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• Why Not A Zoidberg Chalk Drawing?
• Pasta Art
• How 13 Video Games Got Their Names
• If Game of Thrones Was a Disney Movie
• This Little Guy Needs A Nap
• It's Raining Tacos!
• Black Anatomical Heart Pencil Holder
• The Cupcakes of Bag End
• Ticklish Meerkat
• Knitted Banana Peels
• The First Annual Cat Video Film Festival
• Western Blue Jays Hold a Funeral for Dead Bird
• Bend Me
• A <i>Star Wars</i> Airspeeder Is the Ultimate Sled
• The Sweetest Heist of All Time: The Canadian Maple Syrup Heist
• Chair Covered In Eyeballs Is The Scariest Seat In The House
• The Most Indebted City in the USA
• Soft Kitty Lunch Box
• Peanut Butter and Jelly Hotdog
• Artist Traces Rooms With LED Lights
• Bacon Coffee
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik on Bottles
• World's Richest Woman's Advice to the Poor: Drink Less and Work More!
• For Valentine's Day: Chocolate Weapons
• Guitar Heroes
• Enormous Human Slingshot/Slip 'n Slide
• Star Trek Points at Things
• Hobbit-Style Chicken Coop
• Alien Pickers Salt & Pepper Shakers
• Better Names for Things

Why Not A Zoidberg Chalk Drawing? Posted: 02 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT (Video Link) Artist Chris Carlson makes all kinds of great chalk art, eventually, he thought "Why not Zoidberg?" And now we have this great piece in honor of Futurama's best crustacean as a result.

Pasta Art Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:00 AM PDT Given the right noodles and enough time, Sergey Pakhomov can build anything out of pasta: Sergey made his first pasta car five years ago. "It all started with my work on an advertising campaign for a macaroni making factory. The campaign developed into a hobby," he said. It took the man three years to build his pasta town. Link -via Oddity Central | Photo: Pravda

How 13 Video Games Got Their Names Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:00 AM PDT Did you know Pac Man was originally called Puck Man because "puck" sounds sort of like the Japanese equivillent of "nom?" So how did it end up as "Pac?" The name of the game, Pakkuman, was inspired by the Japanese onomatopoeia, “paku-paku,” which describes the sound of eating, similar to the English word “chomp.” As the game was brought to market, the title morphed into Puck Man. But when Puck Man made his way to North America there was concern that the arcade cabinets would be vandalized by making the P into an F to spell something entirely different. A compromise was reached and the game became known as Pac-Man instead. Thanks to the American marketing machine, the name Pac-Man was eventually adopted for the game all over the world. Find out the story behind 12 other game names from Mental Floss. Link

If Game of Thrones Was a Disney Movie Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:00 AM PDT DeviantArt user The-Ez has some great fan art, but of all their great designs, the Game of Thrones creations are some of the most delightful as it would be so fun to imagine them as Disney characters. Link Via The Mary Sue

This Little Guy Needs A Nap Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:00 AM PDT (Video Link) Life is so hard when you live in front of the camera. You get so tired, but they keep telling you to entertain the viewers until you just can't keep your eyes open any more. Via Pets Lady

It's Raining Tacos! Posted: 01 Sep 2012 10:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) What a pleasant idea -if you like tacos as much as the next person. This is the latest tune from Parry Gripp with animation by BooneBum. -via Geeks Are Sexy Previously: More from Parry Gripp

Black Anatomical Heart Pencil Holder Posted: 01 Sep 2012 09:00 PM PDT Black Anatomical Heart Pencil Holder - $19.95 (sold individually) Are you looking for a wickedly fun place to store your favorite pencils, pens, and paintbrushes? You need the Black Heart Pencil Holder from the NeatoShop. This beautiful vessel is handcrafted in the USA. The container can also be used as a bud vase.  Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Office Supplies.  Link

The Cupcakes of Bag End Posted: 01 Sep 2012 09:00 PM PDT Oh, good! The UK bakery Love Is Cake made these delicious cupcakes and cake just in time for elevensies! The cupcakes feature the Eye of Sauron, the One Ring, the White Tree of Gondor, Legolas’ Bow and Arrow, Lorien Leaves, and the Sword of Aragorn. Link -via That's Nerdalicious!

