Archive for October 31st, 2020

The Memory Tree

Even a ghost can be traumatized by a scary experience and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. This is from Boston band Hallelujah the Hills.Case-in-point: over the course of 4 months in quarantine, lead singer Ry...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/The-Memory-Tree/

Dakota Gets a Pumpkin

Dakota is a rescue coyote living at Save a Fox Rescue. He is so excited about his gift of a pumpkin! It's a ball to play with AND food! If only he had opposable thumbs! -via reddit...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Dakota-Gets-a-Pumpkin-2/

Rain Cloud Chair

<p>Rise above those stormy, dreary days. Sit above them on the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CCNmwj7j8l7/" target="_blank">Rain Cloud Chair</a> by Shota Urasaki, a des...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Rain-Cloud-Chair/

Stained Glass Bats

The most common types of stained glass works that you might see include windows, decorative panes, and lamps. But Nicole Bex moves imaginatively beyond those norms. Her Etsy shop includes realistic bats with glass w...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Stained-Glass-Bats/

At Cambridge, Food Deliveries to Quarantined Students Are Announced with Actual Plague Bells

Trying to imagine the online form that lets students choose how they'd like to get updates on food deliveries pic.twitter.com/spOl3HWKlC— Nich🎃las Guyatt (@NicholasGuyatt) October 30, 2020 <p>...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/At-Cambridge-Food-Deliveries-to-Quarantined-Students-Are-Announced-with-Actual-Plague-Bells/

Using Drones To Keep An Eye On Penguins

<p>Counting and keeping an eye on a certain group is a daunting task. It requires steady focus and attention. I can’t seem to imagine how difficult it would be if I was tasked to monitor 300,000 pengu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Using-Drones-To-Keep-An-Eye-On-Penguins/

How Much Has The Number of Microsoft Teams Users Increased?

<p>It’s not a surprise that there are now more people who regularly use video conferencing apps to meet virtually with their friends and co-workers. But how much was the increase, really? Well, it is...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/How-Much-Has-The-Number-of-Microsoft-Teams-Users-Increased/

Tips On Breaking Bad Habits

<p>Bad habits can be hard to break. Just like good habits, you do them unconsciously, and that’s the reason why it would be difficult to break and change them. But it doesn’t mean that it would...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Tips-On-Breaking-Bad-Habits/

Playing The Soviet Anthem With An AK-47

<p>Using his left hand as accompaniment, and the AK-47 that he’s holding with his right hand, Vinheteiro plays the Soviet Anthem, because why not? And since he’s holding a gun, and with his fing...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Playing-The-Soviet-Anthem-With-An-AK-47/

Enjoy the Ride

<p>You don't have to worry about your pharmaceutical reaction so as long as inanimate objects are waiting to affirm your life choices, as seen in Ryan Hudson's <a href="https://www.channelate.com/co...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Enjoy-the-Ride/

AI Camera Keeps an Eye on the ...Bald Head?

Inverness Caledonian Thistle don’t employ a cameraman as their camera is programmed to follow the ball throughout the match. The commentator had to apologise today as the camera kept on mistaking the ball for t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/AI-Camera-Keeps-an-Eye-on-the-Bald-Head/

When Halloween Costumes Were Really Scary

<p>Back in the day, Halloween was taken seriously. Back then, this was believed to be the day when the world of the gods became visible to us, and this resulted in “supernatural mischief.” Some...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/When-Halloween-Costumes-Were-Really-Scary/

A Truly Bonkers Sandwich-Making Machine

Joseph Herscher of Joseph's Machines (previously) constructed five different Rube Goldberg contraptions in order to make a sandwich. That in itself is not so surprising, but the mechanisms he uses along the way are aston...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/A-Truly-Bonkers-Sandwich-Making-Machine/

Spend An Entire Weekend In America’s Culturally Riches Cities For Only $50

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I’d say this offer is a steal even in a non-pandemic timeline, but if you have the opportunity, maybe this offer will be of interest to you! Trave...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Spend-An-Entire-Weekend-In-America-s-Culturally-Riches-Cities-For-Only-50/

Winning $2 Million By Mistake

<p>Samir Mazahem thought that he was saving numbers on the lottery app. What he had done, however, was very different from what he thought he was doing. Apparently, he had just bought an extra ticket with t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Winning-2-Million-By-Mistake/

A man with practically nothing still manages to make incredible things happen

<p>Limited money. No friends. No associates. No job. But, this guy still managed to put out an incredible music video with some great acting skills included. </p><p><a href="https://www....

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/A-man-with-practically-nothing-still-manages-to-make-incredible-things-happen/

Can You Find The Noseless Jack-o-Lantern?

<p>In this sea of carved pumpkins, there is one that is slightly different from the others. Unlike its peers, this one doesn’t have a nose. Can you find where it is?</p><p>This puzzle was...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Can-You-Find-The-Noseless-Jack-o-Lantern/

Josh Sundquist's Halloween Costume 2020

Longtime Neatorama readers know that Josh Sundquist comes up with amazing Halloween costumes every year that utilize the fact that he has only one leg. He's also an athlete, so he can do some pretty amazing things with h...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Josh-Sundquists-Halloween-Costume-2020/

How Fireflies Can Help In Improving Robot Communication

It was an early June evening, and two scientists, physicist Raphael Sarfati and computer scientist Orit Peleg, can be found deep in the forest trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, bringing with them gear that is...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/How-Fireflies-Can-Help-In-Improving-Robot-Communication/

Is There “Free Will”?

<p>1983. American physiologist Benjamin Libet invited some people to participate in his experiment. It was an experiment that would spark interest in psychologists, philosophers, and even neuroscientists.&l...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Is-There-Free-Will/

Lying And How A Lie Detector Works

<p>For a person who is not used to lying, the said activity could be very stressful for him. When he lies, his respiratory and heart rate will increase. But why is this the case?</p><blockquote>...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Lying-And-How-A-Lie-Detector-Works/

Halloween Hijinks

Presenting: a new Homestar Runner cartoon! Sadly, this will be the only one this year. In this Halloween special, familiar characters solve a Scooby-Doo-esque mystery -with no dog, which highlights how superfluous the do...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/31/Halloween-Hijinks/




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