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.
An Excellent Electronic Cover of the Classic a-ha Song ‘Take On Me’ Performed on Stylophone
Polish musician MaroMaro, who performs amazing covers of classic rock and rap songs on Stylophone, covered the often-covered, quintessential MTV song “Take on Me” by…
Artist Turns Broken Bottles Into Sparkling Gemstones
CToom Creative shows the highly detailed process by which shards of broken beverage bottles are turned into sparkling gemstones
Unique Adhesive Tape With a Barcode Pattern That Lets You Mark Physical Objects With a Digital Label
BitRip is a handy roll of adhesive tape a barcode pattern that lets you mark physical objects with a digital label, which then can be…
Hotel Phone in Iceland Has a Button For a Wake Up Call When the Northern Lights Are Visible in the Sky
photo by Kristjan Hrannar While visiting Iceland, musician Kristjan Hrannar noticed a special button on his in-room phone that said “Northern Lights Wake-Up”. This button,…
How to Socialize a Litter of Feral Kittens
One of the amazing humans of Flatbush Cats shared how he rescued a litter of kittens from a pile of furniture behind an apartment building.
How the Navajo Nation and Other Native American Tribes Exist as a Dependent Countries Inside the US
Sam Denby of Wendover Productions explains how the Navajo Nation and other Native American tribes exist as “dependent” countries within the borders of the United…
Oversized Mural of Realistically Faded and Torn Top 20 Vinyl Albums on an Exterior Reno Brewery Wall
View this post on Instagram A post shared by OU • Erik T Burke (@ou35) Erik Burke, an artist living in Reno, Nevada, painted an…
A Strategic Elliptical Pool Table That Sinks Every Shot
Frustrated by being a poor shot at pool, the talented engineer with The Q (previously) quite cleverly adapted the game so that every ball would…
John Linnell of They Might Be Giants Releases Solo Album Featuring Songs That Are Sung Entirely in Latin
The very talented John Linnell of the wonderfully quirky and prodigiously prolific band They Might Be Giants, has released a solo EP album entitled Roman…
Maintenance Rigger Captures Dizzying Footage of Himself Climbing the Spire of NYC’s Chrysler Building
James Marksbury, a high-climbing master rigger from ColeNYC, who was performing routine maintenance work on the Chrysler Building in New York City, captured rather dizzying…