Iron Man
The movie Iron Man won’t be out til next May, but you can see the trailer now. And yes, you get to see Iron Man, although he is traveling pretty fast. Link -via Fuzzytopia...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/iron-man/Archive for September 2007
Spooky Pre-9/11 Images
Dark Roasted Blend has a collection of images that predate 9/11, but eerily forshadow the destruction of the Twin Towers. Link Other 9/11 anniversary links: The progress in rebuilding at Ground Zero. Ursiâ€â...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/spooky-pre-911-images/Queen Mary 2
A spectacular entrance: The Queen Mary 2 luxury liner made its maiden call to the Port of San Francisco on February 4, 2007. Surrounded by a flotilla of ships, yachts and escorted by a San Francisco fire boat, Quee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/queen-mary-2/Video: How many guys in Spider-Man suits can fit inside Jamba Juice?
Hilarity ensues when Dave Letterman tries to find out (or tried to find out a few months ago). Here's related links, and here's more neat Spider-Man stuff....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/video-how-many-guys-in-spider-man-suits-can-fit-inside-jamba-juice/Middle English Classic Or Scooby-Doo Episode?
I recently received a copy of the terrific collection of Chip Kidd's book covers (Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006 (Chip Kidd)). It's a great bargain for me because I'm constantly tempted to buy books just for t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/middle-english-classic-or-scooby-doo-episode/War of the Worlds eComic
Dark Horse Comics [wikipedia] offers an interpretation of War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Link - via The Presurfer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/war-of-the-worlds-ecomic/1960s Vision of Future Computer Technology
Clip from the 1967 film 1999 A.D. in which we see the family of the future shopping, paying bills and using electronic mail from home. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4796674762025998102 [Google Video]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/1960s-vision-of-future-computer-technology/Napkin Folding Instructions
How to fold different napkin designs. Step-by-step instructions with photos. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/napkin-folding-instructions/Caption Monkey 8: Swimming Cat
Mary Scribe taught all of her cats to swim! Photo: Kevin Clark/The Register-GuardYay! Neatorama's weekly Caption Monkey game is here! Caption this cute photo of a swimming cat and you can win a Free Monkey (or an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/caption-monkey-8-swimming-cat/World's Only Thermometer Museum
World's Only Thermometer Museum. Image: eurovancation [Flickr]There are over 5,000 thermometers in the museum! Image: eurovancation [Flickr]Image: eurovancation [Flickr]More from Neatorama reader Rich B's Great American...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/worlds-only-thermometer-museum/Buried Underneath 2 Miles of Solid Ice in Antarctica is a Giant Lake
In the early 1990s, a Russian drilling rig encountered something strange when boring a hole deep in Antarctica. They had actually found an ancient lake, buried beneath two miles of solid ice!In the wake of t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/buried-underneath-2-miles-of-solid-ice-in-antarctica-is-a-giant-lake/FCU with Bill Murray
Here's an ABC World News Webcast interview with Pete and Brian, the guys behind Funny or Die, a comedy website that features short comedy videos. The site started with a bang with the incredibly popular short comedy sket...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/fcu-with-bill-murray/DIY Hot Dog Cake with Twinkies and Loaf Cake
What to serve for dessert after a yummy All-American hot dog? Why, a hot dog cake made with loaf cake and Twinkies, of course!Here's how to make your own hot dog cake: Link - Thanks Sabrina!See also previously o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/diy-hot-dog-cake-with-twinkies-and-loaf-cake/Forevertron: World's Largest Scrap Metal Sculpture by Dr. Evermor
From a distance, Dr. Evermor's "park" in Wisconsin looks like a junk yardfull of twisted metals and rusted machines, but it houses one of the coolest sculptures ever: Forevertron. Standing at 120 feet wi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/11/forevertron-worlds-largest-scrap-metal-sculpture-by-dr-evermor/Popular Drugs, Ominous Labels
How well do you know modern medications? In the latest mental_floss quiz, try to match the medicine with a side effect from its warning label. You don’t have to take these medications to know the answers -most h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/popular-drugs-ominous-labels/How the eyes read.
