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• Settlers of Catan: The Breakfast
• Global Cooling Ice Cube Mold
• Is it a Great Toy or a Terrible Food?
• Toothless Cosplay
• The Lord of the Scarves
• Monty Pytron
• Creme Brulee Dragon Ball Z Cakes
• NAVY NO LONGER COMMUNICATE IN ALL CAPS
• Jet Bicycle
• Rock Map of El Capitan
• School Prank ... by Teachers
• Maintaining Boundaries
• Hello Kitty Three Pack Ped Socks
• A Wine Glass Shaped for the Palm of Your Hand
• Little Boy Learns That He'll Meet Iron Man, Cries When He Meets Robert Downey, Jr. Instead
• How to Deep Fry Ice Cream Sandwiches with Liquid Nitrogen
• Where Have You Seen Those <i>Game of Thrones</i> Actors?
• Magician Turns $1 Bills into $100 Bills for Panhandlers
• 11 Bizarre Publicity Stunts By Major Food Brands
• 3D Printed Bow Ties Are Cool
• Creme Brulee Cookies
• Whodunit: A Maze of Suspects
• Interactive Map of Every Place That Bob Dylan Sang About
• 50 Shades of Brown Lavatory Mist
• Superman's First Backstory, c. 1934
• This Pillow Is Just Plain Terrible
• Reddit for Dogs

Settlers of Catan: The Breakfast Posted: 14 Jun 2013 04:00 AM PDT Entertaining an army full of geeks for breakfast? Then check out Kitchen Overlord's Settlers of the Noms: Breakfast O Rama where you can see how to set up a waffle station, omelette station and a biscuit display all in the shapes of the Settlers of Catan board. Link

Global Cooling Ice Cube Mold Posted: 14 Jun 2013 03:00 AM PDT   Global Cooling Ice Cube Mold Summer is almost here. Combat the increase in heat with the Global Cooling Ice Cube Mold from the NeatoShop.  The Global Cooling Ice Cube Mold set features 2 ice molds shaked like the planet Earth. Each is mold made from food-grade silicone. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Ice Trays.  Link

Is it a Great Toy or a Terrible Food? Posted: 14 Jun 2013 03:00 AM PDT (Video Link) Cats may not understand treadmills, but dogs are totally blown away by limes. Just look at how boggled Topper is by this sour thing in the sand. Lime: It's the fruit that bites dogs back! (Really though, keep your dogs away from limes and lemons because they can be toxic to canines.) Via Cute Overload

Toothless Cosplay Posted: 14 Jun 2013 02:00 AM PDT (Video Link) Cosplay is great and all, but it's pretty easy to dress up like a humanoid character and walk around all day. That's what makes this Toothless costume so amazing -it looks nothing like a human and exactly like the dragon we came to love in How to Train Your Dragon. If you want to see what it looks like in motion, skip to the one minute mark and prepare to be impressed. Via Fashionably Geek

The Lord of the Scarves Posted: 14 Jun 2013 01:00 AM PDT Ready to go on an epic journey through slightly chilly orc territory? Then bundle up with this fantastic Lord of the Rings scarf featuring the entire travel party. Link Via Make

Monty Pytron Posted: 14 Jun 2013 12:00 AM PDT Monty Pytron by Baznet No risk of getting Derezzed just yet! Tis but a scratch/a flesh wound/a glitch! The Black Knight has never looked so digital in this awesome new T-shirt by Baznet: Link Visit Baznet at his Tumblr for more super cool T-shirt designs, then buy one for yourself or loved one over at his NeatoShop page. Your purchase helps support indie artists as well as this blog! Daft Nuts Super Daft Bros Respect the Chemistry Rancor Pit View more designs by Baznet | More Funny T-shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop, earn generous royalties, and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Creme Brulee Dragon Ball Z Cakes Posted: 13 Jun 2013 11:00 PM PDT (Video Link) Like the sound of creme brulee cookies, but don't think they're quite nerdy enough for your taste? Then enjoy this video by Nerdy Nummies that shows you how to make creme brulee cake balls that look like Dragon Balls. Via The Mary Sue

