Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Man Juggles Nine Glowing Balls in Various Patterns Inside a Transparent Cone
Former Cirque du Soleil performer Greg Kennedy demonstrates his innovative approach to juggling by impressively manipulating nine glowing balls in various patterns inside a transparent…
New Teaser for the 2014 ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special Features Nick Frost as Santa Claus
A new teaser for the 2014 Doctor Who Christmas special features Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) playing Santa Claus as the Doctor heads to the North Pole. The…
An Honest Video Game Trailer for ‘World of Warcraft’
Screen Junkies and Smosh recently joined forces to create an honest video game trailer (previously) for World of Warcraft, the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing…
Adam Savage Models a Replica World War II Uniform From the HBO Show ‘The Pacific’
Adam Savage got his hands on a replica World War II uniform worn on the HBO show The Pacific, courtesy of Hollywood costume shop Prop…
How to Build a Musical Model of the Mushroom From ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Out of LEGO Bricks
Over at Instructables, New York-based artist Julius von Brunk has laid out instructions for creating a music-playing replica of the iconic magic mushroom from Nintendo’s…
A Tiny But Complex 3D-Printed Take on the Rubik’s Cube With 49 Squares on Each Side
Rubik’s Cube (previously) enthusiast Matthew Bahner used the Shapeways 3D-printing service to create a tiny version of the complex 7x7x7 curved V-Cube. The numerous tiny…
‘Curious George of the Apes’, An Animated Mashup by ADHD of ‘Curious George’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’
“NOOOooo!” – Curious George “Curious George of the Apes” is an animated mashup by Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD) of the children’s classic, Curious George, and…
An 8-Bit NES Chiptune Cover of the ‘Too Many Cooks’ Theme Song
“Too Many Cooks” is a bizarre parody of 1980s television opening credit sequences that was recently aired during Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. Musician Rush Coil…
Excited Dog Enters ‘The Incredible Dog Shrinking Machine’ and Emerges As a Smaller Version of Himself
A playful Goldendoodle excitedly runs into a box labeled “The Incredible Dog Shrinking Machine” and when called by his human, exits out the other side…
Vemödalen, The Frustration of Photographing Something Cool That Has Already Been Photographed a Thousand Times
The latest episode of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows defines the word vemödalen, a sort of frustration one experiences when photographing something interesting that has…