Thursday, February 26, 2009

Photo Evidence of Tacky Wedding




Some of you might be familiar with Cake Wrecks, a site that mocks botched baked goods. This site is sort of like Cake Wrecks for weddings. If you think the camo tuxes are something, wait til you see the Hello Kitty dress and the gal who chose hot pants and bustiers for herself and her bridesmaids. To each his (or her) own, I guess!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

If Your City Were Nuked


CarlosLabs, a design firm based in Sydney, created a Google Maps mashup of cities around the world and what they would look like if hit by various nuclear devices.  You can choose your city and then a weapon (Fat Man, Little Boy, Tsar Bomba, Asteroid) and press "Nuke it!" and then see the extent of thermal damage. 

The concentric circles of different colors mean different physical effects.  The center of the circle is conflagration, where most people would die within 24 hours.  The purple circle means 3rd degree burns, requiring medical care.  The pink circle means 2nd degree burns, like burns from boiling water.  And the yellow outermost circle means 1st degree burns, like a sunburn.

The map here shows the extent of damage if a nuclear device was dropped on Los Angeles.

 carloslabs - check it out here - just search the place, choose the weapon and 'nuke it'!!!!


Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Human Vending Machine




If I put my money in a machine and a person popped up to give me my candy, I’m quite sure I’d leave my money and the candy and run as fast as my legs could carry me. These people seem delighted, though, so maybe it’s just me. If you think like I do, don’t worry - these Kit Kat Human Vending Machines aren’t a new fad; they’re just part of a Nestle advertising campaign.

Link 

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Oil Rig Resort




Some 4,000 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico are set to be decommissioned during this century.  Instead of blowing them up, which costs milions of dollars and destroys marine life, how about converting them into an American Dubai of offshore luxury hotels?

Morris Architects proposes creating a self-sufficient, eco-friendly high-end resort experience in the Gulf of Mexico. The rooms could be pre-fabricated, designed to be transported out to the rig as a standard cargo container.

Geoff  Manaugh of BLDGBLOG fantasizes about what would happen next.

Image via Morris Architects

“Of course, if the real Dubai is any model for what might actually happen with such a resort, then we’ll probably see dozens of oil rigs partially converted to luxury hotels only to be abandoned by their construction crews and investors. As the lands of southern Louisiana continue to disappear into the Gulf, heavily armed refugees on fishing boats will move out to sea, recolonizing the derelict structures. There will be campfires at night, burning driftwood, and specialty gardens.”
– Geoff Manaugh, BLDGBLOG

Link - via la

My “Type” Of Car



for more pics - link



This rainbow-colored car is covered entirely in computer keys. There’s more where this came from, though - DarkRoastedBlend has cars covered in grass, Legos, pens, and even a car covered in cars. Tiny cars, that is, like the Matchbox variety. How meta. Now if only each Matchbox car was covered in even smaller cars…

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

This is for beer fact 4 - beer in a bag in china - Rach I'm thinking of you! x

Neatolicious Fun Facts: Beer




By popular request, here are the neatolicious fun facts for ... beer:

1. Beer is old stuff: Recipe found in 4,000-year-old Sumerian tablet

The first references to beer dates to as early as 6,000 BC. The very first recipe for 

beer is found on a 4,000-year-old Sumerian tablet containing the Hymn to Ninkasi, 

a prayer to the goddess of brewing. It tells how to brew beer from barley:

The filtering vat, which makes
a pleasant sound,
You place appropriately on [top of]
a large collector vat.
Ninkasi, the filtering vat,
which makes a pleasant sound,
You place appropriately on [top of]
a large collector vat.

If you're curious as to how the world's oldest beer tastes like, the

 Anchor Brewing Company produced a limited edition beer 

(under the Ninkasi label) based on the recipe.

