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Mimefield

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:15 AM PDT


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A report on a silent but deadly threat. You know what they say: a mime is a terrible thing to waste. -via the Presurfer

Anime Eyes Glasses

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:22 AM PDT

Anime Eyes Glasses – $3.95

Do you long to be an Anime character, but just can’t seem to perfect the look? You need the Anime Eyes Glasses from the NeatoShop. This fantastic pair of glasses will give you the super large and stylized eyes of your dreams. Now please get back to work practicing your exaggerated and moody facial expressions.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more unusual Eyewear!

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The Case of the Missing Giant Slice of Pizza

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:21 AM PDT

All right, all you armchair Sherlock Holmeses. See if you can solve the case of the Missing Giant Slice of Pizza, which walked out of a Papa John's Pizza restaurant in Lakeland, Florida:

Police say that a male suspect, approximately 18 years old, put on the six-foot promotional costume and exited the pizzeria as four accomplices, now considered persons of interest, watched the escape, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

Surveillance footage shows the suspects enter the store around 7 p.m. and meander near the door before grabbing the promotional outfit and leaving the scene.

The six-foot slice of pizza is described as having pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers and black olives, according to ABC Actions News.

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Traffic on California Highways in the 1950s

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:19 AM PDT

Psst, Californians - did today's traffic jams on the 5 and the 405 make you wish for the good ol' days? You know, when the freeways flowed freely like a wild river?

Well, maybe not. According to this clip by YouTube user dave86a, traffic on California highways were already bad in the 1950s! Link [embedded YouTube clip]

Planet of the Apes Dance Party

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 07:50 PM PDT


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Scenes from Planet of the Apes. Glow sticks. Mirror ball underpants. Electronic dance music. It makes no sense, and yet feels right. Brad Hasse, the madman behind it, writes:

…I couldn’t help but try to make it for the fun of it to see what it would look like if Charlton Heston found a few glowsticks, turntables, and an insatiable urge to dance.

-via Ace of Spades HQ | Hasse’s Website

Man with Terminal Cancer Seeks TARDIS Urn for His Ashes

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 07:19 PM PDT

True geeks, Kevin “Wash” Pratt and Tashi King watched Serenity on their first date. Watchmen, Doctor Who, steampunk and conventions soon followed. Then, shortly after they married, Kevin was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. He has endured for two years an illness that kills most victims of it within one. He is, Tashi says, “the Browncoat who *never* gives up.”

But now Kevin is in hospice, and is making his preparations. He’d like for part of his ashes to be buried in an urn shaped like the TARDIS from Doctor Who. So Tashi is asking for help from the good people of Regretsy:

I am writing to you to try and fulfill a wish of his; after he passes my husband wants to have a portion of his cremains kept in a TARDIS urn. (The rest will be shot off in rockets he has built over the years with his friends.)

This has proven to be a bit of a challenge for me. I am only 25 and have not been able to work for the past two years to be his full-time caregiver; so hiring someone to make a custom urn is a bit out of my price-range.

Link | Tashi’s Blog | Regretsy Post

Millennials: The Most Selfish Generation Ever?

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:59 PM PDT

In the late 80s, the movie Wall Street introduced us to Gordon Gekko, a banker whose motto "Greed is good," is often used as mascot to highlight the selfishness of the young people of that generation.

But did they get it wrong? According to a new research study, the most selfish generation may just be the Millenials:

The researchers examined survey data collected since 1975 from high school seniors, as part of the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future project, and, beginning in 1966, from college freshmen, as part of the American Freshman survey by the University of California, Los Angeles.

Data on life goals showed a shift away from those related to intrinsic values — such as developing a meaningful philosophy of life — and toward more extrinsic ones, such as being well-off financially — over the three generations.

"Compared to boomers, millennials and Gen Xers viewed goals concerned with money, fame and image as more important, and goals concerned with self-acceptance, affiliation, and community as less important," wrote the researchers in a study published online March 5 by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Link (Photo: Shutterstock)

“The Chase” Is One Good Looking Animated Short

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:25 PM PDT

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This slick, action packed animated short by Philippe Gamer and Space Patrol Studio is called “The Chase”, and it will keep your eyes glued to the screen until the very end, when the whole thing makes a U-turn into the realm of the comically surreal.

