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.
Giant Earthquake Crack Splits San Francisco’s Union Square
A giant 60’ crack will be splitting San Francisco’s Union Square in half today as a result of a simulated earthquake. This “Super Crack” promotion…
Canon Announces New 40D DSLR Camera
Canon has just announced their new 10.1 megapixel 40 DSLR Camera, which falls between the 30D and 5D, sharing some of the new features in…
The Monsters of Accordion Attack The West Coast
Seattle squeezebox giant Jason Webley has joined forces with fellow accordion players Corn Mo, Geoff Berner and Duckmandu for The Monsters of Accordion tour of…
Salad, Alien Made Out of Vegetables by Till Nowak
German designer Till Nowak has created a masterpiece “Salad”, a fantastic digital image of Alien made out of vegetables. His tribute to HR Giger and…
The Thing, An Object Based Quarterly
The Thing is an quarterly periodical in the form of an object with text. Each issue is created by an artist, wrapped by the editors…
DeskLickr, Flickr Images for Mac Desktop Wallpaper
DeskLickr is a great new Mac app that pulls photos from Flickr (yours or other people’s) setting them as your desktop image (wallpaper) which you…
‘Time for Timer’ and ‘Hanker for a Hunka Cheese’
Time for Timer was a series of animated public service announcements produced by ABC which aired on Saturday mornings in the 1970s. They featured Timer,…
AT&T and Apple Being Not So Green
Justine Ezarik received her first iPhone bill from AT&T. It was 300 pages and delivered in a box. Justine suggests switching to e-billing. Speaking of…
Monster by Mail and The Coloring Book of Death
Cleveland artist Len Peralta and his wife Nora are expecting a baby in the fall, so in order to raise money for their medical expenses,…
EFF Bloggers’ Rights T-Shirt by Hugh D’Andrade
Our good friend Hugh D’Andrade, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s in-house designer and the artist who created our wonderful Paradise Lost poster, has designed a really…