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Yearbook YourRickRollself Posted: 29 Aug 2008 06:57 PM CDT Yearbook Yourself is a pretty neat Flash website that lets you see what you’d look like if you were part of another year’s class. Oh, say, what would you look like if you had Buddy Holly’s do from the 1950s. Or, as a flower child of the 60s. Anyways, see if you can guess who this celebrity is (scroll to the bottom of the post to find out). Previously on Neatorama: 10 Neat Facts About … Rick Astley!

Burger Birthday Cake Posted: 29 Aug 2008 06:37 PM CDT Photo: A Little Lam [Flickr] Neatorama reader Alex (great name!) sent us this photo of his "Bacon Burger" birthday cake, made by his wonderful sister. The bacon was made from fruit leather, the sesame seeds from Rice Krispies, the burger patty was oreo and chocolate cake and the bun was vanilla cake with caramel frosting. Looks yummy and Happy Birthday! Link - Thanks Alex!

Bizarro: Baby Police Lineup Posted: 29 Aug 2008 06:37 PM CDT Hah! Our 8-month-old Ziggy looks just like Number 1. And yes, he did wake me up at 5:30 AM today … For more Bizarro, check out Dan Piraro’s blog and website.

VideoSift Clips of the Week Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:39 PM CDT (Links open in a new browser window/tab) How a Dog Drinks Ever wonder how exactly a dog drinks? Do you think that the dog's tongue splashes water into its mouth? Jeff Lieberman of Discovery Channel's Time Warp uses a slow-motion camera to find out the surprising answer: Link BLEVE: The Science Behind Massive Explosions What happens when a tanker containing 30,000 gallons of boiling liquid propane catches on fire? Here's a clip explaining the science behind a BLEVE (pronounced "blevvy") or "Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion": Link YouTube in 1985 What did YouTube look like way before the Interweb? Here's what it looks like in 1985 ... A parody by Matt Koval: Link ReWalk Exoskeleton Enables Paralyzed People to Walk Again For the first time in 20 year, a 41-year-old paraplegic Radi Kaiof can walk again, thanks to ReWalk, an exoskeleton invented by Dr. Amit Goffer of Argo Medical Technologies. Here's a clip of ReWalk in action: Link Most Entertaining Boxer in History OK, enough tech stuff. Now something different: here's the most entertaining boxer in history, Emanuel "YA" Augustus and his showboatin' ways! Link For more the web's most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

Diet Coke + Mentos in Zero G Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:30 PM CDT You all know what happen if you combine mentos and diet coke on Earth, but what happens if you do it in zero gravity? Robert "Trebor the Mad Overlord" Woodhead did the experiment aboard the Space Adventure’s G-Force One: Link - via MAKE, thanks Adam Fuhrer!

Laser Finger Beams Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:29 PM CDT Ooh! That looks like fun! That’s Jake Bronstein of Zoomdoggle playing around with the Laser Finger Beams. You can even make your own "light sculpture" photo by using the Shutter-lag setting on your camera: Link - Thanks Kristina Hoge! Once you get the hold of that, try making this one: Lightmark

The Extraordinary Treehouse of Udaipur, India Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:29 PM CDT We’ve have many posts about treehouses before on Neatorama, but never one this cool. Here’s an extraordinary treehouse in Udaipur, India, built by K.P. Singh. Allan Wu of Honda’s Drive Every Drop interviews the man: The house is supported by a mango tree, and was conceived by Mr. Singh on a bet that he could maintain property value of a certain terrain without the need for chopping its fruit trees. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Photo gallery - Thanks YO!

Toilet Paper Dolls Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:28 PM CDT These dolls are actually quite useful - they’re toilet paper dolls! So next time you’re in the toilet and need some toilet paper, just rip open the groom’s head to wipe your bum. Link | Originally from Tongari (in Japanese) - Thanks clara!

Longbow 2-String Bass Guitar Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:27 PM CDT I’ve always wanted to learn to play the guitar, but all those strings are confusing! So perhaps this is the easier instrument: the Longbow "American Classic" 2 string bass! Link - via Guitar Blog (who just celebrated its 6th Blogiversary. Sixth! Congrats!), thanks Stratoblogster! (There is, of course, a one-string bass guitar from Japanese guitar maker Atlansia, the Dàn bâu from Vietnam and the Duxianqin from China)

20 of the World’s Weirdest Endangered Species Posted: 29 Aug 2008 10:46 AM CDT A purple frog with a pig nose, a seal with an inflatable face, and penguin with yellow eyes! They sound like tall tales, but they are just some of the unusual endangered species described at WebEcoist. Link -via the Presurfer

Nazi TV Posted: 29 Aug 2008 10:44 AM CDT (YouTube link) A clip of some rare and extremely creepy TV programming from Germany in the 1930s. For more, see an hour-length documentary on the subject, Television Under the Swastika. Link -via Metafilter

The Voice Of Fred Flintstone Posted: 29 Aug 2008 08:32 AM CDT You might not recognise the face but I’ll bet that if this video omitted the title “Alan Reed the voice of Fred Flintstone” you would have guessed the voice in a second. Trivia: Reed died shortly before his 70th birthday on June 14, 1977 and his body was donated for medical research to the Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Link:YouTube

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