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2012/06/14

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Yet Another Heart Attack On Plate

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 04:21 AM PDT

I’m sure you can already tell how fatty these are just by looking at them, but just in case you were wondering what the meat logs actually are: they are hot dogs covered in chilli, then wrapped in bacon and then wrapped in weaved bacon. Yes, each one probably has all enough saturated fats to meet your yearly nutrition requirements, but I bet they taste good.

Link Via That’s Nerdalicious

Game of Bucks?

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 03:17 AM PDT

The House of Starbucks invites you to enjoy a cool mead because, after all, summer is coming.

Link Via That’s Nerdolicious

The Quest To Save The Lars Homestead

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 03:13 AM PDT

This set piece is called the Lars Homestead, and Star Wars fans across the galaxy were shocked to hear that it had fallen into disrepair.

Out of nowhere, a band of geeks appeared, hell bent on saving it from certain doom, with the interwebs lending a monetary hand via the Save The Lars Homestead Campaign.

What will happen to this iconic set piece? Who donated money to help keep this structure looking good? And how do the residents of Tunisia feel about this geek preservation campaign?

Find out when the guys behind the project put out a book and DVD, with all the profits going to the preservation of the Homestead, right? *wink*

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10 Stupid Internet Videos That Will Never Stop Being Funny

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 02:19 AM PDT

(YouTube Link)

I was sad to hear that one of my favorite comedy sites Best Week Ever is going the way of the Dodo, so I felt compelled to share one of their last posts ever. *sigh*

Help me bid bon voyage to Best Week Ever by watching a collection of internet videos which are sure to bring the funny for years to come. *tears*

Needless to say this has not been the best week ever for fans of Best Week Ever. Oh well, I guess I’ll be spending more time on the dark side of the interwebs. *sadness*

–via Best Week Ever

Moving Is Such Hard Work

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 02:08 AM PDT

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Sometimes it’s just easier to be pushed out of the way than to actually move yourself…especially if you’re a lazy pooch. I bet he’d jump up in a second for some bacon.

Via I Can Has Cheezburger

Man Of Steel Costumes Revealed

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 01:22 AM PDT

Did you know that a new Superman movie is in the works? I did, and frankly I didn’t care…until I saw these badass costumes!

Exploring the Man Of Steel‘s darker side is nothing new, and we all know about his Kryptonian origin story, but these suits look like they combine the two and finally present Superman as a mighty alien warrior, and not just some nerd in tights.

Hopefully Man Of Steel will give old Supes the proper reboot treatment he deserves, but even if the movie stinks the costumes look really cool!

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Lord Sauron Wants You!

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 01:08 AM PDT

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There are two sides of every story and here’s the other side to the Lord of the Rings. Still think your beloved hobbits, wizards and elves are heroes? Think again!

Via io9

The Portable Couch Perfect For An Active Lifestyle

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 12:15 AM PDT

There are many times in life when I find myself wishing for a comfortable place to sit, but who has the strength to lug an entire sofa around on their back?

Enter the Picnic Time Reflex Portable Reclining Travel Couch, a portable couch with a really long name that conveniently folds up into a bag like shape no bigger than your average laptop bag.

It makes sitting on your duff an outside sport, and looks way more comfortable than sitting on the ground. But where’s the built-in drink holder?!

Link  –via Gizmodo

Thieves Try to Rob Moving Truck

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 12:00 AM PDT


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Romanian police are searching for an insanely brave thief who tried to steal from the back of a truck moving down a highway:

Positioning their car just inches behind the moving truck, two gang members climb out of the sunroof. One manoeuvres himself onto the bonnet as the other holds onto his legs.

The thief on the bonnet then proceeds to break into the truck’s rear door using specialist tools, which the police later recovered.

However, having opened the door the gang appear to decide against taking the lorry’s contents, climbing back into their own car and retreating.

What were they looking for that was so disappointingly missing?

Link (warning: auto-sound) -via Gizmodo

Engraving Inspired Street Art By Phlegm

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:08 PM PDT

Phlegm is hitting the U.K. streets with a fresh style straight from the olden days, a decidedly illustrative style inspired by woodblock printing and engraving.

