Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Fire Tornado Rig Created Using 12 Fans in a Circle
Hackers at Unallocated Space in Maryland created a fire tornado rig using 12 fans and quite a lot of fuel (video). The fire was hot…
Call of the Tropics, A Tiki Art Festival in Dayton, OH
Tiki Skull by Christopher Soprano If you are in the Dayton, Ohio area from Friday July 6, 2012 to Saturday July 21, the Call of…
Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?, A Classroom Drug Education Film
Arizona-based Jason Willis wrote and directed Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?, a great short narrated by Terry Easley about catnip done in the style of 1970s…
The Amazing Spider-Man Bra
Olly Moss presents a unique interpretation of Spider-Man’s mask.
Giant LEGO Bridge in Germany
In 2011, German street artist Martin Heuwold (aka Megx) gave a bridge in Wuppertal, Germany in the Rhine-Westphalia region of western Germany, a rather realistic…
Street Tucker, Food Found in the Streets of New York City
Sweet potato Street Tucker is a blog that focuses on food found in the streets of New York City. Whether it be that sweet potato…
Designing 007, Fifty Years of James Bond
To mark 50 years since the start of the James Bond film franchise, EON Productions and the Barbican Centre in London are presenting the exhibition…
15 Minutes of Fireworks Go Off in 15 Seconds in San Diego Show
At the Port of San Diego’s Big Bay Boom fireworks show on July 4, 2012, spectators watched as 15 minutes of fireworks accidentally went off…
Internet Scam Alert: Most “Kickstarter” Projects Just Useless Crap
The Onion reports on the latest Internet scam: Kickstarter projects for literary magazines, first albums and other “useless crap.” Internet criminals are using a website…
Shelving the Body, People Shelved with Their Objects by Darragh Casey
Darragh Casey traveled to Cork, Ireland, to "shelf" and photograph 3 generations of his family for his "Shelving the Body" project.