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.
Instapaper, An Easy Way To Save Web Content For Later
Instapaper is a cool new free web service that makes it really easy to save web content you come across to be read later when…
The Legendary Life-Size Mousetrap Madness FUNdraiser
This Sunday, February 10th there will be a special fundraiser for the Life-Size Mousetrap at Amnesia in San Francisco (the mousetrap itself will not be…
1988 Apple //c Unboxing Photos
Forget about all of those MacBook Air unboxing reports, Dan Budiac recently purchased an unopened 1988 Apple //c on eBay and posted photos of the…
Public Marching Band in San Francisco
Transtagonist is organizing a Public Marching Band in San Francisco on Sunday, February 10th. Bring a hat, an instrument, and yourself. Everybody! Gather to make…
10th Annual SF Indie Film Fest
The 10th Annual SF Indie Film Fest takes place February 7th-19th at The Castro Theatre, Victoria Theatre and Roxie Cinema. 10 years ago, we thought…
Fail Cartoons
Doctor Popular has uploaded a set of “Fail” cartoons inspired by the “Fail” meme (see my previous post about The Fail Blog). The illustrations were…
OpenRoad.TV Interviews Om Malik
OpenRoad.TV, a great travel video blog hosted by Doug McConnell of Bay Area Backroads, recently interviewed GigaOm founder Om Malik for their “Life Outside the…
Winners of The New Yorker’s Eustace Tilley Contest
The New Yorker has announced the 20 winners of their Eustace Tilley Contest. Recently, we held a contest asking readers to redefine Eustace Tilley, the…
Ooedo No Hikeshi Performs Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water
Ooedo No Hikeshi doing a fantastic performance of Deep Purple’s 1972 song “Smoke on the Water”. Thanks to M2 for the tip!
Monochrom’s Taugshow #14: The Soviet Unterzoegersdorf Special
Taugshow #14, recorded at Metalab in Vienna back in September 2007, is the latest installment of anti-talkshow series produced by monochrom. This episode focuses on…