VideoSift Clips of the Week
(Links open in a new browser window/tab) When Squirrel Attacks This short video clip confirmed my worst nightmare: that squirrels...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/26/videosift-clips-of-the-week-25/Archive for April 2009
5 Things You Didn't Know About Bea Arthur: A Tribute
Bea Arthur (1922-2009) - YouTube user Sassyornek created a fantastic tribute to Bea, check it out here: Link (Photo: Lifetime Intimate Portrait) Tony- and Emmy-winning actress and c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/26/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-bea-arthur-a-tribute/LED Mouth Party
[YouTube - Link] Remember Daito Manabe from his painful looking face dance video? Well, he's back with what in my honest opinion will replace all those god awful gold/silver/platinum/tin foil grills you see the you...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/led-mouth-party/Five Familiar Actresses in a Different Light
The announcement of Bea Arthur's death today made me think about actresses that we think of as kind of grandmotherly types. Obviously, they didn't always look like nanas. Here are five ladies that we know and love(d) f...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/what-five-familiar-actresses-looked-like-in-their-heydays/Evelien Lohbeck's Notebook
.We've covered a lot of neat stuff on Neatorama, but this one belongs in its own category of uber-spiffiness. Behold Noteboek (English title: Notebook), a fantastic animated clip of Dutch artist Evelien Lohbeck...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/evelien-lohbecks-notebook/Recycled Milk Bottle Lights
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGscXF1HxoQ][YouTube - Link]I made these plastic milk bottle lights by embedding LEDs in the caps, hanging them from a bent section of pipe and hooking them up to an Arduino microc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/recycled-milk-bottle-lights/Disappointment
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRcVIQiXuzM][YouTube - Link]The video is not of the best quality, but the cat's reaction when the pigeon he was stalking flew away is absolutely priceless!From the Upcoming ueue, s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/disappointment/The Swirls and Waves of Antelope Canyon
The slot canyons that make up Antelope Canyon in Arizona are formed from erosion caused by flash floods and windswept sand. As you can see from this Environmental Graffiti post by Karl Fabricius, the scene is majestic.*e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/the-swirls-and-waves-of-antelope-canyon/Floating Water Bridge
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhBn1ozht-E][YouTube - Link]The floating water bridge is a weird phenomenon discovered by Elmar Fuchs and colleagues from the Graz University of Technology in Austria, in which, wi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/floating-water-bridge/Batman Rescues Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand, is turning into Gotham City with violence, fatalities, and social upheaval during the "red shirt" riots. It seems that Batman has now come to the rescue, fighting crime and breaking tensio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/batman-rescues-bangkok/Clever Juice Packaging: What You See Is What You Get
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa made a line of interesting fruit juice boxes that explicitly showed what its contents are made from. Not only are the boxes designed to look like the juice source, but they are also made...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/clever-juice-packaging-what-you-see-is-what-you-get/Google Maps Typography
Rhett Dashwood has compiled a fastastical collection of buildings, lakes, fields, roads, forests, and other fun things you can see from space with a fancy pants satellite that form a complete alphabet. The pic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/google-maps-typography/The 5 Minute Get-Up-and-Get-Dressed Routine
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qin4UptOEsI][YouTube - Link]Can you get up, get dressed, cook breakfast and eat it in just 5 minutes? Here's a video clip for all of you who are perpetually late in the morning, co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/the-5-minute-get-up-and-get-dressed-routine/10 Most Celebrated TV Show Hangouts
We often forget about how iconic the "hangout" is to the TV sitcoms. In a lot of ways, the hangout becomes a character. Anyway, this list of 10 most celebrated TV show hangouts includes ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/10-most-celebrated-tv-show-hangouts/Local River by Mathieu Lehanneur: a Piece of Locavore Luxury
If getting to the market is just too much of a bother to you, plus when you get there most of the food are from the other side of the world then there may be a locavore stirring within you. Locavores are p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/local-river-by-mathieu-lehanneur-a-piece-of-locavore-luxury/Christians & Moors Festival in Alcoy, Spain
The magnificent Christians & Moors Festival took place in the Valencian mountain town of Alcoy, Spain on April 22nd through the 24th. This festival celebrated the pageantry and recreated the historial battles of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/christians-moors-festival-in-alcoy-spain/A Polite Way of Being Impolite
Some people love to send postcards. Some people love to tell the truth. Sadly, most postcards out there tend to have a very nice and polite message that is not always the reflection of what we think or feel about a situa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/a-polite-way-of-being-impolite/Chinese Fakeaway: Brand Names That Makes You Go Huh?