2. Beer is not mentioned in the bible

Wine was mentioned - many times, but not beer. Instead, the Bible mentioned

 "strong drink," which some translated as fermented beverage made from grain

 (i.e. beer). (Source)

3. The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock Because It Ran Out of Beer
The Mayflower was supposed to sail to the mouth of the Hudson River, near 

present-day New York City - but the Pilgrims decided to head to Plymouth Bay

 because they were low on beer.

Colonists William Bradford and Edward Winslow wrote this first-hand account: 

"We could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals

 being much spent, especially our beer ..."

Why did the ship carry beer? It's because unlike water, beer don't go bad on 

long ocean voyages - but lest you think the shipmates were all plastered all the 

time, the type of beer they carried was "ship's beer," which wasn't very alcoholic. 

(Source: The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams - though consider this rebuttal by

 Bob Skilnik, author of Beer & Food: An American History)

4. World's Strongest Beer: Sam Adams Utopias MMII

The strongest beer in the world was the Sam Adams 

Utopias MMII, a limited-run (only 3,000 bottles were 

made) production by Boston Beer Co. It weighs in at

 24 percent alcohol by volume in a mini, old-school, 

copper-brewing kettles. If you want to get one, be 

prepared to shell out at least $100.

5. What is hop and why is it used in beer anyway?

For flavors, aroma and stability. Hop is the flower of the 

hop vine (a cousin of the hemp, actually).

Early beers didn't use hops - instead, they were flavored 

with wild rosemary, coriander, ginger, anise seed, juniper 

berries and even wood bark.

Hop was used as flavorings as early as 400 BC by captive Jews in Babylon, but historians 

think that the real reason it was used as additive was for its antiseptic properties. By adding

 hops, brewers didn't have to have high alcohol content to prevent spoilage. This meant less

 grains and therefore more profit. (Source)

6. Beer in a Bag






Quick - how many different ways of transporting beer can you think of? 

Bottles, glass, cans and kegs? You've missed one: in China, you can buy beer in a plastic bag!

7. St. Arnold: Patron Saint of Brewing

In the 11th century, Arnold of Soissons, a bishop in the Benedictine 

St. Medard's Abbey in Soissons, France, began to brew beer.

He encouraged the locals to drink beer instead of water for its 

health benefits (beer was healthier than water mainly because

 it was boiled and thus sterilized from pathogens). No wonder they made him a saint!

8. How do you say Beer in Zulu?

Utshwala.

This website will help: here's how to say Beer in 78 Languages. Or if you want to order a beer in 50 languages.

9. "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" That's what Benjamin Franklin said, anyhow.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Hand painting master





Amazing Hands Painting Art by Italian Artist Guido Daniele - He painted almost all the animals you can imagine…. PlentyMore pics HERE


Monday, February 16, 2009

Ice Age by Edgar Müller




German street artist Edgar Müller created the 3D work called "Ice Age" on a street in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland last August as part of the Festival of World Culture. Müller, who makes the streets his own screen, spent 5 days to create his latest work, with the help of 3 assistants on an area of 250 square meters.

Link 



Sunday, February 15, 2009

Duct Tape Roses Instructable



If you like the roses above, or just forgot about Valentine’s Day until all the roses were sold out, there’s an easy to follow instruction guide for them over on Instructables right now.

Link

Thursday, February 12, 2009

open happiness


link here

colgate surprise

link

Guitar Store

Good 50x70



A group of young creatives wanted to create a non-profit independent initiative to: 
- promote the value of social communication amongst the global creative community. - provide charities with a database of communication tools they can access for free. - inspire members of the public through graphic design They created Good 50x70 - an online project the whole world can participate in. 2008 marked its second edition. Activities:  - Annual poster contest: charities receive all entries for their potential use. - Exhibitions & Catalogue of the best posters chosen by our jury. - Workshops at design schools and universities.

link to vid

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

10 Illustrated Theories of Evoution




Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s Origin of Species with these 10 illustrated butcherings of its iconic cover art, from the evolution of Lego man to the devolution of alternative rockers.

