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.

Cute Overload

Ok, time for a break from all that art, culture and technology nonsense. Get ready to waste some time with Cute Overload. At Cute Overload,…

WordPress 2.0

WordPress 2.0 was released last week and it includes a bunch of new features including WYSIWYG editing with a real-time preview and built-in Akismet comment…

NYE Cephalopad

Hello 2006

Lori and I had a few friends over to The Cephalopad on NYE to say goodbye to 2005 and welcome the unknown that is 2006.…

Palo Alto Apple Store

Palo Alto Apple Store

The Palo Alto Apple Store, on a rainy winter night. Just 14 miles from The Mothership. MacWorld starts in 10 days. UPDATE: John Law has…

Suck.com

Suck.com Sucks

Remember Suck.com, the great blog-like website that launched in 1995 and featured daily updates and articles? Well it’s been hijacked. What really sucks is that…

Warning Attack Chihuahua

Killer Chihuahuas

The “piranhas of the land” strike again. “Pack of angry Chihuahuas attack officer in Fremont” (AP story from SFGate) photo via Angela’s Gifts

Silly Putty

250 Pounds of Silly Putty at Google

Google Associate Product Manager Clay Bavor was “curious to see what 250 pounds of Silly Putty would look like”. The problem was that once together,…

How To Destroy The Universe: Part 5

How To Destroy The Universe: Part 5

How To Destroy The Universe: Part 5 begins touring the West Coast on January 26th, starting in San Diego. There will be two shows in…

Zombie Bunny

Zombie Bunny

Zombie Bunny! Zombie Bunnies are the new Monkey Clowns. Oh wait, maybe they are the new Pirate Santas. Somebody buy this Zombie Bunny a plane…

SpellBound

SpellBound Firefox Spellchecker

I recently started using SpellBound, a Firefox spellchecker for form input fields and textareas. It’s a great way to spell check when you are filling…