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Open Reel Ensemble, who previously demonstrated how they play unspooled reel-to-reel tape like a drum to achieve a unique electronic sound, performed an abstract song that implemented not only tape drumming but tape pulling and dragging. These techniques created different varieties of high pitched droning while the percussion kept the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Experimental Musicians Pull Out and Drum on Reel-to-Reel Tape to Create an Abstract ‘Instrumental’ Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alton Brown (previously), the fabulously quirky food expert and self-proclaimed Thyme Lord, came across a wonderful unaired episode from 2013 where he not only prepares a refreshing gin and tonic but also tells of the cocktail’s expansive international history. The gin and tonic may be the most interesting cocktail in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Alton Brown Prepares a Refreshing Gin and Tonic While Explaining the Expansive History Behind the Cocktail first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While peering out of her Sheffield, England home, Anastasia Sutcliff caught a glimpse of a very angry, distrusting stray tabby cat who immediately captured her heart. To help him out, Sutcliff built a warm place in her yard for the cat to sleep and was amazed when he actually used...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Compassionate Woman Befriends an Angry Stray Tabby Cat Who Captures Her Heart first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Google, in partnership with the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, have debuted their biggest update to Google Earth in years with a timelapse that shows how much the planet and the climate has changed in the 37 years between 1984 and 2021. We worked with experts at Carnegie Mellon...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Google Earth Debuts New Timelapse Feature With a Timelapse Showing the Planet’s Changes Since 1984 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While a man named Tim was relaxing inside his house, a wild turkey walked to his front porch and began pecking at the welcome mat that was laid out on the ground. Not wanting the bird to make off with his belongings, Tim used the intercom function on his video...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Shoos Wild Turkey Away From His Front Porch Welcome Mat Using the Intercom on His Video Doorbell first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter (previously) quite amusingly chastised his very muddy dog Mabel when she decided to wander into a ditch after he expressly warned her not to do so. Mabel blamed her actions on Dave (who’s not here). Cotter then pretended that they were at a hair salon while...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Pretends He’s a Hair Stylist While Giving His Naughty Dog Mabel a Much-Needed Bath first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Sam Edelston (previously) performed a truly surprising but rather lush cover of the 1983 Men Without Hats song “Safety Dance” on a tabletop mountain dulcimer. Edelston had just become familiar with the song and thought it was appropriate for current times even though the original song was actually written...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Lush Cover of ‘Safety Dance’ on Mountain Dulcimer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Wildlife conservation filmmaker Richard Sidey, who previously captured wonderful footage of giant walruses lolling around an Antarctic beach, and fellow filmmaker Aliscia Young, have created “Ambient Antarctica”, a hypnotic 2 hour film that showcases the spectacular beauty of the peninsula. Featured are the gorgeously varied landscape, the amazing array of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hypnotic Two Hour 4K Ambient Documentary That Tours the Spectacular Beauty of the Antarctic Peninsula first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Engineering and Architecture (previously) shared an interesting clip that shows how links are formed and then connected to make a thick metal chain. It all starts out from a single piece of metal coil. Like knives, forks, and spoons, metal chains start out as an enormous metal coil, which is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Links to Metal Chains Are Made first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Richard Oliver (@richardjoliverpleinair) California artist Richard Oliver creates beautiful En Plein Air landscape paintings that perfectly match the surrounding natural environments that he chooses as his subjects. Oliver, who is the father of two beautiful boys with special needs, finds that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Plein Air Artist Creates Beautiful Landscape Paintings That Perfectly Match the Natural Environment first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The University of Bristol created a wonderfully informative animation that explains how spiders use static electricity in the atmosphere to set themselves aloft. This process is known as ballooning and according to an experiment conducted by Erica L. Morley and Daniel Robert, it can only occur when the weather and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Spiders Use Atmospheric Static Electricity to Fly first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Thickey Forrest offered a simple tutorial on making abstract art using a simple light and a photocopier. Forrest just held the light above the glass of the copier and waved it around a bit. The resulting image was pretty amazing. So I have my photocopier hooked up to my...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make Abstract Art Using a Light and Photocopier first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French artist Kévin Gemin of Kékéflipnote has created a wonderfully humorous animation that brings to life the very many cats who have been the subject of countless memes throughout the years. Included in this animation is the amazing Buff Cat, and others we’ve probably previously written about. Lots and lots...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Humorous Animation That Brings to Life the Many Cats of Who Have Been Memes Throughout the Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by dexter.the_three_legged_dog ? (@dexterdogouray) An incredibly confident three-legged dog named Dexter who lives in Ouray, Colorado adorably walks upright whenever he needs to get from one place to another. Dexter is a 6 year old Brittany spaniel who was hit by a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Confident Three Legged Dog in Colorado Walks Upright on His Hind Legs Like a Human first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Christopher Pawlowski performed a seamless cover of the guitarist Eric Johnson‘s classic instrumental “Cliffs of Dover” on his electric bassoon. Eric Johnson’s music is so amazing and it somehow plays really well on the bassoon! I can’t wait to do more of these. Pawlowski’s other electric bassoon covers include...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Performs Seamless Cover of Eric Johnson’s Instrumental ‘Cliffs of Dover’ on Electric Bassoon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The digital artist collective Universal Everything (previously) has partnered with Hyundai Motor Company to create “Run Forever”, an animated visualization of a digital being who evolves into various iterations of clean design while running freely and forever without harming the environment around them. In Run Forever, the runner is at...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Digital Runner Moves Ever Forward While Evolving Into Various Iterations of Clean Energy in an Animated Short first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Pilot Brent Davidson shared remarkable footage from inside his fixed-wing glider aircraft being lifted high by a Northern California headwind. The wind rolled in so strong, that Davidson was able to hover in place at over 14,000 feet above ground While flying wave lift we ended up totally stopped over...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Remarkable Footage of a Glider Aircraft Hovering at 14,000 Feet After Being Lifted by Strong Headwinds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Casper Langbak of CLS Videos (previously) has compiled scenes from a wide variety of feature films to create a mesmerizing montage of slow motion scenes. Langbak has listed each movie featured in the montage on a separate Tumblr site. Montage of slow motion scenes in feature films. submitted...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mesmerizing Montage of Slow Motion Scenes in Movies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Swedish musician Mattias Krantz, who put the strings of his piano on his guitar and the strings of his guitar on his piano , wanted to see what his piano would sound like when he replaced the hammers on his piano with real hammers. Krantz first documented his search for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Replaces the Wooden Hammers on His Piano With Real Metal Hammers From the Hardware Store first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Restoring Old Stuff restored vintage footage of Sankt Clemens Bro (Aarhus), Denmark from 1902 into high definition image resolution, using special software to add color and smooth out the rough parts. I restored some old footage of Aarhus, Denmark. I used some software to colorize the footage and make the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Restored Colorized Footage of Denmark in 1902 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Interaction designer and researcher Marc Teyssier (previously) of the Resilient Futures group at the De Vinci Innovation Center in Courbevoie, France has designed the “Eyecam”, a truly disconcerting, uncanny webcam in the shape of a human eye. This includes all of the physical attributes including a working lid, eyelashes, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Disconcerting Webcam Shaped Like a Human Eye first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When a wayward young bear decided to enter the Pasadena, California home of Deedee Mueller through an open door in the kitchen, a pair of terriers named Squirt and Mei Mei came to the rescue. The two tiny dogs quite effectively chased the ursine intruder out of the house and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wayward Young Bear Who Wanders Into a Home Is Quickly Chased Out by Two Tiny Terriers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Joshua Sutton of the comics and game channel Panels to Pixels put together an incredibly interesting and informative video that explains how 15 different Marvel characters got their distinctive visages from very real people. Many comic book artists take inspiration from the world around them and the tradition of “casting”...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Marvel Characters That Are Based Upon Real People first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mechanical Engineer Yuto Kuroki and an engineering team from Meiji University in Tokyo have converted a working 3D printer into a nifty sandwich making robot that slides the meat and cheese onto crustless bread and then quite cleverly saws it in half. Regarding the sandwich app, there are many ways...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Converting a 3D Printer Into a Sandwich Making Robot first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men performed a rather amusing and quite informative song that helped them answer a viewer’s question about “the squarest country” in the world. The pair took turns singing about the various countries of the world, their unique shapes and what these...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Yet Informative Song About Locating the Squarest Country in the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

