Archive for June 2009

The Dark Side of Disney

Disney isn’t always the Happiest Place on Earth. The parks sometimes harbor deep, dark secrets – and we’re not talking the Haunted Mansion or the Tower of Terror. Below are a few sinister secrets Mickey doesn’t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/the-dark-side-of-disney/

Dog Adopts Wolf Cub

Ulrock the rottweiler adopted this eight week old wolf cub and the pair is quickly becoming best friends. If you've ever wondered how well wolf cubs could get along with a domesticated dog, here's your answer. They s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/dog-adopts-wolf-cub/

Five Fascinating Flapper Facts

Americans, including myself, seem to be obsessed with flappers -as evidenced with the plethora of flapper costumes seen every Halloween. They were amazingly revolutionary for the time of course and we even learn about th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/five-fascinating-flapper-facts/

Hello Kitty Castle

Welcome to the Hello Kitty Castle in Taiwan. It can help take care of all of your cute needs. The gallery has some amazingly cute things in it, including food garnished with a Hello Kitty chocolate dusting. http:/...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/hello-kitty-castle/

Cats In Costumes

Whether you consider it a form of animal cruelty or just a little harmless fun, it's hard to deny that cats look pretty cute in costumes. The gallery on Now That's Nifty has a few fantastic feline frocks for your vie...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/cats-in-costumes/

Gimme A Hug

Gimme A Hug is a documentary from the Protect the Sharks Foundation. Sharks are one of the most important top-predators in our oceans and there is still a lot we don’t understand, or even know, about this fascinat...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/gimme-a-hug/

How to Start and Drive a Model T

(YouTube link) If you are ever lucky enough to get the chance to drive a Ford Model T {wiki}, keep in mind that they were a bit different from modern cars. Who knew it had three pedals, none of which was an accelerato...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/how-to-start-and-drive-a-model-t/

Playboy Bunnies Close to Extinction

Sylvilagus palustris hefneri is a now-endangered species of rabbit named in honor of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. University of Central Florida graduate teaching assistant Rosanna Tursi is studying the genetic d...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/playboy-bunnies-close-to-extinction/

Nails Have Feelings Too -Nail Art

It's easy to fall in love with this photo series from Vlad Artazov. With only bent nails and some basic sets, he is able to convey a whole spectrum of human emotions. The result is beautiful and surprisingly, sadly t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/nails-have-feelings-too-nail-art/

Smart-Kit: Seriously Fun Online Jigsaw Puzzle Website

I *love* jigsaw puzzles but haven't had the time to put one together since I have kids. Who has the time? (Plus, I'm sure that if I even try now pieces would be eaten forthwith by said kids). So, when Smart-Kit asked me...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/smart-kit-seriously-fun-online-jigsaw-puzzle-website/

Movie Trivia: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Did you guys hear that Indiana Jones 5 is apparently in the works? Are you all as horrified as I am? If you're like me and hated Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with a passion, then you prefer to dwell on the cla...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/movie-trivia-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/

Video Games In Legos

This is a really creative stop motion video using Legos to play out our arcade favorites. Only 8 bit could look this good in block form. Link Via Off WorldFunny, video games, legos, 8 bits, animations...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/video-games-in-legos/

An Incomplete Evolution of the Cartoon Political Map

Maps have always been good visual aids for political cartoons, since there's no question about who is referred to. BibliOdyssey takes a look at political cartoon maps of Britain and Europe through history. Twelve maps...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/30/an-incomplete-evolution-of-the-cartoon-political-map/

A Zoo's Message About Pollution

Artists Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf created this art installation in the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna to show the potential effects our negative actions take on the evironment. According to the artists, thes...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/a-zoos-message-about-polution/

Outlet Wall Helps You Manage Cables

If you're like me, you have a major problem with cables taking over your home life. Here's a great, visually interesting way to overkill the solution -a whole wall of outlets. LinkTechnology, furniture, home, cabl...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/outlet-wall-helps-you-manage-cables/

The DM of the Rings

The DM of the Rings is a webcomic by Shamus Young which imagines the characters of The Lord of the Rings movies as players in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign who consistently refuse to stay in-character....

