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- Hedgehog Pool Party
- Doctor Who Monopoly
- The 20 Saddest Horses On Earth
- A Ketchup Fountain To Make Your Burgers Classy
- 26 Cool Modern Takes On Classic Paintings
- The Whisper Campaign Against Batman
- Ads For Products From Video Games
- This Is One Sweet Frankenstein Sculpture
- "Reckless" Larry Crowne Poster Fined £25,000 in Spain
- Ph.Diddy Is One Super Fly Doctoral Candidate
- Woman Charged with Stealing $800 Cash Register. There Was Only a Quarter Inside.
- Say "Merry Christmas!" This Year with Blood
- Keep Klear
- Tetris Furniture by Pedro Machado
- The Dark Knight in the Style of the Old 1960s Batman
- Death from Above
- Cartoonist Illustrates Marathon While Running It
- Face of the Devil Hidden in Giotto Fresco
- Rubber Duckie Helps Japan
- Wake Up and Smell the ... Internet?
- Art Deco Inspired Superhero Posters
- Store-M's Matryoshka Nesting Storage Boxes
- A Flock Of Steampunk Birds
- The Colorful History Of Video Games
- Does Google Really Do That?
- Super Fetch
- Nothing I Can Do
- Return of the Jedi Deleted Scene
- Ktarian Chocolate Puff Recipe
- Duck, Duck, ...
- Bill Gates Changes The World Again
- Bouncing Baby Goat
- New Delhi's Last Magicians Colony
- Doolittle's Raid
| Posted: 08 Nov 2011 01:35 AM PST I don’t know about you guys, but this is the kind of pool party I want to be invited to. Say it together, “awwwww.”  |
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| The 20 Saddest Horses On Earth Posted: 08 Nov 2011 01:23 AM PST While I am not one of those people who likes to call all instances of animals being dressed up in costume “animal abuse,” it’s certainly verging on the borderline of abuse when you dress your horse as a pinata and carry around a pinata stick. For pictures of 19 more depressing horses, check out this hilarious BuzzFeed article. |
| A Ketchup Fountain To Make Your Burgers Classy Posted: 08 Nov 2011 01:18 AM PST Chocolate fountains…psshh, those are so 2008. These days, it’s all about the ketchup fountain when you want to make a classy statement at your next party. Link Via Geekosystem |
| 26 Cool Modern Takes On Classic Paintings Posted: 08 Nov 2011 01:14 AM PST From photograph versions of classic paintings to artistic landscapes filled with modern blights, this WebUrbanist article features a great collection of modern takes on classic artworks. Personally, I like the Star Wars additions. |
| The Whisper Campaign Against Batman Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:05 PM PST Apparently men wearing spandex on television wasn’t looked upon very kindly during the 1960’s, and whisper campaigns plotted to take shows like Batman off the air due to an overwhelming fear of homosexuality, implied or otherwise. An article from TV Radio Album, circa 1967, suggests that Adam West and Burt Ward might have been more than just friends, which was meant to turn public sentiment against them, then the article proceeds to show the dynamic duo doing karate and surfing like total studs. Read on, faithful viewer! |
| Ads For Products From Video Games Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:03 PM PST This is what advertising would look like if we lived in the fantasy worlds we enjoy vicariously through video games. Products would be marketed towards adventurers and heroes, and the magical would be mundane as ad agencies try to increase sales. My faves are the ads for hair care products featuring Final Fantasy characters and anime girls with rainbow colored hair. I guess they weren’t born with pink hair?! |
| This Is One Sweet Frankenstein Sculpture Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:52 PM PST This funky Frankenstein sculpture looks good enough to eat! Created as part of the It’s Alive Project, this is one of 80 busts created by different artists striving to show the monster in a different light. Look out for the FrankenBieber, and the hilarious FrankenSpock! |
| "Reckless" Larry Crowne Poster Fined £25,000 in Spain Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:05 PM PST
But it's the movie's promotional poster that's actually illegal, at least in Spain:
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| Ph.Diddy Is One Super Fly Doctoral Candidate Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:44 PM PST (Video Link) I suspect that Alex’s grad school life (remember, the owner of this site is a fully credentialed mad scientist) was like this. Except for the female groupies. This video was produced as a promotional spot for the firm Invitrogen. -Thanks, Ricardo! |
| Woman Charged with Stealing $800 Cash Register. There Was Only a Quarter Inside. Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:29 PM PST
Link -via Dave Barry | Photo: Flickr user Deborah Fitchett |
| Say "Merry Christmas!" This Year with Blood Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:13 PM PST |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:05 PM PST