His whimsical works add a sense of mystery and fairy tale charm to the cityscapes in which they reside, and it must be fun for urban explorers to come across one of Phlegm’s pieces lurking under a bridge.

(Previously on Neatorama- Squid Boat By Phlegm–LINK)

Link  –via Beautiful/Decay

Sticky Note Desk

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT

Do you run through a lot of ideas before arriving at the right one? This desk by Soup Studio may be ideal for you. The Post-Itable is made for designers everywhere who just need to get a few ideas on paper.

Link (Google Translate) -via Make

Club of a Hundred Years Old Ladies

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT

Russian women who are 100 years old now lived under the Czar, through the Revolution, endured World Wars I and II, suffered under Stalin, remember the Cold War, experienced glasnost, and now tell us what they think. English Russia has a translation of an article from Russian Esquire, with portraits and stories of seven centenarians, including Sarra Isaakovna Prinyakina:

I do not remember the revolution quite well. News didn't reach Siberia fast. We could not understand what was happening. A White ataman came to our village, we thought it was a revolutioner and all went outside to welcome him. But were only whipped.

When I grew older I moved to sister in Ulan-Ude. There I got married with one guy and had a daughter. But he went to the front and never came back.

I worked as a horse. Lived in a dugout, took care of cattle, fleeced, carried potatoes for 25 km away.. We had no bread and we ate only potatoes, it made children sick. But that was nothing. One man with his son, evacuated from Leningrad, lived nearby, they ate leather and glue.

Link  -via Metafilter

Baby Window

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 09:00 PM PDT


Photo: Ina Fassbender/Reuters

The unassuming box on the side of the wall above is a baby hatch or foundling wheel, which allows people to give up their baby anonymously (in the United States, there is a similar idea of "safe-haven" laws where parents can leave infants in police stations, hospitals and fire houses.)

Baby hatches aren't exactly a new thing - its roots go back to medieval Italy, but recently, due to the economic crisis in Europe, their popularity is growing. And predictably, so do the controversies surrounding them:

The hatch’s popularity in recent times is most peculiar in Germany, the country with Europe’s strongest economy. SterniPark set up its first babyklappe following the discovery of a dead baby on a treadmill at a recycling plant. The charity now operates three hatches in Hamburg.
For baby-box advocates, the argument is simple: They help prevent infanticide and protect a child’s right to life. Roughly 30 to 40 babies die each year in Germany due to abandonment; SterniPark says that roughly the same number of babies have been left in the hatches since their inception. Only a small minority of mothers ever come back to claim their children.

Critics, however, argue that the boxes have no impact on infanticide rates and that many women do not give up their babies by choice. Herczog says evidence suggests that men or the mother’s relatives are frequently the ones leaving babies in the hatches, not the mothers themselves.

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There IS an “I” in “Team”

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 08:00 PM PDT

Did someone tell you that there's no "I" in "team"? Well, not only there's a "me" in team, there is also an "I" cleverly hiding ...

Via Accordion Guy and George Takei 

Turf Blister

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 07:00 PM PDT

Okay, can someone explain what happened there? I think someone hid a water bed under the grass. That or some weird water pocket (I guess that's the same thing, huh?)

Hit play or go to Link [YouTube, turn down your speaker though] - via The Daily What

Turns Out You Can Judge a Woman By Her Shoes

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 06:00 PM PDT

You're not supposed to judge a man before you walk a mile in his shoes, but that apparently that proverb doesn't apply to women:

In a study conducted at the University of Kansas, people were able to accurately judge demographic and personality traits of complete strangers simply by looking at their most frequently worn shoes. It turns out 90 percent of a person's characteristics can be determined just by examining the style, cost, color and condition of their footwear.

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$20 Fine for Profanity

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Don't you dare swear in Middleborough, Massachusetts! The town got fed up with profanity and is now fighting back:

The residents of Middleborough, Massachusetts, have had enough of this *#%@&!