Link

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Guide on How to Raise a Tough Kid



Psst, parents: are you sick and tired of your whiny baby? Want to raise a tough kid that 

will take on real life and beat it so bad that it screams uncle? Here's the Neatorama guide 

on how to toughen up your child:

First of all, you've got to start right. Remember, whatever doesn't kill your offspring 

makes him or her tougher.

Melissa Williamson, 35, of Roanoke, Virginia, got the right idea - and from the looks of it, 

the noise is the last thing the baby has to fear: Link

Forget a cozy and cute playpen - be sure to awaken your baby's animal instinct by raising him in a cage. Better yet, an electrified one, like this piece titled Mama Tried by Jack Daws.

Next, surround your baby with weapons of all kinds. Like these stainless steel baby crib and stroller 

worthy of a lil' Klingon, created by Chinese artist Shi Jinsong - viaInvizible Red.

Next, your kid needs street cred, and nothing spells bad ass like knuckle tattoos:

This one is done by Italian photography company LSD s.l.r (Previously on Neatorama), but you can get your own Baby Tattoos over at Amazon.

Daily ablutions is a necessity, even for tough kids. But don't coddle them with that no-tears shampoo. 

After decades of coddling young kids, even Johnson & Johnson got the message with their new 

shampoo: Nothing But Tears! (Previously on Neatorama)

 
[YouTube clip]

All parents with tough kids know that pets are a must. But dogs and cats are for sissy kids. 

Tough kids play with ... cobra!

And all that is for naught if you don't keep a meticulous record ... but who needs 

a cutesy memory book if you can have this one: Baby's First Tattoo: 

A Memory Book for Modern Parents by Jim Mullen, who described his book as such:

For years parents have been buying baby books to document all the precious moments in their new baby's life -- Baby's First Tooth, Baby's First Haircut, Baby's First Step. What have been ignored for too long are those "alternative" precious moments that really should be written down, celebrated, and remembered -- Baby's First Projectile Vomit, Baby's First Tantrum in a Crowded Grocery Store, Baby's 10,000th Dirty Diaper. Otherwise you might forget them and think of becoming parents once again.

How about you? Got any suggestions on how to raise a tough kid? Let's see 'em in the comments ... 

or my kid will go to your house and beat you up!

Green Grannies


link to the vid

Oxfam has just "recruited a crack team of Green Grannies" to launch Oxfam's Lifestyles Campaign.

If you don't like the look of Barbara, the Oxfam granny – and really how could you not like her? – then there's always Betty, the WI's Green Granny who advises on using tea bags on soil instead of compost and cleaning the sink using bicarb and lemon juice as part of the W-Icon series with Sky.



Monday, February 9, 2009

Beer Bottle Dominoes




What do you do when you have hundreds of empty, saved beer bottles left after a party or something?

Behold, the Beer Bottle Dominoes. Apparently, this is what Danes do for fun in Denmark: Link [embedded YouTube clip]

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Sharky

a tea infuser that makes the act of drinking tea a little more playful. link

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Get out of town!

Go Underwater with Google Earth



What Google Earth did for mapping the Earth they now plan to do for the Earth’s oceans. Launched February 2,Ocean in Google Earth will allow users to navigate underwater without a snorkel, exploring shipwrecks, algal blooms, maps of tiny phytoplankton, even the homes of the jaunty nudibranchs.  Within the layers, users can check out multimedia features that combine data and maps with videos, quizzes and other interactives, as well as photos from National Geographic. The idea for Google Ocean came about after Google Geo Products director John Hanke had a conversation a few years ago with NatGeo explorer-in-residence Sylvia Earle, marine biologist and tireless champion of the ocean and its inhabitants.  She told John when he was working on Google Earth: "I hope someday, John, you’ll finish [Google Earth].  You’ve done a great job with the dirt, but there’s all that water out there– the world is blue."

In addition to National Geographic, several well-known marine institutions such as the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Scripps, and Woods Hole have contributed data.

