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 Beautiful Wooden Hurdy-Gurdy Mechanical Model
UGears is featuring a really beautiful functioning Hurdy-Gurdy mechanical model that neither requires external tools nor musical talent to build. The kit includes pop-out wooden…
A Giant Inflatable Version of the Classic Twister Game
Hammacher Schlemmer has added a new twist to the classic game of Twister by increasing the size of the game board and making it inflatable…
How Fake ‘Camouflage Passports’ Helped to Protect Residents of the United States During the 1980s
John Swan of SideNote explains the history of the appropriately-named “camouflage passports” — fake travel documents made in the name of countries that no longer…
The World’s Only One Handed Concert Pianist
Nicholas McCarthy is a pianist who was born without a right hand. Despite this perceived shortcoming by music teachers and coaches, McCarthy has gone on…
A Brilliant Montage of One Second Clips From Every Looney Tunes Cartoon Short Between 1929 and 1969
Anime video essayist KaiserBeamz has brilliantly created a seamless 17+ minute montage that encompasses one second from every classic Looney Tunes cartoon short between the…
A Cereal Bowl With a Red Tuba Speaker That Amplifies the ‘Snap, Crackle and Pop’ Sound of Rice Krispies
Dominic Wilcox (previously), a prolific artist and founder of the wonderful children’s non-profit Little Inventors, fabricated a really fun yellow cereal bowl with an attached…
How Orwashers Makes Their Famous New York Bagels
Keith Cohen, the proprietor of Orwashers famous New York City bakery, gave Tasty a behind-the-counter tour of their bagel-making process. Cohen described each step of…
Pizza Candy Canes
For their wonderful line of unusually flavored candy canes, the fabulous online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has come up with Pizza Candy Canes, the perfect…
How a Solar Day Differs From a Standard Calendar Day
In a metronomic whiteboard animation, Minute Physics explains how a solar day differs from a standard calendar day. A solar day encompasses a full rotation…
A Fascinating Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Visual Effects Created for ‘Avengers: Endgame’
London visual effects company Cinesite (previously) has put together a fascinating reel that gives a wonderful behind-the-scenes look at the visual effects they created for…