Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
The First ‘The Fast and the Furious’ Film Retold as an 8-Bit Animated Video Game
CineFix has released a new episode of 8-Bit Cinema (previously) that retells the 2001 street racing action film The Fast and the Furious as an…
A Beautiful Time-Lapse of a Majestic San Francisco Sunset
On March 24, 2015, Colby Droscher captured a particularly majestic San Francisco sunset in a beautiful time-lapse. The time-lapse was recorded in the Mission and…
Times Squared 3015, A Design Concept for a Self-Contained City in a Mile-High Tower in New York City
Times Squared 3015 is an architectural design concept for a self-contained city housed in a 5,687-foot tower on what is now Times Square in New…
‘Memento Mori’, A New Book by Paul Koudounaris Documenting the World’s Monuments to Human Skeletons
Memento Mori is a new book by Paul Koudounaris (previously) that documents sacred sites around the world where human skeletons are displayed. Koudounaris has traveled…
Ämari Pilots’ Cemetery, A Spooky Soviet Military Cemetery in Estonia With Aircraft Tail Fins as Grave Markers
photo by Modris Putns In a secluded stretch of Estonian forest, aircraft tail fins sprout out of the ground as if the entire aircraft are…
‘Projection Napping’, Playful Videos of People Napping Projected on Buildings in New York City
In a tongue-in-cheek take on projection mapping, Brooklyn-based digital studio Dawn Of Man has been projecting giant-sized video of slumbering people on buildings around New…
‘Supersymmetry’, A Short Film Combining Original, Stock, and Archive Footage to Tell a Personal Story About Time
“Supersymmetry” is a short film by Trent Jaklitsch that combines original, stock, and archive footage to tell a personal story about time and how it relates…
Swiss Resort to Build a 1,250-Foot-Tall Luxury Hotel Tower in the Alps
The 7132 Hotel is a design proposal for a 1,250-foot-tall hotel that soars over the Swiss alpine resort of Therme Vals. Created by Morphosis Architects,…
Curious Kitten Tries to Figure Out How to Capture the Fan That Is Spinning Above Her Little Head
A curious Siamese kitten named Wampa (previously) does her very best to figure out how to capture the spinning fan above her little head, but…
The New York Times Introduces One-Sentence Stories to Be Read on the Apple Watch’s Small Screen
The New York Times has introduced one-sentence stories intended to be read on the Apple Watch (previously), making the most out of the device’s small screen.…