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- This Classic Animated Short Teaches You The ABCs Of Hand Tools
- Living Room Fit for a Soccer King
- Math Meets Romance Novel
- “I Am Your Father” in 20 Languages
- Brutally Honest Disney Movie Posters
- It's OK To Kill Brain Cells - Keep On Gamin'!
- Desire
- Supposed and Filmed Locations of Fictional Places
- Cops Lip Syncing To Katy Perry's Dark Horse
- The Strange History of the Sunflower
- Art with a Glow
- 24 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza Orders IRL
- Dinosaurs, The Goldilocks of Thermoregulation: Not Too Cold-Blooded, Not Too Warm-Blooded.
- Daddy’s Home
- Grillography: Here's Your BBQ-Inspired Typeface!
- The Nature of Truth
- Boba: The Animated Series - Who Needs A Bat Costume To Fight Crime?
- Mario Fire Hydrant
- R.I.P. Casey Kasem
- Hydra, a Generative Shadow Play
- The Fathers of <i>Game of Thrones</i>
- Black-Footed Kittens Are a First For Philadelphia Zoo
- Runners on Parade
| This Classic Animated Short Teaches You The ABCs Of Hand Tools Posted: 16 Jun 2014 04:00 AM PDT Do you have a bunch of tools laying around in your garage but don’t know how to use them, much less what they’re called? Does a hammer or wrench make you feel uncomfortable when you look at it, because you’ve never used it for anything besides squishing bugs and breaking down boxes? Well, this very informative animated short called The ABCs of Hand Tools, created for GM by Disney way back in 1945, should set you straight on the world of basic tools, and how they’re all used, so you can proudly walk into that hardware store and say “I need a ball-peen hammer because I’ve got some dented metal to pound out!”, which should be answered by congratulatory cheers and pats on the back by the rest of the folks in the store who were once like you! -Via LifeHacker  | ||||||||
| Living Room Fit for a Soccer King Posted: 16 Jun 2014 02:00 AM PDT
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| Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT Parallel lines have so much in common. It's a shame that they'll never meet! So. You've heard the lamentations of educators everywhere that regular people aren't interested in learning math. A lot of that is probably just marketing problem. How about if we add a little bit of romance novel-flair to math? Enter this clever little animated GIF above, found at The Meta Picture. The looping GIF shows a few lessons from geometry:
and the clever tagline:
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| “I Am Your Father” in 20 Languages Posted: 15 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT Have you ever wondered what Darth Vader’s voice sound like in the various languages that the Star Wars films have been dubbed into? Here’s your chance. Besides English, the scariest is the German: “Ich bin dein Vater!” I think the Hebrew voice could have been more ominous, but according to comments at YouTube, it wasn’t from the movie and doesn’t even translate to “I am your father.” So I don’t know what to think about the others. -via Geeks Are Sexy | ||||||||
| Brutally Honest Disney Movie Posters Posted: 15 Jun 2014 10:00 PM PDT Disney movies tend to look all shiny happy fantastic when we’re kids, but as we grow up and begin to develop our analytical minds things in those beloved animated wonderlands of our youth start to fall apart. Plot holes so big you can drive a truck through them, not so kiddie subtexts of racism, classism, and overt sexism become hard to ignore, and the much too obvious inspiration for some of those classic Disney movies can make them feel like a total ripoff. Thankfully we have these brutally honest Disney movie posters, to let parents and their kids know what they’re getting into before they expose their eyeballs to all that Disney has to offer. They were created by Christine Gritmon and Nick Nadel of The FW, and hopefully they'll soon become the standard for movie advertising, so we don't have to sit through another stinker like (insert disappointing movie title here)! -Via GeekTyrant | ||||||||
| It's OK To Kill Brain Cells - Keep On Gamin'! Posted: 15 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT It's OK to Kill Brain Cells by Barrett Biggers Wasting brain cells playing a video game is a-ok, but there are far worse ways to lose your mental acuity that aren't Samus approved- like having them sucked out of your head by a parasitic alien! Game on, but keep your head screwed on tight too, for the sake of the universe. Video game propaganda looks quite provocative when it's presented on a t-shirt, bring home this It's OK to Kill Brain Cells t-shirt by Barrett Biggers and help spread the word about bad brain cells. Visit Barrett Biggers's official website, Facebook fan page, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more vibrant designs:
Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama! | ||||||||
