It's nice work if you can get it. Last year, Ed Casabian began moving around New York City, living in a different neighborhood every week. He writes about his experiences, and is booked up through October already. I’d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/the-nyc-nomad/(vimeo link) In the French animation Mortys, death is a working mother. Business is disrupted when her child schemes to get more of her time. Mortys is a graduation short film co-directed by Gaelle Lebegue, Mathieu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/mortys/Etsy seller Kevin Glenn made these two outstanding Nintendo case mods that resemble Star Wars vessels. The TIE fighter is a Nintendo 64 and a 1995 Hasbro kit. The snowspeeder is a Mini Super NES with a 1995...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/star-wars-nintendo-case-mods/(Video Link) You're still riding a unicorn? They're, like, so 2010. The new thing is the quadricorn. It's four times as unicorny as a unicorn. Don't you have one yet? Dude, get with the times. -via Uniblogunicorn...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/ride-the-quadricorn/Jed Heuer, a Portland, Oregon-based photographer captured this shot. Presumably it was staged. Presumably. http://www.jheuer.com/#566265/Reese-s-Dog -via Colossalreeses...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/reeses-cone-of-shame/(Video Link) Jason Steffen is a particle physicist who works at Fermliab. He's used his knowledge of complex systems and motion to develop an airplane boarding procedure that is more efficient than those currently i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/fermilab-physicist-develops-more-efficient-airliner-boarding-procedure/The modern bride wants one thing out of her wedding: Gollum, Gollum, and more Gollum! Really, you can't overdo it. At a minimum, hire a guy to dress up like Gollum and serve as your ringbearer. For an upscale wedding...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/gollum-wedding-cake/(Video Link) This viral video ad for Red Bull features pro surfers Bruce Irons, Kolohe Andino and Jamie O'Brien riding the waves with flares attached to the backs of their boards. The nighttime shots are really beau...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/surfing-with-flares/The Doctor's old foes, the Cybermen, have constructed new allies from ponies. Are they vulnerable to gold? There's only one way to find out! Link -via TechnabobDoctor Who, My Little Ponies...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/my-little-cyberman/I hate it when this happens, Premature Button Push: (n) The act of passing up a crowded elevator car, only to push the button again too soon, revealing the same car of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/awkward-elevator-moments/What do you get when you combine Mario Bros. with Portal? Here's your favorite plumber like you've never seen him before, courtesy of stabyourself: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/mario-portal/Photo: Jerome Rozen / American Museum of Natural History These sure aren't your ordinary beehives! Behold the nest of the O. avoseta bee, which is made from flower petals:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/bees-that-nest-in-flowers/Sure it's easy to underestimate the Neanderthals as dumb cavemen - after all, they're extinct and we're still here. But were we wrong about our cave-dwelling cousins? For ins...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/did-human-interbreed-with-gasp-neanderthals/Seinfeldians and vintage sneaker aficionados alike will geek out over Complex's shockingly detailed guide to the various sneakers Jerry wears throughout the series. For example, the flashy kicks you see in the pictur...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/a-complete-guide-to-seinfelds-sneakers/Illustrator Andrew Kolb was listening to David Bowie's "Space Oddity" when he realized the imagery would make a great children's book. Well, you know - if your kids are ready to deal with the tragedy of an astronaut dy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/david-bowies-space-oddity-as-a-childrens-book/Star Trek Insignia Button Set - $4.95 Are business suits and smart casual dressing depressing you? Now you can dress up any outfit with your favorite Starfleet or Klingon insignia with the Star Trek Insignia Button Se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/star-trek-insignia-button-set/by Yoram Bauman [1] University of Washington, Seattle, Washington The cornerstone of Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw’s introductory economics textbook, Principles of Economics, i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/mankiws-ten-principles-of-economics-translated/(Video Link) Who know foxes could even make such adorable noises? I want to hear the joke that got him going so hard. Via BuzzFeedCute, animals, zoos, foxes, laughing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/an-adorable-giggling-fox/We've all heard a marketing campaign at some point and thought, "that is just stupid," but most bad advertising strategies just result in a few less sales than a successful campaign would have brought in. Sometimes t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/5-idiotic-marketing-disasters/Did you know Leonardo DiCaprio collects action figures or that Johnny Depp likes to play with Barbies? Also awesome -Ben Stiller is a Trekkie. If you want a little more insight into some of today's most popular stars...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/11-strange-celebrity-hobbies/I don't have any info on the source of this picture, but I know that at least a few of our Neatorama readers probably have dressed their little ones up in clothing like this on occasion. Anyone know where this pictur...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/this-is-what-my-baby-will-dress-like/The coati is a relative of the raccoon, but with a distinctively more piggish snout. While they're always pretty cute, they are mind-blowingly precious as babies as you can see in this great ZooBorns post. Don't miss...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/30/baby-ring-tailed-coatis/When fantasy genre and food enthusiast Adam Bruski read the "A Game Of Thrones" novels by George R.R. Martin, he paid close attention to an aspect that i'm sure very few reading the books have even noticed-the amazin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/29/foodies-and-fantasy-novels-the-quest-for-new-recipes/Reactions to this new bundle pack will range from "How much? No thanks..." to "Awesome!", with lots of mehs in-between. But if you're still using your Wii for anything other than Netflix, and you enjoyed the previous...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/29/shiny-new-zelda-game-and-wiimote-bundle/(YouTube Link) If you remember the crazy Crossfire game commercials from the 1990's, then this commercial parody will bring back memories, and hopefully elicit a chuckle. If you were too young, or old, to have seen th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/29/crossfire-commercial-is-dangerous-in-real-life/The man calling himself the Eyeborg has put together a short documentary detailing modern bionics and cutting edge prosthetics, part of which was filmed using his eye camera. Rob Spence lost his eye in a firearm...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/29/take-a-tour-of-modern-bionics-with-the-eyeborg/These characters aren't going to be kicking anyone's butt in battle, unless they find a way to use their cuteness as a weapon. Illustrator Ivan Camelo has taken our favorite musclebound DC heroes and turned them into...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/29/the-least-powerful-dc-superheroes-ever/Here we are, at the intersection of video game and board game. Elisabeth Redel made a Monopoly game for her boyfriend fashioned after the video game Fallout! The streets are locations from the game instead of Atlanti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/29/fallout-monopoly/We often post stupid criminal stories here at Neatorama. This isn't one of them. No, this fellow was most cunning. Christopher Lowcock wrapped up his prosthetic leg in bandages. When private contractors hired by the poli...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/29/man-eludes-police-surveillance-by-taking-off-the-prosthetic-leg-to-which-officers-had-attached-an-electronic-monitoring-device/Pigs don't sweat much, so they wallow in the mud to cool off their bodies. So how did the English language expression "sweating like a pig" develop? It's actually a reference to pig iron, which is form of iron smelting:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/29/the-expression-sweating-like-a-pig-has-nothing-to-do-with-pigs/
