(Video Link) Interviewing is a skill and not everyone has it -- but some surprising people do. Like William Shatner. Have you seen his Raw Nerve? Whatever faults he has, Shatner knows how to do a probing in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/sesame-streets-bert-interviews-andy-samberg/It takes a special sort of genius to even envision a limo consisting of 2 or more Geo Metros, let alone build one. And is that duct tape? Even better. Jalopnik reader Louis spotted this vehicle outside of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/homemade-geo-metro-limousine/(Video Link) There's not much information about this video, but, allegedly, it shows an explosion at the bottom of a water-filled quarry. There's enough 12-year old boy left in me to say that this is awesome. via...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/underwater-explosion/Do you want to learn how to send a fun 330 volts of electricity into the back of your friend’s neck? Do you not want to have to deal with the awkwardness of ordering a professional taser for home use? Then this gui...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/how-to-build-a-taser/If you’re like me you hate having to give a tip to the Bellboy for carrying your bags. Well now you won’t have to if you stay at New York City’s new futuristic Yotel Hotel. Yobot, a direct descendant of the ro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/robotic-luggage-handler/The Cosby Sweater Project takes sweaters worn by Bill Cosby during episodes of The Cosby Show and creates unique art out of them. I’m not sure why this exists, but anything utilizing the love we have for Bill Cosb...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/the-cosby-sweater-project/The greatest, fastest most sophisticated ship created of al time… The Titanic II. What could go wrong? This faux sequel to the James Cameron smash hit was created by The Asylum, a movie production company infamous...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/titanic-ii/This is one of those things that everyone does, but no one ever talks about. You’re at a restaurant, you are about to order your food but must wait for the other people to finish their order. Everyone gets that rea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/its-almost-my-turn-to-order/(YouTube link) Vaudeville makes a modern comeback! Tuesday's game between Clemson and Davidson was delayed by rain, so the players jumped into the gap to keep the fans amused. -via Metafilterbaseball, humor, rain de...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/rain-delay-entertainment/A litter of kittens was dumped at a concrete factory in Redruth, Cornwall, England. They were taken to an animal shelter named Cats Protection. The staff fed the kittens and washed them, but one is still stained pink -an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/the-pink-panther/When gasoline was rationed or nonexistent during World War II, many cars were converted to run on firewood. The trend is making a comeback of sorts as gas prices rise higher and higher. See some of these cars and fin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/woodburning-cars/It is once again time for our collaboration with the always amusing What Is It? Blog. Do you know what this thing is? Can you take a wild guess? Place your guess in the comment section below. One guess per commen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/what-is-it-game-178/Since the dawn of time, people have found nifty ways to clean up after the bathroom act. The most common solution was simply to grab what was at hand: coconuts, shells, snow, moss, hay, leaves, grass, corncobs, shee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/toilet-paper-how-america-convinced-the-world-to-wipe/Cog railways can travel up steep hills and mountains because of an extra rail underneath with teeth. Cogwheels on the train itself fit into those teeth and keep it pushing upward. Some of these railways have been in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/spectacular-cog-railways/(YouTube link) The latest from Parry Gripp (previously). Even vegetables haters will like this song! -via BuzzfeedSong, vegetables, Parry Gripp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/i-like-vegetables/Redditor suziecreamcheese made this quilt for a baby shower. Each quilt block is a representation of a Beatles album cover. I think she nailed the White Album, don't you? Link -via Blame It On The VoicesBeatles, quil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/19/beatles-baby-quilt/Kid's Slipper Genie - $9.95 Have you ever dreamed of slapping some microfiber dust mops to the bottom of your kid's feet and putting all their energy to good cleaning use? Well, now you can with the Kid's Slipper Geni...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/kids-slipper-genie/We've mentioned noodling before. It's a fishing technique that consists of grabbing a fish with your bare hands and tossing it up on the shore. But here in Texas we do it a bit differently. Noodling consists of shovi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/noodling-illegal-in-texas-for-now/Craft introduced me to a great Flickr pool called Geekigami, which is filled with well-made pieces of original origami. This piece by Flickr user -sbel- isn't geeky, but it is neat. Link via Craft | Flick...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/needs-grits-and-bacon-origami-fried-egg/I had no idea that a set of lenses was such an incredibly complex piece of machinery! Michael Zang acquired on eBay a Leica Tri-Elmar-M 28-35-50mm that had been sliced in half. It was made by students as a graduation...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/camera-lens-assembly-cross-section/Half-caff latte, I choose you! Christiaan Morris made this latte surface art for the Fremont Coffee Company in Seattle. Other images at the link include Darth Vader, Batman, and Boba Fett. Link via Walyou | Photo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/latte-pikachu/Virgin Galactic's experimental SpaceShipTwo, dubbed the VSS Enterprise, recently performed its first flight using "feathering". That means that the rear of the craft bent far backwards to slow it down during...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/virgins-enterprise-makes-first-feathering-flight/As if Hello Kitty wasn't creepy enough! Chris Myles made this personality sphere (that's from Portal) as a baby shower gift. Link via Super PunchHello Kitty, Portal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/hello-kitty-personality-sphere/Students at a Dutch university have constructed the largest functional Nintendo Entertainment System controller in the world. It measures twelve by five feet. As you can see from the Dutch-language video at the link,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/worlds-largest-functional-nes-controller/Israeli designer Idan Friedman has been experimenting with a new medium lately -- embossed disposable aluminum pans. He refers to the project as depicting "ordinary people and disposable objects." I think that it's a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/embossed-aluminum-pans/Three-person chess, a game mentioned on by Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory, is now a reality. It requires a specialized board, but other than that, you can just follow the rules at the link. Here's an overvie...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/three-sided-chess/The Centers for Disease Control, an agency of the United States government, finally got with the times and decided to warn the public about the dangers of zombie attacks. Here's what the CDC plans to do during an outbrea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/official-us-government-website-provides-advice-on-survival-during-a-zombie-apocalypse/Party Skel-A-Mingo Flamingo Lawn Ornament - $14.95 It's nearly summer. Are you looking for a quick way to spruce up your yard? You need the Party Skel-A-Mingo Flamingo Lawn Ornament from the NeatoShop. This Flamingo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/party-skel-a-mingo-flamingo-lawn-ornament/A design student names Vivian Chiu came up with the idea for the Inception Chair because she liked the dream within a dream concept of the film. The chair is made from ten increasingly smaller chairs that nest togeth...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/the-inception-chair-better-be-easier-on-the-butt-than-the-eyes/I get lots of text messages, more than I would like really. I have received a few that had directions or other important details that I would like to print out. I wouldn't want to print them on the wall though like t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/18/printer-contraption-will-print-texts-on-walls/