| Posted: 15 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT A little red drawing robot goes to work every day. Which is just fine, until a better robot is sent to replace him. He responds by learning new skills to do different jobs, becoming every possible robot in order to exact revenge. The whole thing is set to the song “Desire” by Rob Fetters. -via Digg | ||||||||
| Supposed and Filmed Locations of Fictional Places Posted: 15 Jun 2014 08:00 PM PDT Ever wonder where Gotham City was filmed? (Hint: not in New York) Hoth? Tatooine? Middle Earth? Or where the Kaiju Portal and SpongeBob's Bikini Bottom are supposed to be? The folks behind Wondernode has created a map of supposed and filmed locations of fictional places in your favorite movies (shown in pieces here, but it really didn't do the original justice, so head on over to Wondernode to embiggen it to its original glory) According to the map, Gotham City in the Batman trilogy is actually mostly Chicago. The forest moon of Endor was in the redwood forest of Northern California, and Waterworld was filmed in Hawaii. A note about The Simpsons' Springfield: "Some labels are not fictional, and some are not places. Some locations, such as Bedrock and Nemo's anemone are educated guesses. Some places are just silly. Some, like Springfield are probably disputed, but if you research a bit you will hopefully come to the same conclusions as we did." The fictional Skull Island is somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and the Lilliput island of Gulliver's Travels fame is off the coast of Indonesia. Nemo is off the coast of Australia, and Bikini Bottom is near the Kaiju Portal of Pacific Rim (that explains a lot!) | ||||||||
| Cops Lip Syncing To Katy Perry's Dark Horse Posted: 15 Jun 2014 07:00 PM PDT Have you ever wondered what police officers do on their down time, or in between busts and answering calls? Apparently they enjoy a bit of lip syncing to their favorite songs, in this case the Katy Perry hit "Dark Horse". Seeing officers Aerial Ronell and Ranell Roy from the Rosenburg, Texas police department break it down in their squad car really humanizes these much maligned civil servants, catching them in a rare lighthearted moment. -Via 22 Words | ||||||||
| The Strange History of the Sunflower Posted: 15 Jun 2014 06:00 PM PDT The sunflowers we know today descended from a wildflower in North America that people used for oil and, by grinding the seeds, for flour. They were first cultivated in Mexico. From there, the sunflower was bred to produce more and bigger seeds, and spread all over the Americas. | ||||||||
| Posted: 15 Jun 2014 05:00 PM PDT Street artist iNO, originally from Greece, experiments for the first time with spray paint that absorbs ultraviolet light. When he finishes his creation, it lights up the space with a fluorescent, brightly colored glow. The video, entitled "Luminous," is by Helen and Constantino Mass. | ||||||||
| 24 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza Orders IRL Posted: 15 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lived on pizza, delivery only. They would order the most ridiculous combinations that you’ll never find on a real pizza menu, and they got a lot of laughs from the kids watching. But what if you were to make these at home? Peter Pham actually made 24 of those weird combination pizzas. Shown here is the tuna fish, peanut butter, and grape jelly pizza, which he declared delicious. | ||||||||
| Dinosaurs, The Goldilocks of Thermoregulation: Not Too Cold-Blooded, Not Too Warm-Blooded. Posted: 15 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT
First, dinosaurs had feathers like birds. And now, scientists found that they weren't even cold-blooded like the pre-historic reptilian monsters we thought they were. Decades ago, scientists used to think that dinosaurs were cold-blooded animals, like lizards and crocodiles. Cold-blooded or ectothermic animals rely on the environment to regulate their body temperature. That's why they become sluggish in cold weather, and don't have to eat as much to grow (snakes, for example, can eat just one meal a month to stay alive). In contrast, warm-blooded or endothermic animals, like mammals, generate internal heat to regulate the body's internal temperature. Mammals can grow fast and remain active in cold weather, but constantly maintaining their body's internal temperature requires a lot of energy. That view began to change in 1968, when a young paleontologist named Robert T. Bakker suggested that <a href="http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/metabolism.html"> dinosaurs were "fast, agile, energetic creatures"</a>, much like the warm-blooded mammals of today. Fast forward to today, when a new research study published in the journal Science reported that dinosaurs were neither cold-blooded nor warm-blooded. They were like the Goldilocks of biological thermoregulation, as suggested by John Grady, an ecologist at the University of New Mexico, and colleagues. "You know, if you are a little bit ... warmer-blooded than a reptile," Grady said, "essentially your muscles fire faster; your nerves fire faster; you are a more dangerous predator."
