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- 12 Hangover Cures from Famous Heavy Drinkers
- Batman Ceiling Fan
- "Would Mahatma Gandhi Have Made a Good Software Engineer?"
- On the Ocean
- The Most Delightful Tumblrs Of 2011
- Beautiful Skyrim Cover Performed On Violin
- Raiders Of The Lost Archives-A Comparison
- Mineways Lets You Print Out Your Minecraft Projects
- Cat Attacks Meowing Birthday Card
- Happy New Year 2012!
- Over 300 Pounds Of Caviar Found In Russian Morgue
- A Gravity Defying Series Of Photographs
- SwapNote Is Turned Into An Old School RPG
- 12 Weird Tanks and Armored Vehicles
- Teddy Bear the Porcupine Celebrates the New Year
- Military Experiments with Bat Wings
- Danny Macaskill: Industrial Revolutions
- Satyr Taxis
- China Turns Old Soviet Aircraft Carrier into a Luxury Hotel
- Want A New Tattoo? Let These 8 Year Old Twins Ink You Up!
- World Of Warcraft Parody Of Katy Perry Song
- Celebrate New Years Like A Superhero
- Architecture Recreated with Everyday Objects
- The Philosoraptor Song is Deeply Profound
- Extreme Grooming for Animals
- So, You Summoned Me?
- New Year's Eve Ambitions
- Cosmo New Year
- Lost Wedding Ring Found on Carrot in Woman's Garden
- Lunch Disguise Sandwich Bag
- Star Wars Party Food
- What Are You Doing New Years Eve?
- General Lee #1 For Sale
- This Week at Neatorama
| 12 Hangover Cures from Famous Heavy Drinkers Posted: 01 Jan 2012 05:00 AM PST
Link -via Hell in a Handbasket | Image: Warner Bros.  |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:00 AM PST Embrace and live out your dreams. Yes, you, too, can live in a Batcave. All it takes is a bit of creative thinking. Sure, The Atomic Lounge no longer sells these fan blades, but some plywood and a jigsaw, you can make some of your own. Link -via Uber Review |
| "Would Mahatma Gandhi Have Made a Good Software Engineer?" Posted: 01 Jan 2012 03:00 AM PST
Link -via Technabob | Photo: Flickr user bpsusf Previously: Last Year’s Oddest Job Interview Questions |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:00 AM PST
Patrick Bérubé’s Incidence is a subtle work of art. At first glance, it’s a toy lying on a wooden floor. But upon closer inspection, you can see that he’s used the shape of the slats to create the image of a container ship traveling through the sea. This composition is on display at Gallerie SAS in Montreal through January 21. Exhibit Website and Artist’s Website -via Colossal |
| The Most Delightful Tumblrs Of 2011 Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:59 PM PST Interwebs enthusiasts are no doubt familiar with the phenomenon that is Tumblr. This once miniscule network now has their sites plundered and pored over daily by thousands of sites netwide, and for a good reason- many Tumblr blogs are full of great content! Sure, there’s some junk thrown in with the rest, but the gems are surprisingly good, and fun to explore. Flavorwire has just put together a collection of their favorite Tumblr blogs from 2011, so take a gander and be entertained as we say hello to 2012. |
| Beautiful Skyrim Cover Performed On Violin Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:49 PM PST The soundtrack music for the video game Skyrim is quite beautiful already, but when Jason Yang and his violin play the songs they become a thing of ethereal beauty. We’ve been seeing a lot of this type of video game and orchestral/classical music crossover (Final Fantasy orchestra, Legend of Zelda orchestra, etc.), and I’m sure that game soundtracks will continue to inspire musicians of all kinds to perform their own interpretations of these songs. –via GeeksAreSexy |
| Raiders Of The Lost Archives-A Comparison Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:33 PM PST This eye opening, and beautifully edited, video shows a shot-by-shot comparison of Raiders of the Lost Ark and 31 other films made between 1919 and 1973. To say that there are a few similarities would be an understatement, so obviously this is due to Spielberg doing his homework, right? *wink* If you’ve seen this before, good for you! Enjoy it again, why don’t you? –via Super Punch |
| Mineways Lets You Print Out Your Minecraft Projects Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:17 PM PST Ever wished you could make the structures and items you build in Minecraft into something real? Well, a new program called Mineways is going to revolutionize gaming/building by allowing you to render, or print via 3d printer, all of your lovely Minecraft creations! Now you can show people why you’ve spent so many hours building stuff in Minecraft, and prove that it was time well spent! Link to Mineways page –via Reddit |
| Cat Attacks Meowing Birthday Card Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:00 PM PST (Video Link) Lulu hates cats that hide inside singing birthday cards. Be sure to watch until the end to see how passionate is her animosity. -via Johnny Cat |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 09:00 PM PST A little something to play while you kiss your sweetie, celebrate with friends, and drink a toast to the year ahead. Those of you who aren’t in the U.S. Eastern time zone, you can play this video at whatever time you find appropriate. May the new year be your best yet! -via Buzzfeed |