The road sign above, found at a fire station in West Sussex, England, is obviously wrong. It should've said: Keep Klear for Klown Kar. |
| Tetris Furniture by Pedro Machado Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:04 PM PST
Now where did I put that sock? This clever table and chairs and drawers combo furniture called T@tris by Pedro Machado is inspired by a certain madly addictive videogame of the 80s. |
| The Dark Knight in the Style of the Old 1960s Batman Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:01 PM PST (Video Link) Harvey Dent revealed as the Batman? Ferry passengers forced to choose between murder and self-preservation? Commissioner Gordon’s family in peril? To see the resolution of this story, tune in next week. Same bat-time, same bat-channel! -via The Mary Sue |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PST Wildlife photographer Markus Varesvuo snapped this amazing picture of a herring gull attacking an eagle. Gulls often join together to drive predators away from breeding grounds, but sometimes solitary gulls do the dirty work, too. For the greatest impact, they swoop in from above and behind a bird of prey. Link -via Marginal Revolution | Photographer’s Website |
| Cartoonist Illustrates Marathon While Running It Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:09 PM PST As if a marathon isn’t brutal enough, New York Times illustrator Christoph Niemann decided to occasionally draw cartoons on the way and then tweet them. Here’s one from 16.3 miles. People of all professions should try running a marathon this way. I’ll need a very lightweight, compact reference desk. Link -via The Agitator | Artist’s Website Previously by Christoph Niemann: I LEGO N.Y. |
| Face of the Devil Hidden in Giotto Fresco Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:03 PM PST
I can't wait for the new Dan Brown novel about this! ;) Link |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 02:03 PM PST
Move over, Godzilla! Another giant has emerged in Japan. The giant 31-foot-tall rubber duckie by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman (previously on Neatorama) arrived in Osaka, Japan last month to raise funds to help the earthquake victims. Anime News Network has the video clip and photos: Link - via Holy Kaw! |
| Wake Up and Smell the ... Internet? Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:01 PM PST
Meet Olly, a "web connected smell robot" that converts tweets, Facebook notifications, RSS feeds - whatever you want - into smells:
Now, Neatoramanauts, what should Neatorama smell like? Link - via The Next Web |
| Art Deco Inspired Superhero Posters Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:00 PM PST If you saw this poster outside the theater advertising an upcoming release, wouldn’t you expect the film to be some sort of avant garde silent film with a science fiction twist? Created by French designer Greg Guillemin, they’re minimalist and moody, and their retro style could be the inspiration for a new alternative universe storyline. Silver Surfer fighting the Nazis in WWII, now that would be an interesting tale to tell! Link –via DesignTAXI |
| Store-M's Matryoshka Nesting Storage Boxes Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:59 AM PST Store-M’s Matryoshka Nesting Storage Boxes - $24.95 Are you looking for a fun way to pack your favorite after Thanksgiving snack? You need the Store-M’s Matryoshka Nesting Storage Boxes from the NeatoShop. This great set of 3 storage boxes will help keep your food air-tight and fresh. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fun Kitchen Stuff. |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:55 AM PST These bird sculptures look as if you could wind them up and watch them take off! Created by Jim and Tori Mullan, these marvelous pieces were crafted using found objects attached to wooden bird statues. These would have fit right in during the Victorian era, and you can’t get much more steampunk than that! |
| The Colorful History Of Video Games Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:55 AM PST Color has always played a key part in the style of video games, and the evolution from 2 to millions of on-screen colors parallels the advancement in game console technology. This bright, cheery infographic shows how far video game colors have come from the days of Pong and Pac-Man. |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:42 AM PST Neatorama readers might have a bit of a leg up on today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. In the wake of the “do a barrel roll” frenzy, they’ve looked up more neat tricks from Google and made some up from imagination as well. Your challenge is to determine which is which. I got 10 out of 12 correct, as I did NOT open a new tab to quick-check the answers. That would be too easy. Link |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:40 AM PST This dog is determined to get the ball and bring it back, no matter what! -via Arbroath |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:41 AM PST This Twaggie was illustrated by Kevin Coffee from a Tweet by @yaelbt. You can get this printed on a t-shirt, as well and any other Twaggie you like! Link |
