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- Holmes and Watson 1916-2016
- Urbane Bear - Better Than Those Hipster Horses!
- News Anchor Comes Across Dog Locked In Hot Car, Shames Owner On Live TV
- Sketching Science
- Ten Effective Self-Defense Techniques
- The Deep-Fried Burger
- TV Shows That Were Banned Due To Crazy Controversy
- World’s Ugliest Dog 2016
- This Television Repels Mosquitoes
- 10 Facts About the Original 'Trial of the Century'
- Dog Is Fascinated with iPad Game
- The 9-Year-Old Wedding Photographer
- We're No Angels - Some Guys Are Suckers For A Good Lookin' Gal
- How to Make a Car Ad Without the Car
- Birds in Scotland Are Stealing Skinny Dippers' Underwear
| Posted: 26 Jun 2016 04:00 AM PDT Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson have been with us onscreen for 100 years. Video editor Sanguinity shows us 54 different iterations of the duo on film, from the 1916 silent film Sherlock Holmes to the web series S(her)lock, which launched this year. They include movies, TV shows, animation, and even video games. The clips are quick and jump around from era to era. What’s striking is that no matter who plays the part or what year the film was made, you always recognize the characters. You’ll find a list of the video sources here. -via Metafilter  | ||||||||
| Urbane Bear - Better Than Those Hipster Horses! Posted: 26 Jun 2016 02:00 AM PDT You may have seen warnings posted about approaching or feeding wild bears, saying they're deadly and it's a bad idea to go anywhere near them much less let them know you have food. Well, I'm here to tell you there's one kind of bear that's okay to feed and approach- the urbane bear, ursinis urbanis. The urbane bear is much smarter and far more dignified than the average bear, and they would never eat filthy humans because they don't know where those humans have been. These bears have a refined sense of taste with the clothing to match, so if you see a bear in a three piece suit and bowler hat wander into your town don't panic- simply offer him a cappuccino and a charcuterie platter and he'll be too busy eating to bore you with his stories about shopping for bear-sized suits... Show some love for those civilized bears with this Urbane Bear t-shirt by Matt Parsons, it's the dapper way to say "ursas are major in my life!" Visit Matt Parsons's Facebook fan page, Twitter, Instagram 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! | ||||||||
| News Anchor Comes Across Dog Locked In Hot Car, Shames Owner On Live TV Posted: 26 Jun 2016 02:00 AM PDT What would you do if you came across a whimpering dog locked in a hot car in a parking lot? If you're NBC news anchor Kyle Clark you think about bashing the window open with a rock then decide to shame the owner on the nightly news instead. Kyle came across a poor little dog locked in a Honda CRV on a 90 degree day while he was out running errands, and he couldn't just sit by and let the owner get away with this cruel act. He tried to call 311 to report the cruelty but was left on hold, and when he confronted the dog's owner about the situation the owner just laughed it all off. So Kyle did the only thing that felt right- he used the incident as a teachable moment, and apologized to the poor dog for not breaking him out of the CRV when he had the chance. Treat your pets like any other member of your family- don't leave them to die in a hot car! -Via Boing Boing | ||||||||
| Posted: 26 Jun 2016 12:00 AM PDT Ernesto Llamas is a Ph.D. student at the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics in Barcelona, Spain. He uses a micropipette a lot. He also draws comics about his life in science, which he posts at the Facebook page Sketching Science. Recurring themes in the comics are of scientists being lonely and …micropipettes. You draw what you know. If you’ve ever worked in a biology lab, or you know someone who does, these will hit home. You can also see the comics at Instagram. -via The Daily Dot | ||||||||
| Ten Effective Self-Defense Techniques Posted: 25 Jun 2016 10:00 PM PDT There are still plenty of safe, quiet towns scattered all across the globe, but in-between these idyllic hamlets are big, dangerous cities full of angst and violence. Which is why anyone who truly enjoys traveling should learn some basic self-defense moves, so they can help protect themselves in situations where fighting is unavoidable. Top Tenz put together a primer on the art of self-defense, with instructional videos showing you how to take a punch, escape a chokehold and use your keys as a weapon, just to name a few. You may not want to think about having to defend yourself in these ways, but when a situation arises that calls for action you'll be glad you watched these videos! See 10 Effective Self-Defense Moves That Could Save Your Life here | ||||||||
| Posted: 25 Jun 2016 08:00 PM PDT Considering how much we report on fair food, the title might make you think that this is an entire hamburger -bun and all- breaded and deep-fried on a stick as an extreme dish. No, this is a method for cooking your hamburger patties that’s been around for at least 100 years. You can do it at home to make the same kind of burgers your family expects. It began at Dyer’s in Memphis.
The method is not difficult, but may take a little practice. That means more cheeseburgers! The instructions are at Lucky Peach. -via Digg | ||||||||
| TV Shows That Were Banned Due To Crazy Controversy Posted: 25 Jun 2016 06:00 PM PDT Controversy is to be expected from shows like Family Guy, Game Of Thrones and South Park, but how could shows like Sesame Street and The Price Is Right possibly cause controversy? Sesame Streetwas banned in Mississippi in 1970 due to racist attitudes towards the integrated cast of kids, but when an insider leaked the real reason the show was banned the committee had to reverse their decision. Screen Rant put together 10 TV Shows Banned Due To Crazy Controversy featuring a few common facts (Seinfeld's Puerto Rican Day Parade episode and the Family Guy abortion episode) and reveals why Bob Barker wasn't invited to The Price Is Right's 40th anniversary episode. -Via GeekTyrant | ||||||||
| Posted: 25 Jun 2016 04:00 PM PDT
This is Sweepee Rambo, the newly crowned World’s Ugliest Dog. He won the competition yesterday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California. Sweepee Rambo is a 17-year-old blind Chihuahua-Chinese Crested mix. She accompanies Jason Wurtz of Encino, California, to work every day.
