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• Matchstick Cookies
• Do Big Cats Like Easter Eggs?
• TARDIS Sock Monkey
• Super Mario Bros. Easter Eggs
• Scrambled Cadbury Creme Eggs
• Bone Pugz Are Truly Gangster
• Barbie’s Abandoned Family Members
• The Quietest Place on Earth Can Drive You Mad in Less Than an Hour
• Gingham Tools Set
• Spock Is Not Impressed
• Beer with Frozen Foam
• Tea Cups and Saucers as Musical Instruments
• Keith Haring Easter Egg
• Every Jump of the General Lee, Seasons 1-6
• How Las Vegas Almost Built a 1:1 Scale Model of the Enterprise
• Darth Vader and Son
• Deviled Easter Eggs
• Jeep Limo
• Sushi Robot
• Easter Bilby
• Obscura Day 2012 Video Preview
• Why Are Chocolate Easter Bunnies Hollow?
• Doctor Who/Firefly Hat
• Turning a Fail into a Win
• Easter Egg Hunt
• Garden Party Tablet Sleeve Case
• Evoke
• A Smashing Good Tea Party

Matchstick Cookies Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:04 AM PDT IFeelCook made these adorable butter cookies shaped like matchsticks. It required careful cutting, because the cookies have to bake square to look right in the box. A bit of frosting on the tips and they’re ready to eat. Link (Google Translate) -via Tasteologie

Do Big Cats Like Easter Eggs? Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:18 AM PDT (Video Link) We know how they feel about pizza, mirrors and pumpkins, but how do they feel about Easter? As it turns out, big kitties like their special eggs just as much as house cats love it when you drop a chicken egg on the kitchen floor. Via I Can Has Cheezburger

TARDIS Sock Monkey Posted: 09 Apr 2012 01:10 AM PDT If you had a crush on the TARDIS from the Neil Gaiman episode of Doctor Who, well, you can now finally cuddle up and sleep with the it. Granted, this one is not the adorable girl from The Doctor’s Wife, but the sock monkey version is pretty darn cute anyway. Link Via Geek Crafts

Super Mario Bros. Easter Eggs Posted: 09 Apr 2012 12:06 AM PDT Easter may be over, but it’s never too late to appreciate adorably geeky Easter eggs like these. I don’t know about you guys, but mine wouldn’t last long after I tried to use Mario and Luigi to crush the villains and jump into the coin box. Link Via Craftzine

Scrambled Cadbury Creme Eggs Posted: 08 Apr 2012 11:59 PM PDT End up with too many Cadbury Creme Eggs this Easter? Well, there’s more than one way to munch a creme egg. In fact, Cakespy suggests scrambling yours and serving with sliced donut home fries and pound cake toast. Sure it’s a heart attack waiting to happen, but it’s certainly a sweet way to die. Link

Bone Pugz Are Truly Gangster Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:50 PM PDT (Video Link) These pugs are the most thugalicious pups I’ve ever seen and, as a result, they made what is probably the best music video ever. There is a bit of language in the song, but I that can be easily excused when the rappers are this cute. Via I Can Has Cheezburger

Barbie’s Abandoned Family Members Posted: 08 Apr 2012 08:01 PM PDT There’s Francie, Jazzy, Stacie, Kelly, Krissy, Tutti, and Todd, who all disappeared under mysterious circumstances (or possibly just poor sales). Now that Barbie is running for president, these missing relatives may prove to be skeletons in her closet. Link

The Quietest Place on Earth Can Drive You Mad in Less Than an Hour Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:54 PM PDT Photo: Steven Orfield/Orfield Labs If you think that loud noises drive you mad, try this quiet room for a change. The anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories in South Minneapolis, certified as the quietest place on Earth by the Guinness World Records, is so quiet that the longest anyone has survived being in there is just 45 minutes: ‘When it’s quiet, ears will adapt. The quieter the room, the more things you hear. You'll hear your heart beating, sometimes you can hear your lungs, hear your stomach gurgling loudly. ‘In the anechoic chamber, you become the sound.’ And this is a very disorientating experience. Mr Orfield explained that it’s so disconcerting that sitting down is a must. He said: ‘How you orient yourself is through sounds you hear when you walk. In the anechnoic chamber, you don't have any cues. You take away the perceptual cues that allow you to balance and manoeuvre. If you're in there for half an hour, you have to be in a chair.’ Link

Gingham Tools Set Posted: 08 Apr 2012 04:29 PM PDT Gingham Tools Set - $29.95 Mother’s Day is right around the corner. What do you get the super crafty Mom who has everything? You get her the Gingham Tools Set from the NeatoShop. This handy dandy tool set, in a stylish matching Gingham storage roll-up bag, includes: Scissors Tape Measure Four-in-one screwdriver And hammer This gift is pretty and practical just like Mom. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Home & Garden fun and great Mother’s Day suggestions! Link