For his research, Grady noted that warm-blooded animals grow faster than cold-blooded ones. Using technique developed by paleontologist Greg Erickson to determine growth rates of dinosaurs by analyzing their fossils, Grady and colleague were able to calculate the metabolic rates of these prehistoric animals. "Our results showed that dinosaurs had growth and metabolic rates that were actually not characteristic of warm-blooded or even cold-blooded organisms. They did not act like mammals or birds nor did they act like reptiles or fish," said co-author Brian Enquist of University of Arizona. "Instead, they had growth rates and metabolisms intermediate to warm-blooded and cold-blooded organisms of today. In short, they had physiologies that are not common in today's world." Grady characterized dinosaurs as "mesotherms" and attributed that unique physiology to the reason that dinosaurs could grow to be much bigger than mammals. "It is doubtful that a lion the size of T. rex could eat enough to survive," he said. | ||||||||
| Posted: 15 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT It’s the sweetest thing in the world to come home from work and see your kids happy to greet you back. This Fathers Day compilation shows babies bursting into smiles when they see Daddy home after a long day at work. That’s a lot of joy to pack into one video! -via Daily Picks and Flicks | ||||||||
| Grillography: Here's Your BBQ-Inspired Typeface! Posted: 15 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT Summer is almost here (though from the hot, hot weather, it feels that it's already been here a while), so you know what this means, Neatoramanauts: it's BBQ time! To help us celebrate, Kjetil Wold, Erik Heisholt, Jason Kinsella, Fredrik Melby and colleagues created this clever campaign for Norwegian grocery store chain Rimi called "Grillography." The typography features letters made from grilled meat, fish, fruit and vegetables. Previously on Neatorama: Top 10 Coolest BBQ Grills (And Then Some!) Who knew the Norwegians are so into BBQ? Check it out over at the team's Behance page. | ||||||||
| Posted: 15 Jun 2014 12:00 PM PDT Steve Elgin and Kristian Falcon knew they would be side-by-side in the high school yearbook, so they decided to bend your brain a little with their quotes. If the first is true, how can the second be a lie? That’s hard enough to reconcile, but look -they are quoting each other! My brain is starting to melt. Is this completely nonsensical, or is there some real-world solution? -via mental_floss | ||||||||
| Boba: The Animated Series - Who Needs A Bat Costume To Fight Crime? Posted: 15 Jun 2014 11:00 AM PDT Boba: The Animated Series by Nicko Designs There's a new vigilante in town, a bounty hunter who has come to wage war against the underworld and star in his own cartoon show at the same time. He's got a rocket pack, a blaster pistol and some sweet interglactic armor, and when he's the star of an animated series things are about to get interesting... Share your love of superheroic animation and space operas with this Boba: The Animated Series t-shirt by Nicko Designs, it's the ultimate way to bring a little adventure to your wardrobe! Visit Nicko Designs's official website, Facebook fan page and Tumblr, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more Fett-tacular designs:
Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama! | ||||||||
| Posted: 15 Jun 2014 11:00 AM PDT The plumbing business ain't what it used to be, but thankfully, our pal Mario has found another line of work helping out firemen. Here's the Mario Fire Hydrant, located in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Quite a role reversal for our favorite plumber, who can power up to be Fire Mario. Oh, and we're still waiting for the Luigi Fire Hydrant, who can extinguish fire with his death stare. | ||||||||
| Posted: 15 Jun 2014 10:00 AM PDT
Kasem also appeared in movies and hosted television programs as well. In the past few years, Kasem had suffered from progressive dementia, and lately his care was the subject of a feud between his second wife and his three children. Kasem was 82. | ||||||||
| Hydra, a Generative Shadow Play Posted: 15 Jun 2014 09:00 AM PDT Hydra is a fun little web diversion coded by graphic coder Nicolas Barradeu, who calls it a "generative shadow play." The idea is quite simple: drag your mouse to "slice" the shadow into two, then click on one part to re-spawn. See how complex of a creature you can create. Here are a couple of mine: Check it out (Betcha haven't seen it!): Hydra | ||||||||
| The Fathers of <i>Game of Thrones</i> Posted: 15 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT Happy Fathers Day! Here’s a holiday greeting from the series that features the worst fathers in all of pop culture -lots of them- treating their sons as expendable tools to further their ambitions of power. After all, that’s what Game of Thrones is about. Contains spoilers for those not current with the HBO TV show. The season finale is tonight. You might want to watch it with your father. -via Geeks Are Sexy | ||||||||
| Black-Footed Kittens Are a First For Philadelphia Zoo Posted: 15 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT
Read more and see a video of these black-footed cuties at Zooborns. Images Credit: Philadelphia Zoo. | ||||||||
| Posted: 15 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT Chicago had bulls, Cincinnati had pigs, and Lexington had horses. Now Manchester, Connecticut has launched a town-wide art show featuring sculptures of runners. The exhibit is called Runners on Parade, and it has 12 sculptures of runners from different artists installed on Main Street.
They are using runners because Manchester holds the annual Manchester Road Race on Thanksgiving Day, which draws 15,000 runners each year. The Runners on Parade exhibit will last at least three months. -via reddit (Image credit: Chartreuse_666) |
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