And on Monday night they voted to make those who curse put their money where their potty mouths are - to the sum of $20, that is.

Police in the town of 22,000 will be writing tickets bearing fines in that amount to those who foul its public places with profanity after residents voted 183-50 Monday night that they were mad as *#%@& and weren't going to take it anymore.

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Federal Lunch Rules

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 04:00 PM PDT

There are rules, then there are federal lunch rules.

A high school in Utah was fined $15,000 for selling sodas during the lunch hour. Turns out, it's okay to sell the sodas beforehand and then to drink it during lunch. It's just not okay to sell it during lunch. And not only that, turns out the rules in selling candies is quite complicated, too.

See if the rules make sense to you:

Chris Williams, the Davis School District Spokesperson, says there are definite rules about how, and when carbonated beverages can be sold. “It is challenging when you can buy a Coke before lunch, and consume it during lunch, but you can't buy a coke during lunch."

It's not just soda sales that are a problem; candy can be too, depending on what kind it is. Davis High School’s Principal, Dee Burton, says Snicker Bars are considered nutritional and legal, but other candy is not. "We are not allowed to sell anything that is carbonated or any candy that sticks to your teeth”

Snicker Bars nutritious? That's great news, Neatoramanauts! Thanks, Mr. Fed! Link

Tailsitter Airplanes

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 03:00 PM PDT

During World War II, both Germany and the U.S. began research on airplanes that could take off and land vertically, which would eliminate the need for huge runways. The basic idea was to have the plane sit on its tail, and also land on its tail! There were many designs and prototypes of “tailsitters,” but the idea fell by the wayside as helicopters took over that job. Aerospace engineers are still working on vertical takeoff and landing, but not by sitting on the craft’s tail. Read about these experimental craft and see more pictures at Dark Roasted Blend. Link

Tube Rules

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 02:30 PM PDT

Actually, I think this rule is quite universal... Photo found at Win!

Life in the Middle Ages

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 02:00 PM PDT

This funny medieval drawing of a knight engaged in battle with an enormous snail inspired Donna D. to look up other strange illuminations that apparently had very little to do with the manuscript they accompanied. Images from the British Library have modern captions attached in a collection at Buzzfeed. Link

Evolution of College Dorm

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 01:30 PM PDT


Image: Walter Sanders/Time Life Pictures/Getty

Dorm life sure has changed a lot since your great grandpa went to college! Take a look at TIME's photo gallery that shows the evolution of the college dorm over the years:

Posters & Pin-ups
Traditionally, residence halls were occupied by male students who were forced to adhere to strict dress codes, compulsory chapel services, curfews and even fitness regimens. Until the 1830s, Harvard students were required to purchase, chop and haul their own firewood back to the dorms (while dodging the livestock and pigpens that crowded the university's campus). Dorm mothers enforced the rules, and executed a strict "lights-out" policy (which also helped trim electricity bills). Eventually, restrictions loosened and posters and pin-ups became standard dorm decor — a racy way to compensate for the lack of female presence.

Link - via Fark 

Skeleton Feet Sandals

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 01:27 PM PDT

Skeleton Feet Sandals – $14.95

Are you feeling bone tired? It’s time to slip your weary feet into a pair of Skeleton Feet Sandals from the NeatoShop. This great pair of sandals is perfect for sitting back and watching life pass by.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fantastic Footwear!

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The Game of Civilization II That Has Lasted 10 Years

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Redditor Lycerius has been playing the same game of Civilization II for ten years. It’s now the year 3991 A.D., the entire planet is irradiated, 90% of the planet’s population from a peak number 2000 years ago is dead, and there appears to be a permanent military stalemate:

You’ve heard of the 100 year war? Try the 1700 year war. The three remaining nations have been locked in an eternal death struggle for almost 2000 years. Peace seems to be impossible. Every time a cease fire is signed, the Vikings will surprise attack me or the Americans the very next turn, often with nuclear weapons. Even when the U.N forces a peace treaty. So I can only assume that peace will come only when they’re wiped out. It is this that perpetuates the war ad infinitum. [...]

