New fish named after vacuum cleaner South African scientists have discovered a new genus and species of an attractively patterned electric ray off the east coast of South Africa and they have named it after a vacuum cleaner company. The new electric ray, named Electrolux addisoni, is described in the latest issue of the journal […]
Month: September 2007
What’s wrong with this astronomy picture?
What the hell is that, you ask? Fair question. And the answer is that it is a three-minute exposure of the planet Venus ? and no, it?s not a handheld one. I utilized a tripod that held the camera perfectly still. I even triggered the shutter using the Canon?s wireless remote control. Then what the […]
Further adventures of the Neuticles inventor
I am getting second-generation owners now – their pets have died and they’re getting new pets and doing the Neuticle thing with their new pets,” Miller says. The vast majority of the fake cojones end up in dogs, but Miller says he sells a feline pair on average once a day and just sent off […]
Pop-up and movable books
The purpose of the site is to give an overview of the important artists and publishers involved in creation and distribution of novelty books and, just as importantly, to provide an image for the examples described whenever possible. Although the images are unable to mimic entirely the interactivity of the spectacular originals, a lot of […]