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- Ketchup and Mustard Salt & Pepper Shakers
- Paperman
- Night Into Day and Into Night Again
- My Little Gundam
- Riding Shotgun with Zach Anner
- Google Street View Movies
- Finding Romance and Other Things to do While Stuck in Traffic
- Eggo Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Don't Put That In Your Mouth Toothbrush Case
- How To Draw A Groundhog
- MRI Music Video by Sivu
- Interplanetary Cessna
- Spinal Staircase
- The Game of Tag That Has Lasted 23 Years (and Counting)
- From Bomb Victim to Public Garden
- The Tongue Parasite
- Ladybug Bag
- Dog Fonts (Or is it Font Dogs?)
- Student Project Helps Disabled Kitten
- Zimbabwe Has Only Got $217 Left in the Bank
- Dug the T. rex
- Highest Wave Ever Surfed
- Enjoy the Silenc
- Call Me Maybe on Bottles
- Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Laplander Hat
- Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining. And Bacteria. Lots of Bacteria.
- The Groundhog Oscillation: Evidence of Global Change
- Jupiter Embroidery
| Ketchup and Mustard Salt & Pepper Shakers Posted: 31 Jan 2013 04:00 AM PST
Ketchup and Mustard Salt & Pepper Shakers Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Are you looking to spice up your relationship? You need the Ketchup and Mustard Salt & Pepper Shakers from the NeatoShop. This adoarable ceramic salt and pepper shaker set comes complete with a basket. It is a great way to tell someone you think you make a terrific pair. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Salt & Pepper Shakers. |
| Posted: 31 Jan 2013 04:00 AM PST The Disney animated short Paperman is up for an Oscar this year. The technique used to produce it is a combination of hand-drawn art and computer animation, giving it the feel of a classic Disney film.
The plot? Boy meets girl, of course. Link |
| Night Into Day and Into Night Again Posted: 31 Jan 2013 03:00 AM PST
Not only do the astronauts onboard the International Space Station see the Earth slip from night into day and into night again, but they see it 16 times in a day (well, a day being a period of 24 hours on board the ISS). Watch this mesmerizing video taken by crew of Expedition 34 on January 3, 2013:
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| Posted: 31 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST      YES! Why doesn't this spinoff exist already?! I want to watch the mecha-focused anime show My Little Gundam. And I want a party cannon, just like Han Jan has drawn it. Artist's Gallery -via Equestria Daily |
| Riding Shotgun with Zach Anner Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:00 AM PST It's been a while since we checked in with Zach Anner, the comedian with cerebral palsy who won his own TV series. The problem was that the series was on the OWN network, which few cable companies even carry. Shortly after it was cancelled, Zach partnered with reddit to produce a web series called Riding Shotgun. There are now 25 episodes available on YouTube. In the latest episode, "Beauty and the Boot," shown here, Zach hits the hot spots in New Orleans. Continue reading for a sampling of the others. Episode #3: Strippers and Raccoons Zach meets his first internet host, Veronica in Montreal. It's his opportunity to try pole dancing. Zach attends the Strawberry Fields Cat Show cat show in Baltimore. Zach and crew arrive in Savannah and eat their way through town. |
| Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:00 AM PST
Who needs those fancy movie cameras? To make a movie, all you need is a Google Street View car. Google Street Scene is a site filled with movie scenes as seen through Google Street View. From top to bottom: Dumb and Dumber, The Godfather and Back to the Future. Link -via Blame It on the Voices |
| Finding Romance and Other Things to do While Stuck in Traffic Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:00 PM PST
Stuck in traffic? Don't fret ... think of it as a possibility for romance! That's what tennis club owner Alexander Erokhiny did during regular rush hours in Moscow:
That's just one of the many things that Muskovites do while stuck in Moscow's legendary traffic jams. Find out the rest over at the BBC in this report by Steven Rosenberg: Link (Photo: Julia Bogdanovich) |
| Eggo Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:00 PM PST |
| Don't Put That In Your Mouth Toothbrush Case Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:00 PM PST
