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• Shy Octopus Hides under His Tentacles
• Jon Burgerman's Famous Friends
• Candy Cats Trying to Catch Candy Goldfish
• The Perfect ’80s Movie Bully
• Less Popular Fake Tan Shades
• Alzheimer's-Friendly Tableware Set
• Retro Guardians - The Squarest Superheroes In The Galaxy
• R.I.P. Wes Craven
• Kids TV Shows That Were Perverted Behind The Scenes
• Donald Trump Says "China"
• Treehouses With Stunning Views
• Famous Actors in Forgotten Roles
• DIY Cat Maze Toy
• Spiders That Appear to Fly from Treetops
• R.I.P. Oliver Sacks
• What Everyone Needs: A Nutella Lock
• Booby Trap
• Zombie Bowser - He's One Rotten Ruler
• A Collection Of Webcomics About Life As A Gamer

Shy Octopus Hides under His Tentacles Posted: 31 Aug 2015 04:00 AM PDT The Dumbo Octopus (Grimpoteuthis) is unavoidably cute! He can dance and stick out his tongue, so he's a natural performer. But that's only once he's ready. When caught unawares, the Dumbo gets shy. The oceanographers on board the exploratory vessel Nautilis discovered that while exploring the coast of central California. At the 1:34 mark in the video below, he covers his face when the camera zooms in on him. (Video Link) -via Gifsboom

Jon Burgerman's Famous Friends Posted: 31 Aug 2015 03:00 AM PDT A photo posted by Jon Burgerman (@jonburgerman) on Jul 21, 2015 at 5:34pm PDT Artist Jon Burgerman has been featured at Neatorama multiple times over the years for his witty work that often explores how art can be designed to interact with life in amusing and interesting ways. Such techniques can be found in a grouping of Burgerman's recent work that he calls "Jon's Famous Friends."   The series, some of which is shown here, features his form interacting with those of celebrities. The artist said in an interview that the pieces not only are a lighthearted way to reflect upon society's obsession with celebrities, but it's also a commentary on the public's desire to present themselves in the best possible light. He says, “I want to explore how we create public narratives for ourselves, and taking it to an extreme, absurdist level. I’m cranking up the FOMO, envy and anxiety. I’m also trying to show that in most cases these things are actually pretty mundane. So I’m ‘hanging out’ with celebrities, but we’re not doing anything that fascinating (apart from shooting up with Obama of course). Celebrities’ Instagram feeds are often littered with multiple selfies and photos of their cats. They’re just as dull as us normal people!” Check out more of Burgerman's hilarious hybrid images of himself and "the beautiful ones" at his Instagram account. Via Design Taxi   A photo posted by Jon Burgerman (@jonburgerman) on Aug 11, 2015 at 7:45pm PDT

Candy Cats Trying to Catch Candy Goldfish Posted: 31 Aug 2015 02:00 AM PDT Caroline from Japan makes little sweets that look like cats. Sometimes they nap in pancakes. Other times, they curl up around eclairs. But they're always cute and delicious. For this project, they're struggling to get at the fish trapped inside the gelatin (translation) --all the while ignoring a more convenient mouse.

The Perfect ’80s Movie Bully Posted: 31 Aug 2015 01:00 AM PDT When your world revolves around school, the real bad guy of the drama is the bully. And so it was with ‘80s teen movies, and there were a lot of ‘80s teen movies. Not all bullies fit the exact formula, but there were many similarities that a majority shared. Uproxx took the most common tropes used in teen movies from the ‘80s and crunched them into the ultimate stereotyped movie bully. I think you will agree with their conclusions. Now if we can get them to do the same with the jock, the cheerleader, the outsider, the nerd  …well, we know who the nerd would be.

Less Popular Fake Tan Shades Posted: 31 Aug 2015 12:00 AM PDT Gemma Correll zeroes in on some of the less come-hither glows of summer with her latest comic. Not every tan is a good tan, nor is it necessarily a natural happenstance. While out people watching during summer, one is often prompted to wonder about certain confusing complexions: were they caused by a sun kiss or kick? Is that real or faux/foe color? A little color can go a long way. Even an even porcelain complexion is better than mottled orange. See three more less popular fake tan shades as illustrated by Gemma Correll here.

