Sponsor

2010/09/01

Neatorama

Neatorama


The Top 10 Most Badass Soldiers of All Time

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 07:40 PM PDT

The bravest among the brave, some soldiers stand head and shoulders above the rest for war exploits that will make your jaw drop. For example, Audie Murphy’s actions in World War II that won him a Medal of Honor:

Murphy’s unit was down to 19 men out of 128. They couldn’t fight, they needed to rearm, and they needed somebody to hold the line. So Murphy stayed behind, shooting Germans until he ran out of ammo. Then, deciding he wasn’t done killing Germans, he jumped onto a burning tank and starting using its .50 caliber machine gun. He even killed an entire squad of Germans trying to sneak up on him. Oh, and he did this for almost an hour, while wounded in the leg. And then his men showed up, and Murphy led them on a forward action. Translation: after spending an hour in the freezing cold on a burning tank spraying Germans with machine gun fire, he decided that wasn’t enough and decided to get close and personal.

And he is just one of ten soldiers from all over the world listed as the most badass. Link -via Unique Daily

Dancing at the Movies

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 07:38 PM PDT


(YouTube link)

I think I’ve seen every movie represented here -and there are about 40 of them. How about you? -via Metafilter

Twilight Actor Declines to Settle Lawsuit with Push-Up Contest

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:21 PM PDT

Taylor Lautner, the actor who plays the werewolf Jacob in the Twilight movies, has sued a RV dealership that failed to deliver a rented RV to Lautner. The dealer responded by challenging the buff actor to a push-up contest:

On Monday the 30th, Brent McMahon, owner of McMahon’s RV, proposed that the matter be settled by means of a push-up contest. McMahon said that if the werewolf won, he would pay the $40,000 allegedly being demanded to settle the case; but if McMahon won, he would donate the money to Children’s Hospital of Orange County.

That sounds like a great idea to me, but the werewolf’s camp rejected the idea immediately. “McMahon RV’s response to our client’s legitimate claim,” an attorney declared in an all-too-attorney-like statement, “demonstrates the lack of professionalism that Mr. McMahon, his company and his employees have exhibited from the outset, and that compelled the filing of this lawsuit in the first place.” The push-up contest was simply a “facetious suggestion,” he said, and maybe it was, but it is also an awesome suggestion and seems to me like a perfectly good way to settle a lawsuit.

Link | Photo: AP

Chewbacca Talking Doll

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT

Chewbacca 9″ Talking Plush – $25.95

Isn’t he cute? And he talks, too! Of course, anyone who ever watched a Star Wars movie knows what Chewbacca says, and you won’t understand it -unless you have the imagination of a child! Available now at the NeatoShop. Link

More: Plush | Star Wars

Sink Made from Recycled Tires

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:25 AM PDT

The architecture firm Minarc designed and built a kitchen sink that’s made from old rubber tires. It’s called RUBBiSH and is made in the following manner:

The rubber from the tires is melted down and cleansed of debris, and the tiny inherent metal fibers that give a tire its road resistance are then formed into a sheet. This sheet is stretched over a base frame—made of wood, metal, or any other material out of which bathroom furniture can be fashioned—and anchored down by the drain collar. This creates a shallow-sloped surface for water to be siphoned away, but not a clunky profile; in fact, the material used is so minimal that, the manufacturer claims, the sinks use less than one pound of rubber.

Link via Make | Photo: Minarc

Black Tie Beach

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:22 AM PDT


(YouTube link)

Improv Everywhere took a group of several hundred people to the beach at Coney Island in formal wear, just to see how people would react. If I saw this, I would have assumed it was a wedding reception where they served a bit too much champagne. Read about it at the site. Link -via The Daily What

Star Wars Pie

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:20 AM PDT

Cathy of Olds Nighty-Eight made a Star Wars-themed blueberry pie for her young son using cookie cutters as molds:

Danny’s most recent request was to bake some doodleberry pie. Obviously, we didn’t have any doodleberries handy. We went to Costco and bought blueberries instead. He said that would be fine. I knew pie would be ok to bake because I don’t really like pie. It wouldn’t be much of a temptation to eat the whole thing. Plus, I’ve never baked a pie from scratch. We both win. He gets pie. I get to stop saying I’ve never baked a pie from scratch before

I don’t know what a doodleberry is but I’m afraid to Google it and find out.

Link via Great White Snark

Taiwan's Last Professional Swordsmith

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:13 AM PDT


(Video Link)

Nerdcore has a roundup of three signs of changing times in East Asia: an interview with the last traditional swordmaker in Taiwan, the decline of the geisha tradition, and the diminished demand in Japan for actors skilled in the martial arts of the samurai.

