Laughing Squid
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Minimalist Posters Inspired by Popular Horror Movies
Carrie (1976) Jimm McShane created a great series of minimalist posters inspired by popular horror movies for HalloweenCostumes.com (previously). He covered everything from the classic…
‘Mayokero’, An A Capella Music Video by Roy Kafri Featuring Iconic Animated Album Covers
“Mayokero” is a delightful a capella music video by Israeli beatboxer Roy Kafri that features a string of iconic album covers from artists like David…
Extreme Wheelbarrowing, A Freestyle Street Sport Performed With a Tricked Out Wheelbarrow
YouTube user jeepee01 has uploaded a short video highlighting Alex “Sigi” Siegfried of Paderborn, Germany, an extreme wheelbarrower, who performs freestyle stunts with a tricked…
A Supercut Featuring Some of Bill Murray’s Greatest Movie Moments
MOVIECLIPS (previously) has created a supercut video featuring some of Bill Murray‘s greatest movie moments. The full list of the films, in order of appearance,…
Super Slow Motion Video of Two Guys Chaotically Recreating Popular Internet Memes
Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys (previously) recently teamed up with YouTube to capture footage of themselves chaotically recreating popular Internet…
Benedict Cumberbatch Proves to Talk Show Host Graham Norton that He Can Correctly Pronounce the Word ‘Penguin’
“Now I’m completely terrified of the word.” After it was made widely known that he repeatedly pronounced the word “penguin” incorrectly in a BBC documentary,…
Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund Plays a Video Game and Kills a Mutant Zombie
Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund, about whom we’ve previously written, skillfully plays a video game and succeeds in his mission to kill a mutant zombie before…
FIGMENT Oakland, A Participatory Art and Culture Festival in Oakland, CA
FIGMENT Oakland, a participatory art and culture festival, takes place November 8, 2014 at Mosswood Park in Oakland, California. The free festival will include art…
The Egg-o-matic Skull Egg Mold Turns a Boiled Egg Into a Grinning Skull
The Egg-o-matic Skull Egg Mold turns a boiled egg into a fearsome grinning skull. It’s perfect for those of us who like to be reminded…
‘Impermanence’, Wonderfully Distorted Portrait Photos Created by Growing Fungus on the Film
In his series Impermanence, South Korean artist Seung-Hwan Oh creates wonderfully distorted photographic portraits by growing emulsion-eating fungus on his film. Oh first allows the…