For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a fantastic deal on the Braven BRV-1M Ultra-Rugged Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker, a petite shockproof, wireless speaker that mounts onto GoPro brackets for easy portability. It also sports 12 hour 2200mAh rechargeable battery with a handy built-in USB power bank and comes in a choice of…
Host Your WordPress Website at Laughing Squid
You may not realize this, but Laughing Squid is also a web hosting company that focuses on WordPress hosting. The revenue from our hosting services helps support this blog. We recently announced that we are now offering Managed WordPress, a hosting service highly optimized for WordPress. We also offer standard hosting, including WordPress hosting, on…
Con Man ‘Harry the Hat’ Fools Cliff Clavin Twice With the Same Hat Trick in a Classic Clip From ‘Cheers’
Harry Anderson, the beloved comedian, actor and magician sadly passed away on Monday, April 16, 2018 at his home in Asheville, North Carolina at the age of 65. One of Anderson’s most recognizable characters was that of Harry “The Hat” Gittes, a sharply dressed con man who always seemed to get the best of the…
Avengers: Infinity War 10-Year Legacy Featurette Explores the Amazing History of Marvel Films
To celebrate Avengers: Infinity War slamming down into theaters this week, Marvel unleashed a powerful 10-year legacy featurette that explores the amazing history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Singers From the Metropolitan Opera Record Their Powerful Voices Onto Rotating Wax Cylinders
With equipment borrowed from the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, New Jersey, singers Piotr Beczala and Susanna Phillips from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City faced a long black cone and recorded their powerful voices onto rotating wax cylinders, the earliest form of recording and reproducing sound. After performing, the singers…
Pilot Lands His Plane at an Airport in Scotland That Has a Beach For a Runway
Danny Anderson‘s son Lewis landed a Piper PA-28 Cherokee series aircraft at the unique Barra Airport in Scotland. It is one of the only airports in the world that has a sandy beach for a runway. via Digg
A Loving Western Lowland Gorilla Mother Gives Her Newborn Baby Boy a Kiss After His Historic Birth
On April 15, 2018, a beautiful western lowland gorilla at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute named Calaya gave birth to a bouncing baby boy who was named Moke. As she had practiced for several months with pictures and a plush animal, the new mother immediately brought her newborn up to her mouth,…
Nick Offerman Brings His Sense of Humor to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest
Hearts Beat Loud star Nick Offerman got together with The New Yorker and brought his awesome sense of humor to their cartoon caption contest.