The last swordsmith in Taiwan is 65 years old and makes his blades using human bones with the permission of the deceased’s relatives. He says that according to tradition, the bones infuse a spirit into the completed sword.

Link

Revenge Products

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:09 AM PDT

Shomer-Tec has a page of merchandise for sale called “Revenge Products.” There are gadgets that disable electronics or just annoy people, and bottles of nasty things like Liquid Roadkill.

These “special ingredients” are just what you may need in some “special situations”. Manufactured under contract by DSG Laboratories to fulfill the occasional unusual operational requirement of CIA and other federal agents, these products are now available for non-governmental sale. Use only with utmost discretion.

Before you use this incredibly foul putrifier, take a moment to reflect on all the roadkill left out in the scorching sun. With this nice little vial, you now have the ability to creatively re-create this special odor at a time and place of your choosing.

I wouldn’t use this on my worst enemy. Link -via J-Walk Blog

Football Player Gets Hair Insured for $1 Million

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Troy Polamalu plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He wears long hair to honor his Samoan heritage. It’s gotten Polamalu in trouble before — he was once tackled from behind by his someone who grabbed his locks, as you can see from the video at the link. To make sure that nothing unfortunate happens to his hair, Polamalu has insured it for a million dollars:

Lloyds of London has written a policy on the Pittsburgh Steelers safety’s locks, in the kind of publicity stunt that rises to the top of search engines on the week before real sports resume after Labor Day. There’s a serious reason for Polamalu’s ‘do: he has not cut it since 2000 and wears it as a tribute to his Samoan ancestors. But there’s a product tie-in on the insurance: Polamalu endorses Head & Shoulders shampoo, whose parent company sought the policy.

Link via Geekosystem | Photo: Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press

Obscure Spices

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:45 AM PDT

What’s in your spice rack? If it’s larger than the spice collections of anyone else you know (and you know how to use them), you might do well answering questions about obscure spices in today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. I scored 45% because most of my answers were wild guesses. Link

Progress Bar Coffee Cup Cozy

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Etsy seller sewtara made a coffee cup cozy that keeps you updated on how quickly it’s caffeinating you. It’s made of embroidered muslin with a cotton lining.

Link via DVICE

Kitten Plays Duck Hunt

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:23 AM PDT


(Video Link)

YouTube user errrick recorded his kitten, Claire, playing the classic Nintendo game Duck Hunt. She’s a poor shot.

via Nerd Bastards

Previously:
Nintendo Duck Hunt/Predator
Behind the Scenes in Duck Hunt

Chaos Cookies

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Emmylou Cakehead and the band The Futureheads collaborated on a tasty art installation unveiled at the charity exhibit Cake Britain (“The world’s first entirely edible art exhibition“) last weekend in London. The piece consists of the lyrics to The Futureheads song “The Chaos” spelled out in vanilla cookies! Cakehead, the cookie bakers, and the band spent a total of 200 hours on the artwork, which was consumed by patrons in a quite a bit less time. Their efforts raised thousands of dollars for St. Oswald’s house, a hospice in the band’s hometown of Newcastle. See more pictures of the cookies and the consumption at Cakehead Loves Evil. Link

20 Experiences to Try Before you Die

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:38 AM PDT

Everyone should have a personal bucket list. Once in a lifetime events like skydiving or attending the olympics or even visting the Titanic first-hand are all things all of us CAN do… if we so desired. I haven’t done many of the ones on this list (except for Comic-Con, awesome, by the way) but that certainly doesn’t mean I won’t get to them in the future. Check out this great list of 20 Experiences to Have Before you Die and see which ones you can already cross off your own bucket list. Have you tried skydiving?

Sky-diving is the closest we humans will come to taking flight (at least right now)…so why not experience it? Sky-diving schools are located all around the country and provide an exhilarating, and safe, journey into thewild, blue yonder.

Of course, this list is highly subjective. What would you add to it? Link

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by divinediva.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Keep a civil tongue.

Label Cloud

Technology (1464) News (793) Military (646) Microsoft (542) Business (487) Software (394) Developer (382) Music (360) Books (357) Audio (316) Government (308) Security (300) Love (262) Apple (242) Storage (236) Dungeons and Dragons (228) Funny (209) Google (194) Cooking (187) Yahoo (186) Mobile (179) Adobe (177) Wishlist (159) AMD (155) Education (151) Drugs (145) Astrology (139) Local (137) Art (134) Investing (127) Shopping (124) Hardware (120) Movies (119) Sports (109) Neatorama (94) Blogger (93) Christian (67) Mozilla (61) Dictionary (59) Science (59) Entertainment (50) Jewelry (50) Pharmacy (50) Weather (48) Video Games (44) Television (36) VoIP (25) meta (23) Holidays (14)

Popular Posts