The military stalemate is air tight. The post-late game in civ II is perfectly balanced because all remaining nations already have all the technologies so there is no advantage. And there are so many units at once on the map that you could lose 20 tank units and not have your lines dented because you have a constant stream moving to the front. This also means that cities are not only tiny towns full of starving people, but that you can never improve the city. “So you want a granary so you can eat? Sorry; I have to build another tank instead. Maybe next time.”

Link -via Kottke

Cats Meet Furby

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:30 PM PDT


(YouTube link)

A herd of cats encounter a functional Furby, and are not sure how they should proceed to eat it. -via Arbroath

“You can spend $45 to go see Nickelback this week. Or you could buy 45 hammers from the dollar store …”

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Nickelback is playing at the Idaho Center, and Josh Gross of Boise Weekly was tasked to write abuot the event. This is what he wrote:

You can spend $45 to go see Nickelback this week.

Or you could buy 45 hammers from the dollar store, hang them from the ceiling at eye level and spend an evening banging the demons out of your dome.

That $45 would also buy you a lot of pickles, which have more fans on Facebook than the band. It would also buy you an introduction to rock guitar video course that would allow you to surpass the band's skill level in five hours or less.

Heh! Link - via Laughing Squid 

You know a good thing about Nickeback? Once you've heard one of their songs, you've heard 'em all!

World Burping Championship

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:30 AM PDT


[YouTube Clip]

Burp! The results of the first ever World Burping Championship is in: Tim Janus, a 35-year-old pizza chef silenced his competitors with a "lyrical and melodic burp" 18.1 seconds long.

New York's DNAinfo has the story:

Tim "Eater X" Janus, 35, won the contest with an epic 18.1 second belch after drinking roughly 2 gallons — that's right, gallons — of Diet Coke and Mountain Dew.
"I was just trying to condense all the air in my stomach and bring it to the surface," said the 165-pound Janus.

"You just have to force every last bit of air up. It's beautiful, really."

Link - via Arbroath 

Greatest Move in the History of Adult Kickball

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:00 AM PDT


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It’s the New York Shower Hammers vs. the Deja Vu Dynasty. Ricky Laforge almost gets tagged on his way to the home plate, but he rolls in midair like a scene out of The Matrix and snatches the plate. Skip ahead to 0:40 to see the play. Content warning: some NSFW language.

-via Super Punch

Spider’s Secret to Being a Great Lover AND a Great Fighter: Self-Castration

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Men, are you a lover and not a fighter? That's just an excuse - because as the malabar spider males show, you can be both. All you have to do is snap your ... *shudder* oh, I can't even finish that sentence.

Instead, let Ed Yong of Not Exactly Rocket Science tell you the story:

To become both a lover and a fighter, the male spider Nephilengys malabarensis snaps off his penis inside his partner while they have sex. He becomes better at fending off other males who try to mate with her, because his now-lightened body can fight for longer without tiring. And while he’s playing the guardian, his detached genitals can continue pumping sperm into the female. Through self-castration, he gets more stamina, and he gets more stamina.

Link 

Previously on Neatorama: 30 Strangest Animal Mating Habits

Velociraptor Claw Flask

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Velociraptors may look cute, but they can also be a nuisance — especially to chicken farmers. This is how you make the little beasts useful. Etsy seller Matt Mrbanac crafted this flask, presumably by boring out the claw of a slain velociraptor.

Link -via The Mary Sue

P.S. Be sure to check out our own selection of funny flasks available in the NeatoShop.

Trivial Pursuit Categories

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 09:30 AM PDT

There have been many different versions of the board game Trivial Pursuit sold since it debuted in 1982. Do you recall playing the first one, called the Genus edition? Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss will tax your nostalgia on that game. Can you match the original six categories in Trivial Pursuit with their color codes? I couldn’t. That was a long time ago! Link

Vending Machine Dispenses Beer Only if You Tackle It

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 09:00 AM PDT


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Tackling the bartender at your local sports bar probably won’t help you, but this vending machine is more generous. It toured bars in Argentina. When rugby fans wanted beer from it, they had to tackle it — hard. A display on the front contemptuously informed customers when they weren’t hitting hard enough.

