Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Dizzying First-Person Video of a GoPro Camera Attached to the Blade of a Ceiling Fan
Kansas-based maker Austin Feathers attached a GoPro camera to the blade of a home ceiling fan. The results of the video are, unsurprisingly, a bit…
Scientists Infiltrate an Antarctica Emperor Penguin Colony With a Fuzzy Baby Robot Penguin on Wheels
Scientists at France’s University of Strasbourg got in close with a colony of emperor penguins in Adelie Land, Antarctica using a four-wheel, remote-control rover dressed…
A Mother Retells the Plot of ‘Inception’ After Watching the Film for the First Time
Austin-based filmmaker and commercial director Joe Nicolosi recently asked his mom to retell the story of Inception after watching the movie for the first time.…
An Interactive BBC Infographic That Generates Fascinating Facts About You and the Earth Based on Your Birth Date
Your life on earth is a fascinating interactive infographic by BBC Earth that generates some very eclectic facts, figures, and comparisons about you and the…
‘The Trials and Tribulations of Being a Skeleton’, An Adorable Animated Short About Life as a Skeleton
Production studio Gentleman Scholar imagines some of the difficulties of being a skeleton, from sports to puberty, in their charming animated short, “The Trials and…
Wonderfully Ornate Motorcycle Miniatures Created From Vintage Watch Parts
Collaborative sculpture by Sue Beatrice and Dan Tanenbaum Since 2010, artist Dan Tanenbaum has been creating wonderfully ornate miniature motorcycle sculptures out of vintage watch…
Eager Dog High Jumps Against a Sliding Glass Door To Signal That He Wants to Come Inside
A very eager dog named Bear high jumps against a sliding glass door as a means to inform his humans that he wants to come…
More Mind-Boggling Balanced Stone Sculptures by Michael Grab
We first posted about the seemingly impossible balanced stone sculptures of Michael Grab in 2011. In the intervening years Grab has continued to painstakingly stack…
A Timelapse of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2014
Hot air balloons take to the air by the dozens in this timelapse of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2014 by photographer Knate Myers. The…
‘The Bells of Amsterdam’, A Panoramic View of Amsterdam Set to the Bells of Westerkerk Tower
Filmmaker Pieter Manders has created “the bells of amsterdam,” a beautiful tilt-shift short film that sets a panoramic view of a bustling Amsterdam against the…