Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
25th Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade
The 25th Annual Mermaid Parade, the largest art parade in the US, takes place this Saturday, June 23rd at Coney Island in Brooklyn. This year…
Drobo, A Multi-Drive Autonomous Data Storage Robot
I ran into Jeremy Toeman and Mehrshad Mansouri recently and they asked me if I wanted to try out a new external storage device that…
Dopplr, Tracking Your Fellow Travellers’ Trips
Another new social network I’ve been playing around with lately is the Helsinki based service Dopplr (named after Christian Doppler of the Doppler effect), which…
Violet Blue Photo In Oprah’s O Magazine
A photo I shot of Violet Blue in February at monchrom’s Taugshow #10 event is featured in the July issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.…
Telstar Logistics Tours San Francisco’s New One Rincon Hill
Our co-conspirator Telstar Logistics has just posted an amazing tour of One Rincon Hill, the new 62 floor residential tower under construction in San Francisco…
Unicorn Burger’s Coffee T-Shirt Tells It Like It Is
Unicorn Burger has a great t-shirt “sweet sweet coffee”, that reminds many of us of the submissive role we play when it comes to that…
New Hal Robins Art Show: Dragonolatry II
Dragonolatry II, a follow-up to April’s Hal Robins art show Dragonolatry, opens tomorrow, Tuesday, June 19th from 8-10pm at the Chez Poulet Gallery located at…
Gareth Branwyn Explores the World of Steampunk
Gareth Branwyn has written a great article for Wired News covering the retro-future Steampunk phenomenon that has been “gaining some steam” lately: “Steam-Driven Dreams: The…
Vending Machine Red, A Giant Robotic Coke Machine
photo by sanchome Coca-Cola has a new promotion in Tokyo featuring a giant robotic Coke machine know as “Vending Machine Red” that is making appearances…
In-N-Out Burger, A Fast Food Underdog With a Cult Following
One of the first things that many people do when they come to California is seek out the nearest In-N-Out Burger. Founded in 1948 in…