I like coffee - but not to the point that I need to grind my own roasted coffee beans (those Senseo coffee pods are just fine, thank you very much!) and certainly not to the point that I'd want to make my own coffee roas...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/diy-coffee-roaster/I don't post a lot of links to eBay auctions (the links expire too quickly) but this one by jdwildlifeartistry is too weird to pass up. Behold a gray squirrel soldier holding a rifle, mounted on a plaque!Link | the eBay...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/soldier-squirrel-taxidermy/It's the highest-resolution tabletop display system ever built and has a combined resolution of 24 million pixels! My non-technical self, though, just keeps thinking what an awesome coffee table it would ma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/the-lambdatable-probably-not-coming-soon-to-an-ikea-near-you/(Links open in a new browser window/tab) Behold, the Atheist's Nightmare: The Babel Fish! From The Hitchiker's Guide...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/videosift-clips-of-the-week-18/George Vlosich is an artist from Ohio and he recently sketched a portrait of the recently sworn-in American President, Barack Obama. So whats so neat about that ? For starters he didn't use any paper or pencil, but use...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/etch-a-sketch-president/Artist Erwin Wurm made "obese" objects to comment on consumerism.Austrian artist Erwin Wurm is a chubby chaser. Well, not so much a chubby chaser as a chubby maker. And when we say "chubby," we mean "fle...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/chubby-cars/Here's a great video from Oregon Public Broadcasting: The White Zombie, a 1972 Datsun that has been converted to run on nothing but electricity. Not satisfied with an ordinary electric car, John "Plasma Boy"...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/electric-car-drag-racing/Toyota and Tokyo University’s Information and Robot Technology Research Initiative have designed a robot to assist with Japan’s predicted labor shortage which stems from the nation’s low birthrate and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/robo-maid/Last weekend I stopped into Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Farmington Hills, MI. I first heard of this mesmerizing monstrosity on one of my favorite websites: roadsideamerica.com. This was not my first visit to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/marvins-marvelous-mechanical-museum/I've long been a proponant of napping. It's not just that science has proven a siesta boosts your mood and your intelligence - it's just civilized, like tea and scones at two. Here's everything science knows abo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/the-experts-guide-to-napping/Blogger Steven Johnson took a close look at a couple of the classic games of our childhood and came to a sobering conclusion: games like Battleship and Candyland require virtually no real decision-making whatsoever. I wo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/are-classic-games-like-candyland-and-battleship-devoid-of-any-decision-making/Edina Tokodi is an eco-minded artist who hopes to create more environmental friendliness in the midst of urban bareness. In leiu of spray paint this street artist creates moss installations that have become the talk...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/green-graffiti/Expo TV has a video interview with Lee Eisman, the Director of the Pantone Color Institute. In the video, Eisman discusses how Pantone chooses its colors and predicts color trends. You may or may not be surprised b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/how-pantone-keeps-colors-fresh/This stunning sculpture is the work Jud Turner, it was created for the 'Different Spokes' sculpture show in 2008. Jud used a combination of welded steel, some found objects and mixed media to create what he calls the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/the-skeleton-bicycle/[YouTube - Link] In November 2008, Russia Today TV-Channel's camera captured the life of a group of orphaned wolves growing up in the forest, as part of a scientific project to determine how predator's "genetic memory...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/wolves-eating-berries/Whoa! In this installation titled Blood, Money and Tears (2006) , artists Andy Diaz Hope and Laurel Roth created a chandelier out of hypodermic syringes and Swarovski crystals.The human urge to modify itself has been...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/hypodermic-syringe-chandelier-by-andy-diaz-hope/In Germany, a speeding car missed a turn, and flew an amazing distance to crash into the roof of a nearby church.The bank acted like a springboard, propelling the black Skoda about 35 meters (115 ft) forward and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/car-crashes-into-church-roof/[YouTube - Link]The Axis of Awesome analyzed all the pop music hits, and came to the conclusion that you only need to know 4 simple chords to make a good song! Sounds easy enough... check out the medley.From the Upcoming...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/only-four-chords-are-needed-to-make-a-hit-song/Back in the l960s when the watchword was "better living through chemistry," furniture manufacturers created an impervious vinyl upholstery and named it Naugahyde. To encourage consumers to buy i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/beware-the-nauga/Grab your barf bag and get ready to strap yourself into the Buzzball. Best described as a hamster ball for humans, the Buzzball delivers a unique rollercoaster ride where the pilot is in complete control of the ride expe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/get-ready-to-add-the-buzzball-to-next-years-wish-list/If Little Green Men are one day discovered they’re certainly not going to speak fluent English. Scientists fear this may make any alien contact impossible to understand and could create some very awkward circumstan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/scientist-designs-program-to-translate-alien-languages/I am so obsessed with safety graphics--those little pictographs showing, quite graphically, what will happen to you and your body part if you get too close, operate machinery incorrectly or stand in the wrong place...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/safety-graphic-fun/These cucumber growing molds from Japan are so fun! They would be great for bento boxes or in salads and sushi. I bet you could also use them for zucchini. I want one! LinkFood, fruit, cooking, yummy, gardening, cucum...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/heart-shapped-cucumbers/Archie McPhee is known for its weird stuff, but this is really weird. I'm sure Freud himself would have something to say about it. But hey, if fruity Austrian psychoanalysts on a stick aren't for you, there's always ch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/watermelon-flavored-freud-lollipops/Vision is another escape-from-the-room game, sure, but it's pretty. Be sure to examine every nook and cranny - you're going to need keys or combinations to open almost everything. And take note of the shapes of things....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/an-escape-the-room-game-vision/The retro-fitted futuristic world of the film Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford may not be as far away as one might think. Director Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic dealt with such classic questions of &ldq...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/futuristic-billboards-to-transform-la-into-blade-runner-dystopia/This is justs precious. I like to think of them dancing in this same formation when they grow up. LinkPictures, Cute, animals, puppies, dogs, poses...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/sleeping-puppy-can-can-line/By day Barry Snyder is an Erie, Colorado handyman. But in his spare time he is a unique artist who has garnered media attention from across the country. For over 30 years Barry has collected Price Look Up stickers to use...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/fruit-sticker-art/[YouTube - Link]Poking around Fangoria's site I stumbled upon something seemingly out of the ordinary - a short film review of an unknown film by an unknown filmmaker. The short called "The Night Shift&...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/up-coming-indie-filmmakers/The crack of Indy’s whip, the bleep-blips of R2-D2, and the asthmatic breathing of Darth Vader. These unique and memorable sound effects are all products of an often overlooked art form – the art of sound des...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/the-oft-overlooked-art-of-sound-design/