Alzheimer's-Friendly Tableware Set Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:00 PM PDT Sha Yao is an industrial designer in San Francisco. When her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, she noticed that the illness made it very difficult to feed herself. In response, Yao developed Eatwell, a tableware set designed with the limitations of Alzheimer's Disease in mind. There were specific problems for Yao to address: surface patterns confused her grandmother, knives were dangerous, conventional spoons were hard to grasp, and cups are easy to knock over. Eatwell has brightly colored bowls that are easy to see, but free of distracting designs. The spoons are easy to hold with a full-hand grasp. The cups are bottom-heavy to resist tipping and made with a rubber material on the bottom. The entire set fits on a tray, making serving easier for caregivers

Retro Guardians - The Squarest Superheroes In The Galaxy Posted: 30 Aug 2015 09:00 PM PDT Retro Guardians by Kinda Creative Star-Lord was too old and too far from Earth to have a video game made about him, but the young man who was taken on the intergalactic adventure of a lifetime would have done anything to star in his own game. And if anyone had known about the Guardians before that documentary exposed their secret existence to the world their adventures would have made for a marvel-ous game franchise. Sadly, the Guardians never got to star in their own console cartridge, and now they're all too busy battling the mad titan to play video games.... Share your dream of console games that could have been with this Retro Guardians t-shirt by Kinda Creative, and imagine the awesomeness! Visit Kinda Creative's Facebook fan page, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more heroically geeky designs: Nice Shirt Falcon Crunch Indiana Kong and the Temple of Nanners Finndiana Jones View more designs by Kinda Creative | More Funny T-shirts | New T-Shirts 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!

R.I.P. Wes Craven Posted: 30 Aug 2015 09:00 PM PDT Writer and director Wes Craven was responsible for Freddy Krueger’s invasion of your nightmares in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, which includes nine feature films and a TV series, plus books, comics, and video games.    From his feature film debut, The Last House on the Left in 1972 to the four Scream movies, he was a master of the modern horror genre. Craven’s IMDb entry has a list of 36 writing credits, 27 producing credits, 29 directing credits, and 19 acting credits. Wes Craven died of brain cancer Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 76.   (Image credit: Bob Bekian)

Kids TV Shows That Were Perverted Behind The Scenes Posted: 30 Aug 2015 08:00 PM PDT Behind every kids show are a bunch of adults making the whole thing happen, and even though the show's contents are kept kid friendly the backstage crew setting is generally for mature audiences only. It may come as no surprise that Full House had some totally raunchy moments going on behind-the-scenes, since Bob Saget and Dave Coulier are funny guys and Stamos is a certified Bad Boy. But people getting it on and “experimenting” backstage while kids (and sometimes their parents) competed on the beloved game show Double Dare? That just seems wrong, but in the words of host Marc Summers “There might have been a little experimentation going on there”, note he's using the 80s version of the term “experimentation”. Read more about 5 Beloved Kids Shows That Were Perverted Behind The Scenes at Cracked (Contains NSFW language)

Donald Trump Says "China" Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) Exactly what it says on the tin. Donald Trump talks about China a lot- enough to make it sound downright funny. This supercut from HuffPo may prove to be an earworm. My apologies in advance.  -via Viral Viral Videos

Treehouses With Stunning Views Posted: 30 Aug 2015 04:00 PM PDT There are many places on earth that are technically vacation destinations, but more fantasies made into reality. Exotic treehouse resorts often fall into the later category and if you aren't so sure about that, then this incredible list of treehouse hotels on Flavorwire will almost certainly prove my point.  Whether you dream of sleeping outdoors in tropical rainforests or in scifi-like spaces surrounded by pines, you'll certainly see somewhere you'd long to stay in this fantastic article.

Famous Actors in Forgotten Roles Posted: 30 Aug 2015 02:00 PM PDT (Video Link) Elijah Wood was in Back to the Future II. Denzel Washington was an uncredited criminal in Death Wish. Samuel L. Jackson was in Goodfellas. You may not have noticed them because they weren't famous yet. Screen Junkies brings us up to speed with this compilation of actors just getting started in film, often taking very minor roles. One role that didn't make the cut is Liam Neeson in the underappreciated 1983 fantasy movie Krull. Neeson plays Kegan, a criminal who joins King Colwyn's quest to defeat the Slayers and liberate his planet. (Video Link) The most memorable scene featuring Neeson addresses his character's multiple wives. Kegan travels widely, so he keeps wives in various areas so that there's always one handy. -via Tastefully Offensive

DIY Cat Maze Toy Posted: 30 Aug 2015 12:00 PM PDT Your cat would love to have a toy like this, with which he can use his agility and wits to bat a ball around inside a simple maze until he can get it out. You can make this yourself from a cardboard box with a knife, glue, and a ball. The “maze” part is just one cardboard strut inside that adds strength and makes the game more challenging for the cat. The tutorial is at meeoow.com. If your cat is like mine and would just pull the ball up with his claws, then you can easily replace it with a more slippery ball with no holes. I can think of other ways you can customize this to make it more difficult or more interesting, depending on what amuses your cat.   This project is from a list at Buzzfeed called 27 Brilliant Hacks Every Cat Owner Needs To Know.