Spock Is Not Impressed Posted: 08 Apr 2012 03:28 PM PDT It's not easy to impress the human/Vulcan hybrid whose full lineal name is not pronunciable by mere mortals. After all, compared to death and resurrection, not to mention meeting himself in an alternate timeline amongst other adventures, nothing much impressed Spock. If he were to stumble upon this Tumblr blog featuring Spock looking blasé in various scenarios, I think it'd be safe to say that the Starfleet Science Officer/Captain/Ambassador would not be impressed in the least: Link - via Design You Trust

Beer with Frozen Foam Posted: 08 Apr 2012 02:07 PM PDT What do you get when you cross an ice cream machine and beer? Japanese beer brewer Kirin came up with this idea to keep your ice-cold brew stay cold longer: beer with frozen foam. From PSFK: The variant, called “Ichiban Shibori Frozen Draft,” features cold Kirin beer topped with frozen beer foam created using a process called Frozen Agitation, wherein air is blown into the beer as it is stirred and chilled. The foam is very cold at -5 degrees celcius, which, according to Kirin, can help keep the beer below it ice-cold for roughly thirty minutes. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] Previously on Neatorama: Neatolicious Fun Facts: Beer

Tea Cups and Saucers as Musical Instruments Posted: 08 Apr 2012 02:00 PM PDT (Video Link) Who is the master performer? I don’t know, but he’ll gladly serve you a cup of tea. In the process, he’ll perform acrobatic stunts and play music on the cups and saucers. -via Boing Boing

Keith Haring Easter Egg Posted: 08 Apr 2012 01:51 PM PDT Marina Galperina of Flavorwire rounded up ten sets of Easter eggs painted in the styles of popular artists, including Roy Lichtenstein, Vincent Van Gogh, Piet Mondrian, Frida Kahlo and others. I really like this one inspired by the works of the late Pop artist Keith Haring. Link | Photo: Keith Haring Foundation

Every Jump of the General Lee, Seasons 1-6 Posted: 08 Apr 2012 01:39 PM PDT (Video Link) Put this on a continuous loop, and I could watch it all day. Treva Graham compiled every jump of the General Lee during the first six seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard. How many times should they jump the General Lee in an episode? The correct answer is “more”. Previously: 23 Facts You Might Not Know about The Dukes of Hazzard

How Las Vegas Almost Built a 1:1 Scale Model of the Enterprise Posted: 08 Apr 2012 01:16 PM PDT According to Danny of the Goddard Group, an entertainment design firm, Las Vegas almost built the greatest architectural marvel in human history. It was 1992, and the Star Trek franchise was thriving. Downtown Las Vegas had lost a lot of business to the Strip. Developers wanted a way to lure tourists back, and they had plenty of space in which to do it. They wanted high class, high rolling customers that would bring a touch of style and panache to downtown. In other words, Trekkies. So Danny proposed building a (non-functional) replica of the Enterprise. Inside the nearly three hundred meter length model would be sets from the ship and shows for visitors. The developers and the mayor were on board with the idea. Alas, some executives at Paramount balked, and the deal fell through. Link -via io9

Darth Vader and Son Posted: 08 Apr 2012 01:06 PM PDT In an alternative galaxy far, far away, Darth "Luke, I am your father" Vader is just another Dark Lord trying his best to raise a kid in the Galactic Empire. If you're looking for a clever and wonderfully drawn geeky children's book, the upcoming Darth Vader and Son book by Jeffrey Brown is the book you're looking for: Link | More pics at Design Taxi | Book trailer at Jeffrey's blog

Deviled Easter Eggs Posted: 08 Apr 2012 12:58 PM PDT Debra Taylor discovered that you can use Easter egg dyes on the contents of eggs as well as their shells. She dipped egg whites in PAAS neon Easter egg dye to create these lovely pastel deviled eggs. Link -via Ashley Williams

Jeep Limo Posted: 08 Apr 2012 12:50 PM PDT (Video Link) This 1944 American newsreel shows the US Army’s “Super Jeep”. It was a rare extended-body jeep that could carry ten men. According to the newsreader, it was designed for shore patrol and was capable of traversing more rugged terrain than the standard jeep. -via Jalopnik

Sushi Robot Posted: 08 Apr 2012 12:05 PM PDT Love sushi? Not as much as Japanese robotics company Suzumo (company motto: "we love rice"). The company made the world's first sushi robot back in 1981, and now have a line of sushibots that can make up thousands of sushi rolls an hour. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via The Verge

