Scott Beale
Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.
International Pillow Fight Day 2008
If you don’t live in San Francisco and missed the recent Pillow Fight action, you might still get your chance to do battle. International Pillow…
8th Annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel, This Year on Vermont Street
The 8th Annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel, organized by Jon Brumit, takes place this Easter Sunday, March 23rd starting at 5pm. This year it’s…
Japandering, Parodies of Japanese TV Commercials
“Japandering”, episode #24 of the animated series The Meth Minute, “explores the phenomenon of Hollywood stars appearing in Japanese commercials”.
Vintage Advertisements Featuring Modern Products
A Worth 1000 Photoshop Contest challenged people to create vintage ads featuring modern products. The winning entry was a historical Dutch ad for Segway. via…
ReadWriteWeb’s List of Sites for Finding Wonderful Things
Marshall Kirkpatrick, who is a lead writer for excellent web technology news blog ReadWriteWeb, recently wrote a post on “Ten Sites for Finding Wonderful Things”…
Merlin Mann Presents FlockdUp, One of the Worst Websites Ever
By far one of the most popular panels at SXSW Interactive 2008 was “Worst Website Ever: That’s So Crazy, It Just Might Work” organized by…
Kent Nichols & Douglas Sarine Redo Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Our good friends Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, the awesome duo behind Ask A Ninja, have been hired to remake the classic film “Attack of…
Happy 4th Birthday Flickr!
Here are a few photos from tonight’s Flickr Turns 4 party at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. I shot these with my new Ricoh…
Blue Monday by New Order, Released 25 Years Ago
The original version of the New Order song “Blue Monday” was released 25 years ago. Man, that makes me feel old. Regardless, it still holds…
Battledecks II, Improv PowerPoint Karaoke at SXSW
This year the legendary Battledecks returned to SXSW Interactive 2008 for Battledecks II, which took place on Friday, March 7th and featured several speakers giving…