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- All Thoroughbred Racehorses Share A Single Ancestor
- Ansel Adams Photos Of Los Angeles In The 1940s
- Water Powered Alarm Clock
- What Space Invaders Would Look Like In Real Life
- Super Alfred E. Neuman Action Figures
- Freddie Wong And The Fire Flower
- Godzilla Was A Real Gentleman
- Mamma Mia! That’s A Weird Beer
- Image Of Chairman Mao As Pop Culture Icon
- RIFT Plans To Break The World Record For Virtual Marriages
- Settlers of Catan: The Star Trek Version
- Resident Evil 6 Is Full of “Revelaitons”
- Wacky Nintendo News Video Has Many WTF Moments
- Madonna’s AIDS Awareness Comic
- Bat Infestation Under a Tile Roof
- Desert Rivers That Look Like Trees
- Cocktail: Alien Brain Hemorrhage
- Cat Burglar
- Ghostly Images with Light Stencils
- Fibonacci Numbers, Lucas Numbers, and the Way Plants Grow
- How To Remove Ads From Videos
- Key To My Heart Paperweight
- This Week at Neatorama
| All Thoroughbred Racehorses Share A Single Ancestor Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:30 AM PST
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| Ansel Adams Photos Of Los Angeles In The 1940s Posted: 29 Jan 2012 12:08 AM PST Everyone knows Ansel Adams was a master of landscape photography, a master of black and white naturalist photography, and one heck of an innovative artist. What most people don’t know, however, is that Ansel also enjoyed documenting life in the city through the lens of his view camera. Flavorwire has posted a gallery of images that were commissioned by Fortune Magazine in the 1940s, in order to document Los Angeles’ aviation industry as only Ansel Adams could. See what the City of Angels used to look like, compared to what it has become, by taking a fascinating trip back in time through these magnificent photos. Suggested soundtrack music-Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, or Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition by The Merry Macs. Link –image credit: Ansel Adams |
| Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:52 PM PST If you can’t stop hitting the snooze button in the morning, then you might want to look in to getting one of these water powered alarm clocks, which was created by Austrian design studio Vera Wiedermann to help wake up chronic snoozers. The water clock uses a drip system to count down the time until the hammer is released and a loud chime sounds, and the only way to get some more time in the sack is to fill it up with water all over again. So, unless you figure out how to refill this sucker while sleepwalking, it should get you up and going better than anything with a snooze button. And it’s nice looking too, made out of glass, copper and cord, so it won’t clash with your style or reset itself when the power goes out. |
| What Space Invaders Would Look Like In Real Life Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:41 PM PST This is a CGI model of what a Space Invader from the classic video game might look like in real life. It was created by digital artist Tom Carruthers, and looks super icky. If they’re just flying alien head things then what are they shooting at us? Spit, or even worse?! YUCK! Head behind the barrier, or prepare to wipe alien blech off your screen! Link –via Obvious Winner |
| Super Alfred E. Neuman Action Figures Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:28 PM PST What, me worry about DC Direct’s upcoming crossover action figure line, which features MAD Magazine’s gap toothed spokesman Alfred E. Neuman dressed up like DC’s most beloved superheroes? No way, because these figures look awesome, even if you’re not a fan of the freckled face chuckle head. And this is one of those creative and funny crossovers that makes me wish they would create a comic book series, The Many Faces Of A.E. Neuman perhaps, to go along with the toy line. Now that’s what I call a mind bender! |
| Freddie Wong And The Fire Flower Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:10 PM PST Freddie Wong’s special effects videos have turned him in to an internet sensation, and rightfully so, because the guy has some serious compositing and visual fx skills. In this video the king of movie makeovers finds an old book that teaches him the secret of the Fire Flower from Super Mario Bros., with delightfully disastrous results for an unlucky pedestrian. –via Rampaged Reality |
| Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:02 PM PST If you’ve seen the films, then you might not know it, but when the cameras weren’t rolling, Godzilla was actually quite a well-mannered gentleman adored by the women on the set. Just look at this lucky lady being accompanied by this studly ladies man Link Via The Mary Sue |
