Archive for November 2007

Manly Turkey Preparation

Every year, more and more men are taking over the job of cooking the traditional Thanksgiving turkey, so of course they’ve come up with improvements on the basic recipe. This mental_floss article has six manly method...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/15/manly-turkey-preparation/

After Oz

(YouTube link) The Tin Man got the heart he wanted, now what? This animation was created by Percy Kiyabu, a student at the Vancouver Film School. ~via Bonez...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/15/after-oz/

Crochet Challenge.

Knit a reef! This model is "Crochet Coral and Anemone Garden" with sea slug by Marianne Midelburg. Photo by Alyssa Gorelick. From The Institute for Figuring....

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/15/crochet-challenge/

What is It? Game 45

This week's collaboration with What is it? Blog brings us this strange item: can you guess its function?Place your guess in the comment section. Please post no URL (let others play! ) No prize this week,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/15/what-is-it-game-45/

Losing one's marbles

A funny skit from the British comedy duo Hale & Pace. YouTube....

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/15/losing-ones-marbles/

Revolutionary Solar Energy?

One of the largest inhibitors to cheap solar power has always been the high cost of solar panels (due to their thick glass, framing, and expensive silicon). San Jose-based Nanosolar, Inc. appears ready to eliminate...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/revolutionary-solar-energy/

Space Playground

(Glumbert link) A music video showing the day to day activities of astronauts in space. -via Metafilter...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/space-playground/

Neatorama LOLCat

Woot! Our pal Ape Lad of Hobotopia drew this awesome Neatorama LOLCat panel. Ape Lad is running a Pip Fan Club promotion (Pip is the hapless kitten, Meowlin Q. Kitteh is the "cat hobo-raconteur"). For $10, you'...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/neatorama-lolcat/

Seal Pup Knew Where To Go

A five month old Northern fur seal pup wandered inland from the Pacific Ocean at Tracy, California. His destination? The Tracy Animal Shelter! Animal control officers corraled him on the front steps of the shelter and to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/seal-pup-knew-where-to-go/

Earthrise, Earthset

(YouTube link) Video of Earth rising and setting over the moon's horizon, taken with the HDTV camera aboard Japan's KAGUYA (SELENE) lunar explorer on November 7, 2007. Eventually, Japanese TV will show the h...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/earthrise-earthset/

Man Married Dog to Void Curse

Now this is weird: an Indian man, who suffered from sickness after stoning stray dogs to death 20 years ago, is atoning for his sins by ... marrying a stray dog! P. Selvakumar, a 33-year-old farm labourer from the s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/man-married-dog-to-void-curse/

Adam Parker Smith's Zombie Heads

[image deleted per request of artist]Artist Adam Parker Smith has an exhibition called Bold as Love, which consists of grotesque sculptures of zombie heads made out of felt!Link | Gallery...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/adam-parker-smiths-zombie-heads/

Orphaned Owls Found a New Mommy: an Owl Stuffed Animal!

When a group (wisdom? parliament? stare? study? Take a pick of your favorite animal collectives) of baby owls became orphaned, they found a new surrogate mom: a stuffed toy!A group of orphaned baby owls snuggle up to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/orphaned-owls-found-a-new-mommy-an-owl-stuffed-animal/

Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver

In the dark about what to get your beloved Doctor Who #1 fan? A Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Flashlight, of course!Link (too bad it'll be too late for Christmas, it ships in January) - via Boing Boing, thanks Lee!*/e...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/doctor-who-sonic-screwdriver/

Google's Larry Page to Marry

Congrats to Google co-founder Larry Page is getting married! Seems like his search has ended ...It looks like one of the country's richest bachelors is about to be taken off the market.Google co-founder Larr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/googles-larry-page-to-marry/

RHex

(YouTube link) Watch this little robot; it's like a pet who won't give up! RHex is a man-portable robot with extraordinary rough terrain mobility. RHex climbs over rock fields, mud, sand, vegetation, railroad t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/rhex/

Photo #2,000,000,000 on Flickr

Yesterday the 2 billionth photo was uploaded to the Flickr photo sharing web site. Yes, this is the 2 billionth photo on flickr. It was taken in front of Market City in Chinatown Haymarket in Sydney....

