Happy Valentine's Day, Everyone!
The heart cloud is from The Cloud Appreciation Society, blogged previously on Neatorama here....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/happy-valentines-day-everyone-2/Archive for February 2007
Anatomically Correct Gummy Heart Candy.
Miss C wrote about some unusual candies for Valentine's Day, like this anatomically correct gummy heart candy - see the whole list at mentalfloss and more fun stuff about Valentine's at MissCellania....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/anatomically-correct-gummy-heart-candy/Seurat's "Sunday Afternoon ..." with Digital Soda Cans.
Chris Jordan depicts the famous artwork by Seurat [wiki] using digital images of 106,000 aluminum cans - the number used in the US every thirty seconds! Link - via Militant Platypus...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/seurats-sunday-afternoon-with-digital-soda-cans/The Tale of How, by the Black Heart Gang.
From The Black Heart Gang comes this fantastic animated clip called the Tale of How. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | The Black Heart Gang's Website (with larger QuickTime clip)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/the-tale-of-how-by-the-black-heart-gang/Cutest bunny picture ever!
Captured in mid leap by Flickr user Ele M: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/cutest-bunny-picture-ever/Ancient Chimps Used Stone Hammers to Crack Nuts.
Scientists discovered that ancient chimpanzees used stone tools to crack nuts 4,300 years ago.The excavated stones showed the hallmarks of use as tools for smashing nuts when compared with ancient human or modern chi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/ancient-chimps-used-stone-hammers-to-crack-nuts/The Polaris Nuclear Sub.
Rush me my POLARIS NUCLEAR SUB. I can use it for 10 days and If I am not delighted return it for full purchase price refund. As seen on the Reas International Blog....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/the-polaris-nuclear-sub/"Executive" Monkey Ignores Underlings.
This explains a lot of things:When high-ranking monkeys are shown images of other monkeys glancing one way or the other, they more readily follow the gaze of other high-ranking monkeys, Duke University Medical Center...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/executive-monkey-ignores-underlings/Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears [wiki] is a notable children's bedtime story. Often considered an anonymous folk story, even one of the stories collected by the Brothers Grimm, it actually first saw print in 1...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears/A Valentine for Perfect Strangers.
On the one hand, this is really silly and even funny in places. On the other hand, it makes me want to adopt this sweet, naive, and lonely cat Otto. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/a-valentine-for-perfect-strangers/This House Can Retract Its Room, Just Like a Turtle.
This unique house, designed by 24H-architecture in Rotterdam, the Netherlands doesn't only look fluid - it actually can retract its room (the one with the window) back into its "shell" like a turtle! http://ww...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/this-house-can-retract-its-room-just-like-a-turtle/KatWallks: For Cat Owners Whose Cats Walk All Over 'Em.
If your cats are the true masters of the home, you can formalize that fact by installing lots of KatWallks - basically perches and corner balconies that you hang on the wall, so your cat can walk, not only all over you,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/katwallks-for-cat-owners-whose-cats-walk-all-over-em/Bilby: Cute Rabbit-like Animal from Australia.
Photo: Qld Parks and WildlifeThe cute animal with ears that rival those of a chocolate Easter Bunny is the Australian Bilby. They used to roam the continent, but hunting and environmental changes had decimated their popu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/bilby-cute-rabbit-like-animal-from-australia/Web 2.0 Explained in Under 5 Minutes.
Ever wonder what web 2.0 is all about? This clip by Michael Wesch, an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University explains it all in under 5 minutes!Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/web-20-explained-in-under-5-minutes/Giant Squid Blinds Prey During Attack.
As they attack their prey, giant deep sea squids use an unusual weapon: blinding bright lights to disorient their victims.The footage reveals the creatures emitting short flashes from light-producing organs, called p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/14/giant-squid-blinds-prey-during-attack/The SpaceShip Man.
Building an UFO with his own two hands. Alfie Carrington is a construction worker in Michigan and he's building a flying saucer. He's actually spent the past 30 years and a lot of money building it. Click...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/the-spaceship-man/Sparks Fly Out of the Eyes of Angry Jesus Statue.
Brian Burgess' bronze steel and bronze statue of an angry Jesus brandishing a whip ready to drive out moneylenders from the temple, on display at the Liverpool Academy of Art, became quite famous when some visitors claim...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/sparks-fly-out-of-the-eyes-of-angry-jesus-statue/The Armed Forces Welcome Suicidal Teens ...
... as long as they're not gay, I suppose. Thanks Bette!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/the-armed-forces-welcome-suicidal-teens/Blind Pink Snake Species Rediscovered After 100 Years.
Scientists re-discovered the blind snake of Madagaskar (Xenotyphlops mocquardi) after the species was last seen more than 100 years ago. The snake is approximately 10 inches long, as thick as a pencil, and looks...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/blind-pink-snake-species-rediscovered-after-100-years/Hungry Planet: A Week's Worth of Food Around the World.
In their book Hungry Planet, photographer Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio visited 24 countries, from the wealthiest to the neediest of nations, and photographed what families there eat during the course of a ty...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/hungry-planet-a-weeks-worth-of-food-around-the-world/Russians Caught "Squeaky Alien Monster" ... and Ate It!
Russian fishermen caught a "squeaky alien" and decided to .... eat it!Village residents from the Rostov region of Russia caught a weird creature two weeks ago after a strong storm in the Sea of Azov. The sh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/russians-caught-squeaky-alien-monster-and-ate-it/Love Like a Genius Worksheet.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, here's a printable worksheet from mentalfloss on the romantic strategies of geniuses like Einstein, Dorothy Parker, Isaac Newton and more. For example:Einstein's Strategy: Ma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/love-like-a-genius-worksheet/Stained Glass PC Case Mod.
This cool stained glass PC case mod is found at BoredStop - via digg, Thanks Denita!If you haven't seen it, check out Neatorama's own Ultimate List of Case Mods....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/stained-glass-pc-case-mod/Nintendo Cartoon Hour.
It's not an hour, it's around 3 minutes. See if you can name all the games used here. PG-NSFW (f-bomb). Click Play or go to Link [YouTube] . Found at The Lonely Island ....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/nintendo-cartoon-hour/Carrot Tech.
Via The Scotsman:FROM dangling to angling. The humble carrot is set to be used in ways never imagined before, thanks to a discovery by two Scottish scientists who have found a way to convert the vegetable into an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/carrot-tech/Faces of Beauty?
Some would say that many of the women in the above photo are quite beautiful, but in fact, none of them exist. Pierre Tourigny downloaded about 30 pictures of women per photo from a popular internet "photo rating"...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/faces-of-beauty/Trend Food: Purple Potatoes
The potatoes are grown with seeds mutated by cosmic radiation aboard a Chinese spacecraft. I bet they taste good fried, cooked and mashed. But that's just a bet. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/02/12/space.potatoes....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/trend-food-purple-potatoes/I Love E.T.
Nick Gjoka is an E.T. expert and collector. He's got lots of E.T. memorabilia and also recreates scenes from the movie (click here). Visit Nick's I Love E.T. website here ....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/i-love-et/AniBOOM Eyedoll
Aniboom’s new animation competition centers around American Idol contestants. Create a short animated parody or satire and you could win either an all-expenses paid trip to Los Angeles to meet your new agent OR...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/13/aniboom-eyedoll/
