Recent posts at Neatorama

A truly incredible all-purpose military tool; it's a shovel, a hammer, a knife - and it opens beer bottles.  Video at the link.

School officials in England confiscated a cheese sandwich from a two-year-old in nursery school, because they didn't feel it was a healthy meal.

A video explains how to give a "high five," noting especially some potentially embarrassing mistakes to avoid.

If you've ever played the flash game "Bejeweled" or an equivalent click-and-collapse matrix game, you will be impressed/appalled at a man who spent three years racking up a score that cannot ever be beaten because it's as high as the game goes (2 to the 31st power minus 1).

A video from the BBC's "Life" series shows the battles of Darwin's Beetle.  Magnificent photography, and a surprise ending that only lacks the Wilhelm scream.

Volkswagen has developed a folding electric bicycle that goes 12.5 mph and travels 12 miles and recharges while sitting in your trunk.  It looks really cool.  Probably will cost big bucks, though...

Additional footage has been found that was part of the original release of Fritz Lang's iconic "Metropolis" movie.  This restored version will be circulating in theaters this year and will then be released on DVD.  Film buffs are salivating.

My father's alma mater, Penn State, has excellent football players, but they have also used acoustic mapping to figure out where the best location is for students to sit in the stadium so their cheering can totally drown out the opposing team's play-calling.  Interesting.

A newspaper editorial complained in 1914 about the unreasonably high salaries being paid to professional baseball players.  Some quick calculations show that today's players are paid 50X as much - even after adjusting for inflation.


Photos:  bleeding hearts and bearded iris from our gardens.