Why Fight When You Can Hop?
Now THIS is what they should do in hockey and baseball: why fight when you can hop around on one leg?Link [embedded YouTube clip]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/13/why-fight-when-you-can-hop/Archive for September 2007
The Animated Guide to Knots
Animated Knots by Grog is a website that, as the name suggests, explains how to tie some common (and some uncommon) knots with a series of step-by-step pictures. Like this one to the left, which is called the Mo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/13/the-animated-guide-to-knots/Russian "Vacuum" Bomb: The Daddy of All Bombs
Not one to be outdone by American arsenal, the Russian had successfully tested a new non-nuclear "vacuum" bomb:Channel One television said the new weapon, nicknamed the "dad of all bombs" is four...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/13/russian-vacuum-bomb-the-daddy-of-all-bombs/It's Popeil's Pocket Piranha!
You know how it is, you're strolling along the Amazon and meet the soul mate of your dreams, and you just happen to have a dozen long-stemmed roses but they need trimming before you can present your snazzy bouquet to him...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/13/its-popeils-pocket-piranha/A (Cool-Looking) Radar Gun For Kids
The Hot Wheels Radar Gun is a genuinely working radar gun ($25). Here's a commercial for the device, featuring some young kids living an EXTREME lifestyle: Via Thingamababy....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/a-cool-looking-radar-gun-for-kids/Doggy Poo the Movie
Every so often a character enters the realm of popular culture and quickly becomes unforgettable ... an instant classic. This is the story of nature's most unlikely hero ... Doggy Poo!Yes, a real film spotted...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/doggy-poo-the-movie/Tunnels of Fire
These fantastic tunnels of fire was performed by David Evelyn (Photo taken by Eagle Feather Photography). More great fire spinning photos here: LinkPreviously on Neatorama: Fire Dancing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/tunnels-of-fire/There is a Skinny Gene After All!
Yay for Dr. Jonathan Graff and his team from UT Southwestern Medical Center! They have just re-discovered the long lost "skinny" gene:The gene, called adipose, was discovered in fat fruit flies mor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/there-is-a-skinny-gene-after-all/Rich Congressman Won Lottery for the Third Time: Lucky or Conspiracy?
I'm thoroughly convinced that only two types of people win the lottery: the poor who shouldn't be playing in the first place but do so in large number and the very rich who don't need the money but buy the tickets anyhow...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/rich-senator-won-lottery-for-the-third-time-lucky-or-conspiracy/The Spider Ship Proteus Spotted in New York
The strange, spider-legged catamaran called Proteus just came to New York after visiting San Francisco earlier this year. Here's something new about Proteus I didn't know before:The spindly catamaran is so efficient that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/the-spider-ship-proteus-spotted-in-new-york/The Simpsons 'To Alcohol!' Hip Flask Set
Simpsons hip flask and shot glass set. Each shot glass comes with a different picture of Homer and one of his infamous slogans. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/the-simpsons-to-alcohol-hip-flask-set/Haka
The New Zealand All Blacks rugby team popularized the ceremonial haka {wiki} dance worldwide, although they are far from the only sports team to use it. The blog Rugby World Cup 2007 has several videos explaining the m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/haka/1,000 days at sea.
Reid Stowe and his girlfriend Soanya Ahmad are on day 143 of a planned 1,000 day voyage in the South Atlantic on a 70-foot schooner. Stowe calls his project the Mars Ocean Odyssey, because he thinks the journey wil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/1000-days-at-sea/English with MC Hammer
These 5-year-olds in Taiwan are learning English. See how many children’s songs you can recognize inside U Can’t Touch This. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/english-with-mc-hammer/Veer's Activity Books For Creatives
The 2007 activity book is bursting with 100 full-color pages of brain-teasing fun, and it has a glow-in-the-dark cover! While away those glorious summer hours playing designer-specific games, puzzles, and more â...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/veers-activity-books-for-creatives/Ground Zero Cams
Live webcams showing the constructions of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center redevelopment site. Link via: Ehrensenf...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/12/ground-zero-cams/Strange Post-It Reminder.
