Engineer Martin Fitzpatrick of Two Bit Arcade has created the “Etch-A-Snap”, a unique camera powered by Raspberry Pi that very slowly outputs images as magnetic drawings on the attached Pocket Etch-a-Sketch. The camera takes the picture, the picture is reduced to its simplest representation and is automatically sketched onto the board with the help of…
Steve Jobs Explains How the Thought of Death Inspires Living a Good Life in a Colorful Whiteboard Animation
Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple and Pixar, gave an inspiring commencement address to the graduates of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California on June 12, 2005. During his presentation, Jobs, who had just found out he had cancer, shared with the audience of young people how the thought of death was the inspiration…
WordPress Hosting at Laughing Squid
Some readers may 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. In addition to our standard Cloud Sites hosting, we offer Managed WordPress, a hosting service that is highly optimized for WordPress featuring increased performance, scalability and…
Fake Photo of Cleavage Posted on Instagram to Prank Commenters Who Leave Lewd Comments
Things are not always what they seem… Actress/model Palina Rojinski often experiences online harassment and people leaving lewd comments on her Instagram account. To get even she teamed up with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, host the German talk show Late Night Berlin, for a brilliant prank where they created a photo of what appeared to be a…
Musician Calculates the Time Signature of Jeff Goldblum’s Distinctive Laugh in ‘Jurassic Park’
In 2015, musician Lee Presson hilariously calculated the time signature of Jeff Goldblum‘s very distinctive laugh while playing the role of Dr. Ian Malcolm in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. Presson figured out that Goldblum’s iconic chortle was in 11/4 time and, similar to others before him, used the information to mix up a catchy…
Jamie Dupuis Plays a Rich Acoustic Cover of the Game of Thrones Theme on His Signature Harp Guitar
In honor of the premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones, musician Jamie Dupuis (previously) performed a beautifully rich acoustic cover of the series theme on his signature harp guitar. As it turns out, Dupuis is fond of the song. This is one of my favourite themes to play on the harp guitar!…
A Harnessed Herd of Ten Four-Legged SpotMini Robots Pull a Truck Across the Boston Dynamics Parking Lot
In 2015 Boston Dynamics introduced the world to SpotMini, their nimble four-legged robot. Since that time, the company has been releasing amusing videos that demonstrate Spot’s vast array of capabilities. In this same vein, they hilariously harnessed a herd of ten Spots (husky style) and attached them to a big box truck, which they pulled…
Heartbroken Woman Reunites With Her Beloved Pet Deer After Two Years Apart From Each Other
A heartbroken Diggin Britt finally reunited with her beloved pet deer Albert after being separated for two years. Before their time apart, Britt and Albert had become inseparable. Albert followed Britt everywhere on the farm. One day, while Britt was at the store, Albert disappeared and never came back. Heartbroken, Britt would stop and call…