Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Riding Shotgun with Zach Anner, A Travel Show That Puts the Internet in the Driver’s Seat
When we previously featured Zach Anner, he was auditioning to host a tv show on Oprah’s OWN network. His idea won and the (now-defunct show)…
The Evolution of PC Games
The evolution of PC games was created by digital creative agency Reverse Enginears for the new video game website Polygon due to launch later this…
Amazon Yesterday Shipping, Delivers Packages A Day Before Ordered
The Bilderbergers have alerted us to an exciting new Amazon feature, Yesterday Shipping, a shipping option that delivers your packages a day before they are…
Amazing Photo Showing Storm Concentrated on New York City
There’s a pretty crazy storm taking place right now here in New York City. Former NFL linebacker Dhani Jones shot this amazing Instagram photo from…
Sleepwalk With Me, A Feature Length Comedy Starring Mike Birbiglia
Sleepwalk With Me is a forthcoming feature film by IFC Films that is co-written, directed by and starring comedian Mike Birbiglia about a “burgeoning stand-up…
Astonishing Film of 5 Volunteers Standing Under an Aerial Nuclear Test
In 1957, 5 Air Force volunteers stood at ground zero of an atmospheric nuclear test in the Nevada desert. In this astonishing film, you can…
New York Park, Fun Film Imagines Luna Park Rides Extending to the Rest of New York City
In New York Park, Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films imagines the rides at Coney Island’s Luna Park extending to other New York City landmarks.…
Montage of the Many Instruments of Robot Repair
Music production company Robot Repair created this wonderful music video inventory of their incredibly extensive instrument collection—1980s Russian synthesizers, children’s toys, unusual folk instruments, and…
Interactive Electromagnetic Dot Matrix Display by Breakfast
Brooklyn interactive agency Breakfast created this amazing 23 foot wide dot matrix display out of 44,000 electromagnetic spinning disks (video). The display can depict black…
Stubbs, A Cat That Has Been Mayor of An Alaskan Town for 15 Years
In what started as a joke, Stubbs the Cat was elected mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska 15 years ago. In 1997, Stubbs won the election when…