This Italian-made toothpaste squeezer is hand-crafted with chrome plating, non-slip silicone feet, and has an engraved logo. Don't waste toothpaste. If you use it for 200 years, it will pay for itself! http://www.parkandbond.com/product/87196707 -via Boing Boing
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This Italian-made toothpaste squeezer is hand-crafted with chrome plating, non-slip silicone feet, and has an engraved logo. Don't waste toothpaste. If you use it for 200 years, it will pay for itself! http://www.parkandbond.com/product/87196707 -via Boing Boing
When you get your first place of your own, upgrade to a bigger house, or when the kids move out, you may get your first totally personal man room.
To best fix it up, follow the advice of men who have gone before you and follow the three rules: quality, comfortable, and personal. The Art of Manliness has tips on all these plus pictures of the manly rooms of manly men. Pictured here is Mark Twain's billiard room. Link -via Nag on the Lake
The man room or “man cave” can be defined as any place a man sets aside to pursue his interests, whether with friends, family, or by himself. It can be an office, a study, the basement, or a shed out back. For the purposes of this post, the man room is not a shop or workspace, but rather a place for a man to relax and enjoy himself.
To best fix it up, follow the advice of men who have gone before you and follow the three rules: quality, comfortable, and personal. The Art of Manliness has tips on all these plus pictures of the manly rooms of manly men. Pictured here is Mark Twain's billiard room. Link -via Nag on the Lake
Knitted Princess Leia buns are so yesteryear. What you need is this nice, ear-warming Knit Vulcan Hat, or "Spock Touque." Live long and keep warm! These caps are hand-made by Etsy seller Becca Stundel, who runs FiveCornersDesign. Link -via Geeks Are Sexy
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A couple in Montana show off with their mid-'80s John Deere 6620 Turbo combine. Do not try this at home. -via The Daily What
This Twaggie, inspired by a Tweet from @vonbunnie, made me giggle and then feel old. Do you realize Bob Marley died thirty years ago? Link
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You may have heard of Pronunciation Book, a YouTube channel in which English words and names are pronounced for the purpose of helping non-English speakers. Videos have been added steadily for over a year. Pronunciation Manual, on the other hand, is a channel with ridiculously incorrect pronunciations that look just like the videos from Pronunciation Book. Woe to the English student who gets the two sources mixed up! Link -via Laughing Squid
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CNN is trying to cover an upcoming celebrity wedding, but the star of the segment is the kid in the background. If it weren't for him, I would have no idea that Kim Kardashian was getting married! -via The Daily What
Danger Room has photographs of what many of us would call costumes, but are actually regulation military or semi-military uniforms of various units from around the world. Pictured are Korean Honor Guards.
You might also notice how the US Army's technical innovations make soldiers of the future look more and more like characters from a video game. Although the word "silly" is certainly in the eye of the beholder (but really, peacock feathers?) most of these would qualify. Personally, I think the Italian police uniforms are sharp. Link -via the Presurfer
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These South Korean Honor Guards proudly don Crayola Crayon-inspired outfits, complete with trumpets and peacock feathers, at the Honor Guard Ceremony in the War Memorial of Korea. In the summertime, these ceremonies are held every Friday and Saturday.
You might also notice how the US Army's technical innovations make soldiers of the future look more and more like characters from a video game. Although the word "silly" is certainly in the eye of the beholder (but really, peacock feathers?) most of these would qualify. Personally, I think the Italian police uniforms are sharp. Link -via the Presurfer
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The YouTube title of the video making the rounds is "Someone Should Tell This Girl That This Can't Be Done." But you know how some people insist on doing the impossible. The rhythmic gymnast here is Boyanka Angelova {wiki} of Bulgaria, and this performance in 2008 won her second place. -via reddit
by John Trinkaus, Baruch College, City University of New York
John Trinkaus was awarded the 2003 Ig Nobel Prize in literature, for meticulously collecting data and publishing more than 80 detailed academic reports about things that annoyed him.
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John Trinkaus was awarded the 2003 Ig Nobel Prize in literature, for meticulously collecting data and publishing more than 80 detailed academic reports about things that annoyed him.
This new study is one of a series Professor Trinkaus is publishing in the Annals of Improbable Research.
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This year, 2009, the public is being advised to frequently wash their hands, or otherwise sanitize their hands, as a precaution against the flu. But to what extent do people actually follow this advice? This study examines one aspect of that question.
The hand Sanitizing Station Study
A number of organizations with high pedestrian traffic volume throughout the day in their buildings have installed hand sanitizing devices in the lobbies.