Don't Put That In Your Mouth Toothbrush Case Both the CDC (yes we mean the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and your Mom agree on one fact. You shouldn't share your toothbrush. According to the CDC sharing a toothbrush increases your risk for infections. Or as Mom says, " Don't put that in your Mouth you don't know where it's been!" Regardless of who you trust more we suggest you keep your own toothbrush safe and handy while away from home with the Don't Put That In Your Mouth Toothbrush Case from the NeatoShop. This great little toiletry bag is perfect for keeping your toothbrush with you when you are on the go. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Bags & Totes. |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:00 PM PST
With Groundhog Day coming up Saturday, sticking little hand-drawn groundhogs on your notes will surely make someone smile. Mark Anderson of Andertoons makes it easy for you with step-by-step instructions in his latest tutorial. Or just follow this animation! Link |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 08:00 PM PST
MRI and singing don't usually belong in the same sentence, but it made complete sense to British musician Sivu. He has just released his first YouTube music video and boy, oh, boy, what a music video it is. The three minute-long video clip of Better Man Than He is composed of MRI images of Sivu's head as he sings. Plus, it's got the best lololo since Trololo. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:00 PM PST
At Randall Munroe's What If? blog, where he researches the oddest questions from readers, he tells us what would happen to a typical airplane if it were flown on other planets and the larger moons in the solar system. For each of the nine heavenly bodies with enough atmosphere to even consider flight, Munroe looks at the pure physics of the flight, and only afterward considers the effects of other conditions, such as temperatures and poisonous gasses. Take Venus, for example:
You'll want to read all of them. Link |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 06:00 PM PST
Andrew McConnell's fresh staircase design was inspired by the backbone of a whale:
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| The Game of Tag That Has Lasted 23 Years (and Counting) Posted: 30 Jan 2013 05:00 PM PST
Russell Adams of The Wall Street Journal has the story: Link - via Boing Boing |
| From Bomb Victim to Public Garden Posted: 30 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST
Many historic buildings in London were damaged or destroyed by German bombs in World War II. Some were later demolished, and some were repaired and restored. An exception was the church of St. Dunstan-in-the-East. Originally built around 1100, only the north and south walls and the tower remained after the Blitz. Too historic to tear down and too expensive to rebuild, it was designated a public park in 1967. Since then, lovely trees and foliage have grown up, making the church a peaceful contemplative place to stop and think, but it still serves as a monument to the destruction of war. See more pictures at Urban Ghosts. Link (Image credit: Peter Trimming, cc-sa-3.0) |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 03:00 PM PST
Look at who's come to say hello! It's our dear friend, Cymothoa exigua. Are you facing a lonely Valentine's Day? You'll never be alone again once Cymothoa exigua crawls into your mouth. This parasite will eat and replace your tongue:
Move over, Laina. You've got competition. Link -via WTF, Evolution? | Photo: HypeScience |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 02:00 PM PST
Valentine's Day is coming! Have you been bitten by the love bug? Get your ladybug loving sweetheart a gift she will really love. Get her the Ladybug Bag from the NeatoShop. This adorable purse makes a fantastic fashion accessory. The ladybug handbag really is as cute as a bug's ear. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Bags & Totes. |
| Dog Fonts (Or is it Font Dogs?) Posted: 30 Jan 2013 02:00 PM PST
Vienna-based studio Grafisches Buro released this clever match-ups of fonts and the dogs they embody (or is it the other way 'round?). Question is, what breed of dog is Comic Sans? |
| Student Project Helps Disabled Kitten Posted: 30 Jan 2013 01:00 PM PST Flipper was born with a twisted spine. She's not paralyzed, but her back end doesn't walk on the same plane as her front end. Vets at the Aspen Park Vet Hospital in Conifer, Colorado, considered putting her down, but then decided to seek the help of the the Blitz Robotic Club at Conifer High School.
