The first week of January means back to work! And put the Christmas decorations away! Mine are packed, except for that last box, which is waiting for the kids to take the rest of the candy out of their Christmas stocking...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/07/this-week-at-neatorama-85/A 30-year-old man in Madison, Wisconsin has found a sure-fire way to get his 15 minutes of fame on the internet. Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop, 30, was arrested Thursday afternoon on charges of carrying a concealed...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/07/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop-bop-bop/The man who originally created the Addams family would have been 100 years old today, if he hadn't died in 1988. Charles Addams was a cartoonist at The New Yorker and began drawing the ghoulish yet humorous...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/07/charles-addams-honored-with-doodle/Cute Overload is the internet Mecca for all things cute, which is why their list of top ten cutest critter photos might just be one of the best end of the year lists you'll see this month. While many of the picture...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/07/the-top-ten-cutest-critters-of-2011/Oh, and did I mention that the game hasn't even been released yet? Developers of the upcoming game Age of Wulan thought that auctioning off exclusive items for their new MMORPG would be a good way to help...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/07/man-spends-16000-on-an-in-game-sword/Well, you probably won't actually be able to, but if you really are opposed to the Watchmen prequel, you can always take a stand and sign the petition to get the movie newly proposed comic book stopped before it starts...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/07/do-you-want-to-stop-the-watchmen-prequel/(Video Link) These two critters are rescued animals that now reside over at the Hillside Animal Sanctuary. Aren't they adorable together? Via GeekosystemCute, videos, animals, dogs, pigs, sanctuaries...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/07/watch-a-dog-play-with-a-pig-then-smile/If you thought only Steampunk enthusiasts used wood in their creations guess again, and if you're a woodworker/DIYer like myself, here's the inspiration for your next project! This gorgeous wooden modded computer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/aerodyne-art-deco-inspired-computer-case-mod/(YouTube Link) I think the Cold War may have kept this game from arriving in America, either that or the manufacturer didn't feel like the reference to Mikhail Gorbachev would help sell copies in the U.S. Whatever th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/the-retro-video-game-that-starred-mikhail-gorbachev/In this latest batch of animated comic book cover GIFs by Kerry Callen- Nick Fury uses some hypnotic effects to daze evil-doers, and Lois Lane shares some sugar with the boys from the Justice League, while Superman's...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/hypnotizing-comic-book-cover-gifs/This Facebook themed shower curtain isn't creepy because of the graphics or text printed on it, but rather because it assumes you'll have people spying on you while you take a shower! And, while it may be meant fo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/goofy-facebook-shower-curtain/Have you ever wanted a particular font used on a website for yourself? A new app, called Fount, is here to help you identify these fonts, and it works like a charm! After dragging the Fount button to your bookmark...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/a-handy-app-that-identifies-fonts-used-on-websites/(YouTube Link) Never has an instrument used to play a cover song been more appropriate than this-using five floppy drives, and a bit of software, to cover the Daft Punk hit Derezzed. It's a crunchy, minimali...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/cover-version-of-daft-punks-derezzed-performed-on-floppy-drives/Shakespearan Love Mug | $10.95 “Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.” William Shakespeare had a l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/shakespearean-love-mug/Congratulations to Randall Munroe on the 1000th comic published at xkcd! Only 24 to go, and he'll have a big, round number to brag about. Linkxkcd, Randall Munroe, milestone...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/1000-comics/(Video Link) The Hexa Pot is a collapsible cooking pot made from biodegradable paper.The idea is that you don't need to lug around an metal pot when you go camping. Just take one of these. If you need to boil water...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/boil-water-inside-a-paper-pot/Ah, Alien vs. Predator! Perhaps the greatest of all date movies. deviantART member Joker-laugh has captured the essence of that film with this custom chess set. Link -via I Heart Choaschess, deviantART,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/alien-vs-predator-chess-set/The late Don Hong-Oa was born in China and lived in Vietnam and the United States. He practiced a particular form of photography that realistically mimicked traditional Chinese ink drawings. It's like the inverse of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/this-may-look-like-an-ink-drawing-but-its-actually-a-photograph/You laughed at the correction we posted yesterday, but now we have the full story. The author of the New York Times article, Amy Harmon, explained how it all came about. The Times’ rule is, we correct anything that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/the-story-behind-the-best-nyt-correction-ever/I'm not a fan of The Lord of the Rings, but I have wondered how such a monumentally influential author was overlooked for a Nobel Prize in literature. C.S. Lewis nominated J.R.R. Tolkien in 1961. The governing c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/why-didnt-tolkien-win-the-nobel-prize/(Video Link) Oddity Central reports that Taiwan's garbage trucks commonly play music in order to alert people of their arrival in a neighborhood. Among the more popular tunes is Beethoven's "Für Elise." They often...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/taiwans-musical-garbage-trucks/You may remember Instructables user mezcraft from her amazing Harry Potter-themed gingerbread house. Believe it or not, she's actually topped that achievement. Mezcraft's cuckoo clock isn't just gingerbread on the ou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/edible-cuckoo-clock-has-gingerbread-gears/An investigation of the dozens of arson fires in Los Angeles last weekend led to the arrest of 24-year-old German national Harry Burkhart. The case inspired Meghan Holohan to look up famous arson cases and the men who se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/6-infamous-arsonists-and-how-they-got-caught/For a year and a half, the 401st Air Expeditionary Group of the United States Army Air Force wreaked havoc on Nazi Germany. You may know that these brave men often decorated the noses of their bombers with cartoonish...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/gallery-of-bomber-jacket-art/(YouTube link) I'm not going to explain this one, because the denouement is more fun than seeing it coming. Don't adjust your sound -there isn't any. -via redditcommercial, Ad, advertisement, wait for it...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/clever-ad/Something weird is in the air at Foxoak St, Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64, United Kingdom. Check it out on Google Street View, but only look up if you are brave enough! Link -via Dangerous MindsUFO, Google Maps, S...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/odd-google-street-view-scene/If you followed the mission of Apollo 13 in 1970 or saw the 1995 movie Apollo 13, you may have noticed that NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz (portrayed by Ed Harris in the movie) always wore a vest while working....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/gene-kranzs-vests/You have to get very close to the eyes of reptile to see how beautiful they really are. What, you don't want to do that? Then you can see them the easy way, in a series of close-up photographs at Environment...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/the-beautiful-cold-blooded-eyes-of-reptiles/(YouTube link) What's more awesome than move special effects? The real thing! This footage of Earthrise over the moon was taken from the Apollo X mission in 1969. All it needed was the proper soundtrack. -via Boing Bo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/06/earthrise/Star Trek Tin Tote | $14.95 If you always wanted a Star Trek lunch box, but never got one because your parents made you eat cafeteria food, your chance is here! Get your Star Trek Tin Tote from the NeatoShop!...
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