Montanara
Montanara is the name given to this amazing sofa upholstered with mountains and waterfalls designed by Gaetano Pesce. Link -via Gearfuse couch, sofa, mountains...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/montanara/Archive for April 2009
Beetle Borgs
Engineers at the University of California at Berkeley have developed remote-control beetles that can be used as spies! They aren't just robots, either. These are cyborgs, real beetles that have implanted electrodes that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/beetle-borgs/What Makes You Happy?
Neatorama regular SenorMysterioso started a thread on the Neatorama Forum that I hope you will participate in. It's about what makes you happy:We do a lot of bitching(maybe I'll start a thread for that too) but lets...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/what-makes-you-happy/Bruce Campbell Strikes Back, Sings Hungry Like the Wolf
So. John recently posted about Jeff Burk's novel Shatner Quake, in which William Shatner (William Shatner? William Shatner. WILLIAM SHATNER!) battled all characters he ever played, after a failed terrorist attack by the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/bruce-campbell-strikes-back-sings-hungry-like-the-wolf/Neurotic Men Improve the Health of Women, But Not Vice Versa
This is excellent news for my wife. Psychological researchers have discovered that women gain a health benefit by living with neurotic men: CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Conscientiousness is a good thing in a mate, researcher...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/neurotic-men-improve-the-health-of-women-but-not-vice-versa/An Interactive Map of Library Cats
Way back in the day when I was in library school in Ohio, there was a slowly dying tradition in rural libraries of hosting "library cats." These were cats that lived full-time in libraries, most public. Well, Gary Roma o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/an-interactive-map-of-library-cats/Scarecrow Policeman Slows Traffic
Tired of speeding cars, residents of the village of Crosby-on-Eden in Cumbria, England, decided to take matters into their own hands: by creating a scarecrow policeman, complete with a radar gun made from a water bottle!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/scarecrow-policeman-slows-traffic/X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a Fan-Made Movie Trailer
Can't wait for the new X-Men movie? Neither could Ryan Higa - but instead of fretting about waiting, he did something about it: he "sweded" his own X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer. The result? Hilarious! (BTW,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/x-men-origins-wolverine-a-fan-made-movie-trailer/Scientists: Swine Flu Milder Than Run-Of-The-Mill Winter Flu
If you've been watching all of the media hype, you'd be forgiven if you think that the swine flu pandemic will kill us all. But according to some scientists, it's actually much milder than your average run-of-the-mill fl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/scientists-swine-flu-milder-than-run-of-the-mill-winter-flu/Constellation Chandelier
91 members with four LED lights each, this chandelier was designed by Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn. It's very energy-efficient for the amount of light it provides. Link -via Swiss Miss Light, chandelier...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/constellation-chandelier/Hospital Food
Hospital Food is a photo blog to which people submit photographs of hospital meals. The places they come from aren't always identified, but from the looks of things, you want to be hospitalized in France to get a reall...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/hospital-food/Manhattan, 2009 and 1609
English explorer Henry Hudson set foot on an island called Mannahatta 400 years ago. The Manhatta Project has recreated the island as it appeared in 1609, with forests, wetlands, and a vast array of wildlife. See views...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/manhattan-2009-and-1609/What Is It? Game 97
W00t! It's time for our collaboration with the always mind-boggling What is it? blog. Can you guess what this strange device is used for?Place your guess in the comment section. Please post no URL or web...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/what-is-it-game-97/Scientists Spot Oldest Object in Universe
I don't know about you, but each time I read this kind of news my head spins. Scientists have detected a gamma ray burst that dates back 13 billion years, 95 percent back to the beginning of time. That makes it the *em...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/30/scientists-spot-oldest-object-in-universe/William Shatner? William Shatner. William Shatner!