British tabloid Daily Mail recently noticed that some Chinese products have suspiciously familiar names, occasionally with really funny results. Do you think your children would notice if you brought them home a P...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/25/chinese-fakeaway-brand-names-that-makes-you-go-huh/Famous Last Tweets
We're all gonna die someday. What will be our last tweet before we do? I found this pretty hilarious. Takes a look back at what might have been tweeted had twitter been around in years past.A day rarely goes by witho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/24/famous-last-tweets/Maru Gets a BIG Box
(YouTube link) Maru, the curious but easygoing cat who entertains us with a box or a bag finally has a box that is worthy of him. -via Buzzfeed Cat, box...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/24/maru-gets-a-big-box/10 Greatest Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
A grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup always provided yummy comfort on cold days, but gastronomes haven't stopped there. Check out ten mouthwatering extentions of our childhood favorite during April, which is Natio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/24/10-greatest-grilled-cheese-sandwiches/Pluto: Proof That Size Matters
Pluto: Proof that Size Matters (just $9.95) - modeled by AshtonAlmost three years ago, the general public was rocked by science: astronomers at the International Astronomical Union booted off Pluto from the list of plane...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/24/pluto-proof-that-size-matters/TV Theme Songs That Will Never Die
Star Trek- composed by Alexander Courage Did you know that the Star Trek theme music has lyrics? Neither did composer Alexander Courage when he signed a deal to write the music....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/24/tv-theme-songs-that-will-never-die/Does a Fart Make You More Judgmental?
Researchers gave a questionnaire to college students, in which they are given a scenario and asked to rate how immoral the situation is. Some students just answered the questions. Others had to do it with a secret fart...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/24/does-a-fart-make-you-more-judgmental/Sour Candy Body Fluids
Imagine the reaction when people see you taking a sip from a urine specimen container! Formula P and Blood Sample are sour candy liquids packaged in specimen bottles. Guess which one is lemon and which is cherry. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/24/sour-candy-body-fluids/Fluorescent Puppies
The world’s first transgenic dogs are a litter of four cloned beagles that glow red under ultraviolet light. The puppies were cloned by a team led by scientists at Seoul National University in South Korea. They used a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/24/fluorescent-puppies/Stupid Pet Trick - Dog Plays Dead
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DalB-CvO7Qc][YouTube - Link]The simplest dog trick in the world - but this dog does it exceptionally well! - via joannecaseyFrom the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Minnesotastan.dog,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/24/stupid-pet-trick-dog-plays-dead/Are 2 Million People in America Professional Bloggers?
Leaving aside the Neatorama Civil War, I thought that I'd turn our attention to a controversial article by Mark Penn. In America today, there are almost as many people making their living as bloggers as there are la...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/23/are-2-million-people-in-america-professional-bloggers/Man Found 400-Year-Old Mummified Cat in Wall
Funeral director Richard Parson was remodeling his house when he found something surprising in the walls: a 400-year-old mummified cat that might have been placed in the walls to ward off evil spirits."Apparentl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/23/man-found-400-year-old-mummified-cat-in-wall/Clown Shoes Banned For Being Safety Hazards
Safety is no laughing matter, say circus bosses as they ban ... clown shoes:A clown has been told he cannot wear his giant comedy shoes during his act because they breach health and safety rules.Valerik Kash...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/23/clown-shoes-banned-for-being-safety-hazards/
