Scott Beale

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.

Portland Pillow Fight

It’s the meme that just keeps giving. Looks like Portland is the next destination for a Pillow Fight. Pillow Fighters are requested to meet at…

Urban Iditarod 2006

photo by Joe Reifer 12th Annual Urban Iditarod takes place this Saturday, March 4th in the streets of San Francisco. The “dogs” and their “sleds”…

Firefox Extensions Gone Wild

Now that’s a lot of Firefox Extensions. Here’s the full-size screenshot. From Splasho: Yesterday I decided to undertake an experiment. My favourite browser, Firefox, allows…

Rapid Eye Movement

“Rapid Eye Movement” is a new group show at Varnish Fine Art featuring Attaboy, Sean Christopher, Dave Chung, Chris Mars, Kevin Peterson, & KRK Ryden.…

AfterBurn: Reflections on Burning Man

“AfterBurn: Reflections on Burning Man” is a new book edited by longtime Burning Man participants/contributors Lee Gilmore and Mark Van Proyen. It was published last…

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Photos

Last night I attended the annual Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the Cracktory in the lovely Bayview district of San Francisco. It was a really…

ETech & SXSW

So I’m doing the double whammy web geek conference thing next month. First it will be the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) in San Diego…

Zombie March San Francisco

This just in. Zombie March San Francisco, Round 2, takes place tonight (Friday, February 24th) starting in Union Square at 9pm. Rumor has it that…

Burners Without Borders

Burners Without Borders is a group of Burning Man participants who help out in various communities throughout the year. Most recently they have been working…