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- Photos That Will Make You Fall In Love With Foxes
- Celebrate the NeatoShop's 2000th Facebook Follower With This Great Contest
- It's An App - Smartphone Star
- Scientist Ejected from Classical Music Concert for Attempting to Crowd-Surf
- Do Not Remove Alligators from Roadway
- Rainbow Cake Recipe Post Turns Into Comment Crapstorm
- Firefighters Free Puppy Stuck in Car Wheel
- 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Tim Burton’s <i>Batman</i> On Its 25th Anniversary
- Newly Commissioned Marine Visits Sick Grandpa to Offer Her First Salute
- Crosswalk Flag
- 20 Yard Sale Signs That Are Advertising Gold
- The World Cup Logo Is Actually Picard Facepalming
- Star Wars Gets The Macross Treatment
- Peekaboo, a Drone Sees You
- Meanwhile on NeatoPicto - June 23, 2014
- Bell Telephone’s Picture Phone
- A Powerful Ally - Hitchhiking Across The Stars
- Iggy Pop, The Dalai Lama And Karl Lagerfeld Are Tortured For A Good Cause
- <i>Star Wars</i> Gets The <i>Guardians Of The Galaxy</i> Trailer Treatment
- Neuroscientist Explains Why Hodor Can Only Say Hodor
- Twin Tornadoes Captured on Video
- Homeless in Hawaii: A Nightmare in Paradise
- The Tattoos We Don't See
- Six Facts You Might Not Know About Bruce Campbell And The Evil Dead
- Tomb Raider from 1996 through 2013
- The Gory New York City Riot that Shaped American Medicine
- Inside the Tour de Suisse Peloton
- Future Masters of the Universe - My You're A Big Boy!
- Was Voldemort a Virgin? J.K. Rowling Responds
- Japanese Ab Machine Ads Give Eyebrows in Other Parts of the World a Workout
| Photos That Will Make You Fall In Love With Foxes Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:00 AM PDT (Image Via Francisco Mingnorance) (Image Via Roeselien Raimond) (Image Via Roeselien Raimond) The fox is seen as an adorable, beautiful and quite approachable critter by the humans they live alongside. They’re also seen as chicken coop raiding pests and intruders by folks who don’t want the sneaky little buggers on their property. Whether you like ‘em, hate ‘em, or simply don’t know much about the swift and slinky fox, you’ll absolutely fall in love with foxes of all kinds after you peruse this beautiful photo collection, which features 21 images of foxes feeling right at home in their natural habitat. The common red woodland fox, the fennec fox, the kit and the arctic fox are all here for your viewing pleasure, doing one of the things they do best- looking adorable! Check out the rest of these foxy photos at The Mind Unleashed  | ||||||||
| Celebrate the NeatoShop's 2000th Facebook Follower With This Great Contest Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:00 AM PDT Good news guys, it's contest time again! This time it's to celebrate the NeatoShop Facebook page getting 2000 fans in only a matter of months. We're offering up eight special Transformer toys from our most recent mystery box and a NeatoShop tee shirt. Each entry method in this contest qualifies you for a tee and toy. The contest ends on Friday, June 27 at 11:59 PM PST. Wanna play? Here's how you can qualify to win: | ||||||||
| Posted: 24 Jun 2014 02:00 AM PDT Odds are he wouldn't find himself in another situation which required him to yell "It's a trap!" but he really liked his catchphrase, liked yelling it out loud to show how excited he was, so he wasn't going to give it up without a fight. With a little fine tuning, and some words that end in -ap, that calamari headed admiral found out life is full of opportunities to bust out a successfully updated catchphrase! Celebrate Ackbar's updated catchphrase with this It's An App t-shirt by HartmanArts, it's sure to elicit a cavalcade of catchphrases from your fellow sci-fi fans. Check out HartmanArts's official website, Facebook fan page, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to his Neatoshop for more geek-tastic 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! | ||||||||
| Scientist Ejected from Classical Music Concert for Attempting to Crowd-Surf Posted: 24 Jun 2014 02:00 AM PDT
He attended a performance of Handel's "Messiah." Departing from the norms of classical orchestral etiquette, Tom Morris, the director, invited members of the audience to "clap and woof" as they felt inspired by the music. Dr. Glowaki, alas, went a bit too far with this freedom. The Independent reports:
-via Ace of Spades HQ | Photo: David Glowaki | ||||||||
| Do Not Remove Alligators from Roadway Posted: 24 Jun 2014 01:00 AM PDT
Bonin received 80 stitches and a lesson in the wrong way to deal with an alligator.
