Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Cat Beards, A Photo Meme Where People Place a Cat in Front of Their Face to Make a Furry Beard
Cat Beards is a purrrfect photo meme where people position their cat’s chin in front of their own face and make it look as if…
Petcube, A Smartphone-Controlled Cube For Playing, Watching, and Interacting With Pets Remotely
Petcube is a small, four-inch aluminum cube that allows users to watch, talk, and play with their pets remotely using a smartphone app. The device…
Honest Movie Trailers: Fast Five by Screen Junkies
“These heroes will stop at nothing to take down a sort of ruthless drug lord by destroying poor neighborhoods.” In celebration of Fast & Furious…
Shaolin Warriors Performing Extremely Fast Acrobatics in Slow Motion
In a recent episode of Earth Unplugged by BBC Earth Productions, animal nerd Sam Hume and camera geek Simon Baxter capture slow motion footage of…
Makr Shakr, Robotic Bartender System Staffed by 3 Industrial Robots
Makr Shakr is a robotic bartender system that lets people order drinks from a trio of industrial robots. A companion app lets people choose and…
Ballroom Luminoso, San Antonio Overpass Illuminated by Globes Made of Recycled Bike Parts
The light art installation “Ballroom Luminoso” illuminates a highway overpass in San Antonio, Texas with shifting colors from six LED-lit globes. Made of recycled bike…
Homemade Remake of the Iconic Chestburster Scene From ‘Alien’
The iconic chestburster scene scene from Alien (1979) has been given an amazing homemade remake in this new Cinefix episode of Homemade Movies by California-based…
What Is This Unknown Pleasure, A Joy Division Album T-Shirt For the Tumblr Generation
Graphic artist Adam J. Kurtz has created this humorous t-shirt that mimicks the 1979 Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures with the text “What is this?…
This Is Vanity, A Dark Short Film About a Mother’s Attempts to Protect Her Disabled Daughter
“This is Vanity” is a short film directed by Oliver Goodrum and written by Alexander Craig that tells the story of “a tiring mother who…
Microsoft Announces the Xbox One Console
Microsoft has announced the Xbox One gaming console at a May 21st event in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft is pushing the new console as an “all…