What Drives Us is a feature length documentary about rock bands that started out touring by van, directed by Dave Grohl of The Foo Fighters and distributed by The Coda Collection. The film features interviews with such rock icons as Ringo Starr, The Edge of U2, Annie Clark (St. Vincent),...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘What Drives Us’, A Documentary by Dave Grohl About Rock Bands Whose Earliest Tours Were Made by Van first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Jens of Another Perspective (previously) captured the remarkable process of growing mushrooms from tiny spores into beautiful capped giants over the course of 30 days through timelapse photography. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jens (@anotherperspective_yt) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jens...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Remarkable Timelapse of Mushroom Growth in 30 Days first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (previously) performed a coherent cover of the iconic Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. The slightly stilted vocal performance was helped with a wonderful bit of theatrics and an ability to enunciate the lyrics. Band member Ben Rouse happily...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Performs a Coherent Cover of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Derek Muller of Veritasium (previously) consulted with Professor Steven Strogatz to explain the phenomenon of synchronization inevitably arising from chaos. In doing so, the pair talk about the wobbily opening of the Millennium Bridge in London, the history of pendulums, coordinated fireflies, and even a reliably oscillating chemical reaction. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Synchronization Inevitably Arises From Chaos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Digic Pictures, an animation studio in Budapest, Hungary, quite bravely put sensors on a variety of different cats and enticed them to perform tricks in order to capture the specific manner in which felines move. While each cat was jumping over hurdles or climbing up a ramp, the sensors were...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Enticing Sensor Wearing Cats to Perform Tricks to Capture the Specific Manner in Which Felines Move first appeared on Laughing Squid.

