This week's collaboration with What is it? blog brings us this strange object. Can you guess what it is for?Place your guess in the comment section. No prize this week, so you're playing for fame and glo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/25/what-is-it-game-76/So, unless you've been living under a rock you'll know that the Bush administration is asking for $700 billion to bailout Wall Street. The need is urgent as "the entire economy is in danger", said President Bus...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/should-we-bail-out-wall-street/A Russian woman and a Lebanese man were put on trial in Dubai for ... drinking orange juice! In accordance with the Federal Penal Code of the United Arab Emirates, a public intake of food and beverages during daytime...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/fined-for-drinking-juice-in-public/Otherwise, don't bother him, mmkay? via Digg...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/when-to-call-todd/WebUrbanist has a really neat post combining two topics close to my heart: cakes and geekiness! Until we have Smell-O-Vision on the Web, you have to settle with feasting your eyes on the Rubik's Cube cake, the Star Trek...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/geeky-cakes-collection-at-weburbanist/Technorati, the mother of all blog search engines, has just released its annual State of the Blogosphere report. The 2008 report spans 5 different posts in 5 days and includes juicy bits like how much money bloggers are...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/technoratis-state-of-the-blogosphere-2008/Photo: Moogieland [Flickr]Moogie of Moogie & Pap blog made some cupcakes for a clubhouse poolside party to celebrate the end of summer. The cupcakes look positively yummy ... in a morbid sort of way!In addition t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/shark-attack-cupcakes/Talking 'bout sharks, last year a Malaysian fisherman reeled in a shark with webbed feet:Mary Looi, 48, said she only realised the shark was different when she wanted to cook tomyam fish for lunch for her family.*/em...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/shark-with-legs/Photo: Robert B. HaasJust how awesome is this: National Geographic photographer Robert B. Haas captured this aerial photo of a flock of flamingo birds shaped like a giant flamingo!Link to the larger pic - Thanks Mari...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/a-flamingo-made-of-flamingos/It’s really hard to escape from prison… right? Well, maybe nowadays. But before experience and technology allowed prisons to become the fortresses they are today, it wasn’t as difficult as all that. At least, th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/three-guys-who-make-prison-escapes-look-like-childs-play/This YouTube clip of Nintendo Wii's Wario Land video game starts out just like any other YouTube clip ... but it sure doesn't end that way! Wait for it .... wait for it ... http://www.youtube.com/experiencewii...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/wario-land-youtube-ad/I don't know whether this is sweet irony or simply a crime. Perhaps it's both. Here's what happened: when a bunch of street artists displayed their artwork in Sao Paulo's Choque Cultural Gallery, a bunch of Pixadores (th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/street-artists-art-gasp-vandalized/We've all thought about it while flying, "what if the pilot and copilot are somehow knocked out and it's up to us to land the plane?" (Well, it's the plot of many a movies anyhow!)The Art of Manliness has the h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/how-to-land-a-plane-a-diy-guide/Bill Dan is an artist from San Francisco, California, who has a truly amazing knack of balancing rocks. His "rock garden" creations look impossible, yet as this YouTube video shows, Bill made it look so darned...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/bill-dan-rock-artist-extraordinaire/Psst, guys! Are you having trouble attracting ladies? Debrett, a publisher considered by many to be the last word on traditional British etiquette, may have just what you need: an all-in-one guide to romance from what ki...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/an-etiquette-book-on-how-to-attract-the-ladies/A LiveJournal site (in Russian) has a collection of pictures of intricately-detailed miniature war scenes, originally found on a Japanese site. If you can translate any information on this for me, I'd appreciate it! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/miniature-war-scenes/(YouTube link) A simulation of worldwide air traffic over 24 hours, from the AirTraffic team at ZHAW School of Engineering. Link -Thanks, cgredan! ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/global-air-traffic/Next year, the design on the US penny will change for the first time in 50 years. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the US Mint will replace the Lincoln Memorial on the back to four diffe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/new-lincoln-pennies/(YouTube link) NIST’s conducts its nanosoccer competitions and demonstrations in conjunction with RoboCup, an international organization dedicated to using the game of soccer as a testing ground for the robotics...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/nanosoccer/The following is an article from The Best of The Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.Product names don't necessarily reflect the truth of the products. Ever heard of Corinthian Leather? Think New Jerse...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/24/whats-in-a-product-name-why-deception-of-course/(YouTube link) Mercury thiocyanide {wiki} is the chemical once used in the fireworks called "snakes". Burning it produces poisonous mercury vapors. So don't try this at home! -via the Presurfer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/mercury-thiocyanide/Research on the "geography of personality" finds that certain regions of the US correlate with certain personality traits. Some of these traits feed into stereotypes; others don't. Even after controlling for variab...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/regional-personalities/Travel through the Gobi desert in Mongolia, and you might have an opportunity to stay at the Three Camel Lodge. You will stay in one of thirty gers (tents) made of felt and wood, and pay only around $300 a night. This...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/weird-asian-hotels/[YouTube - Link] OK, either this is the most dedicated radio announcer in Greece or I'm being taken for a ride and this is a viral marketing video. I would love to have our Greek speaking audience translate what mu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/the-show-must-go-on/The Idaho Vandals Cheerleaders, before and after the costume change. The volleyball jersey is a temporary uniform till the newer, more modest uniforms are ready. Photos: Larry Johnson / GoVandals.netAfter spectators comp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/cheerleaders-ditched-uniforms-because-theyre-too-skimpy/Photo: CATERS NEWSA mysterious artist dubbed the "Pic-glasso" by residents of Stourbridge, England, has been taking empty milk bottles from doorsteps and then returning them with elaborate etched pictures!T...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/pic-glasso-strikes-again-art-on-empty-milk-bottles/When I went to Cal, I used to shop at the Berkeley Bowl (whenever I could find parking). So it's a pleasant surprise to find the quirky market featured in the Los Angeles Times. Here's what John M. Glionna wrote about th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/the-quirky-wonderful-market-that-is-the-berkeley-bowl/Photo: Rick StevensHidden in the rugged hills of Arnhem, Australia, are stunning Aboriginal rock carvings that depict the history of Aboriginal contact with outsiders - from sailing ships to 19th-century steamships and e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/rock-carvings-document-the-secret-history-of-aboriginal-contact-with-outsiders/When Buffy the chicken lost all of her feathers, staff at the animal rescue center knitted her a sweater to keep warm!Deputy manager Emma Phillips has become Buffy's "foster mum" and keeps the hen in a luxu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/featherless-chicken-wears-a-sweater-to-keep-warm/Caroline Hayes, 63, befriended a homeless pig she named Bruce and even nursed it back to health. And what did she get for her troubles? The pig held her hostage for food!Ms Hayes had even nursed Bruce back from ill h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/pig-held-woman-captive-for-food/
