Lori Dorn
Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.
Iconic Black Sabbath Riffs Played on a Guitar With All Strings Tuned to B
Bloxsy tuned all the strings on his guitar to B and performed a variety of Black Sabbath riffs from songs he renamed for this experiment.
Calculus Explained in Very Simple Terms
Flash Bytes offered a simple look at Calculus over the course of 15 minutes, noting that it is far more simple than people think.
Robotic Quadruped Dog Equipped With a Flamethrower
Throwflame has created the Thermonator, a commercially available robotic quadruped dog equipped with their proprietary Arc Flamethrower.
Marques Brownlee Walks on an Amazing 360° HoloTile Infinite Treadmill Floor by Disney Imagineering
While at Disney Imagineering Lab, Marques Brownlee tried out an amazing HoloTile floor which acted like a 360° omnidirectional, infinite treadmill.
A Pair of Parrots Imitate a Smoke Detector’s Low Battery Sound
Dakota of Inspire Exotics deadpanned the camera, noting that her parrots learned how to imitate the low battery sound on a smoke detector.
Prankster Paints Package Like Dice To See What Number It Lands On When Delivered
Pablo Rochat painted a box to look like a single dice and sent it to his friend, asking his followers to guess what number it would land on.
The Slow Yet Satisfying Hobby of Building Ships Inside Bottles
Popular Mechanics spoke with Jim Goodwin about the seemingly time-consuming, yet completely satisfying art of fitting ships inside bottles.
How Non-Existent Island Wound Up on Google Maps
Map Men took a look at a phantom island in the South Pacific that was "discovered" by Captain Cook and plotted on Google Maps until 2012.
A Tough Talking Pee-wee Herman Looks For His Bike in ‘Cyberpunk 2077’
eli_handle_b.wav quite amusingly edited scenes from the game Cyberpunk 2077 to include a tough talking Pee-wee Herman looking for his bike.
The Amazing Problem Solving Capabilities of Bees
In an episode of his "True Facts" series, narrator Ze Frank offers a humorous looks at the amazing problem solving capabilities of bees.