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| Zimbabwe Has Only Got $217 Left in the Bank Posted: 30 Jan 2013 12:00 PM PST
Are you broke? Take heart, it can happen to anybody, including countries. Take, for example, Zimbabwe, which has been rocked by hyperinflation (its inflation rate is a staggering 89,700,000,000,000,000,000,000% since it declared independence - the one hundred trillion Zimbabwe dollar banknote you see above is worthless.) Well, the Finance Minister of Zimbabwe has just revealed that after paying public workers' salaries last week, the government has exactly $217 left in the bank:
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| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:00 AM PST
There's a "lawn dinosaur" in Redwood City, California named Dug. His family dresses him up for special occasions. Dug has his own Facebook fan page where you can see more pictures, and his own subreddit, too!
To answer your questions, Dug is made of tin, and was bought at a lawn and garden supply store in California. Link -via reddit |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST
That little speck in the middle of the photograph is pro surfer Garrett McNamara surfing a humongous wave off the Praia do Norte beach in Nazare, Portugal. The wave, reported to be around 100 ft tall, is a record breaker (the previous record, also held by McNamara, was a wave 78 feet tall):
Nick Carbone of TIME Lightbox reports: Link |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:00 AM PST
Kenneth Aleksander Robertsen asks:
His project, entitled "silenc", is an attempt to answer those questions. He chose a selection of Hans Christian Andersen stories in Danish, as well as French and English translations. He printed editions in which all of the silent letters were marked in red. These become invisible when viewed through a filter. Link -via Joe Carter | Photos: Kenneth Aleksander Robertesen |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 08:00 AM PST Recorded on the streets of Ferrara, Italy by The Bottle Boys, a band out of Copenhagen. -via Tastefully Offensive |
| Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Laplander Hat Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:00 AM PST
Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Laplander Hat (front and back shown) Look at me! Look at me! Look at me now! This is a Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Laplander Hat. Wow! We know it is cold and your nose is all runny. But you can keep your head warm with a NeatoShop hat that is funny. The sun may not shine. The wind may be cold. But the Winterwear from the NeatoShop sure is bold. |
| Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining. And Bacteria. Lots of Bacteria. Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:00 AM PST
Every cloud has a silver lining, and if atmospheric chemist Athanasios Nenes is correct, it has tons of bacteria as well. When Nenes collected air samples from about 30,000 feet over land and sea, he found that the air high above us is teeming with microorganisms:
NPR's Morning Edition has the story: Link |
| The Groundhog Oscillation: Evidence of Global Change Posted: 30 Jan 2013 06:00 AM PST
There is a fierce debate about whether the earth's climate is changing. In this paper we describe an overlooked -- but reliable -- remote sensing instrument that can provide crucially pertient information. We also describe an extensive long-term data set that was obtained by using the instrument. A Shadowy ObserverEvery year on Groundhog Day (February 2), Phil the groundhog emerges from his burrow in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, after a long winter's sleep. Legend has it that if Phil sees his shadow (that is, if Groundhog Day is sunny), he dives back into his burrow, because he knows that there will be six more weeks of winter. If Phil doesn't see his shadow (that is, if the Groundhog Day is cloudy), he (and his adoring public) expect spring to arrive early. By analyzing the more-than-century-long record of Phil's observations of his shadow, we discovered that there has been a dramatic change in the data pattern over the past two decades. We speculate that this new pattern, which we call the "Groundhog Oscillation," is evidence that the global climate is indeed changing. This new pattern also suggests that mankind should pay closer attention to what our furry friends are telling us. The Climate Change Question: Some BackgroundThe scientific community has for many years been investigating the question of climate change. The main objectives have been (a) to prove or disprove the existence of global-scale climate change; (b) to understand the nature and implications of such change if it is occurring; and (c) to determine the extent to which such change occurs anthropogenically (i.e., by the actions of human beings).  