Archive for March 2007

Guerilla Lighting.

Martin Lupton started Guerilla Lighting, a collaborative project where volunteers were instructed to show up at various public places with high-powered flashlights, LED projectors, and luminous dot lights to create their...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/guerilla-lighting/

Shopping Cart Basketball.

No basketball hoop? As long as there are shopping carts, kids will improvise! Found at Innings. If anyone know the background of this photo, I'd appreciate it....

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/shopping-cart-basketball/

The Bikini Remote.

This bikini remote's top flip up to reveal ... the channel up and down buttons! Perfect for the dirty-minded guy in your life!Link - via Shurebit...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/the-bikini-remote/

Clever Hot Wheels Ad.

Check out the rest of the simple yet very clever ad series for Hot Wheels by Ogilvy: Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/clever-hot-wheels-ad/

Spock and Cat.

"My love for kittens is... illogical!" [raises eyebrow, kitten purrs] Found at Cute Overload...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/spock-and-cat/

It's called "Internet."

There’s the newfangled thing that people do with computers, and it’s amazing! It’s called “Internet”. This CBC report from 1993 makes me want to try it! From the comments: 1993 "So...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/its-called-internet/

Beer Launching Fridge

John W. Cornwell, a recent Duke graduate, created this beer launching fridge for all you guys who have thought "What if instead of ME going to get the BEER, the BEER came to ME???" Hit play or go to Link [m...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/beer-launching-fridge/

English Misadventure in Marketing.

Tex Texin of Translations that are Marketing Mistakes pokes fun at English mistakes  from around the world, like this one:According to the EE Times, October 8, 1996 (and numerous web sites), Matsushita Electric was...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/english-misadventure-in-marketing/

Fark Streetlight.

Only at Fark can an innocuous photo of a streetlight turn into an Internet legend in this funny thread with over 1,300 comments and pictures.The whole thing got started when a Fark user "Forked at Fark" posted...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/fark-streetlight/

Koala Lesbian Sex Scandal Rocked Australia.

From the website: Female koalas indulge in lesbian "sex sessions", rejecting male suitors and attempting to mate with each other, sometimes up to five at a time, according to researchers.The furry,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/koala-lesbian-sex-scandal-rocked-australia/

Fish Bowl Cat.

This cat managed to get all of its body inside a fish bowl! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Say No to Crack...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/fish-bowl-cat/

Vintage Gadget Turns Car Exhaust Into a Vacuum Cleaner.

This ad in a 1932 Popular Science sells an attachment that will convert a car's exhaust into a vacuum cleaner. Probably seems like a good idea at the time! Link - via Scribal Terror...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/vintage-gadget-turns-car-exhaust-into-a-vacuum-cleaner/

Titanic-Inspired Home Theater.

Photo: Steven Long Donny Hackett of Casa Cinema Design created this Titanic-inspired home theater complete with 1,230 fiber-optic light strands in the domed ceiling to give the effect of the night sky. Link - via Splu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/titanic-inspired-home-theater/

Ants Hate Each Other but Work Together Anyway.

Fred Adler at the University of Utah described how ants actually hate each other but will work together: In what researchers describe as “un-peaceful coexistence,” multiple ant species stake out the same...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/26/ants-hate-each-other-but-work-together-anyway/

Everything Domino

Handbags, mannequins, shoes, box caps, wallets, books, coins, portraits, bread toasts, spoons, knifes... everything goes down in a domino effect... But no domino tiles! Link to youtube video - via JapanSugoi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/everything-domino/

Knights who say Ni Hat.

Admit it, you’ve always wanted to become one of the Knights Who Say Ni. {wiki} You’ll be partway there with this hat. Link -via Everlasting Blort...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/knights-who-say-ni-hat/

Flower Clock.

From the Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society:Linnaeus noted in his Philosophia Botanica that if one possessed a sufficiently large variety of aequinoctal species, it would be possible to tell tim...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/flower-clock/

Parody Motivator Generator.

From Despair, Inc. Via In4mador. The photo and the aphorism are mine, and the dog's name is Sami. Her head is no longer in the box--Gail...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/parody-motivator-generator/

Louis Vuitton meets Disney.

Photo of Louis Vuitton's Disneyland-proportioned storefronts in 2004 by Half Crazy Girl on flickr. As seen on Parisist....

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/louis-vuitton-meets-disney/

Give The Clap to Someone You Love Today.

When Eric Castro took a week off school to have eye surgery, his students thought they'd combine their STD presentation and get well gift. What better way to express warm wishes for a teacher than to give him this G...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/give-the-clap-to-someone-you-love-today/

Oscar Fun Facts.

Every year since 1929, the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [wiki], an organization of actors and film professionals, has been giving the Academy Awards [wiki] or popularly known as the Oscars to acknowledge the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/oscar-fun-facts/

Piggly Wiggly.

"Piggly Wiggly what does it mean? Piggly Wiggly I've never seen! Is it a piggy or is it a worm? I'd never touch it might make me squirm! If I shall see one I'll tell you more. Grandmother says it's a grocery stor...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/piggly-wiggly/

The ProStars Show.

ProStars [wiki] was a Saturday morning cartoon show produced by DiC on NBC in 1991. Originally intended to air on ESPN, the show centers on Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson and Wayne Gretzky fighting crime and helpi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/the-prostars-show/

Colgate Car Wash.

For easy, fast car washing even in cold water. As seen on Flickr....

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/colgate-car-wash/

The Tooth Toughener.

This is a classic Colgate print ad. As seen on Flickr. Who remembers Tuffy Tooth?...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/25/the-tooth-toughener/

The Real Tomb of Jesus?

Ossuary with the inscription "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/james-bone-box.html Updated 2/25/07: Is the ossuary a fake? Link [wiki] - Thanks Shep)James...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/24/the-real-tomb-of-jesus/

More Fun with Ferrofluid

(Hit Play of go to YouTube to watch) Science and Art unite, as this ferrofluid experiment generates patterns that are incredibly organic in appearance!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/24/more-fun-with-ferrofluid/

Callanish.

These weird stones are found in Calanais or Callanish I site in Scotland. The stones, dated from about 1800 BC, are arranged in a circle with the middle stone being the tallest (about 16 feet tall). Scientists speculate...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/24/callanish/

Bible Gun by Robert The.

In 1995, Robert The sawed a King James Bible into the shape of a pistol:I transform books so they can evangelize their own relevance via their direct fusion of word and form. With my book guns, I find old books in du...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/24/bible-gun-by-robert-the/
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