Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Pastry Chef Creates a Delicious Gourmet Version of the Classic Coconut Covered Sno Balls Snack Cake
After a short break from her noble mission to convert commercial sweets into healthier versions, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz of the…
Christmas Squid Wrapping Paper
Inqubate’s brother asks: “Since when is there a Christmas Squid?”
How to Create a Realistic Painting of a Cat
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hosico Cat (@hosico_cat) on Oct 21, 2018 at 2:46am PDT An absolutely adorable big eyed, short…
An Instructive Five Minute Lesson Showing How to Safely Drive a Car With a Manual Transmission
Rally champion Wyatt Knox of Team O’Neil Rally School offers up an instructive five minute lesson showing how to safely drive a car with manual…
Why Certain Sections of the Manhattan Skyline Are Completely Void of Skyscrapers
In an altitudinous episode of the Cheddar video series “Cheddar Explains”, the reasons why certain sections of the Manhattan skyline are completely void of skyscrapers…
OSU Engineers Dress Their Bipedal Ostrich Inspired Robot as a Star Wars AT-ST for Halloween 2018
The researchers at the Dynamic Robotics Lab at Oregon State University (OSU) hilariously dressed up their incredible two-legged ostrich-inspired agility robot Cassie as an AT-ST…
Michael Rapaport Hilariously Insults a Frowning Big Eyed Persian Cat in a Profanity Laced Voice Over Video
When actor and comedian Michael Rapaport came across this adorable video of Wilfred Warrior, a beloved big eyed, frowning chinchilla Persian, he provided a fantastically…
A Unique Kinetic Wall Clock That Gradually Expands and Contracts With Each Passing Hour of the Day
London design studio Animaro has created the Solstice, a beautifully unique kinetic wooden hanging wall clock that interacts with the environment. The petals that surround…
What Fall Looks Like
What fall looks like on the internet vs what fall looks like from my window.
How John Coltrane Constructed Complex Key Changes in His Iconic ‘Giant Steps’ Using the Circle of Fifths
In a snappy episode of the Vox series Earworm, video producer Estelle Caswell takes a look at the iconic John Coltrane jazz instrumental “Giant Steps”.…