Yes! This would make my half-dozen remote controls much easier to use! Come to think of it, we may have just discovered why I don't watch much TV anymore. From the book Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/remotes-for-grandma/1. Cy the Cardinal, Iowa State University Cyclones. I have to put this one in here, ‘cause I’m an ISU alum and still like to tailgate it up during football season. So why is a cardinal the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/the-stories-behind-10-weird-college-mascots/On a summer day in 1994, a Kurdish shepherd stumbled upon a strange stone in the rolling plains of Gobekli Tepe in Turkey. Little did he know then that he had just made what could be the greatest archaeological discovery...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/gobekli-tepe-is-it-the-garden-of-eden/If you're interested in joining an online community yet don't know which one is right for you, Brainz has done the legwork. Here is a completely unscientific (yet surprisingly accurate) look at social networking and medi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/unscientific-yet-totally-accurate-look-at-digg-and-reddit-users/Cancer may still be a mystery, but after years of research, science has finally solved the mystery of the belly button fluff:After three years of research, Georg Steinhauser, a chemist, has discovered a type of body...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/mystery-of-the-belly-button-fluff-solved-by-science/If the economic crisis is getting you down, take heart: even the Oracle of Omaha and arguably one of the smartest businessman alive today is also having a tough year:Berkshire Hathaway reported today that its net wor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/warren-buffetts-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-year/When the times get tough, the tough goes ... naked? Here's a story of one Donald Crabtree of Vassalboro, Maine, who combined coffee and nudity for his recipe for success: On Monday, Donald Crabtree opened Grand View...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/topless-coffee-shop-has-fantastic-business/Octopus have been famous for their curiosity and intelligence. One California aquarium recently experienced flooding. The culprit? A female two-spotted octopus!Staff at the Santa Monica Pier Aquariu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/octopus-caused-flooding-in-california-aquarium/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYsvB2y2Ero][YouTube - Link] University of Tsukuba researchers in Japan have developed a device that is designed to enhance the Virtual Reality experience by simulating motion i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/enhancing-the-virtual-reality-experience/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qLqs8oDVqA][YouTube - Link]A bear could easily catch a dead salmon in this pool, but most bears don't like to get their ears wet. An underwater camera reveals a clever...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/dancing-with-salmon/Beijing resident Chen Xiao was tired of making plans for her life and having them ruined by natural, economic and personal disasters. So she decided to hand over her personal decision-making to China's hundreds of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/chinese-woman-put-her-life-online/Inspired by a similar idea in Atlanta early last year, a writer left two disposable cameras on park benches in Brooklyn and Manhattan. With just a note telling people to take any photo they like and her hope that someone...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/photos-of-strangers/A black fungus is spreading across the prehistoric murals in the Lascaux cave in France, and scientists aren't sure what to do about it. At the moment, the cave is completely sealed in the hopes that the cave "...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/28/saving-lascaux-cave/How you know your kitty needs to go on a diet. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1902110Via GiggleSugar Update 2/28/09: Let's not forget our article on this very subject: Top 15 Amazingly Fat CatsFunny, cats, d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/27/fat-cats-need-love-too/Cracked.com held a reader contest to see who could come up with the most appropriate villain inbox. This one wasn't the winner, but it was my favorite. LinkFunny, stacy, cracked, email, villains, inbox...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/27/the-inboxes-of-15-fictional-villains/A stingray weighing close to 900 pounds? This 6.6-ft.-wide giant stingray was caught, measured and released in Thailand this week, part of a National Geographic scientific expedition to search for giant fish. It...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/27/one-heck-of-a-giant-stingray/(YouTube link) This ad from Loewe made me giggle! -via Geeks Are Sexy TV, sound system...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/27/how-a-tv-sound-system-works/The cutest rat you've ever seen is named Bug, and she's quite the internet darling. Bug is owned by 18-year-old photographer Jessica Florence. 3-year-old Bug doesn't mind posing with a variety of props. 'Actually,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/27/bug-the-model-rat/Support Bacteria! It's The Only Culture Some People Have T-Shirt - $9.95Slave to Science T-Shirt - $9.95 (should've made this while I was a grad student!) It's been a while since we put up the best-selling I Surviv...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/27/funny-science-t-shirts/Polymer Chemists Do It In Chains T-Shirt - $9.95And if you like the science shirts above, don't miss this new category of Scientists Do It ... T-Shirts on Neatorama's Online Store: http://shop.neatorama.com/store.php?sci...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/27/scientists-do-it-t-shirts/John from J-Walk Blog was frustrated because his Kindle electronic reader needed to be propped up so he could read while eating. He could've spend $27.95 for a Kindle stand, but his wife handed him a 45-cent metal book...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/27/45-cent-kindle-stand/In a world filled with headlines about CEO's and executives running their companies to the ground, and holding lavish parties and getaways on taxpayer funded bailouts, here is a refreshingly touching story of one very...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/27/a-good-ceo-for-a-change/(YouTube link) Craig Grant spent $100,000 to provide a good home on 30 acres for nearly 500 cats! Caboodle Ranch is 50 miles from Tallahassee, Florida, and features shelters fashioned after small town buildin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/26/caboodle-ranch/In this fun click-through game from Gregory Weir, they're out to get you. They're always watching. And they've always been there. But maybe, just maybe, you can find a way to escape them... Link via JayIsG...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/26/bars-of-black-and-white/I figured it was only a matter of time before little Coralines started popping up on the craft sites. Craftster purplekappa made this one for her daughter, and I must say, it's pretty perfect. She even comes with Wybi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/26/handmade-coraline-doll/For someone that works at LEGO, this is a functional business card that also happens to be an iconic toy! Moreover, they even try to match the look of the minifig (gender, hair, and glasses) to the person.Link - via Wi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/26/lego-minifigs-the-best-business-cards-ever/I'm a big fan of the genre of fiction known as alternate history. That's why I'm excited about a new novel by Harry Turtledove and Bryce Zabel called Winter of Our Discontent: The Impeachment and Trial of John F. Ken...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/26/the-impeachment-and-trial-of-john-f-kennedy/Here's something for you to ponder the next time you're in the bathroom: American's love for soft toilet paper is ecologically hard on forests!... fluffiness comes at a price: millions of trees harvested in North Ame...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/26/your-butt-is-killing-the-rainforest/Remember the adage "no good deed goes unpunished?" Well, Jim Moffett was helping two elderly women and a man cross a busy Denver street in a snowstorm when a pickup went straight at them - Jim pushed the three...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/26/good-samaritan-saved-people-from-being-hit-by-a-car-got-jaywalking-ticket/Mark Pagel, evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading, and colleagues have identified some of the oldest words in the English language using computer analyses:Reading University researchers claim "I&qu...
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