Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
NASA Launches a SoundCloud Page Full of Audio Clips From Historic Missions
NASA (see previously) has launched a SoundCloud page full of audio clips from missions like Apollo, Mercury, Voyager, and other important moments in the history of…
Adorable Cupcakes Shaped Like Tiny Cacti and Succulents
Designer and baker Alana Jones-Mann has created adorable cupcakes topped with cactus- and succulent-shaped frosting. The cupcakes include “sand” made of finely processed Teddy Grahams.…
Carefree Dog Gleefully Bounds Through the Tall Grass Like a Bouncing Kangaroo
A really happy Lurcher named Megan gleefully bounds through the tall grass like a kangaroo or even perhaps more like a bouncing baby goat, leaping…
A Custom-Made Ping Pong Table With a 300-Pound Glass Playing Surface
For the discerning ping pong aficionado, Southern California sportswear brand TravisMathew has created a stunning glass ping pong table complete with a 300-pound polished glass…
MailChimp Snap, An App for Creating and Sending Photo-Based Email Campaigns
MailChimp Snap is an app that allows users to create and send photo-based email campaigns — through MailChimp, of course — from their smartphone. The…
Jimmy Kimmel and Science Bob Pflugfelder Shoot Lightning Guns and Explode Paint Cans on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
On a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, host Jimmy Kimmel and guest Science Bob Pflugfelder (see previously) blew up paint cans to demonstrate how car…
‘Jazzsoon’, A Short Documentary About a Brooklyn Hustler Who Is Living for the Weekends
While shooting “Last Photo New York,” artist Ivan Cash met with a Brooklyn resident named Jazzsoon, a character so fascinating the filmmaker made him the…
‘The Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek’, A Collection of Newspaper Comics Designed to Be Flipped Over
The Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek is a collection of Sunday newspaper comic strips by Japanese-born Dutch cartoonist Gustave Verbeek that use unique visual tricks…
Classic Television Show ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ Now Available on Blu-ray and DVD From Shout! Factory
The classic television show Pee-wee’s Playhouse is now available on DVD and on Blu-ray thanks to Shout! Factory. The show starred Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman,…
A Strange CGI Screen Test Featuring a Fleshy Blob Singing ‘The Lady Is a Tramp’ in an Empty Room
In a strange CGI screen test created by Barcelona-based film studio Dvein, a mouth attached to a fleshy blob floating in an otherwise empty room…