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.
100,000 Comment Spam Entries Blocked by Akismet
The amazing WordPress plugin Akismet has blocked over 100,000 comment and trackback spam entries on Laughing Squid since I installed it. I’m not sure what…
Microsoft Sent An Acer Ferrari Laptop With Windows Vista
UPDATE: I’ve decided to auction off the laptop on eBay and donate the proceeds to EFF. Ok, so yeah, I’ve been blogging about Microsoft quite…
San Francisco New Year’s Eve 2006-2007
People are starting to make their New Year’s Eve plans as 2006 comes to an end and as always there’s a bunch of great stuff…
Microsoft’s Vanishing Point Game
It’s looks like Microsoft is really starting to get creative with their marking campaigns, for instance their recent Clearification promotion for Windows Vista. That campaign…
Christmas with Bacon Cocktails
All Christmas parties should include bacon cocktails. More photos. photo credit: Scott Beale
DS Tie-In Games I Wanna Play
The latest rapidly mutating meme: DS Tie-In Games I Wanna Play Want to play along? Here’s the photoshop kit. Post your finished product to the…
Video of Unsilent Night San Francisco 2006
I edited a short video of last night’s Unsilent Night event in San Francisco, where New York composer Phil Kline organized a mobile boombox orchestra…
Happy Holidays From Laughing Squid
This cephalopotastic ornament was given to me by David and Simone at the Laughing Squid: Decade 2 party. They always dig up awesome tentacled goodness.
Meetro’s Microsoft Photo Parody Holiday Card
Speaking of great holiday cards, the guys at the social messaging company Meetro, created an awesome spoof of the famous 1978 Microsoft company photo and…
Violet Blue’s Blogger Tattoo
Violet Blue just had a tattoo of the word “blogger” added to her ankle by San Francisco tattoo artist Scott Sylvia. Beautiful ink on flesh…