To glean some information as to the possible usage of such sanitizing stations, a study was conducted at one such facility: an ancillary building (housing faculty practice offices) of a teaching hospital located in the suburbs of a large Northeastern city. This multi-story building was used by approximately 80 physicians and related health care professionals, and their staffs, operating out of about 30 differing private practice offices. Immediately inside the entrance to the building, there was positioned a user-activated hand sanitizing station. Attached to the device was a prominently printed sign, at eye level, which read, in large clear lettering, a message to the effect that everyone entering the facility must disinfect their hands.
Using convenience sampling, 500 observations were made, during the summer of 2009, as to the number of people using the station as they entered the building.
The following is an article from Uncle John's Heavy Duty Bathroom Reader.
If you've ever visited the Middle East, you know that when American TV programs are shown on Arab TV, culturally sensitive content is often altered or removed. Turns out some hows aren't so easy to "Arabize."
MUST-SEE TV
In late 1991, the Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) went on the air for the first time. It was the Arab world's first privately owned, independent satellite TV network, and the first to offer 24 hours of Arabic language television programming free of charge to anyone with a satellite dish.
Other networks soon sprung up, creating a huge demand for content to fill the airwaves. In the years that followed, countless American TV shows -everything from Friends to The Late Show with David Letterman to Two and a Half Man to McGyver to Dr. Phil and Oprah- found their way onto these channels, either dubbed into Arabic or broadcast with Arabic subtitles, and with culturally offensive subject matter toned down or removed entirely.
Shows that appealed to younger audiences were especially popular. In some countries as much as 60 percent of the population was under 20 years of age, and the numbers remain high today. So it was probably inevitable that sooner or later, one of the Arab networks would set its sights on The Simpsons, one of the most successful shows in American TV history, and try to bring it to the Middle East. In 2005, MBC did just that.
HOMER OF ARABIA
No expense was spared to prepare The Simpsons for the Arab market. The Arab world's best TV writers were hired to translate episodes into Arabic, and A-list actors and actresses were hired to provide new voices for the characters. To make the show seem less "foreign," Homer Simpson was renamed Omar Shamshoon, and the show itself was renamed Al Shamshoon -"The Shamshoons." (Marge Simpson became Mona Shamshoon, Bart became Badr, and Lisa became Beesa.) Each episode that was selected for translation into Arabic was carefully reviewed to remove anything that might be offensive to Muslims. For example, where Homer Simpson drinks Duff beer (Islam forbids the consumption of alcohol), Omar Shamshoon drinks Duff fruit juice. Homer eats hot dogs (which commonly contain pork, also forbidden) and donuts (which are unfamiliar to most Arabs), but Omar eats Egyptian beef sausage links and khak cookies, which, like donuts, are often made with a hole in the middle.
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If you've ever visited the Middle East, you know that when American TV programs are shown on Arab TV, culturally sensitive content is often altered or removed. Turns out some hows aren't so easy to "Arabize."
MUST-SEE TV
In late 1991, the Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) went on the air for the first time. It was the Arab world's first privately owned, independent satellite TV network, and the first to offer 24 hours of Arabic language television programming free of charge to anyone with a satellite dish.
Other networks soon sprung up, creating a huge demand for content to fill the airwaves. In the years that followed, countless American TV shows -everything from Friends to The Late Show with David Letterman to Two and a Half Man to McGyver to Dr. Phil and Oprah- found their way onto these channels, either dubbed into Arabic or broadcast with Arabic subtitles, and with culturally offensive subject matter toned down or removed entirely.
Shows that appealed to younger audiences were especially popular. In some countries as much as 60 percent of the population was under 20 years of age, and the numbers remain high today. So it was probably inevitable that sooner or later, one of the Arab networks would set its sights on The Simpsons, one of the most successful shows in American TV history, and try to bring it to the Middle East. In 2005, MBC did just that.
HOMER OF ARABIA
No expense was spared to prepare The Simpsons for the Arab market. The Arab world's best TV writers were hired to translate episodes into Arabic, and A-list actors and actresses were hired to provide new voices for the characters. To make the show seem less "foreign," Homer Simpson was renamed Omar Shamshoon, and the show itself was renamed Al Shamshoon -"The Shamshoons." (Marge Simpson became Mona Shamshoon, Bart became Badr, and Lisa became Beesa.) Each episode that was selected for translation into Arabic was carefully reviewed to remove anything that might be offensive to Muslims. For example, where Homer Simpson drinks Duff beer (Islam forbids the consumption of alcohol), Omar Shamshoon drinks Duff fruit juice. Homer eats hot dogs (which commonly contain pork, also forbidden) and donuts (which are unfamiliar to most Arabs), but Omar eats Egyptian beef sausage links and khak cookies, which, like donuts, are often made with a hole in the middle.
