Archive for August 2011

Steve Jobs Keynote Moments

You've probably heard by now that Steve Jobs has resigned as the CEO of Apple, which saddened many fans who assume the move is due to his health. As a tribute to his career, Ranker has posted The Top Steve Jobs Keynote M...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-keynote-moments/

Jedi Kittens

(YouTube link) You know it's true -kittens will play with anything you leave within their reach. So put your light sabers away! -Thanks, Zach! Star Wars, Cat, kittens, light sabers...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/jedi-kittens/

What Is It? game 190

Here it is, time for our collaboration with the always amusing What Is It? Blog. Tell us what this thing is, if you know. If you don't, make a wild guess! Place your guess in the comment section below. One gues...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/what-is-it-game-190/

4 Famous Sets of Sisters Who Changed History

Earlier this month was National Sisters Day, which got me thinking about famous sibling duos. I thought it would be fun to share a list of the most famous of these sister pairings, but to be fair, there are so many famou...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/4-famous-sets-of-sisters-who-changed-history/

Nintendo Boardwalk Cabinets

Donald Kennedy imagined Nintendo characters in three old-fashioned boardwalk cabinets. Wario tells your fortune, Mario challenges you to grab a prize, and Elec Man (from Mega Man) shocks you with electricity...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/nintendo-boardwalk-cabinets/

Ridiculously Large Sushi In Japan

A new sushi restaurant in the Aichi Prefecture of Japan has taken to making some outrageously massive rolls and nigiri. They also serve up some absolutely tiny pieces with each order to absolutely mess with the minds...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/ridiculously-large-sushi-in-japan/

A Tron Cycle For Your Favorite Kiddo

This Tron Light Cycle scooter just might be the ultimate kid's toy for those aspiring to raise their children with proper reverence for all things geek. I don't know about you guys, but I wish I had one when I was a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/a-tron-cycle-for-your-favorite-kiddo/

Renaissance Tortoise Is Ready For Battle

(Video Link) Angus here looks quite dashing in his kilt...like he could be the animal reincarnation of William Wallace. Via BuzzFeedanimals, pets, tortoises, battle, Renaissance, renaisance...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/renaissance-tortoise-is-ready-for-battle/

The Beef Jerky Potato Chip

Cherkees are beef jerky pieces with the texture of a potato chip.I'm honestly not sure if I should be terrified or excited by this concept because it's so wrong, but it might just be the ultimate snack food. If you g...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/the-beef-jerky-potato-chip/

Cats With Owl Faces

There are plenty of Photoshopped animal hybrids on the net, but BuzzFeed's collection of cats with owl faces includes some pictures that look far more realistic than many of the rest. I don't know about you, but thes...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/cats-with-owl-faces/

Scientist And Artist Create Bulletproof Skin Out Of Woven Silk

Artists often come up with concepts and ideas that require help to reach the light of day, and whenever an artist teams up with a scientist the unlikely duo is most likely on the verge of making an incredible discovery....

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/25/scientist-and-artist-create-bulletproof-skin-out-of-woven-silk/

Portal Fan Film Is Quite Good Actually

(YouTube Link) When the term Fan Film is used to describe what you're about to watch, you normally don't expect much from the film or the maker.  This film, entitled Portal: No Escape is unlike any fan film i've ever...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/portal-fan-film-is-quite-good-actually/

Animated Sheet Music

(Video Link) This is a simple but remarkably soothing video. Dan Cohen took the sheet music for Miles Davis's "So What" and animated it, one note at a time. -via Joe Carter | Dan Cohen's Websitejazz, sheet music...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/animated-sheet-music/

Trojan Deer

Kristie Carlisle Duncan, a MFA student at the Savannah College of Art and Design, came up with this whimsical sculpture. It's a mechanical deer piloted by tiny chickens. Not real ones, of course. But if this contrapt...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/trojan-deer/

Pileus Iridescent Cloud

Esther Havens snapped this marvelous shot in Ethiopia. NASA says that it's a pileus iridescent cloud, which is "a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors o...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/pileus-iridescent-cloud/

