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Joerg Daiber of Little Big World captured the awesome beauty of the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany through the lens of an aerial tilt-shift timelapse. This particular area, which has become a UNESCO World Heritage site, is very busy with the bustling of trains, trucks, and people, all of which...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Awesome Beauty of the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany Captured in an Aerial Tilt-Shift Timelapse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

60 Second Docs profiled talented San Francisco fashion designer Lance Victor Moore who creates unique couture masks that are both protective and non-protective. Each mask features an elaborate assortment of such adornments as large jewels, shiny spikes, pointy quills, glittering tusks, and curling horns. Lance Victor Moore…is a couture face...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The San Francisco Designer Who Makes Unique Couture Masks for Lady Gaga & Other Famous Clients first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Adrian Smith of Ant Lab (previously), who is also a scientist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, captured the absolutely ethereal beauty of seven different moths as they took off to flight in slow motion against a purple background. Take off flight sequences captured at 6,000 fps! All...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ethereal Beauty of Moths Taking Off in Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

For their animated series “Mutant Sequencer”, Brain Dead introduces a pair of trash-eating mutants, known as S.L.U.G.Z., who sail their boat around a sunken New York City in search of food while fending those who want to take what’s theirs for their own. It is 2026. New York City is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Animated Trash Eating Mutants in a Post-Human World Sail Around a Sunken New York City in Search of Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

MattiasN shared a compilation of vintage footage taken from 1939 to 1940. The film starts out with people enjoying summer sports on Jones Beach, which is on the South shore of Nassau County on Long Island. The film then cuts to people skating somewhere in New York City, although the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Vintage Footage of Summer and Winter Sports at Jones Beach, Long Island, and Other Areas in New York City first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Jens of Another Perspective (previously) captured super slow motion macro footage of colliding drops of water under different conditions of varying levels, ranging from 1 (“water on water”) to 10 (“fun with neon colours”). Each image was shot using high speed photography and raw images. Water Droplet Collision Highspeed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Colliding Drops of Water Captured in Super Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Nostalgia Museum” is a touching short film by Sofie Kodner and Eleonora Bianchi for the KQED Arts series Truly CA that focuses on the Musée Mécanique (previously), a wonderful antique arcade in San Francisco that has been run by proprietor Dan Zelinsky for the past 40 years and by his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Proprietor Dan Zelinsky Talks About Working to Keep San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique Open to the Public first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt (previously) embarks on a virtual search for the largest black hole in the universe. In doing so, they explain through their distinct animation, the different classifications of black holes from the smallest (primordial) to the largest (Ultra Massive). While they’ve previously explained how black holes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Size Comparison of Black Holes in the Universe first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tably is a very helpful smartphone camera app that uses artificial intelligence to determine how a cat is feeling. The primary function of the app is a “grimace scale” that is able to read mood and health according to subtle feline facial cues. This allows humans to monitor their cat’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tably, A Helpful Camera App That Uses Artificial Intelligence to Determine How a Cat Is Feeling first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Boxlapse Films (previously) has put together their fifth timelapse compilation that features various plants pushing through the soil and growing over the course of many days. Plants included are Chia, tobacco, Trinidad scorpion chili, avocado, and clover, all grown from seeds. The number of days ranges from 30 to 174...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Timelapse Compilation of Plants Growing to Jazz first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The wonderfully affable Danny of Rate My Takeaway traveled to Shepherds Place Farm in Haxey, England to try their famous Terminator 3 English Breakfast, which is said to be the biggest Full English Breakfast in the world. This incredible plate of food features four of everything in a traditional fry-up....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Attempts to Eat the Biggest Full English Breakfast in the World That Has Twelve of Everything in One Hour first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actor Ryan Reynolds has accomplished a great many things, including starring in iconic Marvel movies, making gin, feuding with co-star Hugh Jackman, raising money, directing and starring in commercials, and selling companies. Despite all this, however, Reynolds has never really talked about the way he looked. Until now, that is....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Bulked Up Ryan Reynolds Hilariously Shows Off a New Muscular Body for His Upcoming Film ‘Free Guy’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly heartwarming clip from the Smithsonian Channel series Dogs With Extraordinary Jobs tells the story of how a wonderful Great Dane named George (previously) helped a young girl named Bella live an active life despite her physical limitations. Bella was born with Morquio Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How a Wonderful Great Dane Helped a Girl With a Genetic Bone Condition Walk Without Assistance first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Max Speedster shared an incredibly nostalgic video that encompasses the first two hours of the introduction of MTV to the world (or at least New Jersey) on Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01 AM Eastern Time. The video starts off with a Space Shuttle countdown, the iconic launch of Apollo 11, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Very First Two Hours of the Newly Introduced MTV first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Game Producer Swann of BlueTwelve Studio provided a wonderful gameplay walkthrough for their highly anticipated video game Stray (previously), which is planned for release in early 2022. Swann explains that the entire game is played through the eyes of a cat wandering through a futuristic cybercity. From the cat’s unique...