Wax On, Wax Hoff
Admit it. You've always wanted to wax David Hasselhoff's chest hair. Ok. Maybe not. But now you can virtually. Just click here...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/wax-on-wax-hoff/Archive for February 2007
Dumbo Octopus
Photo: David ShaleNew Scientist has five amazing pictures of the most bizarre creatures unveiled at the 11th International Deep-Sea Biology Symposium in Southampton, UK. LinkThis one above is the Dumbo Octopus (see the e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/dumbo-octopus/Robot + Wii = Kuka WiiBot.
What do you get if you combine a Kuka Robotics industrial KR-16 robot with bluetooth and a Wii controller? A tennis racket and sword wielding robot that will help you take over the world (as soon as it gets some legs)! H...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/robot-wii-kuka-wiibot/The Geekiest Book Cover Ever!
This is probably the geekiest book title ever:IF(Sid_Vicious == TRUE&& Alan Turing == TRUE) } ERROR_Cyberpunk() } Written by Jason Rogers and Jason Earls.http://www.amazon.com/Sid_Vicious-TRUE-Alan-Turin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/the-geekiest-book-cover-ever/Nail in the Head and Other Bizarre X-Rays.
Patrick Lawler went to the dentist because of a persistent toothache on the roof of his mouth. The dentist soon found out the cause: a four-inch nail the construction worker had unknowingly shot into his skull almost a w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/nail-in-the-head-and-other-bizarre-x-rays/Amy Sedaris Craft Challenge: Food with Googly Eyes.
In her book I Like You: The Art of Hospitality Under the Influence, Amy Sedaris [wiki] dished up tips on how to be creative at home. Now, she has issued a craft challenge: make food come alive with googly eyes.S...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/amy-sedaris-craft-challenge-food-with-googly-eyes/Surge, the Dead Cola.
Is this what the politicos have been talking about? Sending Coca-cola Surge to Iraq? Don't they know that Iraqis prefer orange soda?Actually this is just one of the soft drinks featured in X-Entertainment's Dead Sodas: A...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/surge-the-dead-cola/Homemade Flight Simulator.
Photo: George FettingAustralian amateur pilot and flight sim enthusiast Matthew Sheil spent 10 years and $230,000 to create a homemade flight simulator that precisely mimics the 747 cockpit down to the last dial, knob, a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/homemade-flight-simulator-2/Pet Moose.
Fish and Game brought a young moose who lost its mother too soon to Wendall and Debbie. They bottle fed and took care of him, and after a while they fed him with their cows. After it was old enough, they let him loose in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/pet-moose/Oxygen Mask for Dogs.
From the website:Fire helmet? Check. Gloves? Check. Axe? Check. Pet oxygen masks? Check.Increasingly, little oxygen masks for pets are becoming standard equipment for firefighters. Hoping to save cats, dogs...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/oxygen-mask-for-dogs/Strange Handicapped Bathroom.
Sooooo... how does that bathroom for the handicapped work again? Found at Factum...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/strange-handicapped-bathroom/Skyhook.
In 1950 (before helicopters had a long enough range), CIA inventor Robert Edison Fulton, Jr. devised a method to "extract" a person from the surface using an airborne plane:Skyhook testThe person would clim...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/skyhook/Police Caught Man Shaving While Driving. Not Weird Enough? He's a Health and Safety Expert!
Weird: Police caught Edward Hutcheson shaving while driving 70 mph.Weirder: Hutcheson also leaning across the car at an awkward angle so he could see past a dozen of mannequins he had stored in the back of his car.Precio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/police-caught-man-shaving-while-driving-not-weird-enough-hes-a-health-and-safety-expert/Sun Storm: A Coronal Mass Ejection
This picture, from NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, shows a coronal mass ejection taken from NASA's sun-orbiting SOHO spacecraft. You can read more about this particular event at NASA's APOD, or view a darker, b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/sun-storm-a-coronal-mass-ejection/Over 100 Fossilized Dinosaur Eggs Found in India
Three Indian explorers discovered more than a 100 fossilized dinosaur eggs laid by sauropod dinosaurs near the city of Indore. From National Geographic News: These particular sauropod eggs were found in cluster...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/over-100-dinosaur-eggs-found-in-india/11 Most Important Philosophical Quotations.