(NSFW due to language)

–via Cartoon Brew

The Doctor in Lightsaber Training

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:25 PM PDT

The Doctor normally eschews weapons, but sometimes you need a tool that works on wood. DeviantART user Drombyb has a gallery of impressive Doctor Who fan art, including this crossover idea that we must hide from George Lucas by any means necessary.

Link -via Nerd Approved

Clerk Fights off Armed Robber with Tape Dispenser

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:10 PM PDT


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When it comes to violence, “…better a pointed stick and a furious anger than a death ray and the soul of a rabbit.” Christopher Baird tried to rob Euan Brown, a store clerk in Finstown, Orkney Islands, UK. Baird had only a knife, but Brown was armed with a tape dispenser and, more importantly, moxie.

Link -via Say Uncle

Get A Vasectomy, Score A Free Pizza

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:08 PM PDT

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What’s the easiest way to score a free pizza in Hyannis, Massachusetts? Why, by getting a vasectomy, of course!

The old “free pizza can sell anything” routine has finally hit rock bottom, thanks to the Urology Associates of Cape Cod, who are offering up a snip and a slice which are ready whenever you’ve given up all hope of ever having kids or dieting.

To add further insult to injury, they suggest that the topping of choice should be meatballs. Low blow doc, low blow.

–via The Daily What

Floral Bunny Apron

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:01 PM PDT

Floral Bunny Apron – $20.95

Is it time you got your Easter on? You need the Floral Bunny Apron from the NeatoShop. This adorable adult-sized apron features a bunny rabbit with applique nose, embroidered eyes, and a three-tiered printed skirt. This apron makes the perfect hostess gift for Easter brunch.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Apron fun and great Easter products.

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Bebop And Rocksteady Hit The Town

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:54 PM PDT

This impressive act of cosplay-osity features a very fuzzy Bebop and a rather imposing Rocksteady lurking around town, ready to bust some turtle shells.

Are these guys going to a pro costume party, or do they work for a TMNT themed singing telegram company? Either way, Ninja Turtles need not apply, for this party is clearly all about the bad guys.

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Harry Potter Horseplay, Er, Horse Cosplay

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:52 PM PDT

Do you want to see horses dressed like Hogwarts students? Buzzfeed can supply them in large quantities. Because that’s what horse owners are doing these days, I guess. See this one? It’s not a custom, one-of-a-kind job. You can buy it from an online retailer that specializes in horse costumes.

Link -via The Mary Sue | Photo: Show Horse Gallery

Paintings That Depict The Wonderful World Of LEGO

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:52 PM PDT

These paintings by Aurelie Montfrond are like visualizations of what goes on inside a child’s mind as they play with their LEGO sets, the figures embarking on a grand adventure both simple in scope and brilliantly colored.

Terrain is simplified, elements are distorted, and yet there is a clarity of focus which showcases the figures, and the props they’re interacting with, as the most important part of each scene.

They’re so delightfully minimal that you can’t help but feel like a kid again as you peruse the images, reminiscing about playtimes past.

Link  –via DesignTAXI

Hobbit Hole Playhouse

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:48 PM PDT

Forget treehouses! This is what kids and the young-at-heart want: Hobbit hole playhouse, built by Etsy seller Wooden Wonders of Maine.

Nerd Approved has more pics: Link

Basketball Recycled into a Handbag

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:45 PM PDT

Valérie Valad’s clever handbag finds a new use for a worn out basketball. This and other works by her were on exhibit at the La Galerie Végétal in Paris during the past month.

Link (Google Translate) -via Handmade Charlotte

Wandering Minds Are Due to Working Memory Capacity

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:41 PM PDT

You're going about your business, when all of the sudden your mind wanders ... what just happened? Studies have shown that our minds wander half the time we're doing something.

A new study suggests the reason behind wandering minds: it's all about your working memory capacity.

The researchers asked volunteers to perform one of two simple tasks -- either pressing a button in response to the appearance of a certain letter on a screen, or simply tapping in time with one's breath -- and compared people's propensity to drift off.

