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- The Coming and Going of Cello Scrotum
- Calvin And Hobbes Vs. Christopher Robin And Pooh
- Portal 2 The Present
- Reliving The Year In Lego
- Cool Animal Sculptures Made From Louis Vuitton Items
- Bullfrog Plays Ant Crusher
- Custom Made Daft Punk Helmet
- Puppy Wolf
- Danny Trejo Is The Epitome Of Badass
- 20 Bizarre Works Of Public Art
- Real Life Skyrim Recipe For Sunlight Souffle
- Show Your Classic Style With This DIY Wooden Boombox
- Trailer Cats Takes On The Dark Knight Rises
- Art Installation Bursts Through Gallery Walls
- Secrets of the Hexagon Spy Satellite
- Living as a Turkey for a Year
- All That Glitters: The History of Shiny Things
- Dead Sea Salt Formations
- Time Off Around the World
- A Cozy Study inside a Subcompact Car
- Rescue Cat Saves Shelter
- Hollywood Props
- All His Children
- The Best Street Art of 2011
- Doctor Who The Flesh Goo Pod
- Secret A-12 Avenger II Stealth Aircraft Canopy For Sale
- United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)
- Edifice Complex
| The Coming and Going of Cello Scrotum Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:05 AM PST
The years 1974–2009 saw the inspiration, birth, and death of a medical ailment that puzzled some physicians, inspired others, and perhaps made no impact upon most. Its history played out in the pages of several medical journals. Here are glimpses at the most pertinent chapters. Hello, Guitar Nipple"Guitar Nipple," P. Curtis, British Medical Journal, April 27, 1974, p. 226. The author, in Winchester, UK explains: I have recently seen three patients with traumatic mastitis of one breast. These were all girls aged between 8 and 10 and the mastitis consisted of a slightly inflamed cystic swelling about the base of the nipple. Questioning revealed that all three were learning to play the classical guitar, which requires close attention to the position of the instrument in relation to the body. In each case a full-sized guitar was used and the edge of the soundbox pressed against the nipple. Two of the patients were right-handed and consequently had a right-sided mastitis while the third was left-handed with a left-sided mastitis. When the guitar playing was stopped the mastitis subsided spontaneously. Hello, Cello Scrotum"Cello Scrotum," J.M. Murphy, British Medical Journal, May 11, 1974, p. 335. The author, in Chalford, Gloucester, U.K., explains: Though I have not come across 'guitar nipple' as reported by Dr. P. Curtis (27 April, p. 226), I did once come across a case of 'cello scrotum' caused by irritation from the body of the cello. The patient in question was a professional musician and played in rehearsal, practice, or concert for several hours each day.
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| Calvin And Hobbes Vs. Christopher Robin And Pooh Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:37 AM PST In the alternate reality presented by these slick illustrations by Coran Stone, Calvin and Hobbes grew up to be super spies, and Christopher Robin and Pooh Bear are hell bent on bringing them both down. These illustrations, and the story behind them, are just begging to be made into an animated series of some sort, and you can read the whole thing at the Geeks Are Sexy link below. It’s the ultimate battle of imaginary friends, and I like the fact that, in the Pooh picture, Hobbes is still a stuffed animal! Link –via GeeksAreSexy  |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:30 AM PST John already shared a Portal Christmas tree with you guys, but this Portal wrapping job is equally amazing. While this is a really cool way to wrap a present, it seems weird to buy two copies of the same game just to wrap something more creatively. Link Via Geeks Are Sexy |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:20 AM PST There are always tons of articles featuring the year in the review at the end of December, but for those of you who like to recall events in true geek style, don’t miss this great gallery featuring major 2011 events in Legos. Link Via Geeks Are Sexy |
| Cool Animal Sculptures Made From Louis Vuitton Items Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:13 AM PST If you’re looking for something to do with that ridiculously expensive Louis Vuitton handbag you have lying around well look no further, because artist Billie Achilleos has some grand ideas about how to give those old bags new life. This self-described “versatile artist and maker of things” has repurposed Vuitton items by cutting them up and making them into sculptures of animals. We first featured Billie here on Neatorama back in April, and she’s been hard at work since, so be sure to check out the link for her updated portfolio, which is full of repurposed creatures of fashion. Link –via Super Punch |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:07 AM PST You’ve already seen the video of the horned lizard playing Ant Crusher, but if you were curious what a bullfrog would do in the same situation, here’s your answer. Apparently, they are a lot more bitter about being cheated out of a meal. Via Geekosystem |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:56 PM PST This amazing time lapse video shows the entire process involved in making a replica of the helmet worn by Thomas Bangalter of the electronic duo Daft Punk. The helmet looks spot on, with light up LED board in the front and a shiny chrome finish. However, style this fresh took 4 months to make, and cost over $2000 in materials, so only a lucky few will be getting their hands on this beauty! –via BuzzFeed |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 06:56 PM PST A young wolf cub puppy hears and returns the call of the wild. How can one pup be so gosh-darned adorable? -via I Am Bored |