| Return of the Jedi Deleted Scene Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:38 AM PST |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:58 AM PST Ktarian Chocolate Puffs were described in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation as having 17 different kinds of chocolate in them. The blogger bananamondaes took that as a challenge (or possibly an excuse to buy many kinds of chocolate), and created a recipe that actually uses that many in a cream puff. It doesn’t look easy, but we are assured that the results are worth it! Link -via @johncfarrier |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 07:50 AM PST The picture is funny enough, but in the discussion at reddit, I learned that in Minnesota, they don’t play the game by saying “duck, duck, goose,” but instead it’s “duck, duck, grey duck!” OuchoGroucho told us:
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| Bill Gates Changes The World Again Posted: 07 Nov 2011 07:47 AM PST
Read about how they did it at Forbes. Link -via Not Exactly Rocket Science |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 07:42 AM PST This is Quaver, a baby Pygmy goat, learning to jump and climb. Her mother is on the left. -via Nag on the Lake |
| New Delhi's Last Magicians Colony Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:44 AM PST
But now the land has been sold to a developer who plans to bulldoze the slums and set up a shopping mall. The plight of the Kathputli Colony is shown in a video called Tomorrow We Disappear, which you can see, along with more pictures, at Atlas Obscura. Link -Thanks, Seth! (Image credit: Joshua Cogan) |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PST  Colonel Doolittle (second from left) and his flight crew. The following is an article from the book Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Salutes the Armed Forces. After Japanese air power struck a stunning tactical blow to the U.S. military forces at Pearl Harbor, a retaliatory strike against the Japanese was a priority for president Frankin D. Roosevelt, who challenged his general staff to devise a way to attack the heart of Japan. PAYBACK PLANS By mid-January 1942, a carrier-based air strike against Japan was accepted as the most plausible solution to FDR’s request. When Admiral Ernest J. King, chief of Naval Operations, was asked to evaluate the possibilities, he passed the idea to General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces, who then asked Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle to work out the details with the Navy. In the days immediately after Pearl Harbor, service rivalries took a back seat to striking a blow against the enemy.  B-25s specially modified for this mission are ready to go. After preliminary test flights, the North American B-25 Mitchell bomber was selected for the mission. Eighteen B-25s flew from their Oregon home base to Indiana for modifications. The range of the unmodified Mitchell was only 1,300 miles on a favorable day, so additional internal tanks were added to allow for more fuel. At the last second, 10 five-gallon cans of gas were stowed in the radio operator’s seat. The heavy guns were removed, along with the highly secret Norden bombsight, whose classified technology couldn’t fall into Japanese hands. In the planned scenario, the Norden bombsight wouldn’t have been very accurate at the low altitude that would be flown anyway, so it was replaced with a simple metal aiming sight. Aircraft radios were also removed, since the mission would be executed under strict radio silence. These changes allowed each aircraft to carry just over 1,100 gallons of usable fuel, which under typical flight conditions would allow for a range of 2,400 miles. After all of these radical modifications, four 500-pound bombs barely fit into the bomb bay. THE BEST-LAID PLANS Doolittle’s plan was to lead 16 planes with five-man crews ahead of the rest of the aircraft, to attack Tokyo with incendiary bombs, and to set fires that the others could follow to the city. But the B-25 crews were forced to launch early when the nighttime attack plan was disrupted by Japanese picket boats that spotted Task Force 16 early on the morning of the 18th. There were no other acceptable options; the mission had to launch immediately. Owing to the added distance at the takeoff point, there was no plan for how or where to land these aircraft when Doolittle took off at 8:20AM. Doolittle recognized that the mission was already in jeopardy and might end with a parachute bailout at sea. Halsey and Doolittle shared the