Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Bicycle Sounds, A Short Film of Sounds Made with Bike Parts
“Bicycle Sounds” by Stephen Meierding is a short film of sounds created with various bicycle parts. The film was the winner of the Spring 2012…
Booze-Infused Gummy Bear Recipes
Hot Teddy The Sweets section of Serious Eats give recipes and instructions on how to make Rummy Gummy bears & other “drunken gummies” like Tequila…
Musical Kettle by Yuri Suzuki
“Musical Kettle” by Japanese artist Yuri Suzuki is a tea kettle with a flute-like attachment that allows it to play music (video). Suzuki created it…
Video Painting Street Art by Sweatshoppe
Blake Shaw & Bruno Levy of art duo Sweatshoppe appear to be painting video on to walls with paint rollers in this demonstration of their…
Perfect Holiday, A Fun Toy-Filled Stop-Motion Animated Surf Film
Perfect Holiday is a fun toy-filled stop-motion film by French animator and artist Karim Rejeb about going to the beach and surfing. The film is…
Mud, An Award-Winning Short by Student Filmmakers
Kira would rather play frisbee in the mud than please her mother’s idea of how a young lady should behave. Mud is a charming short…
World Record: Most Costume Changes in a One-Take Music Video
Take a look at this unedited one-take music video for “Everything Changes” by Brooklyn-based band Eytan & The Embassy. They secured a RecordSetter world record…
Giant Cuttlefish Fighting for Spawning Rights
This short clip by underwater filmmaker Howard Hall shows giant cuttlefish fighting one another for spawning rights in the waters off South Australia. Hall recorded…
A Tilt of Light, An LED Seesaw
“A TILT OF LIGHT” by Australian art and design studio ENESS is a seesaw equipped with 33 rows of lights and a physics engine (video).…
Idle Hands: The Art of Coop, Book Features a Decade of Fine Art
image via Positive Ape Index Idle Hands: The Art of Coop is the latest book by Los Angeles-based artist Christopher Cooper aka “Coop”. Published by…