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.
Doug Wellman

Puzzling Evidence

Puzzling Evidence, the legendary Church of the SubGenius radio program, was started back in 1982 at Berkeley’s KPFA (94.1 FM) by Doug Wellman (aka Puzzling…

Ask Dr. Hal

More Ask Dr. Hal Photos

Here are the photos I shot last Wednesday at the 2nd to last episode of the Ask Dr. Hal Show at Cafe Du Nord. The…

Web 2.0 Validator

Web 2.0 Validator

As one might expect, laughingsquid.com scored low (4 out of 16) on the Web 2.0 Validator, created by 30 Second Rule. Does your website validate…

Hector

Hector’s Birthday Party Photos

The lovable Hector, Varnish Fine Art’s resident canine, just turned ten, so Varnish owners Kerri and Jen threw a little birthday party for him. Lori…

Geek Entertainment TV

Geek Entertainment TV

Webzine co-founder Eddie Codel and independent journalist Irina Slutsky have recently joined forces to launch the new video blog Geek Entertainment TV (GETV), where they…

meth lab

Find Local Meth Labs Using Google

Cincinnati blogger Drew Vogel discovered that Google can help you find local meth labs via a sponsored link for local.com. So, taking Google’s advice, I…

WordPress.com

WordPress.com Opens Its Doors

WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg just announced that they have officially opened the doors to WordPress.com, the new hosted version of the popular, open source blog…

Flock Picnic

Flock Picnic Photos

Raconteur and bon vivant Chicken John, organized a delightful picnic today at the base of Michael Christian’s stunning Flock sculpture located in Civic Center Plaza.…