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.
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…
Gerald V. Casale of DEVO Releases a Brilliantly Animated Video For His Song ‘I’m Gonna Pay U Back’
Gerald V. Casale, a prolific songwriter, an award-winning music video and commercial director, a proprietor of wines and member of DEVO, released his delicious revenge…
The Adorable Way That Baby Koalas Are Weighed
photo via Kangaroo Island Koala and Wildlife Rescue Centre The Kangaroo Island Koala and Wildlife Rescue Centre in Duncan, South Australia shared an absolutely adorable…
Remarkable Up Close Footage of an Industrious Beaver Efficiently Chewing Through a Fallen Tree Limb
Mike’s Videos of Beavers captured footage of a rather industrious beaver who was chewing through a tree limb that had fallen onto the road.
How Wooden Championship Chess Sets Are Made
Business Insider took a look at the incredibly detailed process by which wooden World Championship Chess sets are made. Each piece is hand-carved by an…
An Incredible Chocolate Replica of the Statue of Liberty
Chef Amaury Guichon (previously) of the Pastry Academy crafted an absolutely stunning and incredibly detailed miniature replica of the iconic Statue of Liberty out of…
Inside an Enormous Warehouse Where Thousands of Robots Select Items to Fulfill Grocery Orders
The ever-curious Tom Scott (previously) visited an absolutely enormous Ocado Group warehouse in the southeast of London, known as “The Hive”, that houses robots that…
‘Seinfeld’ 30th Anniversary LEGO Set
In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the 1989 premiere of the long-running comedy series Seinfeld, environmental artist and level designer Brent Waller (previously) designed…