(Video Link) What happens when a little dog finds a giant pile of leaves to play in? Hilarity, of course. via Geekosystemvideos, animals, dogs, pets, leaves...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/this-puppy-loves-leaf-piles/If you need me, I'll be downstairs with the shop vac. You can call but I probably won't hear you because it's loud with the shop vac on. And this speaker built by Art Pentry into a toolbox probably won't help you any...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/how-to-turn-a-toolbox-into-a-boombox/In the Western tradition, it has always been about Barbie. Venus? Actually Barbie. Mona Lisa? It was Barbie. The model for the Statue of Liberty? Barbie. So French artist Jocelyne Grivaud created many Barbie images a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/barbie-throughout-art-history/Tobias Sonne, a student at Carnegie Mellon University, developed a pair of suspenders that encourage the user to sit up straight. He attached a strip of conductive fabric to one side. When it's compacted, a buzzer ac...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/electronic-suspenders-remind-you-to-sit-up-straight/The crew at How It Should Have Ended spends four and a half hilarious minutes exposing the gaping plot holes in Episode VI, especially taking into account the changes made to this movie after the release of the prequ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/how-it-should-have-ended-and-began-return-of-the-jedi/The Super Bowl is less than two weeks away. Now I know that most of you probably eat, in accordance with tradition, nothing but cupcakes that day. But hear me out: buffalo chicken wings. I know that it sounds crazy,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/buffalo-wing-cupcakes/What is the meaning of Fulop Gabor's statue? I have no idea, but I'm going with a superhero one, especially since it presents a more frightening version of the current ladybug superhero. Link | Artist's WebsiteL...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/worst-superpower-ever-turn-yourself-into-a-pile-of-ladybugs/This is the 1957 Aurora. We will never know what the public would have thought about it, as only one prototype was built, and it didn't work well enough to make it to its own press conference. Now wait, before you ar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/the-worlds-ugliest-cars/Not the dance, that's merengue, which has plenty of chemistry, too. This concerns that delicious sweet fluff that tops your lemon meringue pie or the lightweight candy sold at bake sales. It's made by beatin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/the-chemistry-of-meringue/So far, three Republican presidential hopefuls have won one state primary or caucus each. Eventually, only one will be selected for the presidential race. Mental_floss looks back into previous election races for toda...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/did-they-ever-win-a-primary/(YouTube link) This little short film appears to be a teaser for a longer story by effects designer Aaron Sims. If he is trying to raise interest in getting a studio to fund a feature film, this is the way to do it. W...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/archetype/When I saw this at reddit, of course I entered the search term to see if it would autocomplete the same way for me, which it did, and the first search result is a Facebook page. Apparently, the phrase has been around...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/i-hate-it-when/Bird watchers and Harry Potter fans are delighted at the larger than usual number of snowy owl sightings in the lower 48 this year. Snowy Owls are native to the Arctic, but fly south every few years to let us admire them...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/more-snowy-owl-sightings-in-the-u-s/(YouTube link) Matt Mulholland (featured previously) sings all the vocal and instrumental parts as well on his very personal version of "Bohemian Rhapsody." This is from Mulholland's album of cover songs. Link -Th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/bohemian-rhapsody-a-capella/At the end of June this year, those who do this sort of thing will add an extra second to the world's official clocks to keep us on the right track. This gets a bit detailed — which is where the fun is! — but in sho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/wait-just-a-leap-second/(YouTube link) Belly dancer Helena Vlahos has a unique talent for turning coins over with her abdominal muscles. And dollar bills, too! Kind of makes you want to start doing your crunches, doesn't it? Well, no, me nei...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/flip-a-coin/You've probably heard that the Kodak company has filed for bankruptcy. Kodak introduced its first camera 120 years ago, and revolutionized the way we see the world. The Kodak No.1 expanded photography from professionals...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/kodak-no-1/(YouTube link) Happy New Year! Today, communities celebrating Chinese New Year are welcoming the Year of the Dragon. Next Media Animation explains how the Chinese New Year celebration came to be celebrated with firecr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/the-year-of-the-dragon/(Video Link) Legolas is alive, and he's a Russian woman named Iza Privezenceva. Watch her send arrows downrange about once a second and, as you can see at the end of the video, hitting her target most of the time....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/rapid-fire-archery/The following article is from the book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tunes Into TV. The final episode of M*A*S*H aired on February 28, 1983. It wasn't just a "TV event" ...it was the most-watched episode i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/goodbye-farewell-and-amen/Are you decorating a nursery? If so, I've got a great idea for it! Kids love gumball machines. And skulls. Artist Marco Perego combined the two for an exhibit at the Galerie Gmurzynska in Zurich, Switzerland. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/skullball-machine/(YouTube Link) If you're tired of the zombie-less, cinematic cutscene instead of visceral gameplay direction that the Resident Evil video game series has been heading in over the years, then you're in for a t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/23/resident-evil-6-trailer-finds-the-series-returning-to-its-roots/Movies aren't the only entertainment medium fond of ripping off ideas, video games have been ripping each other off from day one. The games on this list compiled by Dorkly are made up of familiar games with a slightl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/some-of-the-most-blatant-rip-offs-in-video-game-history/(YouTube Link) Superstar rapper, actor and all around fly individual Ice Cube has come a long way from his days in the gangsta rap group N.W.A., or has he? Turns out this boy from tha hood once studied Architectural...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/ice-cube-celebrates-the-eames/Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes takes anonymity to a whole new level-by painting herself into the background. She cleverly matches the background patterns and paints them onto her canvas naked body in order to "bl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/the-artist-that-literally-paints-herself-into-a-corner/(YouTube Link) YouTuber keef70 decided to use 3d and visual effects software to spice up his surf videos, and in my opinion he did a great job! Here's what led to making this ambitious short: I wanted to learn...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/apocalypse-later-surf-now-a-not-so-endless-summer/Back in February, President Obama surprised Steve Jobs with a question of what it would take to make the iPhones in the United States, rather than China. Jobs replied that the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/can-america-make-the-iphone-hint-its-not-about-the-labor-cost/Kim of Party Frosting made these adorable cookies when she saw wooden tea bag toys. It occurred to her that she could make a tastier alternative out of shortbread. With a touch of chocolate frosting, they really do l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/tea-bag-cookies/(Video Link) This video, allegedly from the Philippines, shows a traffic cop who has missed his calling. But will it Benny Hillify? -via Boing Boingdancing, breakdancing, traffic cop...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/breakdancing-traffic-cop/Australian designer David Giametta's 1968 Vespa scooter was beyond restoration, but not beyond repurposing. He modded the back end into a hip laptop desk. Link -via Walyou (warning: auto-sound) P.S. Giametta to...
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