Laughing Squid
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Crack Jokes at the Expense of Nominees During the Opening of the 72nd Annual Golden Globes
“Good evening! Good evening, and welcome, you bunch of despicably spoiled, minimally talented brats!” Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 72nd Annual Golden Globes…
A Robot Who Was Given the Ability to Both Think and Feel Fights to Survive in a New Trailer for the Film ‘CHAPPiE’
Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for CHAPPiE (previously), an upcoming film co-written and directed by Neill Blomkamp of District 9 and Elysium fame.…
‘Scroll Slow, Have Fun’, Scanimation-Style Optical Illusions That Are Animated by Moving a Browser Scrollbar
“Scroll Slow, Have Fun” is a single-page site featuring a series of Scanimation-style optical illusions of figures like rotating skulls and Pac-Man that are animated…
‘One Hour Cheese’ Author Claudia Lucero Demonstrates How to Make a Simple Cheese in Less Than 15 Minutes
Claudia Lucero, the author of the book One Hour Cheese and creator of DIY Cheese Kits , demonstrated to Potluck Video how to make a…
Spider Dress, An Interactive Robotic Exoskeletal Dress That Defends Personal Space of Its Wearer
Designer Anouk Wipprecht (previously), the talented artist who specializes in wearable electronics and “interactive couture“, has created the “Spider Dress” an incredible interactive robotic exoskeletal…
Maymo the Lemon Beagle Goes Public With His Addiction to Being Blow-Dried with His Human’s Hair Dryer
Maymo the Lemon Beagle, whose adventures we’ve posted in the past, has decided to go public with his unusual addiction to being blow-dried with his…
Tiny Kitten Attacks the Paw of an Unseen Grunting Monster on the Other Side of a Door
A curious little kitten attacks the paw of an unseen grunting creature who’s on the other side of a wooden door. According to turcitt, human…
A Mesmerizing Reversed Slow Motion Video of a Woman Spinning Flaming Steel Wool
A woman swinging flaming steel wool on tethers releases showers of sparks in the mesmerizing slow motion video “Ignition Sequences” by filmmaker Richard Johnston. Johnston…
An Eye-Catching Sculptural Floor Lamp Shaped Like a Shark’s Tail
Ukraine-based designer Ol’ha Shevchenko has created the Shark Tail Floor Lamp, a dramatic four-foot-tall light fixture shaped like the tail-end of a shark. The lamp…
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, A Collection of Bizarre Artifacts and Oddities in London, England
photo by Oskar Proctor The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities is a thoroughly bizarre museum that houses an eclectic collection of oddities and artifacts inside…