(YouTube link) When a five-year-old girl recognizes your brand logo, you've done it right. Of course, when your dad is in the logo design business, you might have a leg up. Adam Ladd's daughter knows her logos, but as...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/31/fresh-impressions-on-brandmarks/A look at various dining facilities at scientific research centers, from a series first published in the Annals of Improbable Research. Blackford Hall Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories: Cold Spring Harbor, New Y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/31/scientific-dining-reviews-of-research-institute-cafeterias-part-one/(YouTube Link) When you actually believe that The Muppets movie might be pushing some sort of communist, anti-oil agenda on our kids, you've got problems, but when you are called out by Kermit and Miss Piggy,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/31/kermit-and-miss-piggy-speak-out-against-fox-news-report/This here's a craft beer for the gamer in your life, the kind of beer enjoyed by those who also enjoy apocalyptic first person shooters, and products named after in-game brands. By dubbing his delicious beer Brow...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/31/bioshock-themed-craft-beer/(YouTube Link) In celebration of reference to the Phantom Menace in 3D release, a band of student filmmakers got together and decided to put out the sweded version of the film. It's short, super silly and cheesy, a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/31/the-phantom-menace-sweded-edition/What you're seeing is not a casting call for Gandhi: The Musical, nor is it a collection of Mahatma Gandhi clones popping out of some strange moustachioed alternate dimension, but rather the making of a worl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/oh-my-gandhi-better-get-my-eyes-checked/It may not be a guaranteed in for the biker gang of your choice, but at least you don't have to put gas in it! The BOXX electric bike is the new square way to get around town without negatively impacting the environm...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/does-your-motorcycle-look-too-cool-then-get-the-boxx-bike/(YouTube Link) Ozzy the acrobatic dog must be in training to become a superhero's sidekick, because this dog is performing well beyond the abilities of his canine cousins. He balances on all sorts of stuff, from chai...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/ozzy-the-amazingly-acrobatic-dog/Last week, Miss C asked what your favorite blog says about you, but have you ever wondered what your favorite game says about you? Street Fighter: You can’t spell some words. Braid:*/st...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/what-does-your-favorite-video-game-say-about-you/By now, you've all heard about cupcakes and pies in jars, but can classic pizza pies be made in a jar? The concept is the same, just add your dough and other ingredients and bake. While I love pizza and the cupcakes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/can-you-make-pizza-in-a-jar/(YouTube Link) I recently posted an article about the upcoming action figure series featuring Alfred E. Neuman as various DC superheroes, and there was a comment posted which stated something to the effect that MA...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/adventure-time-for-the-avengers/Psshh...chocolates are so twentieth century. In a world that's obsessed with zombies, there's no better Valentine's gift than a simple, handmade set of zombie monsters. You can buy you own set over at Etsy.Link Via Craft...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/needle-felted-zombie-valentines-day-gifts/(Video Link) Just like the king of internet kitties, little Bo just swears he's small enough to fit in any box. Via RedditCute, videos, animals, pets, bulldogs...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/is-this-bulldog-the-next-maru/Artist Alex Hurret made this delightfully cute Nintendo monster for your papercrafting pleasure. You can make your own at home if you can't wait to get your hands on this cartridge-eating terror. Link Via Geekosys...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/an-adorable-papercraft-nintendo-sculpture/(YouTube Link) If watching Return Of The Jedi left you with a longing for a life in the trees, a yearning for an Ewokian lifestyle that just won't go away, then you'll want to visit Oregon, where builder of d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/ewok-inspired-treehouse-treesort/Talk about preparing kids for the real world. Four public high schools in Detroit have partnered with Walmart to train 60 students to work at its stores: Advocates say wit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/teaching-high-school-students-to-work-at-walmart/(Video Link) The upcoming film Chronicle is a dark story about teenage boys who develop superpowers. To promote it, marketers made RC planes that look like human beings and flew them around New York City....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/flying-people-in-new-york-city/When Norwegian news channel NRK presented a story about eye treatment for the elderly, they picked an unfortunate choice for an eye test chart. PWN3D! Hit play or go to Link [Yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/omg-eye-test-chart-pwn3d-tv-station/Oh, my God, it's a double rainbow all the way! Woah. It's so bright. What does this mean? Link -via That's Nerdalicious! | Photo: Megan Selingcupcakes, double rainbow...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/double-rainbow-cupcakes/By August 1865, the American Civil War was over. Many Southerners wanted to restore some semblance of normality -- as they saw it -- in their homes and communities. So Col. P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee wrote to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/letter-from-an-ex-slave-to-his-former-master/On the left is a normal testicle. On the right is one that has been blasted with ultrasound. The latter has a reduced sperm count, which is why researchers at the University of North Carolina think that they may have...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/hitting-testicles-with-ultrasound-pulses-may-be-an-effective-contraceptive/(Video Link) It's a brutal, no-holds barred contest between the aging champion returning to the ring, step ladder, and the vigorous and young challenger, table. Who will win? The entire match lasted ten minutes, but...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/table-vs-step-ladder-wrestling-match/Although it might seem odd to see the crossed keys of St. Peter on a gun (well, maybe not), the Popes commanded armies, off and on, until the collapse of the Papal States in 1870. This model, popularly known as the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/the-popes-rifles/Have you ever frantically searched for your keys, only to pick them up and move them without realizing it? Blame your brain: it's out of sync with itself. Grayden Solman and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/when-your-brain-is-out-of-sync/National Geographic has a gallery of really neat rare photos from the Project Gemini Online Digital Archive. This one above is of astronaut Buzz Aldrin (the first man who pee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/rare-photos-from-the-dawn-of-spaceflight/Rovio, the company behind the smash hit Angry Birds, took a look at the music industry's struggle against piracy and decided that piracy ain't so bad after all. In fact, it may actua...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/angry-birds-embrace-piracy-to-grow-its-fanbase/For the eighth consecutive year, Animal Planet will host The Puppy Bowl at 3PM (Eastern Time) on Super Bowl Sunday. The halftime show will star kittens from a shelter. See a series of adorable photographs taken durin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/kitten-halftime-show/Are you a die-hard football fan? Are you a real Super Bowl fanatic? Then you should be able to name all the quarterbacks who won the Super Bowl in its 45-year history. In eight minutes. I named four of them, although...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/every-quarterback-whos-won-a-super-bowl/Photographer Senén Llanos and dancer and yoga enthusiast Marién Enid began a tradition in 2005 of taking a photo of Marién against the backdrop of the last sunrise of the year. They get together every year, whethe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/mornings-with-marien/We are fascinated with child prodigies, yet we still don't know what causes one talented youngster to go on to a happy, productive life and what causes others to burn out, like William James Sidis. Sidis is considered t...
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