Does this dog remind you of anyone? See more pictures of Sweepee Rambo and her competition at Buzzfeed. | ||||||||
| This Television Repels Mosquitoes Posted: 25 Jun 2016 02:00 PM PDT
The South Korean electronics company LG is selling a television set that drives away mosquitoes with ultrasonic sound waves. It's marketing the TV in India, where mosquitoes are a major public health menace. Each 32" monitor costs about $400 USD. UPI quotes the company:
-via Ace of Spades HQ | ||||||||
| 10 Facts About the Original 'Trial of the Century' Posted: 25 Jun 2016 12:00 PM PDT In 1907, Harry Thaw went on trial for murdering Stanford White. Thaw was the paranoid heir to a Pittsburgh railroad fortune, and White was a renowned architect and playboy in New York. Both were obsessed with model Evelyn Nesbit, who was much younger than either man and was the model for the “Gibson Girl” look. White deflowered Nesbit in a date rape when she was a young teen; Thaw married her after stalking her at her workplace and years of abuse. In 1906, Thaw shot White in front of a crowd during a performance at Madison Square Garden. The ensuing trial, involving three celebrities, was a media sensation.
It was the first time the term “Trial of the Century” was used. Read about the trial, the characters involved, and the precedents the legal proceedings set at mental_floss. | ||||||||
| Dog Is Fascinated with iPad Game Posted: 25 Jun 2016 10:00 AM PDT Maya the Golden Retriever loves to play games on her iPad. Here she is, fascinated by a little bird that flies back and forth on the screen. She pauses now and then to howl in delight. Her less--shall we say--intellectual sibling prefers a squeaky toy. -via Tastefully Offensive | ||||||||
| The 9-Year-Old Wedding Photographer Posted: 25 Jun 2016 08:00 AM PDT Wedding photographers try to document a couple's special day without being too disruptive, moving around to capture the scene without getting on everyone's nerves. Easier said than done for normal sized adults, but this is where a kid's lack of height is actually an advantage, allowing them to slip around virtually unseen while shooting. 9-year-old Regina Wyllie recently shot her first wedding along with her dad Kevin, who has been showing her the ropes for years, and if she were old enough to work she'd now be considered a pro. Regina shot totally unassisted during the wedding, capturing around 400 photos, but this isn't her first time going pro- because two years ago this photo was chosen over her dad's shots by a camera bag company. So Regina was a published photographer by age 7 and could be a pro wedding photographer at age 9...this kid's going places! Read This 9-Year-Old Wedding Photographer's Skills Will Give You Hope For The Future here | ||||||||
| We're No Angels - Some Guys Are Suckers For A Good Lookin' Gal Posted: 25 Jun 2016 07:00 AM PDT We're No Angels by Aaron Morales They may have the faces of angels and the bodies to match but Wasp, Scarlet Witch and Black Widow aren't the golden girls you wish they were. There's something about pretty girls that make men go all gaga and start to see them as untarnished little porcelain dolls, prim and proper and capable of doing no harm. But as annoying as this assumption is these women of action like to use it against guys, and with a little flirtatious smiling and eyelash batting they can butter up any man they're battling, making it so those chumps don't see what's coming... Support the female superheroes who rock our world, wear this We're No Angels t-shirt by Aaron Morales and make hearts soar wherever you go! Visit Aaron Morales's Facebook fan page, official website, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty geeky 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! | ||||||||
| How to Make a Car Ad Without the Car Posted: 25 Jun 2016 07:00 AM PDT Why would you bother trying to make a car ad without the car itself? Well, ad producers will tell you it’s not always easy to get a few vehicles of the latest model with every style change, especially on short notice. But more often, you’ll spend time and money making a great ad, and then one of the suits will insist you reshoot with a different color car. You can change that with computer graphics now, but wouldn’t it be even more cost-effective if they allowed for those expected alterations at the beginning, and dispensed with the real vehicle models from the start? The Blackbird is a new vehicle from The Mill, designed to imitate the size and actions of any vehicle, which can be then be skinned by CGI to resemble any car, even one not yet on the market. This innovation will excite ad agencies way more than the car companies that hire them. It will also help us to convince our more gullible friends that you can’t believe everything you see on TV. -via Viral Viral Videos | ||||||||
| Birds in Scotland Are Stealing Skinny Dippers' Underwear Posted: 25 Jun 2016 06:00 AM PDT
A swimming hole in an isolated party of Angus, Scotland is popular with local skinny dippers. It's also a hunting ground for red kites who nest nearby. Lately, they've been waiting for the humans to get naked and into the water, then stealing their clothes. The Herald reports that these birds appear to have a special affinity for high fashion branded underpants, which they use as nesting material:
-via Nothing to Do with Abroath |
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