Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
The World Pizza Games Freestyle Pizza Dough Acrobatics Competition
Gold medal winner Kazuya Akaogi At the 2012 International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, several freestyle pizza dough throwers competed in the World…
Cinemetrics, Visual Fingerprints for Movies
Cinemetrics are visual representations of movies in which various film attributes including color, motion, and editing structure are compiled into a visual movie “fingerprint” (video).…
Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine-Themed Van For Sale in California
Josh Ellingson spotted a listing on Craigslist for a 1969 3-speed Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine-themed Dodge cargo van that sports a “Jenkies” license plate. It is…
Tales of the Post Imagines TV Postmen Newman & Cliff Clavin Together
In a piece titled Tales of the Post, graphic artist Adam Limbert has imagined fictional TV postmen Newman (Seinfeld) and Cliff Clavin (Cheers) together for…
Bobcat and I, A Documentary About Bob the Cat Who Changed a London Street Musician’s Life
Bobcat and I is a short documentary film about Bob, a cat that started following street musician James Bowen around the streets of London and…
1920s Pocket Camera Converted to Digital with a Canon 5D
Filmmaker Jason Bognacki attached a 1920s Piccolette Contessa-Nettel folding pocket camera to his Canon 5D Mark II and captured these wonderful photos: via The Verge
Artist Alison Knowles Plans To Make a Giant Salad on the High Line
…Alison Knowles ‘Make a Salad’ performance at the Tate Modern, London, 2008 Performance artist Alison Knowles will make a giant art salad on New York…
Golden Tiger, A Running Tiger Projected on the Streets of Paris
In the strangely delightful video “Golden Tiger,” French art studio Le3 used video projection to create the illusion of a tiger running loose in the…
Kenny: A Documentary in G, An Epic Movie Adventure about Kenny G
Kenny: A Documentary in G is a “fun and irreverent” documentary film-in-progress about musician Kenny G directed by Brian McGinn and Rod Blackhurst. They recently…
The Beekeeper, Short Film About an Urban Beekeeper in Brooklyn
“The Beekeeper” is a wonderful short film about Megan Paska, an urban beekeeper and farmer based in Brooklyn. The film is part of the Made…