafes hold one bottle of wine and go for as much as 5,000 2,200 Euros. All I want to know is: how do you wash them?...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/12/strange-carafes-by-etienne-meneau/That's right: you're looking at high heel shoes for babies age 0 to 6 months. They're "crib shoes" by Heelarious, and it'll only set you back $35 to make your little princess look fab-yu-lous!Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/12/high-heel-shoes-for-babies/Art: Patrick Dougherty, Photo: Paul KodamaWe've posted Patrick Dougherty's "branchwork" art before, where he makes fantastic sculptures and huts (for lack of a better word) from saplings, branches, and twigs -...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/12/patrick-doughertys-branchwork-art/Oh, how I <3 Engrish - this particular one, titled "Oh Mickey Please!" is a favorite. Guys, remember what Mickey said "It's time to be cool like a boy" and "nonviolence is a weapon of the stro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/12/oh-mickey-please/(YouTube link) A Peruvian Rescue and rehabilitation team trains sea lions to reentry into the wild using unique methods. This video shows the astonishing bond that can develop between man and animal. From B...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/talking-with-sea-lions/Flowing Data has a map showing the spread of Wal*Mart stores from 1964 to the present (but only in the United States). You can zoom in or out while the video runs. The burst of new locations at the very end is for prop...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/the-spread-of-walmart/Here's something to watch on a loop repeatedly at work. This awesome video shows the non-Newtonian properties of cornstarch mixed with water and placed on top of a subwoofer. Eerie isn't it? It's as if the "weird"...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/dancing-liquid/Great parody! Watch and learn. YouTube....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/jamie-lynn-spears-raps-about-reproduction/(YouTube link) Marketing to scientists is a cutthroat business. You’ve got to put some imagination into convincing them that they need an expensive new piece of equipment. Eppendorf International rose to the occasio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/its-called-epmotion/Parcel Post Service was inaugurated in the US in 1913. Soon after, Mr. W. H. Coltharp wanted to build a new bank building in Vernal, Utah. He needed 80,000 bricks that were made about 120 miles away. The freight costs...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/the-bank-that-was-sent-by-mail/D. Billy is a graffiti artist who uses balloons and streamers to make an everyday scene into something special. I particularly liked this fire hydrant! See more at And I Am Not Lying. Link -Thanks, Jeff! *s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/balloon-graffiti/Guest of a Guest has a photo gallery of the elaborate topiary and sculptures created for the Beijing Olympic Gardens. Some of them are easy to decipher; others will make you scratch your head wondering what they mean....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/beijing-olympic-gardens-topiary/I walked into the room where my wife was watching the American program So You Think You Can Dance - sort of an American Idol for dancers as opposed to singers. To my amazement, one of the American teams, Joshua and Ka...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/bollywood-on-american-pop-television/Christoph Niemann's sons Arthur, 5, and Gustav, 3, are obsessed with the New York City subway system - so he decided to draw a set of illustrations depicting their love for and adventures on the subway train! A chap...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/artists-children-obsessed-with-ny-subway/Things may be looking up for Pluto, which got stripped of its planetary status two years ago. Astronomers are going to name distant bodies of its size "plutoids": From now on all similar distant bodies in t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/plutoid-is-back-baby/What do you get when you cross an egg holder and an executive toy? This Newton's Cradle for eggs, titled "Newton's Breakfast" by David Asher Wilson.KithKin has the larger pic: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/newtons-breakfast-newtons-cradle-with-eggs/Here's something new that I learned today: horses can benefit from using nasal strips!From the website of Flair Equine Nasal Strips:FLAIR Strips support the nasal passages during exercise and improve the horse’...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/nasal-strips-for-horses/Jeweler and Silversmith Kathryn Hinton created some very interesting tableware, like this fork that lets you "brand" your food with the word "FORK." Dezeen blog has more examples of her fantastic work...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/11/spelled-out-flatware-by-kathryn-hinton/(YouTube link) Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy Blog explains Saturn's rings. You can't see the rings with the naked eye, but you can see Saturn. To the unaided eye, Saturn doesn’t look like much. It appears to be j...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/10/saturns-rings/Neatorama reader Sarah Lustberg spotted this brilliant idea on her way to work in East Village, New York City: a gumball machine selling "ideas" for 50¢ each! Too bad she didn't buy one ... Thanks Sara...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/10/best-idea-ever-gumball-machine-sells-ideas/In 1992, Disney announced that it would plant trees in Florida to give something back to the area - so they planted 50,000 pine trees ... in the shape of Mickey Mouse!See Mickey's Forest and other fascinating bird's eye...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/10/mickeys-forest-and-other-fascinating-birds-eye-view-of-florida/Wonder why the iPod is so expensive as compared to other MP3 players? Well, sure - it looks and works great - but is quality necessarily the main driving force behind its high prices?Perhaps not. Here's an article in Pop...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/10/why-ipods-are-so-expensive-secret-apple-tax/Neatorama reader Hunter Wright was impressed by the Beer Scooter video posted yesterday. He did some further research and found this page from 2002 explaining Bacchus' Beer Scooter. How many times have you woken up...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/10/bacchus-beer-scooter/(Dayrobber link) Neatorama and Dayrobber present episode #3 of The Neatorama Show. I may be starting to get the hang of this, but I still need your input. Future episodes should feature some travel footage, as I am lo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/10/the-neatorama-show-3/Scientists in Argentina are studying the effect of methane produced by livestock on global warming. To measure the amount of gas produced by cows, animals have been outfitted with pink tanks to collect their farts! *e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/10/collecting-cow-farts/I've said before that as much as we enjoy a happy ending, it's the movies with the not-so-happy endings that we remember the most. Not all the 20 movies in The End: the best movie endings ever, from E.T. to Casablanca fr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/10/the-best-movie-endings/An onomatopoeia {wiki} is a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing, suggesting its source object, such as "click," "bunk", "clang," "buzz," "bang," or animal noises such as "oink", "slurp"...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/10/las-onomatopeyas/
