Ice Bullets (1)
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If your killer drink needs something a little extra, how about ice cubes shaped like frozen AK-47 bullets? Here’s the Bullet Ice Tray (available on pre-order) at Find Me a Gift: Link - via Boing Boing Gadgets
Skype Phone Goes Retro! (1)
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Just because you’re all into that fancy internet telephony and stuff, it doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy it in a fully retro manner. Here’s PAPPA*PHONE from Hulger: a solid walnut and brass phone that plugs directly into a Mac or a PC and works with all VoIP services (like Skype or GoogleTalk): Link - via Detangle.us, thanks Marilyn!
Internet Superstars: Where Are They Now? (2)
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Have you ever wondered what became of the people who found fame and maybe even fortune on the internet? Some became sensations through no effort of their own. Some faded into obscurity and some embraced their notoriety. Find out what Judson Laipply (The Evolution of Dance), Gary Brolsma (Numa Numa), Randy Constan (Peter Pan), Jay Maynard (Tron Guy), and others are doing today. Link -Thanks, Geeks Are Sexy!
US National Debt Overwhelmed National Debt Clock (1)
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As US debt exceeded $10 trillion for the first time and caused the National Debt Clock … to run out of digits! The national debt clock, the unofficial tracker of the federal deficit maintained by the Durst Organization in New York, has reached its limits. Last month, as the national debt exceeded $10 trillion for the first time, the clock ran out of digits to record the number. The dollar sign in the clock had ...
Fungus Cannon (1)
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(YouTube link) This is slow-motion video of fungus releasing spores. The rate of the release is the highest acceleration found in nature. The video accompanies a study by a team from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati. Link -via the Presurfer
Amazing Mobility Robots for the Disabled (1)
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New experimental technology comes to aid of the disabled in many forms that will knock your socks off! Mobility Now looks at ten mobility robots. A mobility robot is a robot that is designed to help handicapped and disabled people move around. It might have wheels, but most often it will have legs so it can climb stairs and uneven ground. It might also take the form of a mobility suit, which is a kind ...
The Beard Alphabet (3)
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Rueben Miller has a pretty nifty blog post compiling various alphabets created by some of the world’s most creative artists. I love this one above, titled Beard Alphabet by Tim Yarzhombek. Check it out: Link - Thanks Rueben!
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Which letter is Tim representing?
Hallowindow (2)
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(YouTube link) Animator and illustrator Mark Gervais created this window display for Halloween last year. If I saw something like this in my neighborhood, I’d probably faint, then I would watch it over and over! You can buy this display on DVD for your haunted house. Link -via Ursi’s Blog
Real Life Simon’s Cat (3)
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(YouTube link) When we first posted Cat Man Do by Simon Tofield, the overwhelming response was that cats are exactly like that. This time-lapse video proves it to be true. I was waiting for the cat to get a baseball bat! -via Arbroath
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One more reason to not get a cat imo :)
That One! (2)
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I don’t know about you “my friends” but wasn’t McCain’s remark showing a lack of respect towards Sen. Obama when he said “Who voted for it? You might never know — that one,” gesturing at Obama. “Who voted against it? Me.” ? Was it intentional and disrespectful? Was it unintentional? Or was it racist? You be the judge. Link: YouTube
Thanking Customer Sevice Rep Just Because … (1)
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Being a customer service representative is thankless job. Customers with problems are usually angry and often take out their anger on the person they’re talking to over the phone. So Jake Bronstein of Zoomdoggle decided to do something about it. Like thanking the customer service rep for no other reason but just being nice!! What can I say, it’s fun brightening other people’s day… so again, today, after lunch, I decided to ring up the ...
Mouse Turned the Table on Snake (4)
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Not News: feeding a mouse to a snake.News: feeding mighty mouse to a snake! Here’s the story of how firefighters in Taiwan who caught a snake were surprised to find that the intended meal ended up killing the snake! Firefighters in Nantou town, Taiwan, caught the 35cm snake and put it into a mouse cage for safe-keeping. "We then found it a mouse for lunch," a spokesman for the team told Apple Daily. But the ...
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Go mouse! The mouse in all of us salutes you.
Couple Let Donkey Loose in the House (2)
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Don’t you hate it when someone reads over your shoulder? Well, apparently it does not bother Jackie Farrier at all - in fact, she and her husband let their donkey Polly, their colt Charlie, and the rest of their 29 pets to wander around the house and join them at the dinner table! Mrs Ferrier said her two children James, 12 and nine-year-old Lucy ‘do not mind it because they have grown up with it ...
Ghostbusters Ecto-1 For Sale (3)
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A restored Ghostbusters Ecto-1 vehicle built for Universal Studios in Florida is up for bids on eBay. Talk about a stylish way to show up for a Halloween party! The current bid is $45,000. Link -via Digg
Let’s Learn Judo with Vladimir! (2)
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Vladimir Putin, the "world’s most manly leader," has yet another display of his masculinity: a new "Let’s Learn Judo with Vladimir" DVD! Today he presented the instructional judo DVD that shows him throwing an opponent to the mat. ‘Let’s Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin’ is the product of collaboration between Putin - a black belt - and former World and Olympic judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita. At a nighttime presentation minutes into his 56th birthday, Putin ...
Neatorama » Blog Archive » 10 American Financial Meltdowns in the Past Century (18)
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Banks failed, stock prices collapsed, and panic descended on Wall Street. Americans were holding their collective breath as a rescue plan was hastily drafted. The 2008 financial crisis? Nope - it was the Panic of 1907, and again in 1929, 1987, and so on. Since its independence more than 230 years ago, the United States has grown to have the largest economy in the world (GDP of $13.8 trillion as of 2007, by the way. ...
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Overly long but quite interesting.
Transformer BBQ Logo (2)
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In the world of competitive barbecue, the team that calls itself Transformer BBQ stands above the rest… at least for its logo! It makes sense. The pig transforms into dinner! Link -Thanks, raphael!
Monkey Waiters Serve Beer at Japanese Restaurant (3)
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If the service is bad at this Japanese restaurant because the waiters are monkeying around that’s because … they’re monkeys! Here’s the story of Yat-chan and Fuku-chan, two macaque monkey pets that serve customers hot towels and drinks (for soy bean tips!): "Yat-chan first learned by just watching me working in the restaurant. It all started when one day I gave him a hot towel out of curiosity and he brought the towel to the ...
YouTube Sensation Funtwo Tracked to New Zealand (1)
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So you think you know pop culture (or more exactly, YouTube pop culture). Quick, what’s the most popular fan-made music video on YouTube? It’s Canon Rock, a rendition of Pachebel’s classical music played by Jeong-Hyun Lim (better known as his online handle funtwo). The video clip has been viewed nearly 50 million times. So what happened to Jeong-Hyun? David Farrier of TV3 in New Zealand went in search of funtwo, and found him not in ...
Neatorama » Blog Archive » Angry-Faced Cars (2)
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People see faces when they look at the fronts of cars. What they see can influence what they buy. A consulting group arranged a research study to find out what personality traits cars appear to have, and which ones people would prefer on the car they drive. Study participants assessed cars based on a system known as geometric morphometrics (GM), which allowed the men and women to rate certain traits on a sliding scale (such ...