NAVY NO LONGER COMMUNICATE IN ALL CAPS Posted: 13 Jun 2013 10:00 PM PDT Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Adam K. Thomas/US Navy/Wikimedia NOW HEAR THIS: THE U.S. NAVY WILL NO LONGER COMMUNICATE EXCLUSIVELY IN ALL CAPS. THE TRADITION OF USING ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IS A LEGACY OF TELETYPE MACHINES OF 1850S THAT LACK LOWERCASE LETTERS. OFFICIAL NAVY COMMUNICATIONS AND ORDERS HAVE BEEN TYPED OUT IN ALL-CAPS SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY, BUT YOUNGER SAILORS SEE IT AS RUDE. “WHILE THIS DECISION WAS MADE TO SAVE MONEY AND GAIN EFFICIENCIES, IF AN ANCILLARY BENEFIT IS THAT SAILORS READING MESSAGE TRAFFIC NO LONGER FEEL THEY’RE BEING SCREAMED AT…THAT’S A GOOD THING TOO,” SAID A NAVY OFFICIAL. IRONICALLY, THE ORDER WAS - YOU GUESSED IT - WRITTEN OUT IN ALL CAPS. LINK - VIA THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Jet Bicycle Posted: 13 Jun 2013 09:00 PM PDT Photo: SI Digital Oh, this looks perfectly safe ... if you're a mad inventor like Colin Furze. The 32-year-old British man had converted his friend's mom's bike into a jet-powered bicycle that can go as fast as 50 mph! Furze has lovingly named his deathtrap of a bicycle Norah, and said: As you can see from the pics the gas bottle has moved around a bit and this was to help weight distribution to make it more stable but didn't make alot of diffrence really. At speeds up to 35mph its ok rather plesant from 35-45mph it goes where it likes and is quite hard to control and at 50mph you have been lucky to stay on during the 45mph shake and just wait for the tryes to blow ... If when i get the chance to take on smoth surface (as up to now there is only one runway that willlet it on dew to the noise) a higher speed maybe possible as jet is still pushing a bit but bumps and dips in runway send things bad. Link - via Telegraph Oh, and if the name Colin Furze sounds familiar, that's because this isn't the first time he's done this sorts of thing. A few years ago, we covered Furze's souped-up mobility scooter and stroller.

Rock Map of El Capitan Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:00 PM PDT Roger Putnam, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina, spent three days hanging on the sheer cliff of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, to take rock samples in order to create a highly detailed map of the composition of the iconic rock formation. Take a look over at the National Geographic: Link - Thanks Anna!

School Prank ... by Teachers Posted: 13 Jun 2013 07:00 PM PDT Students at the Honiton Community College thought that they were giving tips to new incoming students, but turned out that they just got pranked ... by their teachers! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]

Maintaining Boundaries Posted: 13 Jun 2013 06:00 PM PDT The plexiglass wall is meant to dissuade McDonald's customers from getting too far inside a restricted area. It's called a subtle hint. But not everyone picks up on that. Andrew Miller of Rocket News 24 writes: Apparently, some McDonald’s customers in China are creating a reputation for themselves by exhibiting “overly familiar behavior” towards the staff. This problem became a hot topic online recently when someone snapped a customer completely ignoring the rules of distance etiquette. Such behavior is reported to be occurring at the “mini” McDonald’s branches where soft cream, desserts, drinks and the like are served. These branches, while not so common in other areas of the world, are very popular in China. These restaurants are installed with a clear perspex screen, similar to that of a ticket booth office, that separates the customer and staff, with a tiny window for the exchange of money and delicious food and drink. However, as can clearly be seen in the photo above, knowing no shame, one customer thrust their entire upper body through the small opening. Just quite how he pulled the feat off remains unclear but looking closely, you can see that he’s even managed to get his elbows right inside and seems to be waiting rather excitedly for his order to arrive. Link

Hello Kitty Three Pack Ped Socks Posted: 13 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT Hello Kitty Three Pack Ped Socks Some days you feel downright angry. Some days you feel bookish and nerdy. Some days you feel just purr-fect. Every day is a good day for Hello Kitty with the Hello Kitty Three Pack Ped Socks from the NeatoShop. This great trio of socks features the classic, nerd, and angry kitty faces.   Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Footwear.  Link

A Wine Glass Shaped for the Palm of Your Hand Posted: 13 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT It's like a stylish, modern drinking horn. You can put the glass down, but it's not stable. Melodi Bozkurt and Erin Turkoglu, the creative duo behind Müzz Design, call their glass "Meld Wine." Link -via Tasteologie

Little Boy Learns That He'll Meet Iron Man, Cries When He Meets Robert Downey, Jr. Instead Posted: 13 Jun 2013 04:52 PM PDT Jaxson Denno was so excited when he learned that Iron Man was nearby and would be glad to meet him. Alas, he had been deceived. Only Iron Man actor Robert Downey, Jr. was available: Only problem: Downey, in the Western Massachusetts towns of Sunderland and Shelburne Falls to shoot his latest, The Judge, was not wearing his Iron Man outfit. That did not please Jaxson, as this photo shows. Not to worry, though – Downey, 48, soon brought a smile to the boy's face.  "He was fine as soon as he talked to him," Jaxson's mother, Heather Denno, told PEOPLE, explaining that her young son "was so confused because I kept telling him it was Iron Man and he knew it wasn't. Well, not Iron Man in the suit." Link -via Gawker (Photo: Heather Denno)

