Meredeith Patterson is a computer programmer by day and biohacker at night. She is among a new breed of DIYers who are trying to do genetic engineering at the comfort of their own homes:Using homemade lab equipment a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/25/diy-genetic-engineering/For the first time forty years ago yesterday, humans saw their first Earthrise. BBC has the story:... on Christmas Eve 1968, none of the astronauts on board Apollo 8 were ready for the opportunity to witness their ow...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/25/the-first-earthrise/Who says that Steven Seagal can't act? Surely the haters have never seen this clip before or they'd bow down to Seagal's supreme acting ability. Here's a clip from Steven Seagal's movie Hard to Kill. It's so good you ca...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/25/steven-seagal-flexes-acting-muscle/(L) Salvador Dali (R) The Yellow Door by William LaskinPardon me while I pick my jaw off the floor after gawking at William Laskin's gallery of engraved inlays for guitars. William uses as many as 9 different types of sp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/25/william-laskins-guitar-inlays/Remember the bacon cheese roll we featured on Neatorama recently? Well, I've found its brethren: the mother of all BBQ sausage, behold the Bacon Explosion. From the Burnt Finger BBQ Team:The other day the guys from B...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/25/bacon-explosion-the-mother-of-all-sausages/I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Have a fun and safe Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa or Festivus or whatever), guys!Christmas...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/25/merry-christmas-neatoramanauts/I don't know what more I can say about this place that isn't in the absurdly long name. I will say this quote from the site is awesome: "While our artists make every effort to insure accuracy, we cannot accept respo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/musuem-of-scientifically-accurate-fabric-brain-art/I know all animals are beautiful in a "life is beautiful, so are the creatures living it" kind of way, but this Snub-Nosed Monkey is the creepiest thing ever. The lack of lips, the slits for nostrils, it looks like a s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/worlds-most-disturbing-primate/This disturbing thing that sort of resembles a rolly polly is set to go on display in England for the first time ever. These rare Isopods live deep in the ocean in extremely cold temperatures, but for some reason, fi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/giant-gross-sandcrabs-to-be-displayed-in-britain/John Henry Faulk told this Christmas story on NPR in 1974. They published it on the web in 2005. It's still a wonderful story. The day after Christmas a number of years ago, I was driving down a country road in Texa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/john-henry-faulks-christmas-story/Whether you believe it or not, this is a pretty neat story. A 14-year-old girl with a history of serious health issues lay dying of pneumonia in a hospital room. But as her mother waited for the girl to take her las...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/did-an-angel-save-girl-from-dying-in-hospital/If you've ever wanted to be in The Amazing Race, here's your chance: Steve Belkin's tour company called Competitours will make a "game" out of your European vacation by arranging a daily series of offb...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/amazing-race-for-regular-people/Loneliness and tough economic times are hurting everyone, including the elderly Japanese, who are now turning to petty crime in increasing numbers: One hour later, officers stopped a second suspect, an 80-year-old m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/eldery-japanese-are-turning-to-crime/Chinese artist Li Xiaofeng created these "porcelain clothings" out of pieces of bowls and dinner plates. What's even more remarkable is that you can actually wear them!He sews ancient fragments of porcelain...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/porcelain-clothes-by-li-xiaofeng/Pedigree dog food has a trio of funny ads - I'm partial to this one: "Beware of The Dog, He Has Abominable Breath" because as a dog owner, I can attest that it's true! The only thing worse that my dog's breath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/beware-of-the-dog/This one is for Gauldar, who commented on the Fat Albert post that Garfield was always the best. I enjoyed the Garfield specials, too... I was really partial to the Halloween show, myself. I even liked U.S. Acres, whic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/a-garfield-christmas-special/C'mon... like you're getting any "work" done right now. Christmas Eve must be the most unproductive day on the job all year. Anyway, if you're just counting down til you get to go home, kill a little time with this sus...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/fun-with-sushi/Jeremy Wood of GPS Drawing has a large canvas: the world. He uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to record and render his movement into a drawing on a map.I'm particularly fond of this 11.2 km (about 7 mi.) l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/gps-elephant-drawing/[YouTube - Link] This has to be one of the most serene/patient feline I have ever seen. Dressed in ridonkulous costumes this cat gets its picture taken for a calendar in Japan and wishes you all a Merry Christmas....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/kitty-poses-for-a-calender/WebEcoist constantly has amazing photographs displayed on their site and this post of 15 Environmental Photographers is certainly no exception. From macros to weather to amazing animal pics, if you like photography,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/24/15-amazing-envoirnmental-photographers/Welcome to Sandy Paws Creative Grooming Shop. Let me introduce you to things you never thought could be done to a poodle. Exhibit A) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle dog. Please review the site for further examples includ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/teenage-mutant-ninja-poodle/Looking for the perfect ornament to truly express yourself this Christmas? You may still have time to grab one of these 54 seriously weird ornaments. You gotta love the sexy snowmen. LinkFunny, weird, holidays, or...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/54-odd-ball-christmas-ornaments/What could be cuter? Penguins at Everland Park in South Korea aren't used to snow, so their keepers outfitted them with suits to wear the first time they used their new snow run. Link (embedded video) -via Metafilter s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/penguins-in-santa-suits/Lexicographer Grant Barrett assembled a list of the Buzzwords of 2008 for The New York Times. The biggest part of the words came from the US presidential race, and a big chunk were inspired by the economic meltdown. A...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/buzzwords-of-2008/Jill Bell of Urbana, Maryland repaired a scratch on her car with a dab of nail polish, and liked the look so much that she painted her entire car with it! Over the next 13 months, from September 2007 to this past Oc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/she-painted-her-car-with-nail-polish/It's a collision of three internet memes! This creation is called Nabii's Royal Naboo Air Force 1, and it's the winner of the Steam Wars contest from FBTB Forums. (If you check the forum, you'll find that there was ori...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/steampunk-lego-star-wars/This could very well be the most dangerous breakfast food you'll ever want to try. Behold the Bacon Cheese Roll, made with a "weave" of about a dozen bacon strips and cheese.My arteries are clogging just look...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/bacon-cheese-roll/Watch a super-cute video of a gang of dogs decorating a Christmas tree. The site is in Hungarian, but don't let that stop you from enjoying the fun! Link -Thanks, Johnny Cat!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/dogs-love-christmas/The Explainer is a neat feature of Slate Magazine, where its editors try to answer life's most perplexing questions (like How do you become a Santa Claus for the holidays? Sign up with a Santa distributor).But every year...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/questions-that-stumped-the-explainer/Rob Spence of Eyeborg blog is a filmmaker that lost an eye, so naturally he decided to get an eye-cam!Priya Ganapati of Wired Blog has the story:Rob Spence looks you straight in the eye when he talks. So it's a littl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/filmmaker-turns-blind-eye-into-an-eye-cam/