| Danny Trejo Is The Epitome Of Badass Posted: 26 Dec 2011 06:05 PM PST We all know Danny Trejo is a badass as far as actors go, but now he’s going to star in a movie that casts him officially as Badass. Loosely based on the true story of Epic Beard Man, a guy who valiantly defended himself on the bus and became an internet sensation because of his actions, this looks like the good old action flicks you know and love, and Danny Trejo is once again in a starring role so I’m definitely on board. Hopefully if this movie does well, they will consider making Badass 2: Trejo vs. Chuck Norris! –via Ology |
| 20 Bizarre Works Of Public Art Posted: 26 Dec 2011 06:02 PM PST The public artworks in this gallery make one wonder what the artists had to go through for these pieces to see the light of day. Some are silly, others are tasteless, and a few are downright genius, and they all add a sense of whimsy and wonder to an otherwise sterile urban cityscape. Take your eyes on a stroll through the gallery of images at the link below, then tell me what you would think about having crazy artworks like these on display in your town. |
| Real Life Skyrim Recipe For Sunlight Souffle Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:53 PM PST The world created by Bethesda Studios for their Elder Scrolls video game series is so fully realized, so full of details other game companies would have left out of such a massive project, that now people have taken to making food in real life via the recipes found in books you can read in-game. The culinary creatives behind this project, called Feast of Fiction, have revealed their first Skyrim inspired recipe-Sunlight Souffle. And, much like the recipes inspired by the food in the Game of Thrones series that people are making nowadays, the end results look interesting and delicious. I can’t wait to see what kind of recipes they discover, and bring to life, next! –via Geekosystem
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| Show Your Classic Style With This DIY Wooden Boombox Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:33 PM PST For all you DIY enthusiasts who also happen to remember when boomboxes ruled the sidewalks, the creator of this masterpiece Matt Keeter has posted patterns and instructions on how you can make your own wooden boombox and bring sexy back. For a cost of about $100, and a few hours of your time, you too can show the world your old school flavor without having to travel back in time, or close out your bank account. Link –via Geekosystem |
| Trailer Cats Takes On The Dark Knight Rises Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:32 PM PST A furry Alfred, Bane purring away as he stalks his prey, man there is something adorably hilarious about replacing the cast of the Dark Knight Rises with kittehs! And we all know that kittehs have taken the interwebs by storm, so why should Hollywood be any different? –via ComicsAlliance |
| Art Installation Bursts Through Gallery Walls Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:00 PM PST If I were the art gallery operator, I probably wouldn’t invite this guy back — at least until I found how how Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira makes his sculptures. They are PVC frames covered with peeled wood, although they appear to be growing out of the walls. View several more examples at the link, including some beautiful ones that are covered with trippy paint schemes. Link | Artist’s Website (Google Translate) |
| Secrets of the Hexagon Spy Satellite Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:30 PM PST In the 1970s, during the heights of the Cold War, more than 1,000 engineers In September 2011, the project – a series of spy satellites so advanced
Helen O’Neill of the AP has the fascinating story: Link – via Boing Boing | More at SPACE.com |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:29 PM PST
Joe explains his life as a turkey in this interview with New Scientist:
Link | Joe's DVD Nature: My Life as a Turkey |
| All That Glitters: The History of Shiny Things Posted: 26 Dec 2011 01:33 PM PST |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 01:19 PM PST The Dead Sea is more than eight times saltier than ocean water, and there is less water in it every year -and that means it’s getting even saltier. The salt formations seen from the air is quite surreal. See more pictures in a collection at Boing Boing. Link (Image credit: Baz Ratner/Reuters) |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 12:27 PM PST
It's the day after Christmas: Are you reading this blog post from work or are you home for the holidays? How is your vacation time as compared to other workers from around the world? Here's a graph from the Economist, based on the data compiled by consultancy group Mercer:
