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Jack Black Cuts Off His Long Hair and Big Bushy Beard
The ever effervescent Jack Black quite hilariously took a big pair of black-handled scissors and began lopping off large pieces of his bushy beard while…
The Worst Attraction in Every State
Matt Shirley created a map of the worst attraction in every US state according to his Instagram followers.
A Woman Is Confronted by Quickly Reproducing Random Objects While Looking at Museum Fork Exhibit
In the surreal film short “Fork” by Fabrice Le Nezet of Optical Arts, a lone museum attendee finds herself confronted by seemingly infinitely reproducing objects…
Salmon Spawn Upstream During the San Francisco Cacophony Society ‘Breakers to Bay’ Event in 1996
In 1996 I shot footage of the legendary San Francisco Cacophony Society “Breakers to Bay” event, where people wearing salmon outfits run in the opposite…
The Burnell Galactic Positioning System, A Robotic Laser and Spinning Mirror System That Creates Sound
Kal Spelletich, a San Francisco robotics artist and longtime friend of Laughing Squid has created “The Burnell Galactic Positioning System” an incredible robotic installation that…
A Gorgeous Cover of ‘Interstellar’ on a Cristal Baschet
Musician Loup Barrow performed an acoustic cover of the Hans Zimmer composed theme from the film Interstellar on a Cristal Baschet.
Wonderful Illustrations of Endangered Animals for a Children’s Book About a ‘Very Hungry Red Panda’
Yiying Lu, the very cleverly self-described “Artrepreneur”, talented designer behind the famous piece “Lifting A Dreamer” aka “Twitter Fail Whale”, and very good friend of…
A Beautiful Rendering of an Olive Green Mini Kart Made From the Fender of a Vintage Volkswagen Beetle
Aldekas Studio in Mexico created “Bugkart Wasowski”, an artistic rendering of an absolutely beautiful mini kart made out of a recycled fender from vintage Type…
Artist Turns Stock Market Charts Into Landscapes
Artist Stoxart very cleverly uses the data from individual company stock charts and turns them into minimalist modern landscapes. These innovative visualizations offer a sense…
Ten Golden Retriever Puppies Sit Adorably Transfixed by a Purple Dragon Reading to Them at Story Time
A litter of ten tiny golden retriever puppies sat absolutely transfixed as Dalton the Storytelling Dragon read them a story.