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.
R. Buckminster Fuller Talks About His Eponymous Geodesic Dome Home in Animated Interviews from 1965 and 1970
In the most recent episode of the animated Quoted Studios series Blank on Blank, the brilliant designer and inventor R. Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller talks about…
StoryCorps Develops a Free App That Lets People Record, Share & Preserve the Stories of Their Lives
StoryCorps (previously), the wonderful oral history project that provides recording booths for people to tell their own life stories and make them available to the…
An Interesting List of Lesser-Known Facts About Different Species in the Animal Kingdom
On the most recent episode of The List Show by Mental Floss, host John Green presents an interesting list of little- and lesser-known facts about…
‘AWAKE’, A Short Time-Lapse That Captures the Prismatic Beauty of the Northern Lights in Alaska
“AWAKE” is a new time-lapse film by filmmaker Alexis Coram that captures the stunning prismatic beauty of the aurora borealis as it dances across the…
Songsmith Parry Gripp Sings About the Wooden Guinea Pig Bridge at the Nagasaki Bio Park in Japan
In the song “Guinea Pig Bridge at the Nagasaki Bio Park“, songsmith Parry Gripp (previously) sings about the eponymous wooden boardwalk at the Japanese zoo…
How the Chemistry of the Craft Beer Brewing Process Differs From Larger Commercial Brands
In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, Reactions delves into the chemistry of craft beer and explains what happens within the brewing process that makes craft…
A Colorful Map Plotting the Most Popular Beers Enjoyed in Over 100 Countries Worldwide
After creating infographic that showed the most popular beers in the United States, the folks at Vinepair (previously) set their sites outward and used the…
Teeny Tiny Chipmunk Looks Like She’s Flying Whenever She Stops to Get in Her Daily Stretch
Whenever Bikke the teeny tiny chipmunk needs a break, she stops whatever she’s doing, whenever she’s doing it, gives a big yawn and an incredibly…
‘I Want You Bach’, A Brilliant Visual and Musical Mashup That Combines The Jackson 5 with Several Bach Selections
“I Want You Bach” by The Piano Guys (previously) is a brilliant visual and musical mashup that combines selections from Johann Sebastian Bach with The…
A Clever Canine Vest With Smartphone-Controlled Customizable LED Messaging and Design Capabilities
Disco Dog is a clever piece of wearable technology for small dogs that has smartphone-controlled customizable LED messaging and design capabilities that assist in locating…