| Mamma Mia! That’s A Weird Beer Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:58 PM PST Love pizza and beer? Well then, why not combine them with Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer? It’s brewed with basil, oregano, tomato and garlic flavors…yummy? Link Via Laughing Squid |
| Image Of Chairman Mao As Pop Culture Icon Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:53 PM PST I’m quite certain that Mao never wanted his image to become an icon of pop culture, especially because of the rampant commercialism associated with popular art, and the fact that his image is often used in a tongue-in-cheek manner, poking fun at corporations and at Mao himself. But pop artists from Andy Warhol to Kozik have enjoyed using his smug visage in their works for decades, and even if Mao himself crawls out of his grave and starts chomping on brains, the flood of works featuring his image will never end. There’s a nice little gallery of Mao inspired artworks at the link below, from flashy to antiquated and everything in between. The revolution lives on! Link –via JazJaz –image credit: Romero Britto
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| RIFT Plans To Break The World Record For Virtual Marriages Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:52 PM PST Wanna get your MMO romance on and help set a new world record? Well, if you happen to play RIFT, then get married in the game on Valentine’s Day and you can help them set a Guinness record for most virtual marriages in a 24 hour period. Personally, the fact that you can incorporate a corgi into your virtual wedding is a huge selling point for me. Link Via Geekosystem |
| Settlers of Catan: The Star Trek Version Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:43 PM PST I haven’t yet checked out Settlers of Catan, but it seems like a blast and those that play it certainly enjoy it. That being said, I can’t help but feel like maybe I’ll continue to wait to play the game until March, when the Star Trek version of the game is going to be released. After all, two great things can only be better when combined right? On the downside, it’s only going to be released in Germany. Catan players, are you interested in trying out the new version? Link Via Geekosystem |
| Resident Evil 6 Is Full of “Revelaitons” Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:35 PM PST If you’re releasing advanced copies of your new video game, you probably want to make sure everything is perfect, lest the reviewers critique you for something that won’t even be in the final version of the game. Of course, while you’re probably focusing most of your energy on the game itself, it’s generally a good idea to at least take a good look at the box art and spelling, lest you release “revelaitons” to the world. Link Via The Consumerist |
| Wacky Nintendo News Video Has Many WTF Moments Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:34 PM PST You may not know the name News Media Animation, but I’m sure the video they’ve created to discuss Nintendo’s 2011 economic fiasco will look familiar to you, as their wacky animated shorts have been showcased on TV shows and the interwebs many times before, mostly because their videos have some serious WTF factor going on in them. Product of Taiwanese news animators with less than reliable sources of information, and a surreal sense of humor, the slapstick cartoon strangeness in these “news” vids never fail to crack me up. –via Kotaku |
| Madonna’s AIDS Awareness Comic Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:56 PM PST Here’s a little nugget of retro goodness for ya, courtesy of BoingBoing-it’s a comic handed out at a Madonna concert at Madison Square Garden in 1987, warning youngsters about AIDS and urging them not to disrespect those who have contracted the virus. It’s a delightfully colorful |
| Bat Infestation Under a Tile Roof Posted: 28 Jan 2012 08:34 PM PST (Video Link) A crew working for Istueta Roofing in Miami, Florida tore up an old tile roof. Below it, they found thousands of bats. It’s a good thing that the roofers didn’t try this in Gotham City. |
| Desert Rivers That Look Like Trees Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:34 PM PST From a distance, it looks like an illustration of trees, but it’s actually an aerial photo of seasonal rivers in Baja California. Adrianafranco Franco submitted the photo to My Shot, the National Geographic‘s online photography community. Link -via My Modern Met |
