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Happy 50th Birthday to Frank Chu
photo by Scott Beale Frank Chu, a San Francisco icon whose sign is sponsored by Laughing Squid, turns 50 today. Happy Birthday! May all 12…
Trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The trailer for “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” by Eric Appel isn’t for an actual movie, but we can dream can’t we?
Laser Pointer
“Laser Pointer” by BustedTees
The North Korean Traffic Girls of Pyongyang
North Korean traffic girls, in their uniforms deigned by the Great Leader, with their unfailingly robotic movements and riveting focus, are becoming figures of cult…
Lightning Striking A Fluorescent Tube
First of all, we think it’s just incredibly cool that there is such a thing as a real artificial lightning generator, and we’re just…
Wrecking Ball Lamp
“Wrecking Ball Lamp”, designed by Studio Job, now on display along with “Crane Lamp” at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London through May 8th. via Boing…
Laughing Squid Joins The Deck Ad Network
I’m excited to announce that Laughing Squid has joined The Deck, the innovative advertising network run by our friends at Coudal Partners. With The Deck…
Practice Your Texting
“Practice Your Texting”, a new Shirt.Woot t-shirt by spacesick.
I LEGO N.Y. Book by Christoph Niemann
The “I LEGO N.Y.” series of photos by Christoph Niemann that pay tribute to NYC via LEGOs is now available as a board book by…
Ben Folds Does Chatroulette Piano Improv Live During a Concert as a Tribute to Merton
Ben Folds did a live piano improv on Chatroulette as a tribute to Merton, who made a video of piano improvisation on Chatroulette.