Easter Bilby Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:53 AM PDT Happy Easter, Neatoramanauts - but instead of Easter Bunny, how about if you celebrate with the chocolate Easter Bilby instead? Bilbies, the Australian marsupials have the prerequisite large ears and are no slouch in the cute department. They were almost wiped out when European settlers introduced rabbits to the arid Australian grasslands some 200 years ago. Those aggressive rabbits pushed the bilbies out of their burrows, and they got preyed upon by foxes and feral cats. At one point, there were only about 600 bilbies left in the wild. Recently, the bilbies are making a comeback by invading the rabbit's turf as the symbol of Easter. Ah, the irony: In 1968, a 9-year-old girl in Queensland, Rose-Marie Dusting, wrote a story, "Billy The Aussie Easter Bilby," which she published as a book 11 years later. The story helped catalyze the public's interest in saving the bilby, and by 1991, the Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia began their Easter Bilby campaign to replace the Easter bunny with true native wildlife. "It seemed ludicrous to be promoting an introduced rabbit in a positive way as the 'Easter bunny,'" says Paton. Soon chocolate makers caught on and began selling chocolate bilbies. Haigh's Chocolates and Darrell Lea continue to earmark proceeds to the candy's real-life counterparts. Funds from chocolate sales have gone to anti-rabbit campaigns, as well as to projects that fence in thousands of acres of land to keep them free of cats and foxes, so that bilbies can be re-introduced. The money "goes a long way to helping pay for the construction of predator-proof fencing, captive breeding and labor-intensive monitoring," says Emily Miller, a biologist at the University of Sydney. Sarah Zielinski of NPR's The Salt food blog has the story: Link

Obscura Day 2012 Video Preview Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:02 AM PDT (vimeo link) Oscura Day, a day to explore the world around you, is coming up April 28th. Check out the schedule of events at the Oscura Day website -there may be something wonderful scheduled in your area! But check back often, because new events are being added every day. Link

Why Are Chocolate Easter Bunnies Hollow? Posted: 08 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT Many of us remember the first time we got a large chocolate rabbit in our Easter baskets and were disappointed to find it was only a hollow shell of chocolate. Are candy companies trying to teach us a lesson in disillusionment and distrust? Of course not. The answer is simple, according to one chocolate maker: hollow bunnies are easier to eat. "If you had a larger-size bunny and it was solid chocolate, it would be like a brick; you'd be breaking teeth," says Mark Schlott, vice-president of operations at R.M. Palmer in Reading, Pennsylvania, one of the first and largest manufacturers of hollow chocolate bunnies. And, of course, hollow is usually cheaper to make, though Schlott phrases it more delicately: "Hollow has a greater perceived value. It creates a much greater chocolate footprint than solid." Well, that answers that, but you’ll find the complete history of the chocolate Easter bunny, no matter how hollow, at Smithsonian’s Food & Think blog. Link (Image credit: Flickr user Kerstin Wellekötter)

Doctor Who/Firefly Hat Posted: 08 Apr 2012 08:12 AM PDT Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some jelly babies, don’t you think? Holynarf knitted this Jayne Cobb-style hat using the colors of the Fourth Doctor’s scarf. You can find her pattern at the link. Link -via Geek Crafts

Turning a Fail into a Win Posted: 08 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT (YouTube link) Fast thinking and a little fancy footwork turned an awkward fall into a crowd pleaser! The title of this video is “How we do track in Hawaii.” -via I Am Bored

Easter Egg Hunt Posted: 08 Apr 2012 07:56 AM PDT It isn’t a game of kids, as German artist Michael Sowa illustrates. But in a brutal post-apocalyptic Easter, you do what you have to do to survive. -via This Isn’t Happiness (NSFW) | More Sowa Images Previously by this artist: Reckless Highway Pig

Garden Party Tablet Sleeve Case Posted: 08 Apr 2012 07:27 AM PDT Garden Party Tablet Sleeve Case – $15.95 Are you tired of giving Mom ordinary flowers for Mother’s Day? This year get your extraordinarily tech savvy Mom flowers that won’t die. Give her the Garden Party Tablet Sleeve Case from the NeatoShop. This great case is whimsical, fun, and practical just like Mom. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Mobile Phone & Tablet Gadgets. Why? Because girls like gadgets too! Link

Evoke Posted: 08 Apr 2012 07:00 AM PDT All you have to do is spot the differences between the left and right sides -but it’s more difficult than you think! I never did get the last difference on the first screen, but it will let you give up and skip to the next level at some point. Link -via Look at This

A Smashing Good Tea Party Posted: 08 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT (YouTube link) Breaking china turns into art when it’s done in super slow motion. This requires a slingshot, a glass marble or two, and a camera that can take thousands of frames per second. Oh yeah, and china. -via Laughing Squid

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