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.
Demolition Squid

Demolition Squid

Weebls Stuff presents Demolition Squid in “Calamari Democracy”. When you are in danger. There’s only one squid for the job. Thanks for the tip David!

Cyclecide Ferris Wheel

The County Unfair

The County Unfair takes place this Saturday, June 11th from 1:00pm to 10pm at The Barn, 702 Earl Street in San Francisco. See the Squid…

David Best Hayes Green Temple

photo by Scott Beale Bay Area sculptor David Best, who is known for his elaborate art cars and the magnificent temples that he creates at…

ScrapHouse Photos

photo by Scott Beale Last week I mentioned ScrapHouse, a collaborative art project that was constructed in San Francisco’s Civic Center. I just went down…

Royal de Luxe

Royal de Luxe Parade in Nantes

Olivier, just let us know about a fantastic parade that took place last month in Nantes, France celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Jules Verne’s classic…

Gnomedex 5.0

Gnomedex 5.0

So, it’s official, Laughing Squid is going to Gnomedex 5.0. Gnomedex is a 3 day web technology event organized by Chris Pirillo that takes place…

HostingCon 2005

HostingCon 2005

HostingCon 2005 takes place next week, June 6th and 7th, in Chicago and Laughing Squid will be there to check it out. The last time…

Playazon

Playazon

It’s only natural that our old friend capitalism would eventually find its way to Burning Man. First there was Black Rock Hardware, which setup shop…

ScrapHouse

ScrapHouse

Chicken John and a bunch of artists have been working with the City of San Francisco on ScrapHouse, a project to build an entire house…

Weirdo Deluxe

Weirdo Deluxe

On Saturday, June 4th, 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco is hosting a book release party for Chronicle Books recent publication “Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild…