Psst! Need a job? Here's an opening for you: $10 to $12 an hour, with the possibility of an occassional bonus. All you have to do is cater to the "everyday tasks" of a Georgetown University sophomore.That's rig...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/24/busy-college-undergrad-got-a-job-for-you-be-his-personal-assistant/In order to teach horse owners about their horses, Gillian Higgins spends up to four hours painting anatomical features on her white horse - in essence, turning it inside out! No more wondering about where a particula...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/inside-out-horses/(Video Link) The Harvey Awards are given annually by the comic book industry. This promotional video for them is a parody of Alec Baldwin's sales rant from the movie Glengarry Glen Ross. The corporate off...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/abc-stands-for-always-be-cartooning/The laws of the internet were never legislated, but passed into law by being evident over and over again. I was familiar with most of these laws, but some I didn't know had names or documented origins. 4. Skitt’s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/10-internet-rules-and-laws/Dracula vs. Cujo One dark and stormy evening, Spanish neurologist Juan Gomez-Alonso was watching a vampire movie when he realized something strange; he noticed that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/theyre-alive-real-scientific-reasons-to-believe-in-vampires-werewolves-and-zombies/(YouTube Link) Researchers at at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been working since the 1990s on helicopters that can navigate indoor spaces autonomously. This one won the 2009 AUVSI Aerial Robotics...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/autonomous-indoor-helicopter/Image from Foxtongue [Flickr]The next time you get a bunch of WTF pictures on a viral email, remember this: human's propensity for making weird (and weirdly wonderful) pictures predates the InterWeb. Take a look at these...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/weird-images-of-yore-black-and-wtf/[http://youtu.be/5sY6Mr0_2rg] YouTube Link Here's a fine and seasonally-appropriate example of the Hollow Face Illusion, created by Tony Bailey. Also in this category, Three Figurines is not to be missed! via Mighty...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/pumpkin-face-illusion/[YouTube - Link] Ants are such amazing creatures! Able to work together to create vast underground empires and take down almost any animal of any size...even humans! So, what happens when a creature such as the cr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/ants-vs-crab/A couple of weeks ago, we posted an interview with Frank Warren of PostSecret, where we asked Neatoramanauts to submit their own questions. Here are the four questions and a comment...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/postsecret-interview-follow-up-winners-of-the-postsecret-book/It's bound to happen: someone created a Halloween costume inspired by the Melon Hat Cat (AKA Limecat) Internet meme. Our very own Jill Harness wrote about this and many more weird Halloween costumes at Inventor Spot blog...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/limecat-halloween-costume/Stereomicrograph: Fabrice Parais of DIREN Basse-NormandieI'm a big fan of Nikon Small World, an annual photomicrography competition (featured before on Neatorama in 2007 and 2008). The winners of the 2009 contest have ju...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/2009-nikon-small-world-photomicrography-competition/It has been argued that dirty cars are more fuel efficient than clean ones for the same reason that dimples on a golf ball improve its aerodynamics during flight. The team at Mythbusters tested these hypotheses and fou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/can-you-improve-your-cars-gas-mileage-by-adding-golf-ball-dimples/Sure you can insure your house, car, precious artwork ... but how about taste buds? Turns out that you CAN insure parts of your anatomy, especially when those parts generate income. For example:John Harrison*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/insurance-for-taste-buds/More fun with movie posters and Photoshop can be had at The Chive. Inspired by a Worth 1000 contest, users re-imagine popular movies if one letter in their title was changed, or removed. Here, The Chive lays clai...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/movies-one-letter-off/Image: Edgadget Look at the picture. When the man moves his joystick to the left, the helmet on the girl's head pulls her left ear, signally that she should go left. When he moves his joystick to the right, the oppo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/remote-controlled-human/Uterus transplants have been thus far unsuccessful because the transplanted uteri do not maintain a blood supply strong enough to keep a fetus alive. But now British medical researchers may have solved that problem. *e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/medical-researchers-making-progress-on-uterus-transplants/(YouTube Link) Sam Hart wrote a love song for his cat entitled "Kitty Song." Then he sang it to his cat while stacking 61 objects on top of him. Most of them are just playing cards, but others are quite large. Yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/man-stacks-61-objects-on-his-cat-while-serenading-him/The Itchy & Scratch Show is a "show within a show" featured on The Simpsons. If you are at all familiar with it, you'll enjoy today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. See if you can decide which title is...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/itchy-and-scratchy-episode-or-cheesy-horror-film/[https://youtu.be/-VsmF9m_Nt8] (YouTube link)The song is called Prisencolinensinainciusol, written by Italian artist Adriano Celentano in 1972. Recorded by Celentano and Claudia Mori in an American accent, it sounds*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/prisencolinensinainciusol/Artist Reid Peppard makes fashion accessories out of dead animals. Imagine cufflinks made from little mouse heads, a coin purse that was once a rat, or headbands with real wings. Shown is a hair comb made from a guin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/taxidermy-fashion-accessories/That didn't take long. You can get your very own Balloon Boy Halloween Costume Kit from Plantraco Microflight. Includes balloon (some assembly required). Link -via the Presurferballoon boy, Falcon Heene, Halloween co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/balloon-boy-halloween-costume/(YouTube link) Who says turtles are slow? This strange-looking soft shell turtle made a quick getaway! -via Unique Dailyspeed, turtle...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/speedy-the-turtle/People often blanche at the thought of playing a board game, but that's because they have only been exposed to the old "classics" that really aren't worthy of the title due to poor rulesets that promote luck ov...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/23/beyond-monopoly-the-15-greatest-board-games-of-all-time/Image: Aaron Diaz In this issue of the webcomic Dresden Codak, Aaron Diaz pokes fun at the contrived plot devices of movie makers, such as the Reverse MacGuffin and the Double Shyamalan. My favorite is the U...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/22/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/(YouTube Link) Animator Noam Raby expressed his love for the webcomic xkcd and the many interests of its artist, Randall Munroe, in this one minute music video. Raby and Munroe have previously collaborated...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/22/i-love-xkcd/In his new book Manthropology, Peter McAllister argues that human physical strength and endurance have deteriorated over time. John Mehaffey writes for Reuters: Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/22/anthropologist-argues-that-modern-humans-are-wimps/(YouTube Link) Artist Soomi Park created a LED rig that gives the user the appearance of having glowing eyelashes. Here's her motivation: An LED Eyelash project is brought into the world to find an answer to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/22/led-eyelashes/Photos Property of Scubacraft You're cruising along in your speedboat, when suddenly the urge strikes to just flip a switch and dive deep into the waters with your boat. No problem. That dream is now possible with...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/22/the-scubacraft-submersible-powerboat/These are the kinds of wine that people buy just for the name. Are they good? Who knows? No one wants to open a bottle, they just want everyone to see the name on their wine shelf! The wine pictured...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/22/10-bizarre-wine-brands/