How to Deep Fry Ice Cream Sandwiches with Liquid Nitrogen Posted: 13 Jun 2013 04:00 PM PDT It's an It's It. Wait..what? For those of you East of the Rockies, I should explain. An It's It is essentially an ice cream sandwhich made with oatmeal cookies and covered in a chocolate shell. Okay, then. But Randy Sarafan went even further, making his It's Its by battering pre-prepared It's Its, freezing them in liquid nitrogen, then deep frying them. Link -via Make

Where Have You Seen Those <i>Game of Thrones</i> Actors? Posted: 13 Jun 2013 03:00 PM PDT The face is familiar, but from where? Imgur user Mattie432 lined up other roles in which you may have seen 49 actors from Game of Thrones. There are many Harry Potter connetions. Link -via Blame It on the Voices In other news: Hodor.

Magician Turns $1 Bills into $100 Bills for Panhandlers Posted: 13 Jun 2013 02:00 PM PDT (Video Link) Stuart Edge is awesome. He's using his sorcerous powers to turn Washingtons into Benjamins. He says that "there's a power in the fistbump." There's also power in helping others. -via 22 Words

11 Bizarre Publicity Stunts By Major Food Brands Posted: 13 Jun 2013 01:00 PM PDT A note to companies trying to promote their brand with something like the "World's Biggest Popsicle," don't schedule the promotion when it's so hot that your popsicle will melt and make the entire area covered in sticky sludge from your product. That's exactly what Snapple did and New Yorkers who had to deal with rivers of sugary nastiness weren't exactly rushing out to buy Snapple the next day. If you think that's bad, just wait until you read these other weird publicity stunts created by major food brands. Link

3D Printed Bow Ties Are Cool Posted: 13 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT The Doctor may swear bow ties are cool, but it's hard to find any bow tie cooler than this awesome 3D design. If you're wondering how you tie such a thing, no worries there -it's also a clip-on. Just slip it over your top button and you're ready for a night on the 3D town. Link Via Inventor Spot

Creme Brulee Cookies Posted: 13 Jun 2013 11:00 AM PDT Admit it, the best part of the creme brulee is the delicious, crunchy crust. These cookies take that magical crust and a little vanilla pudding and add them to soft sugar cookies for a creme brulee treat that requires no spoons or forks. Best of all, they're incredibly simple to make! Link

Whodunit: A Maze of Suspects Posted: 13 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT The following is a Whodunit by Hy Conrad featuring Sherman Oliver Holmes, a mysterious crime solver and great-great-grandson of Sherlock Holmes. Can you solve the crime? Photo: Christopher Dodge/Shutterstock Sherman Holmes was out for a drive on a lonely country road. He saw the police car and the sign for the labyrinth maze at almost the same moment. "A labyrinth puzzle plus a crime," he chuckled, stepping on the brakes. "How lovely." He switched on his turn signal and pulled off into the parking lot. The roadside attraction, "Queen Victoria's Maze," consisted of a ticket booth, a small, shabby office, and the maze itself, a seven-foot-high square of ill-kept hedges. Curious motorists were lured into paying three dollars a piece to get lost in the confusing pathways inside the hedges. Sherman bypassed the empty ticket booth and wandered up a gravel path and into the maze itself. Two right turns brought him to a dead end - a dead end complete with a corpse. A highway patrolman was standing over the corpse of a casually dressed man, a knife stuck between his ribs. Three men and a woman faced the officer. "My husband Kyle and I came into a maze and split up just for fun," the woman said between sobs. "After several minutes of wandering, I wound up outside at another entrance. I was going to try again. I called Kyle, to see how he was doing. That's when I heard it - some scuffling - like a fight. Then Kyle screamed." "I heard the scream, too," said the tallest man. "I was on a bench at the center of the maze. I didn't hear any scuffling, probably because the fountain there drowned it out. I'm Bill McQuire. I hurried out of the maze and found Mrs. Turner. The two of us went back in and discovered the body together." "I'm the owner," said a short, disheveled man. "Paul Moran. These people were the only three customers in there. After taking the Turners' money at the ticket booth, I went into the office. Abe, my electrician, was rewiring the system. I switched off the main fuse box for him. Then I walked around picking up trash. Abe was still working when I heard a man's scream." Abe, the electrician, was the last to speak. "What Paul said is true. I was in a crawl space under the office the whole time, doing the wiring. I didn't see anything or hear anyone until the scream." The officer bent down to examine the body. "No wallet. Maybe it was a botched robbery. But we'll have to wait for the experts." "I'm an expert," came a voice from behind. They turned around to find a short, owlish man with a briar pipe between his teeth. "Sherman Holmes, at your service. The solution is elementary, if you'd care to listen." WHO KILLED KYLE TURNER? HOW DID SHERMAN DEDUCE THE TRUTH? Show Answer The audience of five squirmed in the narrow corner of the hedge until they were all facing the strange little man with the funny accent. "Two of your stories agree on one point. The electricity was turned off - from shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Turner's arrival until after the murder." The highway patrolman laughed. "It doesn't take a Sherlock Homes to figure that out." "Sherman Holmes," the little man corrected the patrolman. "And as I said, the solution is elementary. Since the fountain in the center of the maze works by electricity, it couldn't have been running at the time of the murder, as Mr. McQuire testified. Of course, Mr. McQuire didn't know the fountain was off, because he was somewhere else at the time - robbing and killing Kyle Turner, I presume. The whodunit above was provided by American mystery fiction author Hy Conrad. In addition to his work in mystery and crime puzzles, Hy was also one of the original writers for the groundbreaking TV series Monk. Currently, Hy is working on mystery novel series "Abel Adventures" as well as the Monk series of novels, starting with Mr. Monk Helps Himself (coming in June, published by Penguin, pre-order from Amazon here) Check out Hy's official website and Facebook page - and stay tuned for more whodunits puzzlers on Neatorama from the master of whodunit mysteries himself!