| Over 300 Pounds Of Caviar Found In Russian Morgue Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:42 PM PST
The employees who were arrested for stashing the stuff claim that it was being reserved for a staff New Years party. Here’s why the St. Petersburg police were after the caviar: Most of the red caviar was from salmon, but 38 kilograms (84 pounds) of the stash was black caviar from sturgeon, an endangered fish. Amid heavy restrictions on sturgeon fishing, black caviar is increasingly produced and sold illegally.
A day after the morgue discovery, St. Petersburg police said they seized an additional 100 kilograms (220 pounds) intended for illegal sale at local markets. On Friday, the Interfax news agency reported that border guards in the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv confiscated 249 cans of caviar worth almost $22,000 that was allegedly being smuggled from Russia to Ukraine.
In the far eastern region of Khabarovsk, a vehicle inspection turned up 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of caviar, leading police on a weeklong investigation, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. They raided a village home on Friday and found another 26 kilograms (57 pounds).
At two different spots along the Amur River basin, police found 47 sturgeon carcasses and 2.5 tons of live sturgeon. Sturgeon fishing in the Amur basin is prohibited. Apparently, the war on drugs in Russia includes battling the sale of illegal caviar. I wonder if they have dogs trained to sniff out the fishy stuff? |
| A Gravity Defying Series Of Photographs Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:33 PM PST It’s hard to make heads or tails of these photos, because photographer Philippe Ramette has manipulated them to create an uneasy sense of gravity defiance. They provoke a feeling of vertigo in some viewers, and your mind will race to separate the elements of the photo and make sense of which way is up. I really enjoy the clever way in which the people are worked into each scene, and how they often seem to be hanging out on the edge of nowhere. Link –via DesignTAXI |
| SwapNote Is Turned Into An Old School RPG Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:24 PM PST One of the great things about this hi-tech world we live in is the fact that most software applications have a multitude of other uses that have yet to be discovered, and even the programmers that created the software don’t know the full extent of what their software can do. Case in point-this mod of SwapNote, a Nintendo 3DS chatting program that was modded by game design student Ben Gray and turned into a fully customizable text based roleplaying game. Ben’s hacked version is so cool that each session can be custom created, and Ben even created a Dungeon Master template, to help with encounters and map creation. Dungeons and Dragons for the portable gaming crowd, now that’s an innovation I can get behind! –via Destructoid |
| 12 Weird Tanks and Armored Vehicles Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:00 PM PST What is this odd helmet-like object? It’s an armored car built by Venezuela. Machinists at Puerto Cabello Naval Arsenal constructed the Tortuga (turtle) over a Ford 6×4 commercial truck chassis and usually armed it with a Vickers 7mm machine gun. They built only twelve because the Tortuga was hard to steer, poorly ventilated, and offered limited visibility to crewmen. This is one of twelve weird tanks and armored vehicles highlighted at Oobject. Check out the rest at the link. Link -via Gizmodo | Photo: William A. Kirk |
| Teddy Bear the Porcupine Celebrates the New Year Posted: 31 Dec 2011 07:28 PM PST |
| Military Experiments with Bat Wings Posted: 31 Dec 2011 07:00 PM PST Batman would have been proud. In 1942, California’s state defense force experimented with bat-like wingsuits for soldiers. The ultimate goal, as explained by the magazine Mechanix Illustrated, was to create an airborne unit that could be deployed with them. |
| Danny Macaskill: Industrial Revolutions Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:03 PM PST National Geographic selected ten amazing people for their Adventurers of the Year. You can read about each one and then vote for your favorite to win the People’s Choice Award (through January 18th). One of those finalists is rider Danny MacAskill, whose stunt videos have gone viral over the past couple of years. Read more about him at NatGeo’s Intelligent Travel blog. Link -Thanks, Marilyn Terrell! |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST You know how young boys spend class time doodling fantastic cars and spaceships? Cornelis Bos did the same thing in the 1550s, except at the time the fanciest mode of transportation was the chariot. He really souped them up in his fantasies! The picture here is described thusly:
You can see a collection of 13 of Cornelis Bos’ fantasy chariots at BibliOdyssey. Link |
| China Turns Old Soviet Aircraft Carrier into a Luxury Hotel Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST
View a slideshow of the hotel’s fancy interiors at the link. Slideshow and News Story -via DVICE | Photo: Xinhua |