| Cocktail: Alien Brain Hemorrhage Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:24 PM PST |
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Police found the other animal, an African leopard, in Silvers’ hotel room. Link -via Arbroath |
| Ghostly Images with Light Stencils Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:06 AM PST Light stenciling is like light graffiti, except that it uses stencils for greater control. Wittner Fabrice is a master of the craft and used his skills to create portraits in Vietnam. The people look like phantoms moving through the night. Link | Artist’s Website | How Light Stencils Work |
| Fibonacci Numbers, Lucas Numbers, and the Way Plants Grow Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:48 AM PST (Video Link) The highly entertaining Vi Hart is back with another episode of Doodling in Math Class. Her videos are fun to watch, clear and easy to understand, and express the joy of scientific discovery:
-via Make Related: a wonderful cartoon by Abstruse Goose that makes the same point. |
| Posted: 28 Jan 2012 07:53 AM PST This made all kinds of sense until the second time I watched and and found out that it is a “monetized” video, which means there is sometimes an unskippable ad before it starts. Go figure. -via the Presurfer |
| Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:34 AM PST Key To My Heart Paperweight – $15.95 Does finding the perfect Valentine’s Day gift weigh heavy on your heart? Get your sweetie the Key to My Heart Paperweight from the NeatoShop. This adorable heart-shaped ceramic paperweight has a metal key that says “Key to My Heart.” This gift is useful and heartfelt. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Valentine’s Day fun!
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Jill Harness collected 7 Amazing Stories of Lost and Re-Found Wedding Rings. Eddie Deezen brought us The Origin of the Beatles Haircut. Many thanks to National Geographic for providing Joel Sartore’s Biodiversity Portraits, which we posted at the Neatorama Spotlight Blog. Goodbye, Farewell, and A*M*E*N was this week’s offering from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. Mental_floss magazine told us 10 Secrets of the Vatican Exposed. The Psychoanalyst Says Your Gut Says… was a bit of nonsense from the Annals of Improbable Research. In the What Is It? game this week, the pictured item is a meat cleaver with an attached combination tool, which is for sale at eBay. The first person to identify it was Michael S. Gatlin, who wins a t-shirt for his efforts! Chuck Farkleycame up with the funniest answer: Chicken mixed media with cleaver So Chuck wins a t-shirt from the NeatoShop, too! Thanks to everyone who played this week. See the answers to all this week's mystery items at the What Is It? blog. The most-commented-on post this week was Raising a Gender-Neutral Child, which is not surprising. Coming in second was Can America Make the iPhone? (Hint: It’s Not About The Labor Cost). Earlier this week, we were offline for a while due to technical difficulties. Our tech wizard worked all night and most of the next day to get it fixed, and we really appreciate that. If it ever happens again, we will try to post updates on Facebook, Twitter, and G+ so you’ll know what’s going on. Be sure to check back often! And if you need your Neatorama fix in the meantime, those social networking sites are the place to be for fun stuff, discussions, and extra contests you won’t find on the main page. Visit them every day! |
From Secretariat to Seabiscuit, it turns out that all thoroughbred race horses were all related. They shared a single ancestor in the mid 17th century, whose "speed gene" was a genetic aberration:
The Buena Vista Museum in Bakersfield, California, was the scene of a burglary Wednesday morning. A window was broken and two stuffed animals -a leopard and a dingo- were missing. Two blocks away, police found 55-year-old Henry Silvers, who had a stuffed dingo with him.
This coming Thursday is Groundhog Day! Get your Groundhog Day decorations out, put up the Groundhog lights, and let’s all sing Groundhog carols! Will the Groundhog see his shadow? Ya know, it doesn’t really matter, because whether he does or not, spring will be here in six weeks anyway. At least on the calendar. So we can say we’ve turned the corner on winter,and that’s what the holiday is all about. Happy Groundhog Day! Meanwhile, it’s time to catch up on this week’s best stuff from Neatorama.| You are subscribed to email updates from Neatorama To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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