Laughing Squid
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Jonathan Mann Releases an Album of His 10 Best Song-A-Day Original Songs From the Past 10 Years
Jonathan Mann, the infamous “Song-a-Day Man”, has been writing a song everyday for ten years now and to celebrate, he’s releasing his first album. The…
A Short History of the Long Necked Theorbo Lute
Musician Elizabeth Kenny of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment played a beautiful Baroque era song on a Theorbo, which she explained is a…
A Quirky Book About Crafting With Cat Hair
Crafting With Cat Hair by Kaori Tsutaya and translated from Japanese by Amy Hirschman is an instruction book that shows how to make fun items…
Concerned Shiba Inu Dog Comforts a Crying Baby
While sitting in the nursery, a really alert Shiba Inu immediately jumped to attention when the tiny baby in the rocking cradle began crying.
The Crew of ‘The Muppet Show’ Hilariously Perform as Themselves Without Any Muppets in a 1976 Episode
The crew from The Muppet Show put on the show as themselves without any muppets in at the end of the first season in 1976.
A Visit Inside Artist Doug Meyer’s Fantastically Colorful One Bedroom New York City Apartment
Design editor Wendy Goodman of the New York Magazine series The Cut visited artist Doug Meyer at his Chelsea, New York City one bedroom apartment.…
How the Use of Triangles in Video Game Design Lowers Computational Burden During the Rendering Process
In a triune essay for Vox, developer Cleo Abram explains how triangles are at the root of the beautiful amount of detail in video games.…
Jaunty PIano Accompaniment to Jack Black’s Giddy Reaction to Reaching 1 Million Subscribers on YouTube
Musician FinnMK very cleverly performed a jaunty piano accompaniment to Jack Black’s giddy announcement that his new video channel, Jablinksi Games, had hit 1 million…
How Many Times the Words ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ Are Said Throughout Every Film Within the Star Wars Franchise
Star Wars Kids decided to examine how many times the word “yes” and the word “no” were uttered within each film in the iconic series…
Antarctica, The Confusing Continent
Antarctica, where every other direction is north. Contient via Miss Cellania