Photo: Job Koelewijn - via KNAW PressphotoDutch artist Job Koelewijn sure knows how to make an awesome bookcase. Behold his lemniscate (look it up) bookshelf that represents the infinite power of books and learnin' - via...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/the-infinity-bookcase/Our pal Dark Roasted Blend dug up these photos of a hydraulic excavator climbing a tower. Supposedly, it's a publicity stunt by Lebherr hydraulics, to show off the strength of their machines.Previously on Neatorama: How...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/excavator-tower-climbing-stunt/That's the Sylmar fire that's raging in Southern California. I took that photo just an hour or so ago from my backyard (I live just one city away). So far, it has destroyed 600 mobile homes and caused 10,000 residents to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/southern-california-is-burning-again/If you think about it, treadmills are kind of weird: you walk or run but never go anywhere ... So Alex Astilean of SpeedFit decided that he'll remedy that paradox.Behold the first human-powered mobile treadmill ... and b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/mobile-treadmill/Remember our post about the newspaper front pages about the Obama victory? Well, here's a collage of over 600 headlines made into a poster: Link (with a zoomable version, too!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/obama-newspaper-headlines-mosaic/So what's so interesting about a gear made out of wood? Take a closeer look: it's elliptical! Woodworker and artist Steven Garrison made helical (and helical-elliptical) gears using conventional woodworking techniques. T...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/helical-elliptical-gears/(YouTube link) Remember the "Choose Your Adventure" books where you skipped around different versions of the story? The comedy team of Chad, Matt, and Rob have created a video version! Watch as the three zip around th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/the-time-machine-an-interactive-adventure/"Spike the Potato" is a highly amusing game for any party. All that is needed is a single large potato, a number of paper cones, and some needles. Actually, according to the above blurb, you also need glue, s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/spike-the-potato/Lunch Bag Art is a blog by an anonymous artist who draws elaborate pictures on his kids' lunch bags. Link via Urlesque...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/lunch-bag-art/Is it a robot Mickey Mouse that transforms into an Optimus Prime? Or an Optimus Prime that transforms into Mickey Mouse? This would make for a great debate on a first date with that girl from work. Doing so will imp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/the-mickey-mouse-version-of-optimus-prime/(Video Link) I find this video strangely addictive. It has bunnies eating, but the way that it's presented, it looks like they're singing. And they're singing an even more strangely funny song, which I can't identif...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/bunny-concert/OK, I was roundly rebuked when I said you probably didn't need the slanket. I even heard from friends who were like, "What is wrong with you?!" and my own mother called me to say, "You were getting that for Christmas un...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/15/things-you-probably-dont-need-4/(Links open in a new browser window/tab) Cuttlefish Cloaking Device Ever see a cuttlefish turn on its cloaking device ... er, camouflage...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/videosift-clips-of-the-week-12/W00t! It's time for the much anticipated Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt on Neatorama!For those of you who don't know how to play (how could you!), here's what it's all about: it's an online treasure hunt where...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/tokyoflash-treasure-hunt-6/Can you go a week without buying anything? Not spending a single cent? Here's the story at RealSimple of one man (who is already a cheapskate to begin with) that did just that:My friends and family see my attitude to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/can-you-go-a-week-without-buying-anything/Frustrated French vitners are fed up with slow sales, so they decided to try an unusual marketing gimmick: naming their wine "Le Vin de Merde" or "Crap Wine."Restauranteur Jean-Marc Speziale and w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/crap-french-wine-flying-off-shelves/You can have a mustache without growing one! Albotas has a list of Ten Awesome Things with Mustaches. Link -Thanks, brownkidd! ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/things-with-mustaches/Designer Amy Lau was inspired by the serial killer show on Showtime when she came up with these Dexter dining room chairs. The chairs are decorated with embroidered blood spatters. There are also bloody dinner plates a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/blood-spattered-dining-room/(Live Leak link) Looks like the mirror won this time. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/cat-vs-mirror/The question is: how much sticky tape would you have to use to climb a wall like Spiderman? Tom Scott started out with cellophane tape, then moved to duct tape, then changed his procedure a few times, and lost of lot of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/tesco-value-spiderman/The words “Last picture taken” before his or her death conjure up many emotions, whether in front of the camera or behind it. This list consists of 10 last time stamps in history taken of and by some fascinatin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/10-fascinating-last-pictures-taken/In celebration of the release of the latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, Youtube user cutHD has put together this trailer mashup of The Incredibles and *...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/the-incredible-quantum-of-solace/Cat lovers will love this song and video. Those who don't like it, beware...Sparta will bite you! Enjoy! LINKSong, Cat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/the-mean-kitty-song-2/Some of you might remember the Yoda cat that was mentioned here a couple of months ago. Laura Mäkeläinen from Finland is the proud owner of this other wise Jedi cat. Linkcats...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/yoda-cat-20/The Kuro Hitsuji restaurant chain in Japan features Genghis Khan Cuisine, which is mutton cooked on a dome-shaped stove. What's really interesting is their English translation on the menus, which attempts to be America...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/genghis-khan-cuisine/This picture would make a great fishing story, but the truth is that this enormous Chinook salmon was found dead in Battle Creek, California. Biologist Doug Killam made the find while conducting a survey of spawn...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/14/giant-salmon/This adorable wooden figure is Mama Fratelli, from The Goonies. The figure was created by Israel Sanchez for a charity auction to provide materials for classrooms. You can bid on the figure (and several ot...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/13/mama-fratelli-as-a-cute-wooden-figure/What do you get if you cross tetris with Jenga? Here's a neat little Flash game called 99 bricks, where the goal is to construct the tallest tower possible using 99 tetris-like bricks.But you got to balance it juuuust ri...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/13/tetris-jenga-99-bricks-flash-game/In our recent post about the Plier Store, Neatorama reader Pudifoot mentioned Spatula City, a famous skit from "Weird Al" Yankovic's UHF. Since I actually have a friend who sells spatulas (lots of it - he's a spatula sal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/13/spatula-city/Photo: CorvusA quick update: we're having a fun little collaboration with ViewBug, a photo, video and art sharing website. It's a Neatorama Challenge where you can upload weird/strange/wonderful things about your hometow...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/13/neatorama-challenge-most-stolen-sign-on-campus/