Spiders That Appear to Fly from Treetops Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:00 AM PDT Spider of Selenops family | Image: Stephen P. Yanovik A recent National Geographic article based on data from a study called "Arachnid aloft: directed aerial descent in neotropical canopy spiders" published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface details what's likely a horrible concept to arachnophobes: a flying spider. "Flying spider" is a bit of a misnomer, however. Selenops spiders, sometimes referred to as “flatties,” essentially coast on air, steering themselves using their flat bodies, gliding so gracefully as to appear in flight. The spider can also maneuver its body in many ways mid-glide, even turning itself right-side up or vice versa. As if that information isn't alarming enough for people firmly rooted in the anti-spider camp, Selenops is one of the fastest-moving creatures on Earth. Check out the Selenops in all its gliding glory in the video below, and see an additional video as well as read an interesting account from scientists who conducted "glide tests" in a Selenops studyat National Geographic. YouTube Link

R.I.P. Oliver Sacks Posted: 30 Aug 2015 09:00 AM PDT Acclaimed neurologist, author, and philosopher Oliver Sacks revealed earlier this year that he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The New York Times has announced his death this morning. Sacks wrote about neurological research in a way that the layman could not only understand, but that would spark deep thought into the meaning of mind and consciousness. He wrote about patients who displayed unusual abilities and disabilities of the brain, as in the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and neurological research, such as his discovery of the effects of L-dopa on the brains of catatonic patients in Awakenings, which was made into the 1990 film starring Robin Williams as Sacks. His intellectual curiosity took him even further. On his website, Dr. Sacks maintained a partial list of topics he had written about. It included aging, amnesia, color, deafness, dreams, ferns, Freud, hallucinations, neural Darwinism, phantom limbs, photography, pre-Columbian history, swimming and twins. “I am very tenacious, for better or worse,” he wrote in “A Leg to Stand On.” “If my attention is engaged, I cannot disengage it. This may be a great strength, or weakness. It makes me an investigator. It makes me an obsessional.” The Times has more on Sacks' extraordinary life and work. Sacks died of cancer Sunday morning at his home in New York. He was 82. (Image credit: © Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons) See also: Our previous posts on Sacks.

What Everyone Needs: A Nutella Lock Posted: 30 Aug 2015 08:00 AM PDT Is your personal Nutella supply slowly decreasing without an explanation? You might have a thief in your midst. Take precautions with this lock designed specifically for sealing away jars of Nutella. Daniel Schlobloch, a German furniture designer, says that he developed it as a joke. But I don't see anything funny in taking my Nutella, Jill. Neither do other people, who have so far ordered 279 of them. -via That's Nerdalicious!

Booby Trap Posted: 30 Aug 2015 07:00 AM PDT A young man just wants to finish his drawing, but something isn’t quite coming together. It’s the boobs. (YouTube link) You can see the ending coming a mile away; that doesn’t make it any less satisfying. Dylan Simpson made this short film for a local animation festival. Don't fret, it's SFW. -via reddit

Zombie Bowser - He's One Rotten Ruler Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:00 AM PDT Zombie Bowser by Aaron Morales Mario had always defeated Bowser in the big boss battle then walked away, never bothering to find out if Bowser was still alive and ready to fight another day. Unbeknownst to anyone in the Mushroom Kingdom big bad Bowser had died, but some dark magical force brought him back to life with a ravenous appetite for Peach and moustachioed Italian plumber! There woud be no jumping on zombie Bowser's head, nor could you simply shoot him with fire and hope to knock him out, for this time death would not stop him from having his revenge... Bring a nightmarish boss battle moment to your geeky wardrobe with this Zombie Bowser t-shirt by Aaron Morales, it's super looking and sure to be admired by all your fellow gamer bros! Visit Aaron Morales's Facebook fan page, official website, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty cool designs: Mjolnir Calling Reflections Of A Mad Titan Guardians No. 1 The Mysterious Case Of Janet Snakehole View more designs by Aaron Morales | More Video Game T-shirts | New T-Shirts 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!

A Collection Of Webcomics About Life As A Gamer Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:00 AM PDT Gamers know what it's like to be a gamer, what it's like to obsess, fret and test your mental endurance with marathon gaming sessions. (Via Invisible Bread) But those who have never given in to gaming temptation may be unaware of what it's like to be a gamer, and therefore might benefit from a little comic strip insight. (Via Jim Benton) Cheezburger gathered a collection of gamer-centric webcomics for This Collection Of Web Comics Really Explains What It's Like To Be A Gamer. It's a fun way to waste five minutes of your life!

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