Laughing Squid
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An Art Print by Pop Chart Lab Featuring 14 Famous Sonnets Mapped for Meter and Rhyme
“A Metrical Mapping of Notable Sonnets” is an art print by Pop Chart Lab (see previously) featuring “fourteen famous sonnets mapped for meter and rhyme.”…
HENDO, A Real-Life Hoverboard That Uses Magnetic Fields to Levitate an Inch Above the Ground
Hendo Hover of Los Gatos, California has created HENDO, a real-life hoverboard that uses magnetic fields to hover one inch off the ground above special…
SoundWorks Collection Interviews Skywalker Sound Music and Scoring Director Leslie Ann Jones
For their latest interview, SoundWorks Collection (see previously) spokes with Leslie Ann Jones, the Director of Music and Scoring for at Skywalker Sound. Jones began…
Resourceful Dog Uses His Favorite Ball to Help Him Walk Backwards on His Hind Legs
A very resourceful Boston Terrier named Bruce uses his favorite confetti-decorated ball to help him walk backwards on his hind legs. Bruce the Boston Terrier…
Stop Motion Timelapse of ‘Paris in Motion’ — Part 5
“Paris in Motion (Part 5)” is the final installment of filmmaker Mayeul Akpovi‘s lovely series of timelapse and hyperlapse video tours around the French capital.…
‘Brain Lapse’, A Complex Hand-Drawn Animation by Jake Fried
“Brain Lapse” is an animated short by Boston-based animator Jake Fried (see previously) that features an ever-evolving canvas of complex hand-drawn images created with ink…
Marvel to Release the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1’ Soundtrack on Cassette Tape
Marvel Music and Hollywood Records, divisions of the Disney Music Group, will be releasing the Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 soundtrack on…
The Foo Fighters and Singer Zac Brown Cover ‘War Pigs’ by Black Sabbath on the ‘Late Show With David Leterman’
Zac Brown, the titular singer of The Zac Brown Band joined The Foo Fighters for a shredding cover of the Black Sabbath classic “War Pigs”…
The Key of Awesome Updates the Classic Halloween Song ‘Monster Mash’ With Modern Horror Villains
The Key of Awesome recently updated the classic Bobby Pickett Halloween song “Monster Mash” using modern horror movie villains like Jigsaw, Leatherface, and Freddy Krueger. In…
An Artful Demonstration of Devil Stick Juggling
In their latest short film, Kuma Films (see previously) highlights the work of Brian, a member of the Taiwanese street performing team Not Professional who…