Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Animatronic Fire Breathing Dragon Boat
Yanobe Kenji created “Lucky Dragon”, a boat featuring an amazing animatronic fire-breathing dragon sculpture, for the Aqua Metropolis festival in Osaka, Japan. via Pink Tentacle
Al Franken Drawing Map of US From Memory
Senator Al Franken drawing a map of the US from memory during an appearance on Minnesota Public Radio’s Midday at the Minnesota State Fair.
100 Years of Visual Effects in Film
“Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration” features visual effects highlights in films over the last century. via Jamie Wilkinson
A Simple Plan
“A Simple Plan”, an awesome Threadless t-shirt design by Neil Gregory.
Google Street View Animation by Google Japan
A cool animated video for Google Street View by Google Japan. via Boing Boing
Timelapse of San Francisco Bay Bridge Construction Closure
Here’s a timelapse of last weekend’s San Francisco Bay Bridge construction closure made using a script that grabbed images from the bridge webcams. via Sasha…
Her Majesty’s Secret Beekeeper, A Beekeeping Supply & Honey Shop in San Francisco
In June my friend Cameo Wood opened Her Majesty’s Secret Beekeeper, a wonderful beekeeping supply and honey shop located in San Francisco. They offer beekeeping…
BBC Reports on San Francisco’s Mission District
Veteran BBC correspondents Edvan Cinque Terra and Darvid Tokishi file an in-depth report live from “San Francisco’s notorious hipster enclave, The Mission District”. via EDW…
VideoCamp SF, Best Practices in Online Video
UPDATE: VideoCamp SF has been postponed until early 2010. Schlomo Rabinowitz and Jeffrey Taylor are organizing VideoCamp SF, a two day conference taking place October…
San Francisco Fringe Festival 2009
It is that time of year again, when a localized theatrical system emerges in the Tenderloin (and spreads to various satellite venues) featuring hundreds of…