"We intentionally use tasks that will never use all of their attention," Smallwood explains, "and then we ask, how do people use their idle resources?"

Throughout the tasks, the researchers checked in periodically with the participants to ask if their minds were on task or wandering. At the end, they measured each participant's working memory capacity, scored by their ability to remember a series of letters given to them interspersed with easy math questions.

In both tasks, there was a clear correlation. "People with higher working memory capacity reported more mind wandering during these simple tasks," says Levinson, though their performance on the test was not compromised.

The result is the first positive correlation found between working memory and mind wandering and suggests that working memory may actually enable off-topic thoughts.

"What this study seems to suggest is that, when circumstances for the task aren't very difficult, people who have additional working memory resources deploy them to think about things other than what they're doing," Smallwood says.

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Riding the Space Shuttle Booster Rocket

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:40 PM PDT

If you love watching the Space Shuttle launch, you'd love this nifty video clip that lets you "ride" on the Rocket Booster (for both the launch and the re-entry parts).

VideoSift has the clip: Link

Star Wars in the Eye of a Needle

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:20 PM PDT

We've featured micro-artist Willard Wigan several times before on Neatorama, but I've never seen his Star Wars creation before. Like Willard's other art, the characters are so small that they fit inside the eye of the needle: Link - via The Awesomer

Eau de Pope: Cologne Designed Just for The Pope

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:11 PM PDT

Does the Pope smell good? That's like asking the question whether he's Catholic - of course he smells good, thanks to a custom cologne developed just for him:

The cologne is meant to reflect the German pontiff's love of the forests and animals in his native Bavaria, as well as peace and tranquillity. It is infused with lemon tree blossom and the smell of Spring grass.

Ms Casoli, from Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, said it was hard to come up with a scent that faithfully reflected the Pope's personality and theological outlook, and she nearly pulled out of the project.

"Then I realised that an essence like this had to have at its core something pure and clean, recalling the idea of peace," she told Il Messagero newspaper.

"I thought of the smells the Pope would smell when praying at the Grotto of Lourdes," she said.

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Hamutsun Serve

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 01:20 PM PDT

I suspect that Rikiccho and Dah-yoshi of Hamutsun Serve aren't actually real human beings. I mean, there's no way that real people can move like that, right?

Here they are dancing their trademark funky popping street dance at the Dance_Alive Final 2011. Hit Play or go to Link [YouTube]

Real Life Tom and Jerry

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 12:19 PM PDT

It's like Tom and Jerry but in real life! Photographer Malcolm Case-Green snapped this photo of a tiny mouse that doesn't take kindly to being bullied:

Looking like a scene from a Tom and Jerry cartoon, the fight saw 'Jerry' escaping under the fence and back into the woods where 'Tom' had earlier caught him.

The cat had brought the mouse into a garden in Reigate, Surrey, hoping to spend the afternoon chasing him before snacking on the little critter. But he bit off more than he could chew when the mouse turned on him in a battle to survive.

Stephanie Evans said she came outside and saw the mouse in the cat's mouth. He put the mouse down and instead of running away the mouse just fronted him. The cat was so shocked he just stood there. She says she thinks they must have tussled for about 10 minutes, before the little mouse disappeared under the fence.

A neighbour later found the mouse in his greenhouse. He said "he refused to run off. He was probably waiting patiently to smash a flower-pot over the cat's head!"

Link - via Arbroath

Tick Says Hello from Inside a Scanning Electron Microscope

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 11:17 AM PDT

Tick: it takes a licking, and keeps on ... well, ticking, I suppose.

A Japanese researcher found out by accident how hardy ticks can be: they survive being stuffed in a vacuum and bombarded by electrons inside a scanning electron microscope:

Yasuhito Ishigaki from Kanazawa Medical University discovered the tick’s extreme endurance by accident, when he found the animals inside drying chambers, connected to a vacuum pump. Even after 30 minutes with most of the air around them sucked away, the ticks survived.

So Ishigaki put 20 live ticks (Haemaphysalis flava) in his SEM. He didn’t prepare them in any specific way, save for softly pasting them onto some conductive tape. He didn’t bother with any metal coating, since he knew that people have successfully looked at dead ticks under SEM without such coats.