If you ever find yourself in this position, it’s best to call law enforcement or wildlife authorities. You might even consider using a different route until the gator is gone. KPLC has some video footage of the gator encounter, in which it appears there was much more interaction with the animal than was necessary to unblock traffic. -via Arbroath | ||||||||
| Rainbow Cake Recipe Post Turns Into Comment Crapstorm Posted: 24 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT People who write for online media outlets, and those who are avid readers of these sites, know that commenting can go from positive and friendly to shockingly horrible in the blink of an eye. Case in point- a well meaning baked goods enthusiast named “Web Guy Josh” from Melbourne, Australia posted a recipe for a deliciously psychedelic Amazing Rainbow Tie-Dye Number Surprise Cake on Fox 101.9's site (blogged about on Neatorama previously), and one helpful commenter offered a suggestion to make the recipe better. What happened next is one of those real life moments too strange to be made up- comments quickly turned from snarky corrections to a full blown crapstorm of craziness, full of insulting name calling and political ranting, all because someone asked a simple question about one step in the recipe. Read this incredibly ridiculous account of commenting gone horribly wrong at The Concourse, but save room for the ridiculous crapstorm this article about commenting created in their comment section, which proves the internet apocalypse is right around the corner! | ||||||||
| Firefighters Free Puppy Stuck in Car Wheel Posted: 23 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT
On Friday, this pit bull puppy was playing with his 7 brothers and sisters. He is, perhaps, not the brightest dog in his litter. He somehow got his head stuck in a car wheel. The worried owner drove him to the local fire department and asked firefighters to free him. The firefighters used vegetable oil from their kitchen to lubricate the dog. After about 10 minutes of careful movement, they were able to free him. -via David Burge | ||||||||
| 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Tim Burton’s <i>Batman</i> On Its 25th Anniversary Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:00 PM PDT In 1989, June 23rd to be exact, the world was introduced to a Batman that was not Adam West. Tim Burton’s Batman paved the way for the wave of comic book movies that came after: Spider-Man, X-Men, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, and their many sequels. That was a long time ago, so there are probably a lot of things on this trivia list that you never knew, or may have forgotten. For example,
We know how that turned out, as the movie was a blockbuster and Keaton was cast in the sequel. You’ll learn a lot more in this trivia list at Gamma Squad, with plenty of video clips to enhance the experience. | ||||||||
| Newly Commissioned Marine Visits Sick Grandpa to Offer Her First Salute Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT
2nd Lt. Taylor Batye is a recent graduate of the US Naval Academy and a newly-commissioned officer in the Marine Corps. The Naval Academy maintains certain traditions for the first salute of a graduate. Batye wanted her first salute to go to her grandfather, retired Army Sgt. Maj. David Teufel. Unfortunately, Teufel was too ill to attend Batye's graduation in Annapolis. He was in an intensive care unit in a hospital in Missouri. So Batye drove 16 hours from Maryland to Missouri to exchange her first salute with her grandfather. The Marine Corps Times reports:
-via I Own the World | ||||||||
| Posted: 23 Jun 2014 08:00 PM PDT
If crossing a street is like a life-and-death game of chicken, then perhaps you need this: "crosswalk flags" that pedestrians crossing a street in the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, can wave to make themselves more visible to drivers. "These pedestrian flags are out of the box thinking," said Joseph Gaudett, Bridgeport police chief to WNPR, "We've provided small one-foot-by-one-foot flags that people can hold in thier hand to make traffic aware that they're out there, that they're coming, they'd like to cross." The idea is that pedestrians would carry and wave the neon-colroed flags while crossing the street, then deposit the flag in a box on the opposite side for the next person. At $500 total project costs, it's certainly cheaper than putting traffic lights, though the city acknowledged that theft is a problem (in fact, one flag has already been stolen). "When we talked to Salt Lake City [which initated a similar project back in 2000], they said that was probably the biggest issue with the flags," Gaudett said to WNPR. "They tend to walk away with the pedestrians. But it's a small amount to pay. If we can save one life by using these flags then it's absolutely worth it." | ||||||||