Ticklish Meerkat Posted: 01 Sep 2012 08:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) Her name is Betty, but she really reminds me of Timon from The Lion King, the way she laughs while being tickled! -via Tastefully Offensive

Knitted Banana Peels Posted: 01 Sep 2012 07:00 PM PDT Don't slip! Flickr user alzi23 ate bananas and recklessly left the peels out on the deck. For shame! Link -via Craft

The First Annual Cat Video Film Festival Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:00 PM PDT The first ever Cat Video Festival was held Thursday in Minneapolis. A good time was had by all. From thousands of submissions, the festival selected the 76 best cat videos, and Buzzfeed has them all for those who could not attend. Most have been posted here at Neatorama over the years, but you might want to check them out to see your favorites: Maru, Winston, Nora, Henri, Simon's Cat, Shironeko, and lots of nameless kittens that have entertained you over the years, and some that may be new to you. This many videos may take a little while to load (and certainly longer to watch them all). Link

Western Blue Jays Hold a Funeral for Dead Bird Posted: 01 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT Humans are not the only animal that mourn their dead, but this is quite surprising: when a Western Scrub Jay bird encounters a dead bird, it will call out to others to stop foraging and, well, for lack of better words, attend a bird funeral. The revelation comes from a study by Teresa Iglesias and colleagues at the University of California, Davis, US. They conducted experiments, placing a series of objects into residential back yards and observing how western scrub jays in the area reacted. The objects included different coloured pieces of wood, dead jays, as well as mounted, stuffed jays and great horned owls, simulating the presence of live jays and predators. [...] The jays reacted indifferently to the wooden objects. But when they spied a dead bird, they started making alarm calls, warning others long distances away. The jays then gathered around the dead body, forming large cacophonous aggregations. The calls they made, known as "zeeps", "scolds" and "zeep-scolds", encouraged new jays to attend to the dead. Link

Bend Me Posted: 01 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) Nashville musician Ned Evett not only sings, but also sculpted and animated the little clay figures (Ned Heads) that dance in his music video! -Thanks, @medtek!

A <i>Star Wars</i> Airspeeder Is the Ultimate Sled Posted: 01 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT Had the Rebel Alliance a few more of these, it might have won the Battle of Hoth. YouTube user skylarsmith3 build this, the greatest snow sled in history. It's modeled after the T-47 Airspeeder from The Empire Strikes Back. At the link, you can watch a video of it going down a hill. Link

The Sweetest Heist of All Time: The Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Posted: 01 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT The United States have the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. China has the Strategic Pork Reserve. And Canada? Apparently it has its own strategic maple syrup reserve and it's been hit by sticky-fingered thieves in what is probably the sweetest heist of all time: The warehouse in rural Quebec held more than C$30 million ($30.4 million) worth of maple syrup, a whopping 10 million pounds of the amber pancake topping. It was not clear exactly how much of the sweet stuff was taken in the heist, which occurred at some point over the last few days and was uncovered during a routine inventory check. "We don't know yet how much is missing - we do know it is significant," said Anne-Marie Granger Godbout, executive director of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers. Numerous barrels in the warehouse were emptied of their sticky contents. The remaining barrels need to be weighed and tested to ensure the syrup inside had not been tampered with. The robbers "were wise enough, they tried to hide their crime," said Granger Godbout. "We just want to make sure we know how much is missing and how much is still there." Aunt Jemima is wanted for questioning. The Vancouver Sun reports: Link (Photo: Shutterstock)

Chair Covered In Eyeballs Is The Scariest Seat In The House Posted: 01 Sep 2012 01:30 PM PDT This frightening, eyeball laden chair was created by artist Fiona Roberts, and it won't stop staring at you until somebody sits on it! She calls this piece "Scopophilia", which means the love of looking, but if you look at it too long you'll swear that some of those eyes are blinking, and others seem to be looking around the room! Or maybe it's just my imagination getting the better of me... Link  --via Laughing Squid

The Most Indebted City in the USA Posted: 01 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT A lot of cities in the United States are broke and in debt, but Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has the dubious distinction of having the most debt per capita of any U.S. city. The city's 50,000 residents collectively owe $1.5 billion. That's a whopping $30,000 per person. In a matter of weeks, the city will run out of money. Zoe Chace of NPR's Planet Money has the story, which begins and end with the town's trash incinerator which she dubbed "a fire-breathing, money-burning dragon of debt that sunk the town." When the incinerator was first built, in 1969, Harrisburg officials hoped it would allow the city would collect fees from towns all over the state for burning their trash. But by the time Unkovic got to Harrisburg, the incinerator had accumulated $300 million worth of debt. And it had never, in four decades, really worked properly. When Unkovic first arrived in town, he thought it was just bad management. Now, he thinks it's something more sinister. Link

Soft Kitty Lunch Box Posted: 01 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT Soft Kitty Lunch Box - $15.95 Attention The Big Bang Theory fans! Behold the purr-fect lunch box! This adorarble tin box features a super cute soft kitty graphic that just makes you want to purr, purr, purr.  Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Lunch Boxes and fantastic The Big Bang Theory items. Link