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Walkthrough of ‘Stray’, A Video Game Where You Play a Cat Wandering Through a Futuristic Cybercity first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter (previously), who’s back doing what he does best at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held a short ceremony for dogs Olive and Mabel. Mabel wound up taking the Bronze medal for her performance in the “fox rolling” event while Olive took home multiple gold medals for performing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Olive and Mabel Take Home Bronze and Gold Olympic Medals for Performing Well in Dog Related Sports first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Several night owls decided to visit the porch of a new home in Yuma, Arizona that a family had just moved into. The family had just barely installed their video doorbell when they were notified several times that someone was there. It turns out that these Strigidae guests were happily...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Night Owls Throw a Porch Party That Triggers a Newly Installed Video Doorbell at 10:30 PM first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Magician Vincent performed a remarkable sleight of hand using his own fingers during day 84 of his 100 day project to create new magic tricks in 2017. Vincent took the “detachable thumb” trick and applied it to his whole hand, agilely substituting one digit for another in a graceful routine....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Magician Performs Remarkable Detachable Finger Trick first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of his brand new Cartoonito show on Cartoon Network, the incredibly affable Lucas the Spider introduced his best friend Findley the Fly, an adorable flying insect who loves to eat anything from anywhere. The pair jump around the house on a pair of springy marshmallows until Findley decides...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Lucas the Spider and Best Friend Findley the Fly Jump Around the House on a Pair of Springy Marshmallows first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Software developer Jim Kang has created “The Sound of the Far Future”, a generative ambient music concept album that projects and possibly predict the sounds that humans will hear in accordance with the difficult to fathom “Timeline of the Far Future”. Represented through music are the sounds as the Universe...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Generative Ambient Music Concept Album That Projects the Sounds of the Far Future Over Two Hours first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When Star Wars IV: A New Hope was released for a second run in 1977 for the holidays, legendary film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert dedicated a segment of their show to review the film again. Both Siskel and Ebert found the film to be a fun, escapist film...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert Review ‘Star Wars’ During Its Second Release For the 1977 Holidays first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dustin Ballard of There I Ruined It (previously) mashed together the popular Beck song “Loser” with the dulcet sounds of a traditional square dance reel. The combination was surprisingly fitting as the prolific lyrics easily lent themselves to a country song. Beck’s “Loser” makes for a very confusing square dance...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Surprisingly Fitting Mashup of the Song ‘Loser’ by Beck Set to a Traditional Square Dance Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Director Johnny Kelly (previously) has put together a rather amusing but slightly startling supercut of clips and snippets from a wide variety of instructive video tutorials. While many of the snippets focus on the various stages of relationships, one was rather heartwrenching and another was highly informative, as I always...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Supercut of Online Video Tutorials first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A classic commercial for McDonald’s shows a couple of kids taking the gloved hand of Ronald McDonald and the trio then skips down a yellow brick road for a rather psychedelic trip to McDonaldland through the land of apple pie trees, thick shake volcanoes, free-range french fries, and a giggling...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Join Ronald McDonald on a Psychedelic Trip to McDonaldland in a Trippy 1969 McDonald’s Commercial first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudios (previously) created a visual comparison of the speed of various forms of life, planets, and vehicles in a very informative 3D animation. Included in this comparison are the speed by which a human fingernail grows, the speed of human walking, the speed of a domestic...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 3D Animated Comparison of Speed From the Slowest to the Fastest on Record first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A representative from Tennis Warehouse went to Yonex facilities in Japan to tour the factories and see how their world-famous tennis racquets are made. Each racquet is assembled with a combination of automation and experienced assembly by hand. The balance between hand and automation comes down to how to make...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Yonex Tennis Racquets Are Made first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Winter’s Blight” by Claire Campbell is a truly touching stop motion animation about a lonely recluse who lives out in the woods trying to keep himself warm in the winter. He realizes that he needs to chop down a tree but neither had the will or the energy to do...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Touching Animation About a Reclusive Old Man and an Unlikely Friend Who Keeps Him From Freezing to Death first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A short documentary by Nicholas Heller (previously) for the SVA Subway Series spotlights New York City graphic designer Stephen Doyle. In 2017, Doyle was commissioned to create intricate hypertext paper sculptures to be featured on promotional subway posters for the School of Visual Arts. Here Doyle opens up about what...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stephen Doyle Discusses His Famous Hypertext Paper Sculptures That Were Featured on Subway Posters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While sailing the waters of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, a very compassionate diver spotted a stingray who was helplessly caught in a fishing line. The diver went into the water, took out a pair of scissors, cut the line, and quickly released the cartilaginous fish from the trap. According...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Compassionate Diver Releases a Helpless Stingray Who Was Tangled Up in an Ilegal Fishing Line first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The ever-adventurous Tom Scott (previously) traveled to Iceland where he met with drone pilot Bjorn Steinbekk (previously) in order to visit the now-famous Geldingadalsgos volcano in Fagradalsfjall, which began erupting again in March 2021 after 6,000 years of being dormant. While the pair made it to the site, they weren’t able...