| Want A New Tattoo? Let These 8 Year Old Twins Ink You Up! Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:03 PM PST When the proud father of 8 year old twins Eloy and Oraibi wanted a new tattoo, he didn’t get all liquored up and head to a parlor down by the docks. Instead, he let his kids take a crack at inking up their old man, and from the looks of it they had a blast! Isaiah Toothtaker has been a professional tattoo artist for around 10 years, and he’s apparently decided to pass the tradition on to his little ones. The results, as expected, are a bit shaky and very painful. I just hope his kids don’t take to covering themselves up with ink at such an early age. (NSFW for one moment, when Isaiah curses due to the pain). –via AnimalNY |
| World Of Warcraft Parody Of Katy Perry Song Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:50 PM PST Do not attempt to adjust your computer screens, Katy Perry did not recently become a huge World Of Warcraft nerd and convert her song E.T. into an homage to the rocky race known as the Draenei. Rather, this video was created by YouTube user taintedlore to show some love to WoW and Katy Perry at the same time! MMO nerds-here’s a new track to add to your gaming playlist! –via The Mary Sue |
| Celebrate New Years Like A Superhero Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:49 PM PST The folks over at ComicsAlliance have come up with a fun way to celebrate the coming of 2012-superhero inspired cocktails! So, if you’re looking for ways to spice up your New Years party, check out these delicious sounding recipes and decide who’s side you’re on. Note: these cocktails will not give the drinker super powers, nor will they make you invulnerable in any way, so enjoy them in moderation and get home safely! Happy New Years Neatoramanauts! |
| Architecture Recreated with Everyday Objects Posted: 31 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST
Can you guess which iconic buildings are recreated using books and other everyday objects in this clever video by Luis Urculo? Hit play or go to Link [vimeo] - via Fast Company |
| The Philosoraptor Song is Deeply Profound Posted: 31 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST (Video Link) I had never thought of it before, but yes: if tomatoes are vegetables, then ketchup is a smoothie. Thank you, Philosoraptor, for expanding my mind. Here’s a video from Bucky Studios that collects his wisdom and presents it as a soft pop song. -via Geekosystem |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:48 PM PST
Absolutely no photoshoppery involved here, no siree. I refuse to believe that punk bird is anything less than real, so I can't tell you how Mladen Penev got animals to sit still long enough for impressive haircuts and mustache trims for ad agency Staudinger Franke and their client, the shavers and grooming equipment maker Braun. Via My Modern Met Also see: Neat mustache stuff from the NeatoShop |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST This drawing by Aaron McConnell amused me, even though I didn’t understand the meaning. Then I learned that it is a reference to a 1988 album cover by Leonard Cohen. How do the two connect? McConnell explains at the link. Link -via The Uniblog |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:56 AM PST If you adjust the years accordingly, this comic will work for almost anyone! However, no matter what time I go to bed on New Year’s Eve, I wake up at midnight because of the fireworks going off all over town. This year… my kids have fireworks ready. Comic by A. Stiffler at Chaos Life. Link -via reddit |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:53 AM PST A lonely cosmonaut has a very strange New Year celebration in this holiday animation by Anton Korolyuk and Artem Bizyaev. -via the Presurfer |
| Lost Wedding Ring Found on Carrot in Woman's Garden Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:00 AM PST
Link -via Dave Barry | Photo: The Local |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:08 AM PST Lunch Disguise Sandwich Bag – $4.45 Have you resolved to start taking sack lunches to work? Protect your precious cargo with the Lunch Disguise Sandwich Bag from the NeatoShop. This hilarious box of 20 sandwich bags, with two designs, will help prevent sneaky coworkers from pilfering your tasty treats. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Sandwich Bag fun! |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:08 AM PST I went to the blog Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons to check out the Star Wars gingerbread cookies. Then I was completely distracted by the post of Star Wars Party Food. There’s no end to the tie-ins, from Yoda Soda to Chewie Wookiee Cookies to the Garbage Masher Cake! Link -via Geeks Are Sexy |
| What Are You Doing New Years Eve? Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:30 AM PST Zooey Deschanel posted this holiday duet she did with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The two starred together in the 2009 movie 500 Days of Summer, and have been friends even longer than that. -Thanks, Bicycle Bill! |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:15 AM PST Barrett-Jackson Auctions has a car for sale with some history behind it. There were many ‘69 Dodge Chargers used in the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard, but this particular General Lee was the one you saw jump every week in the show’s introduction (55 seconds into this video).
