Given the theme, I'm surprised how sloppy/incomplete this one is. Some examples to add to the growing list: with nuclear, there is a second acceptable pronunciation, "nyoo-clear" (not to be confused with "nu-kyoo-ler," which is never correct). "Comf-ter-bul" is an accepted pronunciation, and another common mispronunciation (I'd wager more common than "pen") for penne is "penny." Often combined with the word "pasta," i.e. "penny pasta." Also, a couple musical sour notes: you left out the greatest drummer in the world, Neil Peart (PEE-rt, not PERT). And it's "Gotye," not "Goyte."

Thank you Seban! So very well said. :)

Not to be "that guy," and this kid is cute, but giving this video neatorama time is an injustice to hundreds of other youngsters with online drumming videos of, frankly, better performances.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2wXoqAhI4

Two years older, and about 20 years more advanced.

(i.e. get a musician to pre-review this sort of thing next time)

Agreed, agreed, agreed: the Dukakis/tank and Bush/Mission Accomplished sign are just a wee bit bigger than the --what was it-- swamp rabbit? Even the Gary Hart/Dona Rice photo were larger than --what is it-- a couple solitaire games? Really? C'mon.

Here it is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/8941395/Kirk-Douglas-in-pictures.html?image=10

Thanks swm!

Somebody please tell what's supposed to be happening for the letter H? I can tell there's someone lying on the right, but the left thing/person/shape is completely lost on me.

Can't turn the music off. Programmer/designer neglected to consider some of us like to play our own music while browsing. Seems such a simple thing.

Disappointed I couldn't find Alastair Reynolds. Says 2009, but perhaps it's (mostly) much more outdated than that.

More disturbing than funny.

Note to Neatorama: if you're using IE, you'll get a nice little warning when linking to the artist's page. ("IE is dangerous! Use a different browser," etc.)

Regardless how *neat* the site is, please refrain from linking folks to pages front-loaded with unsolicited, scareware-esque adverts. Yes, I know there is no threat, but I don't think you should reward asinine web behavior like this.

Just my opinion, of course.

Moved away from my computer, touching nothing remotely in contact with it. And no, nothing made the mouse budge during that time. Still, this site gave me two false "FAILS" before reaching the goal of two minutes.

Programmer(s) need(s) to do a better job preventing background processes from registering as human activity.

Using pixie.exe, one can tell these "gray" squares are not completely gray. They are blue-gray, or yellow-gray. Very few of the pixels are actually gray; the majority of these surfaces are blue- or yellow-tinted.

Again, it's pixie.exe

The key is the origin of the rope. Why does this trick need an empty canister, or an excessive pile of rope at the center? Thinking about this led me to a possible solution:

The rope is interchangeable with a rope/pole combo positioned underground. An unseen individual watches/listens to the magician from a point underneath the bundle of rope/canister/something above him (and at the center of the trick). When the magician throws the rope into the air, the underground assistant pushes the pole/rope combo into the air, from a point underground (obviously rather deep, to accommodate the long pole/rope combo), while the magician quickly drops the not-attached-to-a-pole rope into the empty canister or whatever is at the trick's center.

I could be wrong, of course, but this seems to be the mechanism behind the trick.