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.
The Man Behind the TV Laugh Tracks of the 1980s
A classic documentary from the 1980s goes behind the scenes of how laugh tracks were added to television shows. As it turns out, the laugh…
How Ziegenfelder Twin Popsicles Are Made
Wheeling Heritage Media went inside the Ziegenfelder Company in Wheeling, West Virginia to find out how the company makes their legendary twin popsicles. Brice Mills,…
Musician Plays the Nirvana Song ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ in Different Musical Styles on Synthesizer
The humorous and talented musician Seth Everman stared at the camera and performed the now-iconic Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in a wide variety…
Digging a Massive Tunnel Through The Alps to More Easily Connect Scandinavia With the Mediterranean
The architectural blog The B1M (previously) takes a look at the SCAN-MED corridor, which is a superhighway that starts in Finland and ends in Malta.…
Momentix MotionKit Lets You Build Your Own Custom Rube Goldberg Style Chain Reaction Machines
Momentix Toys has created the Momentix MotionKit, a wonderfully creative assortment of colorful wooden pieces, some with moving parts, that let you build custom “Rube…
How the Devil Went From Minor Player to Starring Role
In an impish Ted-Ed lesson written by Brian Pavlac and animated by Reza Riahi and Mehdi Shiri, narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott explains how the devil went…
An Imaginative Music Video Shot on 35mm Film at 8 Frames Per Second That Pays Tribute to Early Cinema
The incredibly imaginative music video for the excellent Ankur Sabharwal song “Better Man” pays a wonderful tribute to the films of early 20th Century cinema.…
A Mural Paying Tribute to Biggie Smalls (The Notorious B.I.G.) as the ‘King of NY’ in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
At the corner of Bedford Ave and Quincy Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn sits an incredible 38-foot mural created in 2018 that pays…
Iconic Hermès Birkin Bags Made Out of Vegetables
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ben Denzer (@bdenzer) Designer Ben Denzer found inspiration with French luxury goods manufacturer Hermès and decided…
The Psychological Phenomenon Behind Witnesses Giving Contradictory Accounts of the Same Event
In a mindful Ted-Ed lesson written by educator Sheila Marie Orfano and animated by Jeremiah Dickey and Gerta Xhelo, narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott explains the psychological…