(YouTube link) Billed as the "new sport of 1949," this newsreel shows us what seems to be an experiment in comedy. At least it's safer than regular boxing! And it reminds me of the Japanese TV show that staged a socce...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/19/blindfolded-boxing/PeteyHendrix wrote an updated version of the classic comedy routine called "Who's On First?" with a twist -now the scene contains the names of real Major League baseball players. You can look them up! Anyone familiar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/16/hus-on-first/Captchas are there so you can prove you are a person instead of a 'bot. But what if you fail the test? They can be pretty hard! Frank Lesser, who writes for The Colbert Report, expresses his frustration with captchas...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/06/password-check/Hardcore gamers love expert mode because it provides them with such a challenge...but no matter how good you are at aiming, I don't recommend trying out this advanced level -especially if you ever have any ladies vis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/03/the-expert-mode-you-dont-want-to-mess-with/(YouTube link) The Force comes in really handy some mornings. -via Geeks Are Sexy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/13/the-lazy-jedi/This staircase makes four 90-degree turns, yet forms a continuous loop that would not be possible in the real world. Optillusions is a blog with more illusions like this. Pretty dumb, yes, but good for a laugh. And ea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/optillusions/A simple and not-too-effective spam Twitter account has become an internet phenomenon. @Horse_ebooks may or may not be a 'bot, but the nonsensical snippets that it Tweets, supposedly from the ebooks it is trying to sell,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/09/the-ballad-of-horse_ebooks/From the idle fertile minds behind Geeks Are Sexy comes a new site that focuses on the world of IT professionals and the funny stuff they encounter in their work. FailDesk has, of course, those clueless co-workers, resou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/16/faildesk/It's an image meme, but don't be put off, this one is just plain adorable. Because first graders have lots of problems, and they loom very large when you're little. See more first grade problems at Buzzfeed. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/neatobambino/2011/12/03/first-grade-problems/(YouTube link) Six famous thought experiments... ...link) Six famous thought experiments explained humorously in a minute each, by David Mitchell of the BBC's...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/26/six-famous-thought-experiments/