Neatorama Roundup Part Deux
Continuing last weeks fine tradition here are some things that you might have missed from neatorama this week.
That's a living wall, and it looks like something that would be awesome to have in your foyer. Although I do wonder about mold and other allergens that it might introduce to the air. Speaking of vegetation how about a global warming mug that shows the destruction of land masses as it gets "warmer."
With all this reduction in land mass one might expect to see new dictators, and they will no doubt come from many different backgrounds. Take for instance the case of Pol Pot.
Before he became a world-famous war criminal, Pol Pot was named Saloth Sar. As a young man, Sar studied carpentry and radio engineering, but proved a poor student so he became – what else? – a teacher. (And you thought your classrooms were scary.) From 1954 to 1963, Sar taught at a private school in Phnom Penh before being forced out because of ties to communism.That's certainly some interesting fodder for a cocktail conversation at your local iBar.
Ever fond of alliteration, Saloth Sar became Pol Pot and devoted himself full-time to Cambodia’s Communist Party, eventually becoming the party’s leader, and by 1975, his Khmer Rouge guerrilla army had overthrown the same government that once fired him.
In his four years of rule, Pot killed more than a million Cambodians. When the Vietnamese came to the rescue and invaded Cambodia in 1979, Pot retreated to the jungle, though he continued to orchestrate guerilla attacks until his arrest in 1997.
And finally, what's this? The interior of a space ship? No that's just a Japanese church.
6 Comments
silvercordHi James,
I noticed that in the "Neatorama" box they had links for various vids on YouTube. I also noticed that some, if not all, of those vids are available here. What would be the chances of Neatorama linking with the 'Sift instead?
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James Roehey,
they already link to us once a week on Friday, which is when I do the weekly round up. They could probably do it every day, and in fact they do link to us occasionally, but we already have a difficult time matching the amount of traffic they send our way. So because to some extent this is a business arrangement it doesn't seem very likely.
silvercordThanks, James.
Farhad2000Oh god that Japanese Church almost makes me want to convert... Almost...
Great stuff as always from Neatorama!
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"Japanophiles everywhere gathered to-day, to commemorate the 10 year aniversary of that east Asian island countrys', tragic
inundation and subsequent, "disappearance" from the world map, after the series of violent eruptions and earthquakes, known forever to the people of every race and country, (including the peninsula of the former country of Greenland) as "*** ******* *****", the name coined by the founder and high-prefect of the 1st Church Tokimeki-Joumyaku, Farhad Ooozbk"
幼稚園保護者求道者教会だより各部紹介ਰ
5;本基督教団日本基督教団幼稚園保護者求$
947;者教会だより各部紹介日本基督教団
gwaanI think all churches, mosques, synagogues and temples should look like spaceships!
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