responsibility for the launch decision, with the clear intention of completing the mission. OFF WE GO INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER  A B-25 just before the raid. The USS Hornet steered into the wind while the deck pitched in heavy seas. Engines roared to life and Doolittle taxied his plane forward a few feet onto three cork pads that provide enough friction for the tires to hold the B-25 s the engines were pushed to full throttle. Minimum-distance takeoff procedures practiced on dry land in Florida worked as advertised on the deck of the ship. After traveling more than 700 miles, miniscule errors in heading control were amplified, putting the pilots many miles off course. Several of the B-25 crews were totally lost when they finally made landfall around noon. Doolittle himself flew well north of his planned route, but quick work by his navigator steered him back on course. Those following him were much relieved at the rapid course correction. The sun was shining brightly about half past noon when Doolittle became the first pilot to bomb the Japanese homeland in fulfillment of FDR’s orders. DOOMED FROM THE START Unknown to Doolittle’s Raiders, the aircraft carrying the homing radio beacons for the landing fields in China had crashed, and with it any chance of finding the strips at night and in bad weather. Fortunately, the original targets planned for night recognition and attack were large industrial zones, so hitting at least part of the complex would be much easier in broad daylight. The attack was not intended to do maximum damage; rather, it was intended to make a spectacle. The attack was designed do that the Japanese people would clearly know that a foreign enemy had bombed Tokyo. In the original plan, Doolittle had hoped to set fires to serve not only as beacons to the following 15 B-25s, but also to dramatically -and undeniably- announce that the capital city had been bombed. An order forbidding the bombardment of the radio towers near Tokyo indicated that immediate dissemination of the news by Japanese radio was desired and expected. TRIUMPH FROM TRAGEDY  Taking off for Tokyo. In almost every case, primary targets were bombed. The damage done far exceeded expectation largely as a result of highly inflammable Japanese construction, the low-altitude attack, the clear weather over Tokyo, and the careful target studies that the crew had done. All 16 planes had descended to extremely low altitudes, attacked, and egressed the target area at high speed. All 16 crews began to calculate how much fuel they had left and how far they could fly. Initial calculations were not encouraging. Navigator Lieutenant Eugene F. McGurl halfheartedly joked, “Hey, I don’ t think we’re gonna have to swim more than one hundred miles.” Doolittle’s Raiders got another lucky break that evening. A stiff tailwind had developed between japan and China and, much to the surprise of the navigators, several of the planes appeared to be getting pretty good gas mileage and making good time. Only one bomber had insufficient fuel to make the Chinese mainland and diverted to Russia instead. That plane’s five crewmen were interned in Russia until they managed to escape into Iran in May 1943. Once the raiders made landfall over China, luck ran out. The Chinese, fearing air raids by the Japanese and not knowing of the timing of Doolittle’s raid on the Japanese capital, extinguished all ground lights when the B-25 engines were heard. In addition, bad weather over the China coast made safe landings impossible and all of the planes either landed in the water near the coast or the crews parachuted out. Four were killed during bailout or ditching and eight were captured by the Japanese. Four of those who were captured survived until they were freed by U.S. troops in 1945.  Doolittle's Raiders in China. FIRST TIME’S THE CHARM The Tokyo raid was the first, and at that time, the only combat mission flown by these 80 men. In the weeks following the raid, American morale soared. For the planning, execution, and leadership during the raid, Doolittle received the nation’s highest military award. On May 19, 1942, President Frankin D. Roosevelt, the man who had ordered the mission, personally decorated the newly-promoted Brigadier General James H. Doolittle with the Medal of Honor in a private White House ceremony. __________
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A woman in Gainesville, Florida was arrested for participating in the burglary of a bagel shop. She and another person are accused of breaking in and stealing a cash register. Only twenty-five cents was inside:
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The Kathputli Colony is a community of performers: formerly itinerant magicians, puppeteers, acrobats, and others that settled into an area in West Delhi about 50 years ago. Most are poor.
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