Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Ingenious Shower Liner With Inflatable Spikes That Force a Person Out of the Shower After 4 Minutes
Concerned about the amount of water being wasted by long showers, British designer Elisabeth Buecher created “Spiky”, a shower liner with inflatable spikes that ingeniously…
Katniss Gets the Resistance to March Together in the Official Trailer for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2’
In the official trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) gets the resistance to march together against the capital. The conclusion…
tiii.me, An Interactive Site That Instantly Calculates How Much Time Was Spent Watching a Specific Television Show
Designer Alex Cican has created tiii.me, an wonderfully interactive site that instantly calculates how much time a person has spent watching specific television shows. The…
An Animated History of Housing Through the Centuries
“Home Is Where The Heart Is”, the latest animated history video by The Atlantic, takes a look at housing through the centuries, from a painted…
The NASA Kepler Mission Discovers Exoplanet Kepler-452b, An ‘Older Cousin to Earth’
NASA‘s Kepler mission has discovered a new exoplanet named Kepler-452b that a mission analyst has called, “an older, bigger cousin to Earth.” The new exoplanet…
Italian Sculptor Masterfully Carves a Detailed Dragon Head Out of a Watermelon
Italian sculptor Valeriano Fatica demonstrates via a time-lapse video how to masterfully carve a detailed dragon head out of a plain old watermelon. Fatica has…
‘MOMENTUM’, A Concept Movie Trailer About a Hover Car Racer Who Has to Choose Between Family Life and a Shot at Fame
Robert Simons and Peggy Chung of the Los Angeles-based Gadget-bot production company and artist Mark Yang have teamed up to create MOMENTUM, a concept movie…
‘Before Science, There Was Magic’, A Short Documentary About the Role Magic and Science Play in Explaining Nature
“Before Science, There Was Magic” is a short documentary in the series This Is Not a Conspiracy Theory by filmmaker Kirby Ferguson, who created the Everything…
A Plush ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Rocket Raccoon Backpack Buddy That Will Always Have Your Back
ThinkGeek has released a plush Guardians of the Galaxy Rocket Raccoon Backpack Buddy designed to literally always have your back and keep your goods safe.…
Brooklyn Deli Owner Launches ‘Artisanal Landlord Price Hike Sale’ to Combat a Steep Rent Increase
Brooklyn deli owner Jesse Itayim of Jesse’s Deli in Boerum Hill partnered with designers Tommy Noonan and Doug Cameron to launch an “Artisanal Landlord Price Hike…