Nyan Cat Theme on an Ocarina

(Video Link) YouTube user docjazz4 plays the ocarina well enough to keep up with the rapid tempo of Nyan Cat -- but only for a minute and a half. Keep at it! We need to hear at least three hours of this music withou...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/nyan-cat-theme-on-an-ocarina/

The Original Scarecrow Costume from The Wizard of Oz

Image: National Museum of American History Tomorrow is the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. debut of "The Wizard of Oz," and The Smithsonian Snapshot sent us details:...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/the-original-scarecrow-costume-from-the-wizard-of-oz/

Alien Invasion Glow-In-The-Dark Goo

Alien Invasion Glow-In-The-Dark Goo - $3.95 How do you make glow in the dark goo even more fantastic to play with? You package it in a jar shaped like a 55-gallon drum and add a little alien figurine.  Get your Alien...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/alien-invasion-glow-in-the-dark-goo/

Swapping Children to End Tribal War in Vanuatu

Tribal chiefs in the remote Pacific island of Vanuatu has taken a drastic step based on a tradition that has not been invoked in 200 years: a children swap to end a long-running trib...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/swapping-children-to-end-tribal-war-in-vanuatu/

Winking Grizzly Bear

Jill Greenberg, the photographer who became famous (or more famous) by taking photos of crying kids, has turned her attention to something a bit more meaty. Like bears, for instance....

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/winking-grizzly-bear/

33 Awesome Hotel Rooms

BuzzFeed has a great list of cool hotel rooms, and while most of them have stunning interiors, I have to say that this cow-shaped room is the one that really caught my attention. It's apparently in Belgium, but I cou...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/33-awesome-hotel-rooms/

6 Helpful Things Schools Made You Stop Doing

I'm sure just about everyone reading this was yelled at at least once in school for chewing gum, doodling, day dreaming or fidgeting, but as it turns out, science says those behavoirs are actually beneficial to your...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/6-helpful-things-schools-made-you-stop-doing/

South Korean Exam Village

If you were like me and avoided studying at the library in college because it was too intense, then you wouldn't want to visit Exam Ville in South Korea. There about twenty thousand people live and study for law school e...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/south-korean-exam-village/

Amazing Sand Sculpture Pictures

I don't know about you guys, but I am fascinated by sand sculptures. It's just amazing that people put so much time and effort into creating something beautiful but extremely temporary. That's why these photos from t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/amazing-sand-sculpture-pictures/

7 Unethical, But Brilliant Experiments

There is so much we have yet to learn about our own world and society, but while we are able to design experiments to answer some of these questions, ethics prevents us from performing them all. Wired has a great list of...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/7-unethical-but-brilliant-experiements/

The Boring, Mundane Things We Do In Video Games

I've noticed a bizarre trend recently that in video games often seemingly mundane tasks are required of the player. In fact  in some online games the entire point is to work in a store or restaurant. (Seriously.)  That...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/the-boring-mundane-things-we-do-in-video-games/

Googly Eye Shoes

Remember the Googly eye dress we featured on Neatorama a while ago? Well, the question to what shoes go with that has finally been answered. Behold the Déjà Vu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/googly-eye-shoes/

Brokeback Seinfeld

(Video Link) It's a love story about nothing...and it might be one of the funniest parody videos I've seen in a very long time. Via BuzzFeedFunny, Seinfeld, videos, parodies, brokeback mountain...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/brokeback-seinfeld/

George Lucas Makes More Changes To The Star Wars Films

Fans are excited that the complete Star Wars saga is coming out on Blu-ray. However there are some concerns as Lucas has indicated he will include "surprises." Some of these may be technical upgrades of audi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/george-lucas-makes-more-changes-to-the-star-wars-films/

Movie Titles in Movies: Part Deux

In a lot of films there is that moment where a character actually says the name of the movie. This can either be cool or lame depending on the context. Now here are 110 titles being said in the film in 159 seconds. W...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/24/movie-titles-in-movies-part-deux/
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