| 20 Yard Sale Signs That Are Advertising Gold Posted: 23 Jun 2014 07:00 PM PDT You see so many yard sale signs that are not effective because 1. the writing is too small, 2. they don’t give the information you need, and 3. they were probably put there three weeks ago, back when the yard sale was going on. But some folks know the value of a good sign, and go above and beyond the call of duty to get your attention, They aren’t all politically correct, and some are a bit rude, but they all tempt you to check out the goods. See twenty such signs at College Humor. | ||||||||
| The World Cup Logo Is Actually Picard Facepalming Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:00 PM PDT France is doing pretty well, so I don't know what Captain Picard is facepalming about. Perhaps instead the graphic designer responsible for the logo was expressing personal frustration at his own team. -via Geekologie | ||||||||
| Star Wars Gets The Macross Treatment Posted: 23 Jun 2014 05:00 PM PDT You may have already drawn a correlation between Star Wars and Robotech, you may have pulled out this geeky trump card while in a heated discussion with a fellow fan over which franchise is better, and you may feel like all SW is missing is an animated treatment in Macross era anime style. If this sounds like you then this animated short by otaking77077 will be right up your alley, even though it’s missing transforming TIE fighters and a brash young pilot like Rick Hunter, but to those who have never compared the two series you'll flip at how well these two sci-fi flavors go together! -Via Geeks Are Sexy | ||||||||
| Posted: 23 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT Whether or not any of us has seen a drone, chances are increasing that a drone has seen one of us. Photographer Tomas van Houtryve, interested in "the changing nature of surveillance, personal privacy and war," got himself a drone and made it capable of taking and transmittiing high-resolution images from the sky. Van Houtryve intended to capture shots of settings and gatherings that could conceivably be considered targets in a foreign air strike. Included were weddings, funerals, prayer and exercise groups, prisons and oil fields. See more of Tomas van Houtryve's work at his website. Via Juxtapoz. | ||||||||
| Meanwhile on NeatoPicto - June 23, 2014 Posted: 23 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT Hello Neatoramanauts! We've revamped our LOLpic blog NeatoPicto with a sleek new and light-weight layout and lots more fun content. Check it out:
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| Bell Telephone’s Picture Phone Posted: 23 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT I well remember the marketing for Ma Bell’s Picture Phone. It was a remarkable piece of technology, to talk to someone and see them as if they were in the room! Except that they were in black and white, and on a five-inch screen. But to actually have such a conversation, both parties had to pay for the service, which was so expensive that one of you could just get on a plane every once in a while and visit. We were told that someday this would be universal, but who wants to answer the phone and have just any old person see what you look like first thing in the morning? We made jokes about having to comb our hair before we answered the phone. Remember, there was no caller ID widely available, so you did not know who was calling. The Picture Phone was not a success, to the surprise of no one at all. Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy, tells us the story of the Picture Phone. -via mental_floss | ||||||||
| A Powerful Ally - Hitchhiking Across The Stars Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT A Powerful Ally by JVZ Designs Two science fiction franchises entered the black hole, one about a war in the stars the other about an intergalactic hitchhiker, but only one came out on the other side. It was an odd combination of the two featuring sayings from the one series in the bold graphic style of the other series. It was a most confusing place to let your mind wander within, yet somehow succeeded in entertaining all those dolphins who had come for the free fish! Things have gotten all mixed up on this A Powerful Ally t-shirt by JVZ Designs, it's more comfortable than wearing just a towel, and it will give your guests something to read when they come over for dinner. Visit JVZ Designs's Facebook fan page, official website, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more spaced out 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! | ||||||||