Do you know what your eyes are doing while you are reading? A group of researchers has determined that often, our left eye is not looking at the same printed letter as the right eye! The team's results demonstrate...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/how-the-eyes-read/World’s Worst Credit Card
The Consumerist reports on the Continental Finance MasterCard. The fees include: Account setup fee: $99 Program participation fee: $89 Annual fee: $49 Account maintenance fee: $120 (charged @ $10/month) Purcha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/worlds-worst-credit-card/Fallingwater: The Movie
Cristóbal Vila produced a stunning animation on one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous buildings. Fallingwater {wiki} was designed in 1935 and built in Pennsylvania. This CGI movie shows the building process...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/fallingwater-the-movie/Undulating Ceiling Caused by a Leak in the Apartment Above
Here's our weekly collaboration with Cellar Image of the Day: an entry from English Russia where leaking water created a strange undulation in the ceiling of an apartment downstairs!Link | Be sure to check out more fun a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/undulating-ceiling-caused-by-a-leak-in-the-apartment-above/Mozart's Secret Composition: "Lick Me in the Ass" Song
Would you ever believe it, Mozart once wrote a party song titled ... Lick Me in the Ass!Mozart's widow, Constanze Mozart, sent the manuscripts of the canons to publishers Breitkopf & Härtel in 1799, saying t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/mozarts-secret-composition-lick-me-in-the-ass-song/Basic Instructions Comics by Scott Meyer
Fans of Scott Meyer's Basic Instructions comics already know this: his web comic strips are funny (in a sly sarcastic way, but that's what makes it special). Scott's comics center on "basic instructions" on how...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/basic-instructions-comics-by-scott-meyer/Water Taste Test
The folks at NPR wondered if $55 Bling H2O really tasted better than other bottled waters. They conducted a taste test featuring Bling H2O, normally-priced bottled water, and Manhattan tap water, and posted a video repor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/water-taste-test/1910 Prints of the Future
Paleo-Future has a series of French prints from 1910 depicting what life will be like in the year 2000. Some are precient, although the art is quaintly Victorian. Others, such as this woman being made up in her robotic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/1910-prints-of-the-future/Similicio.us
Similicio.us is an application that finds websites that appeal to similar tastes, using delicio.us bookmarks. This is an experiment to see whether I can quickly find relevant web sites based on people's tags/bookma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/similicious/Duck Tripod
From China Daily: A yellow three-legged duckling at a duck farm in Tancheng County, East China's Shandong Province, born on September 4, 2007, is eatingwell and quacking all day long. A rare mutation has left the mal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/duck-tripod/Spiderman to the Rescue
From The Manchester Evening News: A violent thug attacking a shopkeeper never expected to come face-to-face with a superhero. But as Gerard Smith went `berserk' in a Manchester newsagents, passer-by Kevin Godin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/spiderman-to-the-rescue/Sim City/Tetris Mash-Up Surprisingly Fun
The site for the Nintendo DS game SimCity DS includes a surprisingly fun flash game. The object is to design a route for the mayor to take through the city, using pieces that drop Tetris-style. Go ahead, click...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/sim-citytetris-mash-up-surprisingly-fun/Still Life by Martin Klimas
Martin Klimas hails from Germany and takes fantastic "still life" photos. He drops clay figurines from the same height in complete darkness with the camera lens open. When the figurine hits the ground, the sound of t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/still-life-by-martin-klimas/Mr Men Pinball
Enjoy some mindless fun with Mr Men Pinball. Link - via haha.nu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/mr-men-pinball/Knight News Challenge: $5 Million for Your Tech Ideas
Got a big tech idea? You can win up to $5 million to fund your project, thanks to the Knight News Challenge if your idea uses open source digital technology to give people in your community access to news or information....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/10/knight-news-challenge-5-million-for-your-tech-ideas/
