Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Cryptstagram, Image Sharing Site Lets Users Hide Encrypted Messages in Glitch Images
Cryptstagram is a site that lets users conceal encrypted messages in glitch images. Users can select a variety of glitchy filters for their images, add…
Musical Artists Read Mean-Spirited Tweets About Themselves
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, musical artists read mean-spirited tweets about themselves. In the past, Kimmel has had many celebrities do the same thing.
Level, A Budget Management App That Provides a Daily Spending Limit
Level is a budget management app that connects to a user’s bank account to provide users with a daily allotment of spendable cash based on…
San Francisco Contours, A Beautiful 3D Map of San Francisco’s Dramatic Geography
“San Francisco Contours” is a beautiful map of San Francisco that highlights the city’s dramatic geography through a 3D topographic projection. The map was created…
Mesmerizing Video of Giant Bubbles Exploding in Slow Motion
Joey Shanks of Shanks FX has created a mesmerizing video of giant bubbles exploding in slow motion. The video, produced by PBS Digital Studios, also…
The ‘Breaking Bad’ Storyline Explained With Marty Robbins’ 1959 Western Ballad ‘El Paso’
Bonnie Rose of Los Angeles has edited a video that explains her interpretation of the Breaking Bad storyline with the 1959 song “El Paso” by…
Astronomers Discover Lonely Orphan Planet That Doesn’t Orbit a Star
Astronomers have discovered a lonely planet that doesn’t orbit a star, according to a new report from the Institute for Astronomy at the University of…
High TED Talks, High Speakers Share Far Out Ideas in Parody Video
CollegeHumor has created “High TED Talks,” a parody video in which high TED Talks speakers share their far out ideas with the audience. It was…
Numero, A Bright Yellow Pop-Up Book of Numbers by Marion Bataille
Numero is a bright yellow pop-up book by Marion Bataille that forms the numbers one through ten using only circles and rectangles. The book is…
Creating the Sound of the Film ‘Gravity’
In this video, SoundWorks Collection interviews Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón and the film’s re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay about how the team created the dramatic —…