Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
What Vince From the ShamWow and Slap Chop Commercials Has Been Up To While In Jail
Vince Shlomi (aka Vince Offer), the fast talking guy from the Slap Chop and ShamWow commercials was arrested for battery charges against a hooker. Here’s…
Reddit Users Test Automated Google Voice Transcriptions
A Reddit regular with the handle HolyJuan posted a phone number and asked folks to leave messages to see how well the Google Voice computer…
Prankster Writes Absurd Posts at San Francisco Examiner To Generate Page Views
Some stories just have to be told, like this one about a prankster/writer and the SF Examiner. It all starts with the payment system at…
The Draftmaster Use Hacked Pen-Plotter Printers to Make Live Music and 3D Art
“The Draftmasters” is a video/geek/music collaboration between Victor Adan and Jeff Snyder on the performance side and Daniel Iglesia on the visuals. The way it…
Reach, The Story of a Robot With a Very Short Power Cable
“Reach” is a wonderful CG animated short by Melbourne animator and director Luke Randall that tells the story of a robot with a very short…
Keyboardr – Your New Meta-Search Engine
Keyboardr is a masterstroke of design by Julius Eckert. It starts with the simple interface of a digital clock. With each keystroke in the field-entry…
Introducing the WoW Pod: Now You Will Never Have To Stop Playing World of Warcraft
Ladies and Gentlemen, from the brilliant minds of MIT Media Lab, we give you The WoW (World of Warcraft) Pod! The WoW Pod is an…
Amazon Kindling, A New Wooden Wireless Reading Device by Cockeyed & EMSL
photo by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories In collaboration with Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, prankster Rob Cockerham (Cockeyed) has developed the Amazon Kindling, a new wireless…
Mission Bicycle Opening Store In San Francisco Featuring Customized Fixed Gear Bikes
Mission Bicycle, co-founded by Zack Rosen, makes beautiful, customized light steel frame fixed gear bikes. They are opening a new store in San Francisco, located…
An Engineer’s Guide to Cat Yodeling
Paul Klusman and TJ Wingard of Gutsy Movie Productions, the guys behind “An Engineer’s Guide to Cats” and “An Engineer’s Guide to Voting”, are back…