Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Jimmy Fallon, One Direction, and The Roots Play ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’ on School Instruments
One Direction appeared on a Christmastime episode of The Tonight Show and joined host Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform “Santa Claus Is Coming…
‘GIF-JAM 2014’, A Collaborative Animated Video Compiling the Works of 38 GIF Artists
“GIF-JAM 2014” is an animated short created by 38 artists who were asked to produce animated GIFs based on a soundtrack by musician Paul Fraser.…
‘Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia’, A Book Collecting the Paintings and Artwork of DEVO Frontman Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia is a career-spanning art book that collects the non-musical works of DEVO frontman and soundtrack composer Mark Mothersbaugh, including paintings, screenprints, photographs,…
Stickered for Messenger, A New Companion App for Facebook Messenger for Adding Stickers to Photos
Facebook has released the new app Stickered for Messenger, a companion app to Facebook Messenger that lets users add stickers to their photos and share them…
‘Portal Trick Shots’, A Video About Two Scientists Who Use a Portal Gun to Set Up Incredible Basketball Trick Shots
Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital (previously) have created “Portal Trick Shots“, a special effects-filled short about two scientists who use a Aperture…
‘The Art of Making a Book’, A Short Video Documenting the Lost Art of Making a Book
“The Art of Making a Book” is a short video by Singapore-based photographer Willy Foo that details the sort of care that once went into…
A Grid of 10 Beloved Comic Strip Characters Reimagined in the Style of 10 Different Cartoonists
“10 Styles, 100 Characters” is a grid of drawings by Finnish artist Jaakko Seppälä that depicts 10 beloved comic strip characters in the style of…
‘Houshi’, A Short Documentary About a Japanese Family That Runs a 1,300-Year-Old Hotel
“Houshi” is a short documentary directed by German photographer Fritz Schumann about a family that has run the same Japanese hotel for around 1,300 years.…
A Worker in China Packing Playing Cards With Incredible Speed
A worker in China packages up packs of playing cards with incredible speed. via Digg
A Flying Christmas Tree and Santa Claus Created Using Remote-Controlled Aerial Vehicles
Flyguy Promotions of San Diego is marking the holiday season with a flying Santa Claus and a Christmas tree attached to remote-controlled aerial vehicles. There’s…