What's the statutory minimum time off companies in the United States have to give its employees? None: the chart above showed a typical 15 days time off that most companies give its workers, but that's not required by law. The Mercer Report - via The Dish |
| A Cozy Study inside a Subcompact Car Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:58 AM PST There’s nothing quite like settling down with a good book next to a warm fireplace during the winter. But this is probably not the place for it. The Twingo is a subcompact car manufactured by Renault. To promote the car, Renault asked a famous chef, a fashion designer, a pop star, and an interior designer to remake four cars with individual, luxurious tastes in mind:
Link -via DVICE | Photo: Renault |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:57 AM PST
The mortgage is not yet paid off, so Daniel will continue to solicit funds for the shelter. Link -via mental_floss |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:40 AM PST Hey, wanna take a look inside the prop house at Universal Studios? You won’t believe all the stuff they have stuffed away to use in movies! Unreality magazine has a gallery of photos from the warehouse. Some of it is real, some is made just for the movies, but if they do their job right, you’ll never know which is which! Link |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:38 AM PST
Should there be a limit to how many times one man fathers a child by donation? Depending on the clinic, maybe twenty to over a hundred children could be produced by one man. An article in The Atlantic raises the question of whether sperm, particularly sperm like Raul’s that is in demand by multiple families, should be considered a product for sale or something more. In the internet age, there are also issues of privacy, obligations, and genetics. But there are no easy answers -especially for children who were conceived in the age of secrecy and grew up to confront the openness of the internet -and all their parents. Link |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:35 AM PST In a must-see post, Street Art Utopia has rounded up the best works of street art that have been featured on that blog over the past year. Many, like this one by an unknown artist, make use of pre-existing forms with minimal changes to tell stories. Link -via Offbeat Home |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:34 AM PST
Attention Doctor Who fans! Did Santa forget to pack your stocking with your favorite slimy goo with random flesh parts? Don’t panic! The NeatoShop has you covered. You can still get your very own Tardis-shaped container filled with “The Flesh.” Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Doctor Who items you covet. |
| Secret A-12 Avenger II Stealth Aircraft Canopy For Sale Posted: 26 Dec 2011 06:21 AM PST What happens when a top-secret government project is canceled? The details are not quite clear, but it’s hard to keep a secret when prototype parts are sold for scrap and end up on eBay.
See more pictures at Urban Ghosts Media. Link |
| United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom) Posted: 26 Dec 2011 06:00 AM PST DJ Earworm’s annual mashup of the biggest hit songs of the year is appropriately called “World Go Booom.” You can download the tune at his site. Link |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:22 AM PST The following is an article from the newest volume of the Bathroom Reader series, Uncle John’s 24-Karat Bathroom Reader. Think the old woman who lived in a shoe had weird taste in housing? It turns out she was just ahead of her time. Buildings can look like all sorts of things, even… AN IGLOO
Crouched on the Parks Highway about 180 miles outside of Anchorage, Alaska, is a hulking, four-story igloo. Its dome can be spotted from an airplane flying at 30,000 feet. Built in the 1970s, the igloo was meant to give tourists a chance to visit a “real” Alaskan igloo. Igloo City, as it’s known, has been a convenience store, a gas station, a makeshift triage clinic for a man attacked by a grizzly bear, and an emergency airplane refueling stop (a small plane once landed on the highway and and taxied in for gas). But other than part of the ground floor, the igloo itself has never been used. It was supposed to be a motel, but the couple who built it forgot something important: building codes. The structure never passed inspection, and its owners went broke. …THE WORLD’S LARGEST CHEST In the 1920s, the High Point, North Carolina, Chamber of Commerce built its first building-size chest of drawers. Twenty feet tall, the chest served as the Chamber’s Bureau of Information and helped to promote the city’s image as the “Furniture Capital of the World.” In 1996 the chest was augmented, making it 38 feet tall. In 2010, upset with the city’s refusal to help with the upkeep of the landmark, Pam Stern, the building’s owner, had the chest measured for a giant bra: 20 feet of silk, Spandex, and underwiring. (Get it? A chest of drawers.) HanesBrands, Inc., maker of Playtex bras, sent engineers over to take the chest’s measurements. Whether the city will permit the chest to wear the bra remains unknown at this time. …A CHICKEN