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tom Scott Unsuccessfully Attempts to Film an Eruption of 6,000 Year Old Volcano in Fagradalsfjall, Iceland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Researchers in Sydney, Australia have discovered that sulphur-crested cockatoos cleverly learn from one another by copying what the other does. This was fully demonstrated with outdoor garbage bins across New South Wales. One cockatoo was taught how to lift the lid and others remarkably followed suit much to the amused...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Cockatoos in Sydney Learn How to Open Garbage Cans by Copying Each Other first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Generic Woodworking has carved out a tiny replication of a V8 engine to scale. This lilliputian engine is in addition to the much larger project he’s working on — a life-sized hot rod made out of wood, but as he states, the tiny projects help to keep his skills sharp....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tiny V8 Car Engine Carved Out of Wood first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alicja (Alice) Kozlowska (@alice.kozlow) Polish textile artist Alicja (Alice) Kozlowska creates fantastic detailed reproductions of popular foods using embroidered felt. Included in Kozlowska’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Detailed Embroidered Felt Food Sculptures first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Graphic artist Mauri Helme has quite amusingly created 3D animations of classic Atari 2600 video games, including Pitfall, River Raid, Frostbite, Keystone Kapers and the infamous E.T. Some classic games from Atari 2600 recreated in 3D. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Posts 2600 Online, Play 50+ Classic Atari 2600...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 3D Animations of Classic Atari 2600 Video Games first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rin (@rinsforest) University student and cake artist Rin of Rin’s Forest created a wonderfully amusing no-bake cheesecake that featured an adorable recreation of the capybaras at the Saitama Children’s Zoo enjoying a nice dip in the hot tub. Capybara cheesecake, inspired...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Naughty Pelican Trying to Eat Capybaras Bathing in Hot Springs Recreated on a No-Bake Cheesecake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men quite appropriately explain the history of maps, focusing on latitude and longitude, the latter of which was quite problematic for boats. Calculating latitude has always been easy. In the olden days, all sailors had to do was look at the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Issue of Longitude at Sea Was Solved With the Newly Invented Pocket Watch in the 1770s first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating piece for Movies Insider, narrator Abby Tang spoke with such renowned film and television prop masters as Tim Schultz and Scott Reeder to explain how silent props are made for so that their sounds don’t affect what’s going on in the scene. Noisy items such as paper...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Silent Props Are Made for Film and Television first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Daniel LaBelle (previously) amusingly demonstrated what life would look like if people shuffled around with tiny one inch strides. If this were the case, it would take quite a bit of time to get anywhere anytime soon. Imagine if everyone naturally walked with one inch strides. Of course, it’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Demonstration of What It Would Be Like If People Walked Around With Tiny One-Inch Strides first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MARRKNULL (@marrknull_official) Clothing designers Wang Wei and Tim Shi of MARRKNULL has created a rather unique pair of denim jeans that feature waistbands at both the waistline and the feet. This unusual design starts out as a regular pair of high-waisted...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Uniquely Designed Pair of Denim Jeans With Waistbands at Both the Waistline and the Feet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Former NASA engineer Mark Rober, (previously) in collaboration with Alex Baucom, designed and built the “Dominator”, an ingenious robot that is able to set up 300 dominoes at a single time. Even the incredibly talented “Domino Queen” Lily Hevesh (previously) was unable to keep up with the speed of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ingenious Robot Sets Up Giant Super Mario Bros. Mural Made Out of Record Setting 102K Dominos in 24 Hours first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating clip from the BBC documentary Blue Planet II, narrator David Attenborough elegantly explains how the beautiful but incredibly lethal Portuguese Man O’ War catches food underwater with its tentacles while still remaining partially above the surface. As it floats on the surface of the ocean, the Man...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Lethal Beauty of the Portuguese Man O’ War first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Talking Dog” by Brooklyn filmmaker Matt Cascella of Big Shins is a beautiful homage to the role that dogs play in human lives. Through a series of phone conversations with residents of Maine, Cascella captures the love and loyalty of those who have let dogs into their lives. Cascella told...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Heartwarming Short Film That Pays Beautiful Homage to Role That Dogs Play in Human Lives first appeared on Laughing Squid.

MMA fighter Conor McGregor shared a video of an incredible drone flight through his new The Black Forge Inn in Dublin, Ireland. The flying robot captured every inch of the large space including the bar, the restaurant, and the kitchen. The flight also revealed the height of the dormer ceilings,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Drone Flight Through MMA Fighter Conor McGregor’s Black Forge Inn in Dublin, Ireland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an informative episode of Today at Apple, host Anthony Jackson, a Creative Pro at the Apple Carnegie Library gave an informative and collaborative lesson that shows how to draw yourself as one of the Peanuts Gang on an iPad using Apple Pages and an Apple Pencil in celebration of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Draw Yourself as a ‘Peanuts’ Character Using Apple Pages With an Apple Pencil on an iPad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician and inventor Look Mum No Computer found that he had an extra Leslie speaker handy and decided to turn it into a workable guitar. He attached a neck from a Squire guitar, mounted the bridge assembly, and attached the strings. The next step was to check if the body...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Builds Spinning Guitar Out of a Leslie Speaker first appeared on Laughing Squid.