Death is looked upon differently by many cultures. One of the stranger and more macabre (at least to look at) is the Mexican tradition of Santa Muerte - or Saint Death if you are an English speaker. She is also...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/saint-death/You think my jokes are old! A Greek joke book has been published that dates back to the 4th century AD. Some of the jokes are still around, although they are now told in somewhat different terms...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/ancient-greek-jokes/What will you get for $9.95?Hello, everyone! Neatorama is having its much anticipated Mystery Sale. For just $9.95, you'll get ... well, I won't tell you: that's the whole point of the sale - it's a myst...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/neatorama-mystery-sale-november-2008/The following is reprinted from Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader Botulinum neurotoxin serotype A (Botox) - Lacy, D.B., Tepp, W., Cohen, A.C., DasGupta, B.R., Stevens, R.C. (1998) Crystal structu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/13-things-you-should-know-about-botulism/Miss Cellania has the classic "a whole bunch of scientists walk into a bar ..." post. It's an oldie but goodie, and I couldn't help but laugh at some of them. For example:Rene Descartes was sitting at a bar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/a-bunch-of-scientists-walk-into-a-bar/We've blogged about Dean T. Fraser's blog, Springfield Punx, where he draws characters in the style of The Simpsons ("Simpsonized," I suppose).Here's a new one that I just couldn't pass up: Rick Astley Simpsoni...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/rick-astley-simpsonized/Gasp - these are wonderful ... in a geeky way: behold the Star Trek: The Next Generation light-switch or power-outlet cover plates, perfect for the Trekker in all of us (these are made by Eugene Roddenberry, s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/star-trek-light-switch-cover-plate/When times are bad, lots of people go to the movies to escape their troubles. But you're having a horrible, terrible, no good, very bad day, there are a few movies that will make you think that your life isn't really...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/movies-about-people-whose-lives-are-way-worse-than-yours/Ah, wedding - the holy matrimony where two souls are united as one till death, trial separation or divorce do 'em part. Weddings are usually formal occasions where brides can often spend beaucoup bucks on the perfect...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/trashiest-wedding-dresses-ever/What would the Bible look like if it had been written like a blog? Here's an entry from Noah's Blog, chronicling the Deluge:Day 1Rain.Day 2Rain.Day 3*/stron...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/the-bible-if-it-were-written-by-bloggers/Think that your job is bad? Well, unless yours is listed below, be thankful that at least working doesn't come with the additional risk of on-the-job fatality. Forbes looks at the 10 most dangerous jobs in the United Sta...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/17/the-most-dangerous-job-in-america/If you're like me, you've desperately wanted to watch squirrels dance to Michael Jackson...even if you're sane though, you will still enjoy this. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/the-squirrel-5/YouTube Link Finally, a fashion show for the diet-impaired. Yes the models may still be little waifs, but the clothes themselves completely make up for it. How? They're all made of chocolate! Apparently the New Yor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/super-coco-fashion/This eight-plate set displays most of Europe with a set of interlocking ceramic dinner plates. A Russia plate is, unfortunately, not yet available, as it keeps on breaking up while still in the factory. Link via...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/dinnerware-set-forms-a-map-of-europe/Gadget retailer Kotula's now offers a camoflage toilet seat that hooks into your trailer hitch receiver for those times when nature calls out in the middle of nature. If you buy this product, be sure to follow t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/an-outdoor-toilet-that-hooks-up-to-your-hitch-receiver/Russian cake maker Zhanna makes amazingly real cakes. The cognac bottle looks cool, but I have to admit, I'm a little disturbed by this cake with beer, fish and newspapers in the decoration. The entire cake is edible...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/sometimes-realism-isnt-appitizing/This is fantastic: a series of vintage "brain maps" as created by one Dr. Alesha Sivartha in the late 1800s (published in his metaphysical book The Book of Life: The Spiritual and Physical Constitution of M...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/vintage-brain-maps/Inspired by the ubiquitous Sorry We're Closed sign, Aesthetic Asparagus designed a series of 9 signs that cut the crap and say what the closed shop owners truly meant: Link - via Quipsologiessign...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/alternatives-to-the-sorry-were-closed-sign/MIT researchers led by chemical engineer Robert Cohen and mechanical engineer Gareth McKinley have created the world's first superoleophobic and superhydrophobic surface (let me translate for you: the "super surface...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/new-super-surface-hates-water-and-oil/Spotted at Brass Goggles, the blog of everything steampunk, is this fantastic (and wearable) Steampunk Space Helmet by Herr Döktor: Link | Build progress (long forum thread!)steampunk, space helmet...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/steampunk-space-helmet/If you didn't know, yesterday was Domino Day 2008 ("Celebrating 10 Years of Domino Day"). The goal of Domino Day is simple: to set a new world record of highest number of falling dominoes. Robin Paul Weijers (A...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/domino-day-2008-new-world-record-for-toppled-dominoes/Photo: John BrittonAstronomy Picture of the Day has yet another fantastic photo - this one is of anticrepuscular rays over Colorado:What's happening over the horizon? Although the scene may appear somehow supernatura...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/anticrepuscular-rays/"If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end - I wouldn't be surprised." - Dorothy Parker, writer and poet...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/quote-dorothy-parker-on-yale-girls/When Bodybuilding.com forum user imprsv Joshua Horton of Perth, Australia, heard the buzzings of bees under the cover of his BBQ grill, he decided to unleash his weapon of buzz destruction. Here's what happened next: Lin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/16/weapon-of-buzz-destruction/Every year on December 14th we celebrate Monkey Day! One of this year's events is a charity art auction at the Basement 414 gallery in Lansing, Michigan. Proceeds from the auction will benefit Chimps, Inc., a shelter t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/monkey-day-art-show/(YouTube link) Jayen Varma, known as the world's fastest bass player, can play up to 36 percussive notes per second! Here he is jamming with guitarist Sumesh Parameswar. Their band RagacatZZ plays a fusion of Indian...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/percussive-bass/Salon has a look at why we are drawn to LOLcats, and particularly to sad LOLcats. They consulted New York Times cartoon editor Bob Mankoff. The first reason sad lolcats can be so powerful, Mankoff suggested, is t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/examining-sad-lolcats/Dutch artist Anneke Jacobs collected discarded Chiquita banana cartons and stitched them together into a fabulous chandelier with regular office staples: Linklamp, recycled art...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/chiquita-banana-chandelier/Haruo Suekichi is a Japanese artist who specializes in making wonderful steampunk watches. In the past 12 years, Haruo has made some 7,000 watches - he started out selling them in the flea market, but now his watches are...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/haruo-suekichis-steampunk-watches/