Figure 1. The Arctic Oscillation (AO) Index, as reproduced from Thompson et al. [2000]. The thin black line is the JFM seasonal mean, while the thick black line is a 5 year running mean. It has been suggested that the trend displayed in the 1980's and 1990's is evidence of climatic change.After much research and careful data analysis, most of the scientific community now accepts that the global climate (as measurable in aspects such as air temperature patterns, sea-surface temperature and pressure patterns, atmospheric composition, etc.) has been changing significantly over the past hundred years. (It should be noted that, as with all scientific and other questions, there are a few scientists who strongly disagree.) The changes have apparently been increasing in magnitude during recent decades. One such change has been evident in the past twenty years' values of the so-called "Arctic Oscillation (AO) Index" (see Thompson et al., 2000 for a detailed explanation). The effect is shown graphically in Figure 1. Related research has also suggested potential global change signatures in the Earth's middle and upper atmosphere. Studies involving data obtained from ice core samples, tree rings, and even jellyfish populations reveal similar climatic trends. However, there is inherent difficulty in doing climate research. This is due to many factors, including the variance that is induced by daily weather activity and that related to local climatological variability. There is continued need for further analysis on temporally long data sets obtained by suitable instrumentation. The instrument we describe here -- Phil -- appears to offer significant advantages over the better-known alternatives. Instrumentation and ObservationsThe observations made on Groundhog Day of most every year for over a century have recorded whether Punxsutawney Phil (Marmota monax, also known as the groundhog, woodchuck, or whistle-pig; see Figure 2) "sees" or "does not see" his shadow. Thus, the data represents a series of binary events. Phil's observations are ideal for global change studies, for a number of reasons: * There is a temporally long baseline of measurements, extending back to approximately 1888.  Figure 3. Phil's observations over the past approximately 100 years. Note the dramatic change (i.e., relatively consistent to highly oscillating) in "observation pattern" in recent years. This change is what we refer to as the Groundhog Oscillation (GO). (Image credit: Nerch via Wikipedia)Data AnalysisPhil's observations are depicted graphically in Figure 3. Note that in many of the years prior to 1975, Phil saw his shadow. In those years Phil retreated into his burrow, where he rode out a minimum of six subsequent additional weeks of winter (i.e., there were long winters throughout most of the early and mid 1900's). In the early 1980s the reported values began varying greatly from year to year. During this period there was roughly an equal chance of Phil seeing his shadow or not seeing his shadow. This new high variability is strikingly different than the relatively consistent values observed in earlier decades. We have given a name to this new, strong, persistent oscillation: the Groundhog Oscillation (or GO, after the AO above). Discussion and ConclusionsThe Groundhog Oscillation is convincing evidence of climate change. This finding is consistent with those of other recent studies. Compare Figure 3 with Figure 1 to see one instance of this. To make further progress in understanding global climate change, we must initiate additional, widespread groundhog observation programs (each calibrated by Phil, of course). In the interest of science, we must place groundhogs at each weather observing station worldwide. Only thus can we obtain and analyze the complete set of data we need to understand global climate change. It has not escaped our attention that, in Phil, we have discovered a key for easing tensions over politically touchy scientific questions. All the world loves a furry, cute scientific instrument.
AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank CG, Punxsutawney Phil, and the Inner Circle for their contributions to this research endeavor. Information on Phil, including his observations, can be obtained at the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. Reference"Annular Modes in the Extratropical Circulation, Part II: Trends" D. W. Thompson, J., J. M. Wallace, and G. C. Hegerl, Journal of Climate, vol. 13, 2000, pp. 1018-1036. _____________________
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| Posted: 30 Jan 2013 05:00 AM PST
Do you recognize the pattern? It's the Great Red Spot of the planet Jupiter. Pardalote embroidered it in cotton and silk. |
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