Tetris Shower
It was only a matter of time: the Tetris Shower. http://ipsyn.free.fr/blog/?p=9 - via Make...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/tetris-shower/Archive for July 2007
Starving in the Belly of a Whale, Animated by Gal Shkedi
For his graduation project, Israeli illustrator Gal Shkedi created this awesome animated music video for Tom Waits' Starving in the Belly of a Whale. Excellent! http://www.galshkedi.com/sibowvol2/ - via Need Cof...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/starving-in-the-belly-of-a-whale-animated-by-gal-shkedi/Chinese scroll painting in three dimensions
In spite of the compressed-upload-of-a-compressed-upload quality of the video itself, the effect here is remarkable. Stick with it long enough to see it shift into 3D. Very clever and very beautiful. Link at YouTube...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/chinese-scroll-painting-in-three-dimensions/Happy Blogiversary - 10 Years of Blogging
WSJ.com reminds us of the "fact" that it's been 10 years since the blog was born. We are approaching a decade since the first blogger -- regarded by many to be Jorn Barger -- began his business of hunting and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/happy-blogiversary-10-years-of-blogging/Cat eating corn.
I keep going back to this video, because there’s just something irresistably cute about this cat enjoying corn on the cob. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Cynical-C...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/cat-eating-corn/The Wealthiest Americans Ever.
The New York Times has an infographic on the wealthiest Americans in history. The fortune of each is adjusted for inflation into 2007 dollars. The rankings are based on wealth as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product. O...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/the-wealthiest-americans-ever/Paint Stir Stick Painting by David Ellis.
Artist David Ellis turned regular paint stir sticks you can get at any home improvement store into his medium for this painting titled "Queen".Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/paint-stir-stick-painting-by-david-ellis/Miss Klingon Empire 2006
Here's the highlights from the Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant, DragonCon 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. You better clap your hands, or they'll leap off stage and stab you in the heart...Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/miss-klingon-empire-2006/iBOT: Super Wheelchair
The iBOT Mobility System is one awesome wheelchair - it can climb stairs, 4-wheel across rough terrains, and rise up to get its user to eye-level while balancing on two wheels!I actually saw one in action - it was awesom...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/ibot-super-wheelchair/The Wave in Coyote Buttes, Vermilion Cliffs Park
Welcome to "The Wave" in Coyote Buttes, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. The fantastic photo above was taken by Arny Raedts of ArnyZona, who wrote:The Coyote Buttes are part of the Vermilion Cliffs Natio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/the-wave-in-coyote-buttes-vermillion-cliffs-park/Brownnosers by David Cerný
Czech "bad boy" artist David Cerný (famous for his act of civil disobedience by painting a Soviet tank monument [wiki] pink one night) created this installation called "brownnosers." People nee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/brownnosers-by-david-cern/The Elephant Building Proposed For Champs-Élysées
Found at Futility Closet:This one, proposed for the Champs-Élysées in 1758, had air conditioning, a spiral staircase, and a drainage system in the trunk.The French government said no. There's n...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/15/the-elephant-building-proposed-for-champs-lyses/Abigail and Brittany Hensel: Two Souls, One Body
Here's an absolutely amazing story about Abigail and Brittany Hensel, conjoined twins: Despite sharing a body, the twins have different tastes in food and clothes. Some of their clothes are altered so that they have...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/abigail-and-brittany-hensel-two-souls-one-body/World's Oldest Artificial Eyeball
Last year, archaeologists in discovered the world's oldest artificial eyeball in an ancient city of what is now Iran: Archaeologists in Burnt City announced unprecedented discovery of an artificial eyeball, dated to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/worlds-oldest-artificial-eyeball/Pink Seal Toy Stun Gun
This cute little pink seal is actually a stun gun in disguise! It's no taser, but it'll still give an unsuspecting friend a zap he won't soon forget.Link - via Endless Parade of Excellence...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/pink-seal-toy-stun-gun/Graphs of Song Lyrics Structures
Last year, MySpace Senior Research Engineer Kunal Anand created some graphs of song structure using Graphviz, based on previous/next words of some of his favorite songs. http://www.whatspop.com/blog/2006/11/glancing-alte...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/graphs-of-song-lyrics-structures/Star Wars Bike Helmet
Brunel University industrial design and technology student Luke Pannell created this "Star Wars" helmet to help bicyclist breathe better: The helmet was created to filter out particles which irritate hay fe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/star-wars-bike-helmet/Sports Acrobatics -The 5 Disciplines.
A phenomenal exhibition of strength, flexibility, and balance. These performances were recorded during the 2006 world championships of Sports Acrobatics in Portugal. The music is from Cirque du Soleil. Push play or go...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/sports-acrobatics-the-5-disciplines/Pushed!
From China Daily:Three giant pandas play at the China Giant Panda Research Centre in Wolong, southwest China's Sichuan province January 4, 2006. The pair of pandas to be sent to Taiwan as a goodwill gift will be reve...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/pushed/Lost Found Art
Vintage tin ray guns installationVintage metal lunch boxes installationLost Found Art is a design company that specializes in installations of art made from antique and vintage pieces, with a big dollop of pop culture an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/lost-found-art/Heli-Rickshaw!
Image Credit: calamur [Flickr]From the streets of Mumbai, India, here's a photo of an auto rickshaw (nicknamed "tuk-tuk," probably because that's what they sound like) modded to look like a helicopter! - via Gadling - *e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/heli-rickshaw/You Don't Know Jack, the Online Game Version
You Don't Know Jack is a fun game that tests your knowledge of pop culture - did you know that you can play the online version for free? Right now, Episode 19 is playing: Link - Thanks Jim Perry!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/you-dont-know-jack-the-online-game-version/Airborne Laser Aircraft
Meet the Airborne Laser aircraft, a new futuristic defensive (?) weapon used to shoot down enemy missiles. Link - via Cellar Image of the Day...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/airborne-laser-aircraft/I Will Give You The Moon...
A very good example of being at the right place at the right time. Link [Flickr]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/i-will-give-you-the-moon/Beloved Boston street person dead at 56
Boston's beloved Mr. Butch, formerly of the Kenmore Square region, more recently of Harvard Ave. in Allston, died Thursday from injuries sustained in a scooter crash. A famous and friendly Boston personality for close...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/beloved-boston-street-person-dead-at-56/Hitchhiker.
Why fly south when you can hitch a ride? Push play or go to YouTube. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/hitchhiker/Basketball Players 1979 - 2007.
This enormous graph plots every NBA player who played between 1979 and 2007 by their stats. The Y-axis shows points per game, and the X-axis ranks the total of other stats. You can zoom in, although it may be a slow lo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/basketball-players-1979-2007/The Ten Greatest Alcohol Icons of All Time.
Subtitled “The story behind the face on the bottle,†this article at Modern Drunkard Magazine has the stories behind Johnny Walker’s striding man, the Captain Morgan pirate, the Bacardi bat, and more....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/the-ten-greatest-alcohol-icons-of-all-time/Permanent.
This Indian commercial takes a grim subject (the plight of widows) and turns it on its ear. The result is surprisingly funny. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Ectoplasmosis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/permanent/Giant Globes to the People
1-World Globes offers globes from 3 to 30 feet in size (the one above is 20 feet). These giant display globes range in price, depending on size and features (indoor/outdoor, rotation, illumination, mounting, etc.)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/14/giant-globes-to-the-people/
