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Ball Pit, An Upcoming Full-Length Album by Paul and Storm
Comedy-music duo Paul and Storm is currently working on Ball Pit, their fifth full-length album. The project is seeking funding on Kickstarter in order to…
Roboexotica 2013, A Cocktail Robotics Festival in Vienna, Austria
Roboexotica 2013, a festival for cocktail robotics, takes place December 5 to 8 at the Ragnarhof art space in Vienna, Austria. The 15th annual Roboexotica…
Auto Aerobics, Surreal Illustrations of Distorted and Interlocked Classic Cars
Classic cars are stretched into hollowed-out boxy forms and shown in fantastical interlocking arrangements in the surreal illustration series “Auto Aerobics” by UK-based artist Chris…
Famous Historical Photos Transformed into Selfies for South African Newspaper Ad Campaign
Winston Churchill, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and other historical figures are shown snapping a photo of themselves, “selfie”-style, in this clever ad campaign for South African…
The Hungry Games: Catching Fur, A ‘Sesame Street’ Parody of ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’
“The Hungry Games: Catching Fur” is a clever “G-rated” parody by Sesame Street of the upcoming film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Cookieness Evereat is…
Tropes vs Women in Video Games — Ms. Male Character
The latest video in the Tropes vs Women in Video Games series by Anita Sarkeesian explores the trope of Ms. Male Character, defined as “The…
A Box of Playful Corgi Puppies Goes Exploring
A litter of tiny corgi puppies — Moka, Koa, Zeus, Juan, and Kailani — arrive at college apartment in a box, and playfully explore their…
Jack Vale Freaks People Out by Revealing Personal Information They Posted on Social Media
Prankster Jack Vale recently freaked people out by approaching them and revealing personal information that he gathered from their public social media updates. videos via…
Farewell Rusty Blazenhoff
Rusty Blazenhoff joined the Laughing Squid blog in July 2011 as a Senior Contributing Editor, becoming Managing Editor in March 2012. On October 29th, 2013,…
A Squeaky Baby Otter Drinks Milk From a Syringe
An adorable baby otter chirps and drinks milk from a syringe in this video from the Fukuoka City Zoo in Japan. Previously we wrote about…