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/photo-2000000000-on-flickr/

Famous Last Words: the Animated Musical

You never get a second chance to make a first last impression. Ransom Riggs of mental_floss wrote and directed an animated video that takes us on a tour of famous people in history and their famous last words, all set to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/famous-last-words-the-animated-musical/

The History of Mario

Bill Blakemore of ABC World News Webcast has the concise (and neat) history of the most famous video game character of all history: Mario!In 1982, our unpreposessing little rescuer Jumpman was given a cheerful name r...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/the-history-of-mario/

The Eve Method for Saving Drowning Victims (1940s)

From the August 1946 copy of Popular Science, here's an article by Leon Shloss on ways to save someone from drowning (before the advent of modern CPR techniques). To wit, the "Eve Method," which was invented by...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/14/the-eve-method-for-saving-drowning-victims-1940s/

Killer Bean Forever

(Metacafe link) Jeff Lew was the lead animator for the movie The Matrix Reloaded. In the four years since, he has been working on his own feature film, an animated action movie starring... beans. No releas...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/killer-bean-forever/

Top Ten Extreme Cars from SEMA 2007

The 2007 Specialty Equipment Market Association Show was held last week in Las Vegas. Out of many custom cars displayed at the show, American Inventors Spot selected the ten most extreme. This one is called the Blastol...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/top-ten-extreme-cars-from-sema-2007/

Pacman plays Super Mario Brothers

(College Humor link) Pacman makes his way through the first level of Super Mario Brothers. These fit together so well, you may forget they are two separate games! -via Gorilla Mask...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/pacman-plays-super-mario-brothers/

ZeFrank's groovy snowflake tool

This simple snowflake generator tool from our old friend ZeFrank is a nice addition to our already impressive archive of snowflake related posts and pages. Has it snowed yet where you live this autumn? Link....

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/zefranks-groovy-snowflake-tool/

Motor Head Grill

We've featured a number of BBQ grills modded to look like engine blocks before (Muscle Car Grill and Chevy V8 Grill), but it seems that the love of cars and grilled meat are two recurring motifs for people who are handy...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/motor-head-grill/

At Last! Unicorn Caught on Video

First it was the ghostly gas station cloud, and now, here's a unicorn sighting! What is the world coming to? The end must be near ...I saw it on teh Interweb, so it must be true: Hit play or go to Link [Metacafe] (a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/at-last-unicorn-caught-on-video/

Movie Posters Re-made Grindhouse Style!

SkyTV's MGM Channel and The Groove Guide in New Zealand ran a photoshop contest where artists were invited to re-imagine posters of famous movies in the Grindhouse genre!The results are awesome: this one to the left by g...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/movie-posters-re-made-grindhouse-style/

What Would Happen if Everybody Flushed Their Toilets at the Same Time?

In honor of World Toilet Day (Nov 19), How Stuff Works asked the ultimate toilet-related question: What if everybody in the United States flushed the toilet at the same time?Since as far as we could find out -- no on...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/what-would-happen-if-everybody-flushed-their-toilets-at-the-same-time/

White Truffle Sold for $210,000!

Just a couple of days ago it was ginseng ... today's extravagant food purchase is this white truffle from Alba, Italy. This 750 gram (1 lb 10 oz) specimen fetched a cool $210,000!Someone sure likes their mushroom: Link -...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/white-truffle-sold-for-210000/

Vergilius: Intricately Carved PC Case Mod

When Valery Zhuk of Pervomaysk, Ukraine, is a woodworker specializing in wood carving. So it's only natural that the case-mod that he created, calle"Vergilius" is an intricately carved piece worthy of being cal...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/13/vergilius-intricately-carved-pc-case-mod/
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