Way back in the 1890s match-manufacturers, Messrs. S. I. Moreland and Sons, of Gloucester and Birmingham, issued a challenge to their customers to construct a model made with no fewer than 1000 of their matchboxes. Man...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/matchbox-masterpieces/This lovely springtime cake contains no asparagus, but is a clever decoration project by Rosie at Sweetapolita. It was especially designed for her sister-in-law Mary, who is sick of asparagus. No worries; these spear...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/asparagus-cake/Even driving down the highway can be a virtual experience! With this Google Earth application, just enter your location and destination, hit "go" to find your route, then go to the simulator panel and hit "start." Yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/google-earth-driving-simulator/(YouTube link) A time-lapse video from a security camera reveals a game in which the goal is to escape a parking lot. Why didn't they drive through the grass? -via Buzzfeed traffic, parking...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/parking-puzzle/A Tweet from Jason Sweeney cried out to be made into a Twaggie. Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for life. Give an octopus nunchucks, no one’s ever eating fish again. Ill...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/octopus-with-nunchuks/Elephant Funnel - $9.95 Are you looking for a way to put the fun back into your kitchen experience? You need the Elephant Funnel from the NeatoShop. With cooking gadgets like this you are going to want to cook all the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/elephant-funnel/(Video link)Dr Mike Page, the originator of the The Cube Project, is giving you a tour in the ultra-compact eco-home in which one person could live a comfortable life with minimum impact on the environment.Constructed fr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/ultra-compact-home/(YouTube link) How can you make the three Star Wars prequels watchable? Volumes have been written on how they could have been better, but making them into one two-and-a-half minute Lego version goes a long...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/the-star-wars-prequels-in-a-hurry/The percentage of households in the United States that have TVs dropped from 98.9% to 96.7%. Why would you think that happened? Where I live, high-speed internet access costs $40 a month, whereas a decent slate of TV cha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/ownership-of-tv-sets-falls-in-u-s/(YouTube link) A jumping spider's mating dance only needs the proper music to make it perfect! You can find out more about the spider and see the original video at NPR. http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/05/05/1...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/spider-tango/The following is an article from Uncle John's Heavy Duty Bathroom Reader. After World War II, the U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in a "cold" war: an ideological conflict that was waged through political rhetoric, m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/09/joe-stalin-vs-john-wayne/(YouTube link) YouTube user and "Science Bard" cadamole wrote this tribute to Mom from biologist's point of view. I enjoyed the song, despite the fact that I didn't give any of that stuff to my children. -via The D...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/08/a-biologists-mothers-day-song/(Video Link) Spock has a mustache and sideburns. This wonderfully bad fan film was made by Ray (who I gather is an expert on Betamax recordings) in 1971 for a TV production class at Ohio State University. He used a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/08/star-trek-fan-film-from-1971/Talk about a twist- Steve Kass made noodles that are Möbius strips! You can see them cooked and ready for dinner at Flicker. Link -via Evil Mad Linkblog (Image credit: Flickr user Steve Kass)pasta, noodles, geome...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/08/mobius-pasta/(YouTube link) A Mothers Day tribute, from The Forward. -via Buzzfeedmovies, mothers day, supercut...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/08/memorable-movie-mothers/The Metropol Parasol in Sevilla, Spain, is the largest wooden structure in the world! The 150 x 70 meter wooden grid covers an archaeological site, a farmer's market, a plaza, and bars and restaurants to serve tour...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/08/the-metropol-parasol/While many sites are posting about wonderful, selfless mothers that make you feel inadequate on Mothers Day, here's a list that will make you or your mom feel like a saint in comparison! Pop culture has moms that eat the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/08/the-10-worst-mothers-in-geekdom/Old tires are used for backyard swings and shredded for playground mulch, but that's only the beginning of ways to use tires that are no longer road-worthy. This garden house was covered with tire treads to make it w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/08/10-fantastic-ways-to-recycle-tires/Graduation Pen - $2.95 Is your favorite student about to graduate? They need the Graduation Pen from the NeatoShop. The Graduation Pen might come in handy when they have to start writing all those checks to that stu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/graduation-pen/The Tumblr blog Animals with Stuffed Animals knows what's cute, and they have plenty of it. Link -via MetafilterToys, animals, pets...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/animals-with-stuffed-animals/Spiders Are Wonderful is a story by Toby Vok, labeled as non-fiction for children age 4-6. So I didn't expect much, until I got to the page you see here. The tale veers off into a delightfully scary directio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/spiders-are-wonderful/Ever seriously doubt the authenticity of the end of Donkey Kong, where Mario simply sidesteps the giant ape to free the lovely (if pixel-y) damsel in distress? Yeah, so did Dorkly. This one's for all of the realists...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/a-more-realistic-ending-to-donkey-kong/Artist Lucy Knisley has recreated the series (up through Order of the Phoenix) in comic book form, making it much easier to read for people who maybe just want to skim the plot lines instead of reading all s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/harry-potter-transfigures-into-comic-book-form/Who will win? My money's on Logan. Maybe if it was a T-Rex that had been crossed with a Great White Shark, that would be different. Click on the link to see the end of the fight, as depicted by Andrew Hou. Link vi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/wolverine-vs-tyrannosaurus-rex/Inevitably, you'll open your toolbox and find three Gungans but not a single Torx wrench. At the link: Doctor Who, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park. Link | Cartoonist's WebsiteIK...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/science-fiction-ikea-manuals/Sorry to shatter your dreams folks but aspiring astronauts might take a look at this flowchart and consider a career in another field. Linkastronauts, flowchart...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/should-you-could-you-become-an-astronaut/What would you do to help out a friend? Sixteen-year-old teenager Lui Shi Ching of Hebei carries his friend Lu Shao on his back for 8 years:In Hebei, China, a teenager named Lui Shi Ching, 16 years old, has carried h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/teenager-carried-friend-on-his-back-for-8-years/It's bad enough to encounter one natural disaster when you travel, but Stefan and Erika Svanstrom's long trip has four. They've just came back from a four month-long "Honeymoon from Hell":With their baby da...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/honeymoon-from-hell/(YouTube link) Sportswriter Hirotada Ototake threw out the ceremonial first pitch at yesterday's game between Seibu and Rakuten in Japan. Ototake was born without arms or legs, but lives a normal life and works as a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/07/hirotada-ototake/During World War I soldiers relied on horses for transportation on the battlefield. The introduction of chemical warfare at this time meant horses had to be just as protected as their human counterparts so they were...
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