Interactive Map of Every Place That Bob Dylan Sang About Posted: 13 Jun 2013 09:00 AM PDT You can travel around the world with Bob Dylan, thanks to this interactive map created by Slate: Bob Dylan’s music, it’s often said, happens in a world of its own—where the highway is for gamblers and you’re always 1,000 miles from home. It’s a surreal, ethereal realm, lawless but for chance, allusion, and rhyme. And yet it is our world, because there's another, parallel tendency in Dylan’s songs: the direct place-name reference. Once the amateur Dylanologist tries to think of some, they flood the brain. “I’ll look for you in old Honolulu/ San Francisco, Ashtabula.” “Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn/ In the year of who knows when.” Where would you go with Dylan? Link -via Alyssa Milano

50 Shades of Brown Lavatory Mist Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:00 AM PDT 50 Shades of Brown Are you tormented by bad, bad smells?  Don't let foul odors ruin your relationship with the bathroom. Whip your bathroom into shape with the 50 Shades of Brown Lavatory Mist from the NeatoShop. This highly concentrated and erotic smelling air freshener features the scent of moss, mandarin, and amber.   Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Bed & Bath items.  Link

Superman's First Backstory, c. 1934 Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:00 AM PDT In 1934, four years before the Man of Steel appeared on Action Comics #1, writer Jerry Siegel was trying to pitch the Superman character to artist Russell Keaton. In a letter to Keaton, Siegel described an origin story substantially different from what is now the canonical backstory: 1. In his laboratory, the last man on earth worked furiously. He had only a few moments left. 2. Giant cataclysms were shaking the reeling planet, destroying mankind. It was in its last days, dying...  3. The last man placed his infant babe within a small time-machine he had completed, launching it as --- 4. --- the laboratory walls caved-in upon him.  5. The time-vehicle flashed back thru the centuries, alighting in the primitive year, 1935 A. D. A passing motorist sighted the metal cylinder... 6. ...and upon investigating discovered the sleeping babe within. 7. The infant was placed in an orphanage. The first day, it playfully bent its metal bed out of shape. The astounded attendants, of course, did not realize they were caring for a child whose physical structure was millions of years advanced from their own. Link

This Pillow Is Just Plain Terrible Posted: 13 Jun 2013 07:00 AM PDT (Video Link) Or at least this squirrley cat seems to think it is. According to the most popular comment on YouTube, the kitty ends up drowning the pillow because, as everyone knows, "Pillows can't breathe below bed-level." Via Pet's Lady

Reddit for Dogs Posted: 13 Jun 2013 06:00 AM PDT Ask Doggit is my new favorite subreddit. It's a forum on reddit just for dogs modeled on the popular /r/askreddit. Dogs use it to share ideas and reason out human behavior. I have yet to figure out my own dog's username, but I'm sure he's there somewhere. Link

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