See plenty more pictures of the car at the auction site. Link -via Fark |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:00 AM PST
Meanwhile, it is a holiday weekend, so you might have some time to catch up on the good stuff we posted this week. Jill gave us a timely post that might come in handy for your celebrations: 10 Fun Ways to Ring In The New Year. She also gave us Failed Flavors Of Popular Snack Foods. Edifice Complex was from the newest volume of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. The Annals of Improbable Research documented The Coming and Going of Cello Scrotum. And 4 Amazing Powers of Chili Peppers was republished from mental_floss magazine. In the What Is It? game this week, the object in question is a Holmes Steering Gear Clamp for towing automobiles (an antique). Aaron Rosen was the first commenter who knew what it was for, but he did not select a shirt. TDM had the funniest answer: A clothespin for chain-mail! For that, TDM wins a t-shirt from the NeatoShop. You'll find the answers to all this week's mystery items posted at the What Is It? blog.
If you haven’t checked out our Twitter feed or Facebook page or G+ site yet, this weekend would be a good time to do that! You’ll find plenty of “extras” that don’t get posted at the main site, plus active communities of Neatoramanauts with their contributions. As we say goodbye to the year past, an easy way to look back on 2011 is to go to The Best of Neatorama, where our feature articles are archived by year for your reading pleasure. You can select a year with the slider at the top of the page. I recommend starting with 2011. The next logical thing is to look forward to a great 2012! We have some improvements in the works that I know you’ll like, but we will still be bringing you new, interesting, and just plain “neat” stuff, so I sincerely hope you will join us every day of 2012! HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM NEATORAMA! |
How are you feeling this morning? Oh, yes, you were the life of the party. We shot a video and have already uploaded it onto YouTube. Hopefully it’ll go viral. In the meantime, get your head together by trying one of the hangover cures used by famous actors, writers, or celebrities. Here’s what Robert Mitchum used:
And would this be a good job interview question? According to one job seeker, an interviewer at the accounting firm Deloitte thought so. Here are a few others on Glassdoor’s list of the twenty-five oddest questions posed to job applicants during the past year:
Russian authorities made a fishy discovery this week, when a whopping 385 pounds of caviar was found stashed in a hospital morgue refrigerator.
Launched in 1972, the Kiev was once the pride of the Soviet Navy. But in need of cash, Russia and Ukraine sold it and another carrier called the Varyag to China. Although the Varyag is 
In 1995, while baking in her kitchen, Lena Påhlsson of Mora, Sweden took off her custom-made wedding ring. She didn’t see it again until it turned up sixteen years later around a carrot that grew in her garden:
We’ve come to the very last day of the year 2011, a time to look back and think about what a year it’s been. Neatorama had a great year, and that is the result of the participation of a lot of people! Many thanks to all you Neatoramanauts, those who visited this site, and to those who entered our contests, submitted links, tweeted our stories, linked to us, emailed our links, and left comments. Thanks to those who purchased items from the 
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