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.
October is Facebook Conference Month in the Bay Area
As many people know, Facebook has really been exploding over the last few months, especially with a giant Facebook Developers network building out a bunch…
The 8th Annual Burning Man Decompression 2007
The 8th annual Burning Man Decompression 2007 Heat The Street Faire, a massive post Burning Man celebration, takes place this Sunday, October 7th at Cafe…
She’s Geeky, A Technology (Un)conference For Women
She’s Geeky, a technology (un)conference for women, takes place October 22nd & 23rd at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. The She’s Geeky (un)conference…
Quick Lobotomy Billboard Prank by Fauxreel
Dan Bergeron (aka fauxreel) created a controversial “Quick Lobotomy” billboard installation for the Nuit Blanche festival in Toronto. Dan documented the project as a timelapse…
Chicken John Matching Funds Donor Lunch
Chicken John has placed this ad (here’s a larger version) is in today’s issue of the SF Weekly. Chicken is inviting his campaign donors to…
Widget Summit 2007, Exploring Widets & Content Syndication
These days it seems like there are widgets for everything, including desktops, blogs, mobile devices, Facebook, iPhone and so on. My good friend Niall Kennedy…
The Simpsons Matched Up With The Movies They Reference
Joey “Accordion Guy” deVilla has posted an awesome galley matching up 66 stills from The Simpsons with the corresponding movie still that they are referencing.…
Artists Build a Secret Apartment Inside of a Mall
In 2003 a group of 8 artists, know as Trummerkind, built a 750 square-foot secret studio apartment inside the Providence Place Mall.
Loic Le Meur Posting Daily Videos of New Video Startup
At the last TechCrunch party I met French entrepreneur and blogger Loic Le Meur, who organizes Europe’s largest web event Le Web 3 in Paris…
The Miniature Earth, Visualizing A Poplulation of Only 100
The Miniature Earth Project has created an engaging video, based on the “State of the Village Report” (1990) by Donella Meadows (who passed away in…