This futuristic gadget made with a Post-It note and a straw will ensure you never forget anything again. If you're the forgetful type like me, this could be a life changing device. Via Crazy home made innovations O...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/strange-post-it-reminder/Planetary Nebula
This recently-released image of a planetary nebula in Hercules was taken by the Hubble telescope. Phil at Bad Astronomy Blog explains (in a detailed but easily understood manner) what happens to cause a planetary nebul...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/planetary-nebula/Spire of Dublin
The Spire of Dublin aka the Monument of Lights is a 120 meter (393 ft.) needle-like structure located at the former site of Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, a monument that was destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1966. Slate has...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/spire-of-dublin/Geostationary Banana Over Texas
Argentinian-born artist Cesar Saez is building a giant banana, to be filled with helium and floated in a geostationary orbit over Texas:Basically, the banana will be constructed like a blimp. Filled with helium, it w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/geostationary-banana-over-texas-2/Freegans: Anti-Consumerists or Just Tightwads?
Photo: Carolyn Cole / LA TimesThe Los Angeles Times has a neat article spotlighting "freegans," a growing subculture that promotes opting out of capitalism in any way you can, cutting spending habits, and livin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/freegans-anti-consumerists-or-just-tightwads/Giant Gold Ingot in China
A jewelry shop in Suzhou, China has a way with gold: they put on display a giant gold ingot worth 1 million yuan (about US $133,000) to attract customers.Link - via Born Rich, Thanks Pooja!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/giant-gold-ingot-in-china/21 Things You Don't Know You Can Actually Recycle
Co-op America Quarterly wrote an article about 21 things you may not know you can actually recycle. Take, for example, foam peanuts:Your local pack-and-ship store will likely accept foam peanuts for reuse. Or, call t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/21-things-you-dont-know-you-can-actually-recycle/Walking Across America (with a Mule!)
Neatorama reader Rich B, who is driving across the US on a Great American Roadtrip (I'm so jealous), ran across Bud and Patricia Kenny and their mule Della in Kent, Connecticut.Turns out, the Kennys are on a tour themsel...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/walking-across-america-with-a-donkey/Good Food Fight: Ready, Aim, Splat!
Eat Better America brings us this Flash edutainment game called The Good Food Fight, where you can toss virtual food and learn all about how to eat better at the same time. Surprisingly fun! Link [Flash] - Thanks t....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/good-food-fight-ready-aim-splat/Tomorrow is Conception Day in Russia
Sergei Morozov, the governor of central Russian region of Ulyanovsk, has decreed September 12 as day to procreate: Ulyanovsk Gov. Sergei Morozov has decreed Sept. 12 a Day of Conception and is giving couples time off...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/tomorrow-is-conception-day-in-russia/Oversalting a Cop's Burger? Jail Time!
Just when I thought I'd heard it all: a McDonald's employee in an Atlanta suburb was arrested for "salting" a police officer:Kendra Bull, 20, is accused of the over-seasoning of a hamburger served to Office...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/oversalting-a-cops-burger-jail-time/Woman Found 23 Needles in Her Body
Luo Cuifen, 29, went to the doctor after finding blood in her urine. An X-ray revealed that she has 23 inch-long needles embedded in her vital organs, probably done by her grandparents:Qu said doctors believe the wom...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/woman-found-23-needles-in-her-body/Fine Taco Art
Here's an old photography trick: if you want to impart gravitas to the subject of your photo, use black and white photography. In fact, black and white photography, nay, fine art, is so powerful that it'll work for a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/fine-taco-art/Kitten eating a melon.
A Ukranian kitten enjoying what looks like a cantaloupe. No plot, just a cute video. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/kitten-eating-a-melon/
