After an auto part shop was robbed several times in one month, the owner decided to safeguard his junk yard, so he installed a 6,000 volt electric fence. that should fend off the offenders ...But appa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/15/rookie-tv-reporter-and-6000-volt-electric-fence-what-could-go-wrong/Ah, this is irony: Duane "Dog" Chapman, a famous bounty hunter and the star of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" TV series was himself arrested for jumping bail in Mexico!Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/15/reversal-of-fortune-dog-the-bounty-hunter-arrested-for-jumping-bail/Claudio Pinto can pop both of his eyes 4 cm (about 1 and a half inch) or 95% out of their sockets. He's now aiming (poppin'?) for a world record Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/eye-popping-record/Twenty two years before 9/11, Pakistan International Airlines ran this ad in the French publication Le Point:New York via Pakistan International. One of the companies offering scheduled flights to New York...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/twenty-two-years-before-september-11/After squandering $400 million he won as a heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson is reduced to doing "training camp" for tourists in (where else) Las Vegas.The former "baddest man on...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/mike-tysons-sad-boxing-training-camp/What is it? Spiral Cellar is a watertight, pre-cast cylindrical system that can be sunk into any groundfloor room in the house. It was first developed in 1978 by George Harnois to allow wine lovers to have a l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/batcave-wine-cellar-spiral-cellar/Alex Gadsden designed this eco-friendly pedal-powered washing machine. Too bad you'd need to wash your shirt after pedaling to wash your dirty shirts. http://www.cyclean.biz/mainmenu.html - via Sci-Fi Tech....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/cyclean-bicycle-powered-washing-machine/From the website:Things got a bit too realistic on the set of CSI: New York on Tuesday, where an actual mummified body was discovered inside the building where production was underway.Though...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/life-imitates-csi-real-corpse-found-at-set/Ornithologists are aflutter with the new discovery of a rare species of bird in north-eastern part of India:Indian Birds said the rare species has been named Bugun Liocichla - only 14 of these birds...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/new-bird-species-found-in-india/In a document called Hyouryuukishuu ("Tales of Castaways") printed in the late Edo period (1603 - 1868) in Japan, there is a story of Japanese sailors who found a wrecked ship with a mysterious appea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/did-ufo-crash-landed-in-feudal-japan/James McAdam's bedside table for the paranoid converts into a club and shield in a matter of seconds!Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/club-and-shield-bedside-table/There is raw beauty in uncut gem stones ... and probably more profit since you won't have to hire someone to cut the gemstones!https://www.cosafinajewelry.com/gallery.asp?galleryID=1&productID=132 - via...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/raw-jewelry/Toyota (yes, the carmaker) has developed a robot that can jump just like a human: The one-meter (3.3-foot) leg has a joint on its toe letting it jump as high as four centimeters (1.6 inches) by bendi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/jumping-robot/The Internet has got everything, including an online condiment packet museum with over 900 ketchup, mustard, relish, and other condiment packets in their collection!Link - via Core77...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/condiment-packet-museum/Changing diapers ... how bad can it be? Watch: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via the always entertaining Miss Cellania...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/men-changing-diapers/Flickr user queenrobot made this CephaloPod costume for her iPod! Link [flickr] via Squid Blog...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/cephalopod-costume-for-your-ipod/Got a secret treasure? Keep it safe and secure with this laser beam, secret code safe!Very James Bond-y, and only $29.95! Link - via Gizmodo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/14/laser-beam-safe/Smart Diablo Vs. Ferrari 430. In a quarter-mile race between Smart Diablo and a Ferrari 430, guess who won. Hint: It's not the Ferrari.Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via A Welsh View...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/smart-diablo-vs-ferrari/Cellar Image of the Day has this weird photo (from Washington Post) of "disinfecting" people after a flood in India: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/eau-de-ddt/From the website: Billions of dollars has been made off the series of movies called The Star Wars that is beloved by millions. Many big fans of this space opera, do not know that the fantasy epic they enjo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/star-wars-tool-of-satan/Patrick Acton is building his matchstick version of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as seen in JK Rowling's Harry Potter.Scheduled to be finished in December 2006, the matchstick building will...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/hogwarts-school-in-matchstick/Breathing Earth is a nice Flash simulation of births, deaths, and carbon dioxide emissions happening right now on Planet Earth.Link [Flash] - via Presurfer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/breathing-earth-life-death-and-co2-emission/CNN Headline News's Mike Galanos interviewed our pal Will Pearson of mental_floss (hi Will!) on the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek a week or so ago.And of course, mental_floss didn't disappoint with some Star T...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/star-trek-40th-anniversary-the-mental_floss-interview/Egokast is a belt/armband mounted personal media player that can be used to display videos and photos or play MP3s.Link - via J-Walk...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/egokast-video-belt/Mike Ciarciello has been blind since birth, but thanks to University of Montreal's neuropsychologist Maurice Ptito, he may soon "see" by using his tongue!At the University of Montreal, rese...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/seeing-with-your-tongue/Comedy writer Adam Mutterperl made this funny mash-up parody trailer to poke fun at all movie trailers: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Dave Title! | Adam's website...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/the-mother-of-all-trailers/Paul Curtis aka Moose is no regular graffiti artist. In fact, he's the reverse-graffiti artist. He created his street art by *cleaning* the dirt and grime off of surfaces!Authorities are baffled: is selective...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/soap-not-spray-can-reverse-graffiti-art/Someone took a scene from Jean-Claude Van Damme's Bloodsport (1988) and turned it into a mentos commercial!Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks AC!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/van-damme-and-mentos-ad-mash-up/Now these are just too cute to eat! Does anyone know who made them? http://www.jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox/jibjab/id/137260/jokeid/47050 - Thanks Spluch!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/cute-sandwich-art/Neatorama reader Anne wrote to us about Kurt Gohde, a Lexington, Kentucky artist who created baseball cards featuring homeless people and drug addicts:This year is the "rookie" season of the proj...
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