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.
Gravatar, Identify Yourself On Blogs With A Global Avatar
I recently installed Gravatar here on the Laughing Squid blog. Gravatars are those cool avatars you see next to people’s comments. They help you maintain…
Twitxr, Location Based Microblogging With Photos
I’ve been playing around with Twitxr, a new microblogging service from FON Labs that includes location information, posting of photos and Facebook cross-posting, all features…
WonderCon 2008, A Comics & Pop Culture Convention
WonderCon 2008, Northern California’s largest comics and pop culture convention, takes place February 22nd-24th at Moscone Center South in San Francisco. I’ve been going the…
San Francisco Freeze, A Synchronized Snafu
Inspired by Improv Everywhere’s amazing Frozen Grand Central event last month, where a couple hundred people froze in place at Grand Central Station for five…
The Joy of Six, Release Party for Not Quite What I Was Planning
“Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure” is a new book by SMITH Magazine published through Harper Perennial. The…
Fray Issue 1: Busted!
“Busted!” the premier issue of the new Fray quarterly comes packaged in a beautiful hand screened money bag (inspired Joe Loya’s bank robbery story) featuring…
1966 Jetpack Trip Around Disneyland
Paleo-Future has posted a wonderful video clip from a December 18, 1966 episode of the Disneyland TV program “Disneyland Around the Seasons” which features a…
Star Trek Phaser With Blu-Ray Laser
Kipkay shows you how to equip a Star Trek phaser with a Blu-ray laser.
BIL, An Open, Self-Organizing Alternative to TED
BIL is “an open, self-organizing, emergent, and anarchic science and technology conference” that is an alternative to the $6000 invite-only TED conference. BIL takes place…
FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield
FreakAngels is a beautiful new weekly comic written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Paul Duffield.