Shatnerquake is a novel by Jeff Burk. Here's the premise: It's the first ShatnerCon with William Shatner as the guest of honor! But after a failed terrorist attack by Campbellians, a crazy terrorist cult that w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/william-shatner-william-shatner-william-shatner/The Real-Life Tenenbaums: Three Famous Families
Everyone knows the famous showbiz families - the Carter-Cashes, the Osmonds, the Baldwins. But there are some people with hugely successful relatives in realms other than entertainment. Having an actor, a poetic genius...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/the-real-life-tenenbaums-three-famous-families/10 Pigs We Will Always Love
Fatigued and irritable, with a touch of fever? No, it's not swine flu. Chances are, you've caught swine flu overload. And who'd blame ya ...with "breaking news" every few minutes over possible cases of the flu,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/10-pigs-we-will-always-love/Money Mail-Art by Jeffrey Errick
Money Art by Sarala KronJeffrey Errick of Stuff by Wackystuff blog has an extensive collection of fantastic retro art, but it was his Money Mail-Art Call that got our attention. Jeffrey asks artists to mail him "mon...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/money-mail-art-by-jeffrey-errick/Japanese Homeless Camp, Complete With Solar Panel
Images : Kyohei SakaguchiThe Japanese are just better than the rest of us. There. I've said it. From consumer electronics to cars, it seems that the Japanese just do things better.I'm sure we've all heard that the Japane...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/japanese-homeless-camp-complete-with-solar-panel/6 Famous Characters You Didn't Know Were Shameless Rip Offs
You've heard of X-men, but do you remember Doom Patrol? Unlike the X-Men, the Doom Patrollers were once normal people who suffered an accident that disfigured them but also gave them superpowers. Shunned by the w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/6-famous-characters-you-didnt-know-were-shameless-rip-offs/Jughead's Hat
What do they call that weird cap with the ragged spikes and various decorations attached? You've seen it in old movies, TV shows, and advertisements. It's been called by many names: a fedora beanie, jagged beanies, Whoop...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/jugheads-hat/Bill Backs
Have you ever really taken a good look at US currency? In today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, you'll be shown the buildings on the backs of US bills. Can you match each to the correct denomination? I scored 60% due...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/bill-backs/Largest Ever Model Rocket Launched
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4lj6YSwzg][YouTube - Link]On Saturday, a man in Maryland successfully launched a 1:10 scale model of a Saturn V Rocket. The Saturn V is the rocket that took NASA astronauts...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/largest-ever-model-rocket-launched/Caterpillars Warn Acoustically of Upcoming Defense
Caterpillars of the Great Peacock Moth (Saturnia pyri) are making quite a buzz. A recent study has shown that these giant silkmoth caterpillars are advertising acoustically that they are unpallatable and warn of an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/29/caterpillars-warn-acoustically-of-upcoming-defense/Bathtub IV
Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo. Keith Loutit's work has been presented on Neatorama in the past in "A Lilliputian World" and in "A Little Mardi-Gras" and each time it blew people away. Using his impressive ski...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/28/bathtub-iv/Swine Flu: Bacon's Revenge
Swine Flu: Bacon's Revenge - $9.95Swine flu is on everybody's mind, so why not on their T-shirts as well? Neatorama illustrator Chris Murphy cooked up this hammy design that will surely get your friends and co-workers ch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/28/swine-flu-bacons-revenge/Grizzly Bear is Best Man in Wedding
Photo: Grizzly Creek FilmsBrutus, the best man of naturalist Casey Anderson and actress Missi Pyle's wedding is a bit hairy. He also didn't wear any clothes, but that's okay because he is a 800-pound Grizzly bear that Ca...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/28/grizzly-bear-is-best-man-in-wedding/Mustachioed Horse
I can't grow facial hair even if my life depended on it. Thanks to weak genetics, the most I've ever grown were mere stubbles, even after a week or two of not shaving.And I think most horses share my predicament (or luck...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/28/mustachioed-horse/The Facebook Revenge
When "Valeria A." caught her fiancé fondling another girl's boobs on Facebook a few days before their wedding, she decided to get even, guerilla-style! She and a pal printed and stuck up hundreds of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/28/the-facebook-revenge/The Worm Within
This 2004 short story by Vincent Eaton tells of his experience with a tapeworm. This is not for hypochondriacs or those disturbed by bathroom scenes. Guaranteed to make you cook your meat just a little longer. I...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/28/the-worm-within/