The animals lived. All of them waved their legs. That’s a clear sign of life, since dead ticks fold their legs tightly against their bodies. Clearer still, they got up and walked away after Ishigaki removed them from the microscope.

They come out yelling "Spoon!" of course: Link

Longcat Monitor Sitter

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:50 AM PDT


Longcat Monitor Sitter - $11.95

You don't have to surf the web alone! The Longcat Monitor Sitter from the NeatoShop is there for you, patiently waiting with the quizzical expression on its face ("What? You're looking at THAT!?").

No computer? No problem! Longcat works as a bookshelves sitter as well.

The Longcat Monitor Sitter is handcrafted by local artisans next door to the Neatorama HQ. We had a lot of fun bringing this Internet meme into the real world.

Link | More NeatoShop Exclusives | Neat New Items from the NeatoShop

The “O”: An Innovative Means of Exploring Abandoned Railways

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:46 AM PDT

Italian designer Davide Bonanni designed a small four-wheel vehicle that can travel on rails or on the ground by pedal power. Called the “O,” it is shaped just like that. The idea is to make it easier for people to explore abandoned railways. Hey, I think this would be fun just to pedal around the neighborhood! Read more about the O at Urban Ghosts. Link

(Image credit: Davide Bonanni)

Dogs Perform with Musician

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:33 AM PDT


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The YouTube title of this video is Dogs Match Music Notes Perfectly, which is a bit misleading because several times the dogs hit a note before the ocarina player does. I’m not sure exactly how this was accomplished, but it’s cute. -via Buzzfeed

Pizza Roulette: A Single, Unmarked Slice of Pizza is Coated in Liquified Pepper

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:15 AM PDT

Jill said, “No, John, not that slice. You want this one.” I should have known that something was wrong. Hell Kitchen, a pizzeria chain in New Zealand, now offers pizzas which include a slice that is covered with pepper juice:

The company brags the single scorching slice contains the culinary equivalent of a blast of police pepper spray.

In food terms, the heat-treated piece of pie is roughly 1,000 times stronger than the average jalapeno pepper. [...]

There's no charge from Hell Pizza for turning your dinner into a torture session — and hence their motto:

“It doesn’t cost, but someone pays.”

Link -via Dave Barry | Photo (unrelated) via Flickr user The Pizza Review

All My Friends Are Still Dead

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:02 AM PDT

All My Friends Are Still Dead, the new illustrated book (no, not a children’s book) by Avery Monsen and Jory John is the sequel to their very successful book All My Friends Are Dead. Link -via Laughing Squid

Problem?

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 08:31 AM PDT


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Lighting flares in the stands has been prohibited at soccer games in Turkey. Here’s how fans responded. -via reddit

Play “The Imperial March” on a YouTube Frog

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 08:07 AM PDT


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It’s a frog croacking, but more! Hit play, then the following sequence of keys: 6 6 6 8 56 8 56, 3 3 3 2 56 8 56 8 56. You’ll hear “The Imperial March” from Star Wars. Then contemplate how small and petty our lives would be without the wonders of the Internet.

-via Blame It on the Voices

Vintage Bus Tickets

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 07:58 AM PDT

A Vintage Flavor has a dozen bus tickets from Milwaukee in the 1930s. Imagine riding the bus all week for just a dollar! In those days, it was cost-effective to redesign the passes every week to discourage re-use or counterfeiting. Or maybe they just liked them to look nice! Link -via Metafilter

World Record Guinea Pig Jump

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:53 AM PDT


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A guinea pig in Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, named Truffles took a leap into the record books in front of Guinness-appointed witnesses, his 13-year-old owner Chloe Macari, and her scout troop. Truffles jumped for neither fame nor fortune, but for his favorite snack, cucumber. The jump was measured at 30 centimeters, which was 10 centimeters more than the previous record set in 2009. When Macari learned of the 2009 record, she knew her guinea pig could jump further, and petitioned Guinness officials for a chance to prove it. Truffles now goes into the record book, and Macari earned credit toward a community events scout badge. Link -via Arbroath
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