| Iggy Pop, The Dalai Lama And Karl Lagerfeld Are Tortured For A Good Cause Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT What do Karl Lagerfeld, the Dalai Lama and Iggy Pop have in common, besides fame and critical acclaim? They’re all representing victims of physical abuse in this thought provoking ad campaign created by Amnesty International to raise awareness about the unjust torturing of prisoners. The underlying message is that torture isn’t really effective because a tortured man will say whatever you want him to say, for example- Lagerfeld will claim that Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops are the height of elegance, and the Dalai Lama will claim that a man who doesn’t own a Rolex by the time he’s fifty is a total failure if you beat them badly enough. It's a bit jarring to see the Dalai Lama all battered and bruised, but somehow this look really suits Iggy! -Via Dangerous Minds | ||||||||
| <i>Star Wars</i> Gets The <i>Guardians Of The Galaxy</i> Trailer Treatment Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:00 PM PDT What makes the Guardians of the Galaxy trailer so appealing? Is it the quick out-of-sequence cuts that give no context, but make you want to see more? Is it the comedy plopped into the middle of the action? Is it the goofy selection of '70s music? Maybe it’s all the above, instead of the movie itself, because YouTube member The Unusual Suspect recut scenes from Star Wars using the Guardians trailer style. The result makes me want to go back to 1977 all over again! -via Uproxx | ||||||||
| Neuroscientist Explains Why Hodor Can Only Say Hodor Posted: 23 Jun 2014 11:00 AM PDT The hulking mass of a man they call Hodor (even though his real name is Walder) is considered mentally inept by every character he meets in the fantasy world George R. R. Martin built because he can only say one word, but what’s really going on in that giant, meaty head of his? According to neuroscientist Indre Viskontas he may actually be suffering from expressive aphasia- “a neurological condition usually caused by a localized stroke in the front of the brain”, which leaves him with relatively normal comprehension but reduces his power of speech to just one word. It’s a fascinating theory, but I’ll stick to my own theory that he’s looking for his missing dog Hodor and won’t stop saying his name until he’s found! | ||||||||
| Twin Tornadoes Captured on Video Posted: 23 Jun 2014 10:00 AM PDT Often, as the old saying goes, "the more, the merrier." That doesn't apply when we're talking tornadoes (unless, of course, you're a tornado watcher who is anxious for action and a safe distance away)! | ||||||||
| Homeless in Hawaii: A Nightmare in Paradise Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:30 AM PDT
Living in the tropical paradise of Hawaii - with its glistening surfs and golden sands - is dream to many of us, but to some, it's a living nightmare. With the highest cost of living of any state in the United States of America, it's no wonder that Hawaii has a problem with homelessness. There's an estimated 4,700 homeless people living in the Hawaiian island of Oahu (1,600 of them go without shelter at any given night). Honolulu, the largest city of the island, has the dubious distinction of being fifth in the list of US cities with high homelessness rate. The island itself has the largest homeless encampment in the United States. But tourists visiting Honolulu probably didn't notice. Mayor Kirk Caldwell was recently lauded for cleaning up the problem at the beaches of Waikiki. "Police officers came up to me and said it looks much better," Caldwell said to Civil Beat, "Residents who live there came up to me and said, 'Mayor, what are you doing? It looks so much better.'" But the reality is that the homeless are still homeless - they didn't find housing, but instead, they were being bounced from "sidewalk to sidewalk and park to park," as Nick Grube of Civil Beat reports:
Read the entire story over at Civil Beat. | ||||||||
| Posted: 23 Jun 2014 09:00 AM PDT
Kovats' shoot is part of a larger project with 10 other photographers called “The Tattoo Project,” which began in 2010. Hundreds of tattooed people were invited to be photographed for various studies of body art. Via Beautiful Decay. | ||||||||