Peanut Butter and Jelly Hotdog Posted: 01 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT It's so simple that even I could make it! Except that, I gather, you have to Instagram it before eating and I don't have the Instagram app. Link

Artist Traces Rooms With LED Lights Posted: 01 Sep 2012 12:00 PM PDT Talk about shedding some light on a situation! Photographer Janne Parviainen has created room "tracings" using LED lights and long exposure shots to create a glowing scribblefest which outlines the contours of a room. There's a lot of living energy in Janne's shots, and the whole glow effect makes each room look like something out of a waking dream. Link  --via DesignTAXI

Bacon Coffee Posted: 01 Sep 2012 11:30 AM PDT Be still my heart and stomach! Two of my favorite things in the world are coming together at last. Behold, the Bacon Coffee as created by Eileen Gannon. This elixir, aptly named "How to Win a Guy with One Sip," won Seattle's Best Red Cup Showdown competition and will be coming to participating Seattle's Best coffee houses in the United States: Link If you like that and all things bacon, you'll love NeatoShop's Bacon Store.

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik on Bottles Posted: 01 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT (YouTube link) This is for all those folks who says they would have learned to play music if they could afford an instrument. All you need is someone's recycling bin and a little water. And may a couple of spoons. This busker was recorded playing Mozart on the streets of Copenhagen. -via Say OMG

World's Richest Woman's Advice to the Poor: Drink Less and Work More! Posted: 01 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT Are you poor? It's your fault - you should work harder and drink less, then you, too, can become a millionaire! That's the advice from the world's richest woman, Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart. "If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain," she said in a magazine piece. "Do something to make more money yourself -- spend less time drinking or smoking and socialising, and more time working." [...] Why are people poor? Rinehart blamed what she described as "socialist," anti-business government policies, and urged Australian officials to lower the minimum wage and cut taxes. "The millionaires and billionaires who choose to invest in Australia are actually those who most help the poor and our young," she said. "This secret needs to be spread widely." Gina, of course, made her money the old-fashioned way: she inherited it. David Lazarus of The Los Angeles Times has the story: Link

For Valentine's Day: Chocolate Weapons Posted: 01 Sep 2012 10:00 AM PDT Let's play a game of word association. Ready? Okay. "Valentine's Day." You're thinking about grenades, right? Taiwanese artist Tu Wei-Chang understands. That's why he made chocolate versions of military-grade weaponry for an installation called Happy Valentine's Day. Link -via Tasteologie | Artist's Website (Google Translate)

Guitar Heroes Posted: 01 Sep 2012 09:30 AM PDT DevantART member biotwist took a simple visual pun and made it really interesting. Can you name all the superheroes represented here? Big bonus points if you can identify all the guitars by their shapes, too! Link -via Tastefully Offensive

Enormous Human Slingshot/Slip 'n Slide Posted: 01 Sep 2012 09:00 AM PDT (Video Link)  It was magnificient. And yet it was also a failure, for not a single person cleared the entire lake to land safely on the ground. -via Geekologie

Star Trek Points at Things Posted: 01 Sep 2012 08:30 AM PDT The blog Star Trek Points at Things is taking the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation episode by episode and posting each incident of pointing, in order. Gestures are counted to see which character does the most pointing, and scores are being kept. The blog is now on the third episode of season one, so there will be a lot of new pointing in the future. Link -via Wil Wheaton

Hobbit-Style Chicken Coop Posted: 01 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT Got geeky chickens? This coop, inspired by traditional Hobbit architecture, is the proper home for them: Collecting eggs is as easy as convincing Hobbits to partake in Second Breakfast, with convenient outdoor access via the external hinged lid of the next box. These latch via hook and eye to provide security against invaders like raccoons--if a group of Oliphaunt war-beasts shows up, however, you may wish to call upon your contacts within the Rohirrim for further assistance. Link -via Nerd Approved | Photo: My Pet Chicken P.S. Just curious: what do Hobbits taste like?

Alien Pickers Salt & Pepper Shakers Posted: 01 Sep 2012 07:30 AM PDT Alien Pickers Salt & Pepper Shakers - $9.95 Are you tired of your friends judging your brilliant taste in home decor? Show them all you can really pick a winner with Alien Pickers Salt & Pepper Shakers from the NeatoShop. This great set includes one alien picking his nose and another picking his butt.  Be sure to check out the the NeatoShop for more great Salt & Pepper Shakers! Link

Better Names for Things Posted: 01 Sep 2012 07:30 AM PDT (YouTube link) Jeff Wysaski at Pleated Jeans renames consumer goods to make their purpose more clear. Makes plenty of sense to me! Link

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