(YouTube Link) There are some really talented kids out there, and thanks to YouTube they can show the world their skills, hopefully without all the praise going straight to their head. 8 year old Zoe Thomson plays gu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/8-year-old-girl-plays-electric-guitar-like-a-rock-star/With the wave of portable gaming consoles coming out, it's not surprising that SNK has jumped on board and revealed their Neo-Geo Portable Device (hopefully tentative title), which will come pre-loaded with 20 classi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/snk-reveals-portable-neo-geo-system/(YouTube Link) Do you like Doctor Who, but you just don't have time to catch up on the episodes you've missed over the years? Do you hate Doctor Who and want to know what all the fuss is about? Are y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/catch-up-on-50-years-of-doctor-who-in-10-minutes/This hand crafted sword looks waaaaay too big to be lugging around all day during a convention cosplay session. Inspired by the sword carried by the main character Guts in the anime/manga series Berserk (as...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/this-prop-sword-looks-a-bit-too-berserk-for-cosplay/(YouTube link) If you ever have the occasion to install a door stop, be sure to get one with a heavy spring, because 1. puppies love to play with them, and b. they make that wonderful "thwannng" sound. -via Arbroathdo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/beckham-and-the-door-stop/Photo: Sergey Teplyakov/vkontakte Russian police does not take kindly to protests, even those carried out by toys and dolls: Police in the Siberian city of Barnaul...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/russian-police-doll-protests-are-illegal/Planning something special for Valentine's Day? Not if you're in Uzbekistan. The authorities in the Central Asian nation has canceled Valentine's Day: Instead, residents i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/uzbekistan-cancels-valentines-day/Melanie Janem is a modern day Prometheus, shining a sugary light into the darkness of our stomachs. Let us be thankful. Link -via That's Nerdalicious! | Previously: Death by Oreo Cupcakecupcakes, oreos...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/oreo-and-peanut-butter-cup-cupcake-topped-with-oreo-frosting-and-a-peanut-butter-cup/Although these rolls look simple, the instructions that food blogger Von provides show how complex is the work of a sushi chef. These are made from tomato-flavored tuna. Link -via Theresa Colemansushi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/it-would-be-awkward-to-watch-a-cat-eat-these-sushi-rolls/(Video Link) This ad for Moe's Southwestern Grill shows either how terrible or awesome microwaves are. I had no idea that bar soap would do that in a microwave. Question: what would happen if you tried to microwa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/things-exploding-in-microwaves/You can't take your dog into grocery stores, so where do you put him? If you tie him up outside, someone could steal him. The Hundehiet is one solution from Norway. Just stick your dog inside while you shop and pick...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/dog-storage-lockers-could-be-useful-for-parents-as-well-as-dog-owners/Remember Vanilla Ice? The rapper turned real estate mogul (okay, not exactly mogul), is back. This time, as an indie rock hipster. So cool, right ;? <-- winkie to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/vanilla-ice-indie-rock-hipster/Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. Jaws and Chief Brody. Ronald McDonald and the Burger King. They aren't destined to be enemies. All they need is to show each other a little love, as Ingrid Aspöck's cartoons illustrat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/turn-an-enemy-into-a-friend-with-a-hug/Meet Rita Lawlor, a seven-year-old girl from Sarasota, Florida, who recently became the youngest person to receive an award from her local fire department for saving her mom's life:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/girl-saved-unconscious-mom-by-slapping-her-with-pizza/One, two, three, four; Pick up a mop and clean the floor; five, six, seven, eight; house cleaning and exercise are the perfect mate! Here's the solution to those pressed for time (and clea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/aerobic-house-cleaning/Remember Powers of Ten, the iconic '60s film by Charles and Ray Eames we all saw in high school? It's been remade by Isaiah Saxon of Encyclopedia Pictura ... with food!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/micro-macro-the-powers-of-ten-remade-with-food/A prehistoric creature found in the Canadian Rockies has been named Siphusauctum gregarium, which is both a new genus and species. It lived 500 million years ago, when the area now nickenamed the "Tulip Beds" wa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/new-fossil-animal-looks-like-a-tulip/NASA has released a high-definition image of the Earth it calls Blue Marble 2012. A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - S...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/the-new-blue-marble/On March 21, 1920, the Sandusky Register reported on an astonishing invention in which W. W. Macfarlane, traveling in a car (driven by a chauffeur), held a conversation with his wife back at the garage -500...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/the-worlds-first-carphone/DeviantART member viria13 put modern fashions on Disney princesses (and Anastasia, too). The artwork is lovely, but can someone tell me who "Kida" is? Link -via The Daily What Fashion, disney, princesses, clothin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/fashion-princesses/(YouTube link) A misdirected email connects two people 9,000 miles apart who turn out to share more than the same name. This is the latest animation from the Rauch Brothers for StoryCorps. How do they find such great...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/to-rp-salazar-with-love/Once again, it's time for our collaboration with the always amusing What Is It? Blog! Do you know what the object in this picture is? You can win even if you don't know! Place your guess in the comment se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/what-is-it-game-211/Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website. New York Press Conference 1964*/str...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/the-origin-of-the-beatles-haircut/If you don't toss your cookies on a regular basis, you leave a trail behind as you surf the web. But making any sense of that trail is a science that may be beyond the reach of automated analytics -at least for now. Ars...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/26/who-does-google-think-you-are/Photo: George Skadding/LIFE Archives Ah, the life of a teenager. Long before the era of Facebook, texting, and clubbing, there's the hopping soda shop scene. LIFE photographer George...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/25/teen-life-in-1947-iowa/That's not a tiny can of beer. That's actually a normal sized 12 oz. can of Molson. The huge hand belongs to André the Giant: Link And you know what goes great with beer? Peanuts....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/25/andre-the-giant-holding-a-can-of-beer/It's called the Floating Flamer, and the design is simple but ingenious. Why bother leaving the pool to get fresh, hot burgers and steaks? Just swim over. The Floating Flamer is available in two models and, here's th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/25/floating-grill-for-pool-parties/Dan Beckemeyer added needle felted muscles and blood vessels to anatomical diagrams. It's like the drawings are coming to life. Link -via Colossalneedlefelting, anatomy, felting...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/25/felted-anatomy/John Tyler (1790-1862), the tenth President of the United States, left office in 1845. Though quite old, he fathered a son in 1853. That son himself fathered two sons at an advanced age in 1924 and 1928. Those two men,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/25/president-john-tylers-grandsons-are-still-alive/I really grok Michael Williams' motivation for this project. I have a pair of comfortable leather shoes that I've worn almost every day for the past five years. I've done both office work and manual labor in them and...
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