A 56-foot tall chicken head juts from the roof of the Kentucky Fried Chicken at the corner of Roswell Street and Cobb Parkway in Marietta, Georgia. Locals use it as a landmark when giving directions: “Turn right, after you pass the Big Chicken.” The architectural whimsy, built in 1963, was a Johnny Reb’s Chick, Chuck and Shakes fried-chicken restaurant until 1966, when the owner, Tubby Davis, sold it to his brother, who turned it into a KFC. In 1993 the chicken suffered wind damage and might have been demolished were it not considered too important to be axed. Reason: pilots use the building as a reference point when approaching Atlanta and nearby Dobbins Air Reserve Base. …A NAUTILUS SHELL In 2006 a young family in Mexico City decided to ditch their conventional home and build one more in harmony with nature. From above, their new house looks like the perfect spiral of a nautilus shell. From the lawn, it looks like a soft-serve ice cream sundae. The frame for the building consists of steel-reinforced chicken wire that’s covered in a two-inch layer of stucco. Stained glass bubbles in the walls sparkle like sunlight on water. A stone walkway spirals from room to room on a bed of live plants, creating the sensation of floating above the ocean floor. The bathroom’s sandy walls and blue tile offers user the illusion of being underwater. Family members say the Nautilus House makes them feel “like a mollusk in its shell, moving from one chamber to another.” …MR. ROBOTO
In 1986 Thai architect Sumet Jumsai designed the new Bank of Asia in Bangkok to reflect the computerization of banking going on at the time. Result: the $10 million, 20-story building looks like a giant LEGO robot. The “robot” has two antennae that serve as lightning rods, and glass eyes with louvered metallic lids that serve as windows. Jumsai wanted the building to “free the spirit from the present architectual intellectual impasse and propel it forward to the next century.” The inspiration for what has been called a post-high-tech miracle? His son’s toy robot. …AN EGG
The owner of a European ad agency wanted to add an office next to her lakeside home in Belgium, and hired the design firm dmvA to come up with something organic-looking that could be built without cutting down a single tree. Local authorities refused to issue a building permit because city council members thought the design was too weird: The building -nicknamed “the blob”- looked like a giant white egg. To get around the council, the designer turned the egg into a mobile unit so it would qualify as a work or art, not a building. The structure consists of a wooden frame covered with a polyester skin and an ultra-modern grid of niches molded into the interior for storage. The interior features lighting, a sleeping shelf, a kitchen, and a bathroom. The pointy end of the egg (the egg is on its side)opens up to create a porch. After the project, known as the Blob VB3, was completed, the unique structure appeared in a Belgian newspaper under the heading “Art skirts building regulations.” The next day, some at the building council showed up to warn the owner that if the egg was placed near the house, there would be consequences. Dubbed the “rovin’ ovum” by its fans, the Blob VB3 went on the auction block in 2010. (No word as to whether anyone has the huevos to buy it.) …A HOUSE ON STILTS Architect Terunobu Fujimori has a weird way of getting approval for his unique designs. He invites clients to join him in his tiny Takasugi-an -his “Too-High Teahouse.” Perched 20 feet in the air, the 30-square-foot private teahouse in Chino, Japan, balances on two forked tree trunks that resemble spindly chicken legs. Once clients have climbed the ladders to the house, he shows them his hand-drawn plans. “If they don’t like my design, I shake the building!” he says with a laugh. …A PEACH The 150-foot-tall water tower outside Gaffney, South Carolina, was built to catch the eye of motorists speeding by along I-85. It looks like a gigantic peach. In 1981, when the tower went up, the local economy depended on peach orchards. Townspeople wanted it known that Cherokee County, where Gaffney is located, grew more peaches per year than the whole state of Georgia (the “Peach State”). Macro-artist Peter Freudenberg studied local peaches for many hours and used 50 gallons of paint in 20 different colors to make the peach hyper-realistic. Features include a 7-ton, 60-foot-long leaf, and an enormous vertical cleft in its backside, leading to the nickname “Moon over Gaffney.” ___________________
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Naturalist Joe Hutto embarked on a unique, once-ina-a-lifetime scientific project that became much more than just science: he lived as a turkey for a year.
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Daniel the shelter cat only has 26 toes, which is not enough to earn him a world record, but is certainly more than you or I have! The polydactyl cat was taken in by the Milwaukee Animal Rescue Center when shelter owner Amy Rowell spotted him at the pound, and now Daniel has returned the favor -by saving the shelter.
A guy, called Raul for the purpose of the story, used sperm donation to pay his way through college at a time when it seemed like just a way to make some extra cash. Years later, he learned the power of the internet.
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