The Onion is reporting that the popular trailer for “Iron Man” will be made into a feature length film. Fans are concerned that it may not live up to the 90 second original.
An Engineer’s Guide to Cats, A Feline Instructional Video
Two professional engineers, Paul Klusman and TJ Wingard, have produced the highly informative instructional video “An Engineer’s Guide to Cats”. via Mental Floss
John Martz’s Cartoon Drawings of His Mom’s 1968 Yearbook
John Martz (aka Robot Johnny) drew cartoon illustrations of every single person in his Mom’s 1968 Toronto High School yearbook (over 1,000 in all), for his project “Excelsior 1968”. Here are all of John’s yearbook illustrations on Flickr. He even created a book of the drawings which is available for purchase. Last year I redrew…
Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2008 & Web2Open
Web 2.0 Expo returns to San Francisco next week, April 22nd-25th at Moscone West. The organizers of the conference are offering Laughing Squid readers a $100 discount or a free expo pass, just use code “websf08bl12” when you register. The second Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco takes the pulse of the Web ecosystem and looks…
Life Size Mousetrap Video From Maker Faire Austin 2007
Speaking of the Life Size Mousetrap, here’s my video of its first run at Maker Faire Austin 2007. The Mousetrap is a wonderful thing to behold and is both a great tribute to the board game “Mouse Trap” as well as to inventor/cartoonist Rube Goldberg. It’s a fantastically hand crafted, 16 piece, 50,000 lb interactive…
Tiki Bar TV Meetup with Dr. Tiki at Forbidden Island
Jeff Macpherson (aka Dr. Tiki) of Tiki Bar TV will be in town this week for special keynote at ad:tech San Francisco and while here he’s planning a Dr. Tiki Meetup at 8pm on Wednesday, April 16th at the Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge in Alameda. Check out “Conspiracy”, the latest episode (#35) of Tiki Bar…
The Life Size Mousetrap Returns To The Haunted Barn
The Life Size Mousetrap returns to The Haunted Barn on April 18th and 19th. The famed board game miniature turned life-size spectacle, The Life Size Mousetrap, returns home after a tour including both Maker Fairs San Mateo, and Austin TX, to celebrate it’s 13th year anniversary of engineering artistry …. and smashing cars with a…
The Grilled Cheese Invitational Returns To Los Angeles
The Grilled Cheese Invitational returns to Los Angeles on Saturday, April 19th.Here are the rules and regulations. The deadline for registration is April 13th. now open. The 1st 6th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational will be mankind’s greatest achievement since the invention of fire!” says Tim Walker, the event’s founder and organizer. “This year we will…