Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Gone with the Wind Screen Test & Auditions Reel (1939)
Check out this screen test and audition footage from the 1939 epic film, Gone with the Wind. According to the footage, 32 actresses performed…
Snow Cone Cupcakes
Bakerella has concocted Snow Cone Cupcakes, delightful little red, white and blue cupcakes made to look like icy snow cones. A detailed tutorial, along with…
Pussy Meow, An Adorable Meowing Cat Fashion Doll (1966)
Push the Magic Button: She Moves Her Head and Says Meow image via Karswell Pussy Meow is an adorable cat fashion doll created for children…
Outer Space Camping Tent
The Space Tent by FieldCandy is a high performance A-frame camping tent that features gorgeous digitally printed images of outer space. It is available to…
Coffee + Donut Stout Beer Making Kit
The Coffee + Donut Stout Beer Making Kit by Brooklyn Brew Shop is a home beer brewing kit to create “a dark-roasted, rich and creamy…
Piggy the Cat Walking Down the Side of a Refrigerator Head First
Piggy the cat (aka “Spider Cat”) has amazingly figured out a way to walk down the side (head first, no less) of the refrigerator of…
$1000 Ice Pop Made with Premium Tequila & Edible Gold Flakes
The world’s most expensive ice pop may very well be this fancy $1000 one offered poolside by the Marquis Los Cabos luxury resort in Baja…
Waveform Necklace Design Generated from Recording Your Own Voice
The Waveform Necklace by Berlin-based designer David Bizer is a cool custom necklace that is created using an audio recording of a voice. The necklaces…
A Disneyland Timelapse That Uses Over 30,000 Photos
It took Daniel Navarrete more than a year and over 30,000 photos to create this wonderful timelapse of Disneyland.
Ohm Sweet Ohm Cross-Stitched Resistor Reference Chart
Becky Stern of Adafruit Industries has created the Ohm Sweet Ohm Cross-Stitch, a handy cross-stitched resistor reference chart. A detailed tutorial (pdf) is available to…