Laughing Squid
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A Flowchart That Helps Determine Whether Your Favorite Movie or Television Show Character Will Die
Julia Lepetit of Dorkly has created a flowchart that helps determine whether your favorite movie or television show character will die. The full high-resolution version…
A Visualization of All the Airline Flights Operating Across the North Atlantic on a Typical Day
“North Atlantic Skies” is a data visualization of the airline flights across the North Atlantic between Canada, the United States, and Europe in August 2013.…
Photos of The Barbarian Group’s ‘Superdesk’, An Endless Desk That Wraps Around Their Entire Manhattan Office
In April I attended a happy hour hosted by our friends at the digital creative agency The Barbarian Group at their new headquarters in New…
Jimmy Kimmel Gives the ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’ A Makeover
Peanut, the lovable rescue who was recently crowned “World’s Ugliest Dog“, gets a full makeover courtesy of a kind hearted Jimmy Kimmel. The world’s ugliest…
Maddox Explains How Some Life Hack Videos Can Be Both Dangerous and Completely Unnecessary
Self-appointed visionary Maddox shares and explains his opinion on the abundance of life hack videos that are on the Internet in his “Things You’re Doing…
Quench Cocktail Masters, All-In-One Color Coded Cocktail Tools Specifically for Martinis, Mojitos and Margaritas
Quench Products, the creators of Bar10der, a 10-in-1 home bartending tool, have recently introduced Cocktail Masters, a new line of color coded all-in-one cocktail tools.…
Daily, An App Featuring Hand-Picked Content Suggestions by Buffer
Daily is an app by Buffer that features hand-picked content suggestions. Users can swipe through to indicate whether they’re interested in any given suggestion, right…
Modified Volkswagen Golf Engine Emits Strange, Motorcycle-Like Sounds
YouTube user Dawid Jankowski attempts to get to the bottom of some strange, motorcycle-like sounds coming from the engine of a modified Volkswagen Golf. via…
Musician Rob Scallon Demonstrates How to Communicate Through Guitar Riffs With ‘Binary Metal’
Chicago-based musician Rob Scallon shows off a new, somewhat inefficient method for communicating by rapidly moving one’s finger on and off a guitar fret in…
A Groovy 1980s Remix of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song
Moscow, Russia musician Steve Duzz has created a super groovy 1980s remix of the Game of Thrones theme song that will get you up out…