 

Link

Monday, February 2, 2009

The Hamster did it



[YouTube - Link]


Either somebody messed up or the news anchor just got pranked royally.

When reporting a sad news about Molly Bish, a 16-year-old girl who disappeared eight years ago, WFSB Connecticut news anchor Kara Sundlund came face to face with an unlikely suspect …

Odd and Extraordinary Beauty Pageant



You know about the Miss America and Miss Universe beauty pageants. You are probably also aware of child beauty pageants, bodybuilding contests, transexual pageants, and pageants for married women. Then there are the odd beauty pageants. Last August, an Italian priest proposed an online beauty pageant for nuns. One day later, he rescinded the idea under pressure from local and religious authorities. But there are plenty of other beauty pageants that stray far from what you are used to.

Miss Klingon Empire


The Miss Klingon Empire beauty pageant has been held annually for ten years now at the Dragon*con event in Atlanta. This image of the 2006 winner is from Flickr userelemess. Also see a video report of the most recent pageant.

Miss Hooker


The Miss Hooker 2008 pageant was what you’d think -a beauty pageant for prostitutes, but there were no real prostitutes in the running, just actresses putting on a show, arraigned by artist Natalia Fabia. But what a show! The eventual winner went by the name Miss One Dolla No Holla. See more pictures here.

Miss Plastic Surgery


Miss Plastic Surgery pageant was held in China in 2004. It was a one-time-only event, in which all contestants were required to have undergone some type of plastic surgery. The pageant was launched in reaction to an earlier scandal in which a contestant was disqualified from another beauty contest because she had used cosmetic surgery.

Ms. Pregnant


You don’t have to let a little thing like pregnancy stop you from entering a beauty pageant. The Ms. Pregnant pageant celebrates beauty with a bump. And yes, they parade in bikinis!

Miss Subways


A New York advertising agency held a pageant from 1941 to 1976 called Miss Subways. The winner was featured in ads on trains and stations. The tradition was revived in 2004, when Caroline Sanchez-Bernat was crowned Miss Subways.

Zombie Beauty


Zombie Beauty Contest is held annually at the Phoenix ComiCon. This year’s pageant was just a couple of weeks ago. Heather, the winner, is pictured here. See pictures from last year’s zombie pageant at Flickr.

Most Beautiful Bottom


The Most Beautiful Bottom in the World contest was launched in 2007 by the underwear manufacturer sloggi. It is open to both men and women, and the winner for each category gets a modeling contract. See a video of the 2008 competition in Paris. This photo is from the 2007 contest in Munich.

Miss Landmine


Miss Landmine is a beauty pageant for women disabled by landmines and other war-related injuries held in Angola. The pageant, created by Norwegian artist Morten Traavik, celebrates pride and empowerment over physical perfection.

Prison Pageants


In the Miss Spring beauty pageant held in a Siberian prison near Novosibirsk, participation can mean freedom, as the parole board takes community activity into account when deciding who to release. A 2006 film, Miss Gulag is a documentary about the Miss Spring pageant. Other prison beauty pageants include Miss Captivity, held in a Lithuanian prison, Miss Prisoner held in Bogota, Colombia, and Miss Prisoner in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (image credit: Fabio Cuttica)

Miss Jumbo Queen


Thailand hosts the Miss Jumbo Queen pageant for big beautiful women. The pageant grew out of an elephant conservation project.

The aim of the contest is to select the contestant who best exhibits the characteristics of an elephant, by virtue of her grace, elegance and size, to help promote elephant conservation causes in Thailand.

However, it appears that the last Jumbo Queen was crowned in 2005.

Harvest Festival Queens

Local harvest festivals have the funniest namesfor ordinary beauty pageants. Who could resist putting such gems as Miss Meat Pie, Miss Hell Hole Swamp, or Miss Worm Gruntin’ Queen on their resume? Pictured is the Gilroy Garlic Festival queen.