Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Build-Your-Own Sushi Playset Made Out of Wooden Blocks
Japanese design studio plaplax has created an ingenious build-your-own sushi playset out of wooden blocks. The set is sold out but, according to the plaplax…
Lighting Giants, Colorful Light Art Projected on Massive Shipyard Cranes in Croatia
Each night shipyard cranes in Pula, Croatia illuminate in vibrant, ever-changing colors as part of a new light art installation, “Lighting Giants”. The cranes are…
‘Giant Sloth’, An Animated Short About a Museum Curator Losing His Grip on Reality Featuring Paul Giamatti
Fantagraphics cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier has taken to Kickstarter to raise funding for an animated short called “Giant Sloth,” which will feature the voice talent of…
Sunrise Calendar App Now Available on Android and Desktop
The Sunrise calendar app (see previous post) has released an Android version and a desktop version. The desktop version is also available as a Google…
‘Ultra-Small’ Bonsai Plants That Only Grow to Around an Inch High
A recent trend known in the world of bonsai has growers creating plants even smaller than bonsai’s traditionally diminutive size. The “cho-mini” (“ultra-small”) bonsai maintain…
Two Artists Create Pendant Depicting A Squid Attacking the Nautilus From ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’
Artist Marty Magic and her husband Art joined forces to create an incredibly detailed pendant depicting the scene from Jules Vernes‘ classic story, 20,000 Leagues…
Speaker Creatures, Water Resistant Bluetooth Shower Speakers Shaped Like Snails and Octopi
Speaker Creatures by OnHand are water resistant Bluetooth speakers shaped like snails and octopi that are designed for use in the shower. The speakers have…
Inventor Shoots 12-Foot Flames From His Wrists with a Homemade X-Men Pyro Flamethrower
British inventor Colin Furze heats things up as he shoots 12-foot flames from his wrists with a homemade X-Men Pyro flamethrower. Colin also made a…
An Explanation of the Aroma Science Behind the Appealing Smell of Cooking Bacon
YouTube science channel Reactions uses some facts and figures from chemistry blog Compound Interest to offers some insight into why bacon smells so good when…
Actor LeVar Burton Reacts to ‘Reading Rainbow’ Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign Reaching $1 Million Goal in 11 Hours
Levar Burton reacts to his Reading Rainbow Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign hitting its $1 million goal in 11 hours.