Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Type-O-Matic, Snail Mail Created From Email on Vintage Typewriters
Type-O-Matic is a confidential snail mail service that creates and delivers real hand-typed letters from vintage typewriters out of user-submitted email. No copies of the…
Stamped, A New Friend to Friend Recommendation Sharing Service
Stamped is a new recommendation sharing service that lets users place their stamp of approval on their favorite places and things and share those recommendations…
Address Is Approximate, A Toy’s Adventure Using Google Street View
Tom Jenkins of film and production company, The Theory, created Address is Approximate as a personal stop-motion animation project. This beautifully made film short uses…
How to Read a Schematic Diagram
“Collin’s Lab: Schematics” is an instructional video on how to read schematic diagrams of electronic circuits. The video was created by Collin Cunningham for Make.…
New Yorker “Promised Land” Thanksgiving Cover by Christoph Niemann
The cover of The New Yorker Thanksgiving issue features “Promised Land”, an illustration by Christoph Niemann, the artist behind the Abstract Sunday column of the…
Oskar The Blind Kitten Plays With His First Toys
Oskar the blind kitten (we has born without formed eyeballs), plays with his first toys (balls with bells inside). Previously we posted a video of…
Home Taping Is Dead
Home Taping Is Dead by Ali Gulec via Colossal & David Is Going To Die
Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters
Not a single drop! Let us throw out drinkers from the working area!, 1966 Alcoholism (the green snake) and We shall overcome drunkenness! Drunkenness is…
Titanoboa, A Fifty Foot Electromechanical Snake Sculpture
Titanoboa by Charlie Brinson is a 50 foot long electromechanical kinetic sculpture of a snake. The sculpture is based on a prehistoric giant snake of…
HR Giger Bar at The Museum HR Giger
The Museum HR Giger Bar is a stunning bar designed by artist HR Giger (the designer of the Alien film character). The bar is located…