Just 24 hours after 22-year-old Matti Saari was questioned by police after he posted a disturbing YouTube video and released because he had the proper gun license, he went to a school and opened fire on students:Saar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/the-youtube-gunman/If you liked Olle Hemmendorff's kitchen floor, you'll love this! Charlie Kratzer of Lexington, Kentucky wanted something a little snazzier than bare cream-colored walls in his basement rec room. So he went to work with...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/basement-decorated-in-sharpie/Neatorama posted the story of Wendy the Service Cat in January. She is the companion of disabled veteran Jeffrey Ward. Here is a sad update to the story: Saturday night, Wendy didn't come home from a bathroom break. Ward...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/wendy-the-service-cat-attacked/Wayne Martin Belger makes his own pinhole cameras. Each camera is its own work of art! Cameras are designed to photograph different subjects, and often incorporate the subject in the materials. Some can seem gruesome,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/pinhole-cameras-as-art/The Crown Estate of England has made arrangements to purchase the world's largest wind turbine. It's a 7.5-megawatt monster to be built by Clipper Windpower of Carpinteria, Calif. Now the Royal Turbine is getting e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/queen-elizabeth-buys-a-windmill/Artist Jamie O’Shea has come up with a solution for those who can't stand being awake. The bed was demonstrated by Jamie earlier this month during the Conflux Festival in NYC, where he used it for sleeping 40 minut...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/vertical-bed/Dustin Black, author of The Book of Spam (featured previously on Neatorama here and here) and Toastvertising, sent us this photo and link to his newest website. And just in time for our weekly caption contest, too! (...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/caption-monkey-44-kitty-toupee/When a man turned down her request for money, saying "get a job," a panhandler decided to get her gun out instead and shot the man!A bus stop panhandler shot a man who turned down her request for money, Sac...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/panhandler-shot-man-who-told-her-to-get-a-job/We can rebuild it ... we have the technology. Here's the story of Coal, an eight-and-a-half year old dog whose left paw was amputated because of cancer. Instead of putting him down, his owner Reg Walker spent a lot of mo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/the-dog-with-the-bionic-paw/Hailstones can damage fruit and trees, so farmer are keen to do whatever they can to avoid hailstorms. Anti-hail efforts included religious rites and bell ringing, but when those don't work, the farmers use ... the hail...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/23/hail-cannon-disrupts-hailstones-maybe-annoys-neighbors-surely/I went out of town for a few days and was surprised to come back and find that the blog has caught some comment trolling sniffles. You guys are usually very good, so what happened?Anyways, it's time for a little housecle...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/a-little-housecleaning-de-trolling-neato/All right, it's time to let out some political steam here on Neatorama. I know that we haven't posted a lot of political stuff (it's not what the blog is all about, anyhow) but based on the comments these past few days i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/who-will-be-the-next-us-president/Facebook and Twitter help you keep track of every move made by your friends. But is this a good use of your time? ABC News talked to Clive Thompson, who wrote about the phenomena for the New York Times, what he calls "...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/ambient-awareness/Andrea Canalino is an artist based in Houston, Texas. One of her latest creations is the "Twinkle Twinkle Baby" Bambi cupcakes installation. Link - geekadelphia via who killed bambi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/bambi-cupcakes/Chester A. Arthur was the underrated 21st president of the United States. You you know anything about him? You would if you read the mental_floss article about him Satturday! Now he's the subject of today's Lunchtime Q...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/chester-a-arthur/Seeing a toddler ski is precious, but this kid is serious! 2-year-old Gustav Legnavsky of Wanaka, New Zealand will compete in the halfpipe event at the junior nationals next week. He will be the youngest skier at the com...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/skiing-tot/Stretch limousines are nothing to write home about anymore. So limousines services are going the extra mile to stand out. Dark Roasted Blend takes a look at some of the crazier limousines, with a peek inside some. Yes,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/over-the-top-stretch-limousines/As new words are included in dictionaries, old words are sometimes dropped, not for room, but because they are no longer in use. Compilers of the Collins Dictionary have a list of words they are considering dropping from...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/old-words/(Metacafe link) You might think the earth is big, but watching this may make you feel small! The music is Rubber Bullet by Stakka and K Tee. -via Digg...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/relative-size/If you want to visit a ghost town for Halloween, make your plans now! Cult Case has an overview of seven of them, including Helltown, Ohio. Also known as Boston, Ohio, many ghostly encounters have been reported in t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/22/ghost-towns/(Live Leak link) Paul Otlet {wiki} was a visionary who specialized in documentation and information organization. The ideas he laid out in 1934 eventually became what we call the internet. -via reddit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/21/paul-otlets-vision/A major helium leak has shut down work at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. In order to fix the problem, the machine will have to be warmed up from its operating temperature of minus 271.3 degrees Celsius (minus 456....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/21/trouble-at-the-lhc/Shipwreck remains have intrigued me since the first time I watched the Goonies. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the remains of a shipwreck have been recovered off the coast of Fort Morgan, Alabama. From...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/20/mystery-ship-found-off-alabama-coast/A spot of green in a desert is always beautiful to see, even when you aren't desperate for a cool, refreshing break. Environmental Graffiti has a collection of pictures and information about 18 such oases all over the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/20/20-most-incredible-desert-oases/Plant Me Pets are biodegradable latex figurines with seeds for eyes. When you are through playing with them, you can bury them head first in potting soil and grow your own pumpkins, melons, and tomatoes! This is one of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/20/toys-that-grow/Astronomer Mike Davis bought some land in a remote part of Arizona where he can observe the skies far away from light pollution. He is also far away from the electrical grid. Solar panels are expensive, so Mike made hi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/20/how-to-build-your-own-solar-panels/Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips (Atom Films link) Don Hertzfeldt created Ah, L'Amour in 1995 as an 18-year-old student at the University of California Santa Barabara. It was his first film. *...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/20/ah-lamour/Arrr! Every September 19th is Talk Like A Pirate Day! You can get up to speed by visiting the official site for holiday resources. See the pictures at Flickr. Read up on the history of the holiday. See how they celebrate...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/talk-like-a-pirate-day/(YouTube link) Your daily dose of sweetness. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/bambi-and-thumper/Some of the big airplanes flying today have wingspans that are longer than the entire path the Wright Brothers took on the first powered flight! Dark Roasted Blend has a rundown on the biggest ever. Pictured i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/19/the-worlds-biggest-airplanes/
