Laughing Squid
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The Chief Cook Robot Makes a Ham & Cheese Omelet
Researchers at the Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory (LASA) in Lausanne, Switzerland taught The Chief Cook Robot how to make a ham and cheese omelet.…
The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel
Check it out, it’s our very first guest blog post! Our first guest blogger is RICK!, talking about the The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel. – Scott…
The ‘Pork and Beans’ Music Video by Weezer Is a Mashup of Internet Memes
The music video for “Pork and Beans” by Weezer is an awesome mashup of popular internet memes. The song is from their new “Red Album”…
Hi-Fructose Volume 8 Preview
Hi-Fructose has posted a preview of Volume 8 which will be out in July. This issue features cover artist Camille Rose Garcia. Copies of Vol.…
Bigfoot and Nessie 08, Change You Can Believe In
Bigfoot and Nessie 08 t-shirt, available from Shirt.Woot!.
Jon Dyer Is On a Quest to Grow Every Type of Beard
Jon Dyer is on a quest to grow every type of beard, which he has been documenting on his blog. Jon is quite the beard…
The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL)
The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) has been traveling around the US on an ambitious Typo Hunt Across America, correcting as many typos as they…
McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar
On my recent trip to NYC, I stopped back at McSorley’s Old Ale House, which opened in 1854 and is New York’s oldest continuously operated…
The Clone Wars, The First Animated Star Wars Film
The trailer for “The Clone Wars”, the first animated Star Wars film by Lucasfilm Animation, which will be out in theaters on August 18th, 2008.…
TimesMachine Launches, 70 Years of The New York Times Archives
TimesMachine, a browsable archive featuring 70 years of The New York Times archives that I wrote about back in February, has officially launched.