Hugh D’Andrade has been creating a beautiful series of book jacket illustrations. Hugh is also an occasional guest blogger here on Laughing Squid.

a plastinated squid on display at Paris Natural History Museum Anatomist Gunther von Hagens, who developed the Body Worlds exhibition of preserved human bodies, has…

photo by Scott Beale Congratulations to Craig Newmark and crew on the 15th anniversary of craigslist!

The Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest professionals-only game industry event, takes place March 9-13 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The GDC…

Gabe Rivera and Megan McCarthy have just launched the latest Techmeme aggregation site, Mediagazer which will focus on media news. Maya Baratz has more on…

photo by Jewgenij Kondakow Der Spiegel has a fascinating profile of Andrey Ternovskiy, the 17 year-old Russian student who created the overnight sensation Chatroulette. He…

Popular Science has partnered with Google to offer their entire 137-year archive online for free. You can also browse the archive online via Google. via…

“Lee, ‘The Pink Sheep’” painting by Lori Earley Hi-Fructose Magazine is celebrating their 5th anniversary with a group art exhibition at CoproGallery in Santa Monica.…

photo by Flickr user Jaxonista Real-life superheroes may be this year’s Hollywood darling, but Michigan has had their very own masked vigilante, Captain Jackson for…

photo by Scott Beale Last week we came across this massive macrame owl hanging on the wall at the J. Crew in SOHO. You can’t…