1. “The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates (470-399 BCE)Socrates’ [wiki] belief that we must reflect upon the life we live was partly inspired by the famous phrase inscribed at the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/11-most-important-philosophical-quotations/NASA Love Triangle: Diapered Astronaut Tried to Kidnap Romantic Rival.
From the website:A NASA astronaut is being held without bail after police say she attacked her rival for another astronaut's attention at Orlando International Airport Monday.Lisa Marie Nowak drove more than...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/nasa-love-triangle-diapered-astronaut-tried-to-kidnap-romantic-rival/Rich Legg's Photography of Light Bulb Burning Out.
Rich Legg took this fantastic photo of a light bulb burning out:What you are seeing is a capture of a lightbulb in the process of burning out. To create the shot, my friend Harley and I removed the glass enclosure of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/rich-leggs-photography-of-light-bulb-burning-out/Favicon2Dots Converts Your Favicon Into 3D Block Arts.
At favicon2dots, you can convert your website's favicon [wiki] into 3D blocks: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/favicon2dots-converts-your-favicon-into-3d-block-arts/Secret Photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
From Fogonazos:The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed about 250.000 people and became the most dreadful slaughter of civilians in modern history. However, for many years there was a curious gap in the p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/secret-photos-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/DIY Paper Bird Craft with Free Template.
Gyspy bird by Samarra KhajaNeatorama reader Lauren Beukes wrote:At our post-elopement afterparty, we asked all our ridiculously creative friends to customise a paper bird for us. The end results were gobsmackingly go...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/diy-paper-bird-craft-with-free-template/Ferrari Boat Made Out of Wood in Venice.
Livio De Marchi sculpted a full-sized Ferrari F50 boat out of wood and drove it around Venice! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Henry@Brohans!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/06/ferrari-boat-made-out-of-wood-in-venice/The Kid America Club.
They've got a rap crew, release records, sell toys, do internet TV, DJ... you name it. Oh did we mention they wear giant costumes and the whole thing has a kids show vibe? The Kid America Club is kinda li...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/the-kid-america-club/Surfing Mice.
Hello we are the Radical Rodents, the coolest and hippest mice in the world. We are all mad keen surfers and as far as we know are the only rodents in the world that surf, which would make us the world's smalles...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/surfing-mice/Billionaire Gives $400 Million for the "Manhattan Project" of Medicine.
Self-made billionaire T. Denny Sanford, who made his fortune in subprime lending and credit card, is on track to making good on his goal to "die broke": he is giving $400 million to a South Dakota hospital to h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/billionaire-gives-400-million-for-the-manhattan-project-of-medicine/Mini Knittings by Knit One, Purr.
Knit one, Purr ... too blog has a neat collection of mini knits ever! Link | Flickr Photoset - via Craft...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/mini-knittings-by-knit-one-purr/Fantastic Photo of Fireworks, Comet, and Lightning.
Talk about being in the right place at the right time - here's a photograph by Antti Kemppainen of fireworks, comet, and lightning on a beach in Perth, Australia. Take a look at the larger pic at Astronomy Picture of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/fantastic-photo-of-fireworks-comet-and-lightning/Superbowl XLI Commercials.
Superbowl XLI may be over (congrats to the Colts!), but the commercials live on. In YouTube, that is: you can vote your own favorite commercials (or just watch them all)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/superbowl-xli-commercials/Mister Rogers talks to the US senate.
In 1969, Mister Rogers [wiki] appeared before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications. His goal was to support funding for PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in response to significa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/mister-rogers-talks-to-the-us-senate/Thousands of New Sea Species Found.
A French-led marine expedition team has discovered what is believed to be thousands of new species of molluscs and crustaceans around a Philippine island. Around 150-250 of the crustaceans and 1,500-2,500 of the moll...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/thousands-of-new-sea-species-found/