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/the-dm-of-the-rings/

Web Side Story: Internet, The Musical

What could be better than the Internet? How about the Interweb, the musical? Here's Web Side Story (but of course), a musical by College Humor about all the good things on the Net in the style of West Side Story. Leonard...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/web-side-story-internet-the-musical/

Metrocard Recycling Projects

Taking public transportation is good for the environment, but used-up Metrocards aren't -unless you find something useful to do with them. The Infrastructurist found nine wacky things people have made out of the cards,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/metrocard-recycling-projects/

Goldfish Bathplug

Well, isn't this cute? And it keeps the water from going down the drain while you bathe. Link -via Swiss Miss goldfish, drain, bath, plug...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/goldfish-bathplug/

Garbage Pail Kids

The Garbage Pail Kids were collectible trading cards created in response to the Cabbage Patch Kids. The gross-out cards are back in print now, with the seventh series available in stores. How well do you remember the c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/garbage-pail-kids/

There, I Fixed It

There, I Fixed It is a blog profiling the strange and imaginative ways people rig up what they need with what they have. You'll be forgiven if you thought this radiator repair job was supposed to be a still. Link -via...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/there-i-fixed-it/

Winston Churchill, Techno Star

(YouTube Link) Musician Michael Schmoyoho Gregory remixed a 1941 speech by Churchill with a techno beat. That is techno, right? I don't know anything about music, but I do know that this is awesome. via Double...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/winston-churchill-techno-star/

Words That Changed Their Meanings

The following is an article from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards By most estimates, the English language includes about one million words, yet native speakers regularly use only abou...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/words-that-changed-their-meanings/

Potato Gatling Gun

As Kip "Kipkay" Kedersha of Make Magazine said in the clip, everyone has seen a potato gun ... but what about a potato gatling gun? The DeRose family decided to build a rapid-fire revolving potato cannon for a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/potato-gatling-gun/

3D Graffiti by Sander van Heukelom

Sander van Heukelom combines typographic design, graffiti and sculpting into unique pieces of 3D graffiti (He uses styrofoam, plexiglass, synthetic resin and wood). This one above, Quod dubitas, ne feceris - Lat...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/3d-graffiti-by-sander-van-heukelom/

Mysterious Tales of Traveling Dogs

If you get separated from your cat, that's the end of that. But not dogs, no siree. Some dogs will hunt you down for miles through desert, across state lines, over the ocean, and even across a war zone!Miss Cellania wrot...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/mysterious-tales-of-traveling-dogs/

Hitler's Stealth Plane Re-Created

The Nazi Horten 2-29 fighter plane looked like something from a Star Wars prequel: an all-wing jet capable of speeds up to 600 mph, made mostly of wood. Designer Walter Horten had lost hundreds of Luftwaffe c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/hitlers-stealth-plane-re-created/

The Surreal Appeal of the Falkirk Wheel

The people of Falkirk, Scotland needed to connect two waterways, but there was one big problem.  The difference in height between the two measures about the same as an eight story building.  The soluti...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/the-surreal-appeal-of-the-falkirk-wheel/

Spaghetti Cake

Ciao Chow Linda served her family spaghetti and meatballs for dessert. It's a cake: A banana cake covered with frosting shaped like spaghetti noodles and topped with chocolate truffle "meatballs" in a strawberry sauce....

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/28/spaghetti-cake/

The A to Z of Awesomeness

Cartoonist Neill Cameron is spending a month creating and presenting an A to Z list of things that are truly awesome, bringing together pop culture icons such as Hello Kitty, Optimus Prime, and Ironman. Link via P...

https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/28/the-a-to-z-of-awesomeness/




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