| Six Facts You Might Not Know About Bruce Campbell And The Evil Dead Posted: 23 Jun 2014 08:30 AM PDT Well before Ash worked at S-Mart, donned a chainsaw arm, and shared the value of owning a good Boomstick, he was just a guy hanging out with his friends in a cabin in the woods, trying to score with a girlfriend he was ultimately forced to decapitate with a shovel. Sam Raimi’s seminal horror flick The Evil Dead changed the way many viewers saw the horror genre- it added a much needed dose of humor, successfully launched a franchise still wildly popular with fans to this day, and helped kickstart the career of Bruce Campbell, which is an amazing contribution in itself! Celebrate Bruce’s belated birthday with 6 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Bruce Campbell And The Evil Dead, it's a fun way to say "Hail to the King!" as he turns 56 years young. | ||||||||
| Tomb Raider from 1996 through 2013 Posted: 23 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT This clever digital image by artist Jerome Caillere shows every incarnation of the character Laura Croft in the Tomb Raider games spanning 17 years. You can view a much larger version here. He made it to celebrate the 2015 release of Rise of the Tomb Raider, which is the next game in the franchise. | ||||||||
| The Gory New York City Riot that Shaped American Medicine Posted: 23 Jun 2014 07:30 AM PDT Medical doctors didn’t always get the respect they do today, because today they undergo many years of expensive and difficult training and then go on to save lives and/or make us feel better. Neither was the case a couple of hundred years ago. Oh sure, there were some very educated physicians, but many doctors in training were seen as not much more than grave robbers.
The riot that ensued led to the deaths of up to 20 people. And it wasn’t the only one, as people in other cities were fed up with medical training that involved stolen corpses. Read about the riot, and the reforms that followed, at Smithsonian. | ||||||||
| Inside the Tour de Suisse Peloton Posted: 23 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT This video is shot from inside the peloton (main group of riders in a bicycle race) of the Tour de Suisse, as the cyclists near the finish. It may be business as usual for the athletes, but it looks like a rough ride to me! Via Twisted Sifter | ||||||||
| Future Masters of the Universe - My You're A Big Boy! Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:30 AM PDT Future Masters of the Universe by LadyTank Studios By looking at what a man he had become you never would have guessed that Adam was such a goofball when he was a kid! He loved playing with his cringing cat friend all day, taking imaginative trips through the universe and generally acting like goofballs, proving that he was born with the power...of imagination! Add a childlike sense of wonder to your geeky wardrobe with this Future Masters of the Universe t-shirt by LadyTank Studios and let your love of classic cartoons and comic strips shine! Visit LadyTank Studio's Facebook fan page, official website and Twitter, then head on over to her NeatoShop for more masterful 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! | ||||||||
| Was Voldemort a Virgin? J.K. Rowling Responds Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:30 AM PDT A Quora contributor posed this incredibly indelicate question. Slate, which has been very Slate-like lately, posted it and the most highly ranked response. This led to lengthy discussions in social media about that topic. On Twitter, Michael Tabb pinged J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, and asked her the question. Rowling responded with a perfectly phrased response to this indecent inquiry. Bravo, Ms. Rowling! There are some topics that do not warrant public discourse. -via Pleated Jeans | ||||||||
| Japanese Ab Machine Ads Give Eyebrows in Other Parts of the World a Workout Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT Have you ever watched late-night television from the couch, in a post-pizza-binge haze, and briefly considered ordering a workout machine featured in one of those insidious infomercials? The ads in which F-list celebs or gym gurus faux earnestly declare their devotion to the product, as well as imply that whatever they're selling is the only thing standing in the way of their body looking like Jabba the Hutt's? |
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