For her art project "The Pedestrian Project," costume designer Yvette Helin decided that she's going to bring to life the "lady" from the ubiquitous street sign. She's done this since 1989, but stoppe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/the-pedestrian-project-by-yvette-helin/It took Christian Bok 7 years to write Eunoia - the word is the shortest word in the English language containing all five vowels. Eunoia means "beautiful thinking" and it's a very fitting title to Christian's b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/eunoia-a-novel-by-christian-bok-uses-only-one-vowel-a-chapter/Psst! The Moustache is Tiny Squid Roasts. And whatever you do, DO NOT get the Demon Moustache - found at Ectomoplasmosis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/the-moustache-is-tiny-squid-roasts/Photo: Firestarter by Dave RothIn a long list of photos that went viral on the Net, here is: Disaster Girl. In a mere few weeks, the photo has been endlessly photoshopped into the newest Internet meme (why, there's even...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/disaster-girl/This is what every lawn needs: Moe the robotic lawn mowing sheep, made by Osman Khan at the Carnegie Mellon University.Geeks are Sexy blog has the video clip:The sheep, named Mower, has been designed by Osman Khan, a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/moe-the-robotic-mowing-sheep/This slow economy has everyone cutting back ... even Ferrari is making their new Formula One race car out of cheaper materials like ... LEGOs! Actually, it's just a driveable 1:1 scale model for the annual LEGO World con...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/ferrari-formula-one-race-car-in-lego/Halloween is nearing, and AskMen has a really neat article about the 5 Things You Didn't Know About Halloween. For example:2- Halloween trick-or-treating originated from beggingThe only real...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/5-things-about-halloween-you-didnt-know/Artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese made an ice sculpture of the word "ECONOMY" and set set it outside in downtown Manhattan. The duo said that the melting 1,500 lb ice symbolize today's economic meltdown....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/melting-economy-ice-sculpture/I mean, maybe you need a replica of King Tut's throne to mark your alpha-dog spot at the dining room table. It's only $895. And if you order two (the holiday season is just around the corner, people!), the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/things-you-probably-dont-need-2/Today's collaboration with What is it? blog brings us this object. Can you guess what it is? (No, it's not an axe!)Place your guess in the comment section. No prize this week, so you're playing for bragg...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/what-is-it-game-79/(Video Link) Pretty clever: The blade carries a small electrical charge. This charge is continuously monitored by a digital signal processor. When contact is made, the human body absorbs some of the charge, causi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/a-circular-saw-that-wont-cut-off-your-fingers/Can't tell the difference between DOS and BIOS? Think that RAM is just a male sheep? Then you need to take a look at this excellent 1984 guide to computers: In Computability, an instructional VHS tape from 1984, come...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/computability-your-1984-guide-to-computing/Mark Langan created wonderful artwork using one of the most mundane of materials: corrugated cardboards! Years ago, while tearing apart some old corrugated boxes, Langan noticed the wavy, fluted layer of paper (call...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/30/corrugated-cardboard-art-by-mark-langan/How much candy can you get in a pillowcase? The short answer is: almost 48 pounds. This post also explains the measurement, and lays out a strategy for actually getting that much candy during trick-or-treat. According to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/how-much-halloween-candy-can-you-get-in-a-pillowcase/(YouTube link) Pat Paulson ran a spoof campaign every presidential election year for decades. Dave Barry also threw his hit into the ring a few times. The new celebrity taking up the spoof campaign mantle is Paris Hil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/paris-for-president/This Old House is having a Jack-o-Lantern contest, and you can vote for your favorite of the submitted entries until noon Thursday. I was quite impressed by this multi-pumpkin display. I'm sentimental like that. https:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/a-jack-o-lantern-proposal/Companies have integrated ads into video games for quite some time now, but this is the first time election campaign ads have been used in virtual reality games. Is this a good idea? Will it be effective? The ABC World...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/in-game-political-ads/The last time gas was this low in Des Moines was January 2007 - I know, because I took a picture then as well. I keep thinking that this time is going to be the last time gas will ever be under $2.00 and I will...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/gas-price-in-des-moines/[YouTube - Link] Here is a fascinating video that explains in detail how the Globes we found in our classrooms and in old lecture halls were made. And I do believe that this clip is from an episode of a show on Dis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/how-globes-are-made/Today's the 79th anniversary of the infamous Black Tuesday, one of three days in which Wall Street crashed. Many people mark the Crash of 1929 as the official beginning of the Great Depression.It's interesting to note th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/happy-anniversary-black-tuesday/Photo: Delta Niner [Flickr]Now that's a cool cop car (though I'm not sure how much respect he'll get driving that thing around!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/cool-cop-car/Photo: Candypop Creations [Flickr]From Etsy seller Candypop Creations, here is the yummiest knitted crocheted footlong sandwich you'll ever see! Why it even comes complete with a slice of picke!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/knitted-sandwich/In the sleepy suburb of Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, there is a mystery brewing: 50 cats have been missing from the area dubbed "Purr-Muda," the Bermuda Triangle for cats!First to go was Tabatha, t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/purr-muda-the-bermuda-triangle-for-cats/(YouTube link) I hope my cats never see this video. If they learn how to open bottles, I'll be in a world of hurt. -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/cat-steals-peanuts/Dark Roasted Blend has beautiful pictures of caves around the world. See caves made of limestone, ice, and crystals, plus caves used for living and working. Pictured is an underground pool in a Brazilian cave. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/caves-the-world-beneath-the-world/What's neat about these vanity license plates inspired by the Harry Potter books is not their cleverness, because you would expect that, but the sheer number of them! http://www.mugglenet.com/plates.shtml -via Geek Lik...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/harry-potter-license-plates/When I saw today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, I had to check the calendar to see if today was Friday the 13th! No, this quiz is about the series of horror movies that might be on your playlist for Halloween. I sco...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/friday-the-13th-quiz/The Rubitone is a concept Rubik's cube where the object is not to solve the puzzle, but to select colors that might look good together. That couldn't be any easier than the classic puzzle. Link -Thanks, kid_1carus!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/pantone-rubiks-cube/(Vimeo link) TMCO manufactures metal products in Lincoln, Nebraska. At a recent open house, they used one of their factory robots to pour beer for visitors. A you can see, the robot encourages tipping! -Thanks...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/beer-pouring-robot-2/This is no Jack-O-Lantern, it's a pumpkin grown in a mold shaped like a human face! Creepy, huh? The clipping is from 1938. Link -Thanks, Dana!pumpkin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/29/human-faced-pumpkin/