The back-to-school rush is on! If the schools in your area haven't started already, they will soon. Stores are busy with parents shopping for new clothing and supplies for their students. Among all the required items, you might want to give your kids something special and different to encourage their efforts and let them know how much you care, so check out the featured back to school stuff in the NeatoShop! And even if you don't have kids, you'll want to catch up on all the things you might have missed this week at Neatorama.
Jill Harness wrote about The Spicy History of Your Favorite Spices.
John Farrier gave us 11 Facts You Might Not Know about Kung Fu.
Eddie Deezen told us the story of The Strangest At-Bat in History, 60 years to the day after it happened.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader filled us in on the making of the movie Plan 9 From Outer Space in the article I Remember Ed Wood.
The Cingulate Cortex Does Everything came from The Annals of Improbable Research.
From mental_floss magazine, we learned about Peter Deunov: How One Man Saved Bulgaria's Jews.
At NeatoBambino, we often post videos of cute kids. Last weekend, one featured the son of our social media guru David Israel, in Geek Toddler Reviews iCade for the iPad.
We teamed up with Geeks Are Sexy to bring you the latest edition of the Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt. Congratulations to the winners, posted here.
In this week's What Is It? game, the object pictured is indeed a fireman’s sand bucket, with a round bottom to keep anyone from using it for anything else. The earliest correct answer came from Bill, but due to a technical glitch on my part, it was not posted. The first correct answer posted came from Berhard, so we are awarding t-shirts to both of them. There were a lot of wonderfully funny answers! A t-shirt goes to Edward for the suggestion that this is Pa Kettle’s bowling bag.
Want more? Be sure to check our Facebook page every day for extra content, contests, discussions, videos, and links you won't find here. Also, our Twitter feed will keep you updated on what's going around the web in real time. Thanks for spending time with us at Neatorama!
Jill Harness wrote about The Spicy History of Your Favorite Spices.
John Farrier gave us 11 Facts You Might Not Know about Kung Fu.
Eddie Deezen told us the story of The Strangest At-Bat in History, 60 years to the day after it happened.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader filled us in on the making of the movie Plan 9 From Outer Space in the article I Remember Ed Wood.
The Cingulate Cortex Does Everything came from The Annals of Improbable Research.
From mental_floss magazine, we learned about Peter Deunov: How One Man Saved Bulgaria's Jews.
At NeatoBambino, we often post videos of cute kids. Last weekend, one featured the son of our social media guru David Israel, in Geek Toddler Reviews iCade for the iPad.
We teamed up with Geeks Are Sexy to bring you the latest edition of the Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt. Congratulations to the winners, posted here.
In this week's What Is It? game, the object pictured is indeed a fireman’s sand bucket, with a round bottom to keep anyone from using it for anything else. The earliest correct answer came from Bill, but due to a technical glitch on my part, it was not posted. The first correct answer posted came from Berhard, so we are awarding t-shirts to both of them. There were a lot of wonderfully funny answers! A t-shirt goes to Edward for the suggestion that this is Pa Kettle’s bowling bag.
Want more? Be sure to check our Facebook page every day for extra content, contests, discussions, videos, and links you won't find here. Also, our Twitter feed will keep you updated on what's going around the web in real time. Thanks for spending time with us at Neatorama!
You might remember Amy Rawson as the creator of the felted Cthulhu Santas we feature during the holidays. Her latest project is the Pee Towel, which arose from her day job as a lab tech. Specifically, from urinalysis.
Part of urinalysis is a microscopic examination, and one of the microscopic elements we look for is crystal formation. Urinary crystals result from a supersaturation of the urine with some particular substance. That substance can precipitate out to form distinctive crystals.
One kind of crystal inspired Rawson to design a fabric featuring her drawings of calcium oxalate, from which she made kitchens towels called Pee Towels! You can get yours in her Etsy shop. Read more about urinalysis and the creativity it inspires at Rawson's new website. http://www.thirdroar.com/journal/2011/8/19/the-pee-towel.html
Public health posters from the World War I and World War II eras warned soldiers of the dire consequences of venereal diseases (now called STDs). Since military men were the target, blame was squarely put on the woman they may encounter. This gallery at Environmental Graffiti also features a French poster that even a non-French reader can decipher. Link
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