Link -via Technabob

How to Tell When You’re Over-Propped

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 08:30 AM PDT

How many of the things in your home are props? How about your car or your office? Props in this case mean things that are put there for style or to make a statement, but are really never used for anything else. Kurt Andersen, who wrote for an architectural magazine in the 1980s, noticed the props when he visited the homes he was writing about.

"I was always amazed: they were exactly propped with perfect art books," Mr. Andersen said last week, recalling how obvious it was that the homes had been styled by someone other than their occupants.

"Maybe all these people were interested in the same Botero coffee table book," he added. "But I don't think so."

Since then, the self-consciously styled home has become almost commonplace, particularly in cities like New York and Los Angeles where creative types congregate. "It's not just rich people now," he said. "It's all of us."

The article at the New York Times theorizes that the explosion of props has to do with social media. Blogger Elaine Miller says,

"People are insanely self-conscious," Ms. Miller said. "People act like they're always being watched. Even their house is a performance."

Look around you. How many props do you see? Link -via Nag on the Lake

(Image credit: Flickr user Juhan Sonin)

Beautiful Prosthetic Legs

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 08:00 AM PDT

An industrial designer and an orthopedic surgeon realized that prosthetic legs don’t have to be dull, ordinary and plastic. They could be extraordinary expressions of personal body art. So they founded Bespoke Innovations, a firm which designs and produces fairings that fit over pre-existing prosthetic legs. They’re modular, so owners can swap out fairings to fit the fashion needs of different occasions. Check out their gallery at the link.

Link -via The Breda Fallacy

Mmmmm…Vending Machine Pizza

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Who needs food to be cooked by people? With the Let’s Pizza vending machine, you can have pizza made from scratch in only 2 and a half minutes. While it might not be that great compared to restaurant pizzas, it would be amazing to run into this thing when you’re drunk and all the pizza places are already closed.

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What Is It? game 229

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 06:30 AM PDT

It’s once again time for our collaboration with the always amusing What Is It? Blog. Can you guess what this thing is? Or maybe you can amuse us with an entertaining wild guess!

Place your guess in the comment section below. One guess per comment, please, though you can enter as many guesses as you’d like in separate comments. Post no URLs or weblinks, as doing so will forfeit your entry. Two winners: the first correct guess and the funniest (albeit ultimately wrong) guess will win T-shirt from the NeatoShop.

Please write your T-shirt selection alongside your guess. If you don’t include a selection, you forfeit the prize, okay? May we suggest the Science T-Shirt, Funny T-Shirt and Artist-Designed T-Shirts?

For more clues, check out the What Is It? Blog. Good luck!

Prescription Coffee Mug

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 06:08 AM PDT

Prescription Coffee Mug – $11.95

Are you addicted to caffeine? Feed your habit with the Prescription Coffee Mug from the NeatoShop. This great coffee cup is just what the doctor ordered.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Glassware & Drinkware.

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The Art Of Yarn Bombing

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 06:03 AM PDT

(YouTube Link)

Yarn Bombing is the softest and cuddliest form of street art, and Yarn Bombers are busy making the world a brighter and cozier place.

In this video, episode 12 of the horribly titled series American Hipster Presents, we get to hear from Philadelphia yarnaholic Ishknits, and find out why Yarn Bombing is the only street art unanimously approved by grandmothers across the globe!

(Barely NSFW due to language – I almost didn’t mention it because it’s only one word in a seven minute long video)

–via Laughing Squid

Rare Muzzleloading Chain Gun

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 06:00 AM PDT


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This odd-looking rifle invented in 1854 by British engineer T.W. Treeby was an early attempt to vastly increase the ammunition capacity of rifles. At the time, rifles had to be loaded from the muzzle one bullet at a time.

The Treeby gun instead cycles fourteen individual chambers on a chain, each of which is preloaded and given its own percussion cap. Between each cycle, the user turns a handle to unseal and then reseal the barrel.

Link -via The Firearms Blog
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