3D animator Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudios (previously) who created a fascinating animation that visually compared the size of exceptional asteroids in our solar system to New York City skyscrapers, has followed up with an even larger comparison that includes famous asteroids and comets from both real and fictional sources....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Size of Comets and Asteroids Compared to NYC first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street by Screen Media Films is a feature length documentary based upon a book of the same name that explores the origins of the iconic PBS children’s show Sesame Street. The film talks to those who first conceived of the idea, what their...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Street Gang’, A Wonderfully Nostalgic Documentary That Explores How ‘Sesame Street’ Came to Be first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Court reporting student Isabelle Lumsden showed how a stenography machine works. Lumsden explained the concept behind the keys and demonstrated how words are formed. She then transferred the steno copy onto her computer, which translated the rather mysterious language back into English. @isabellelumsden Welcome to my Stenograph tour! ? ##stenographer...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How a Court Reporting Stenography Machine Works first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by New York Botanical Garden (@nybg) Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (previously) partnered with the New York Botanical Garden to present “Cosmic Nature” a wonderfully immersive landscape experience featuring floral and vegetal sculptures that reflect Kusama’s own interpretation of the botanical world. Exclusively...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Immersive Landscape Installation With Floral Sculptures by Kusama at New York Botanical Garden first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Custom British candlemaker Cent.Ldn took their inspiration from rapper LL Cool J‘s first album Radio and created a highly realistic wax version of the JVC RC M90 boombox that was featured on the album cover. The Beastie Boys also used the same model. It is still to this day considered...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Highly Detailed Boombox Candle Based on the JVC RC M90 From the Cover of LL Cool J’s First Album first appeared on Laughing Squid.

My cat has anxiety and feels safe when he’s wearing a sweater, so I learned how to crochet sweaters for him. from r/aww Aelle1209 shared adorable pictures of their sweater-wearing cat Voxel. As it turns out, this very kind human learned how to crochet sweaters for the cat as they...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Kind Human Crochets Sweaters to Calm an Anxious Cat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a very clever ad by Nexus Studios for the Japan Snow Project, several talented ostriches on skis perform a variety of tricks and dances on snow, land, and even on the roof of a building. The flightless birds are not always graceful, there are a number of times when...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Ostriches on Skis Perform Triple Jumps and Other Tricks in an Ad for the Japan Snow Project first appeared on Laughing Squid.

TinyTim: King For A Day is a fascinating documentary by Juno Films that tells the story of Herbert Butros Khaury, a young, outsider musician who began his career performing at small gay clubs in Manhattan where he got the name of “Tiny Tim”. The film premieres on April 23, 2021....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Narrates Fascinating Documentary Based on the Diaries of Outsider Musician Tiny Tim first appeared on Laughing Squid.

3D animator Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudios (previously) created a fascinating animation that compares the size of islands around the world by increasing size. The islands were laid over a map of North America in order to offer context of their actual size. There are many islands on Earth, this...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Size of Islands on Earth Compared to North America first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (previously) has quite humorously reimagined what modern password recovery would look like in the Middle Ages. A short documentary about the Middle Ages. Related PostsPreparing a Typical Peasant Meal From Medieval TimesA Guided Tour Around the Historic Gates of LondonA Fascinating Look at the History of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Humorous Skit Reimagining What Modern Password Recovery Steps Might Look Like in the Middle Ages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@rustymetalcreation #Star Wars, #GoldenRetriever, #DarthVader #Jedi #theforcebewithyou #doggy ??? ? original sound – Ellie A somewhat timid golden retriever named Ellie sat down to watch Star Wars for the very first time. All was well until Darth Vader came onto the screen. Vader’s imposing stature and deep voice, however, sent...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Timid Dog Watching ‘Star Wars’ For the First Time Hides Behind the Couch When Darth Vader Appears first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inspired by the popular meme of Baron Helmut Zemo dancing in a night club from the “Power Broker” episode of the series Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the folks at Marvel decided to remix this scene to last a whole hour, much to the delight of viewers everywhere. View this...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post One Hour Remix of Baron Helmut Zemo Dancing at a Club in Marvel’s ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented Luca Stricagnoli (previously) performed a unique harmonic cover of the classic Led Zeppelin song “Stairway to Heaven” using three different guitars. The instruments include Stricagnoli’s acoustic guitar, which he uses for most of the song, a “Reversed Slide Neck” he invented attached to his acoustic, and then...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Harmonic Cover of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ on Played by One Musician on Three Different Guitars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Archie McPhee (@archiemcphee) Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has released a trio of new finger puppets in the shape of tiny raccoons, possums, and crows, each appearing to be really cute in a their own way. Crows get a bad rap,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Oddly Adorable Sets of Tiny Raccoon, Possum and Crow Finger Puppets by Archie McPhee first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Insitute (MBARI) captured absolutely stunning ROV footage of a scarlet Sinophore in locomotion across the ocean floor at 500-1,500 meters. The Sinophore is made up of a variety of single-celled hydrozoa that move together as a single colony organism. Scientists have described some 175 siphonophore...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning ROV Footage of a Colonial Scarlet Sinophore Moving as a Single Being Across the Ocean Floor first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Collectif Scale has created “Flux”, a wondrous kinetic sculpture that’s made up of 48 dynamic line lights. These lights respond interactively to movement by rotating in a back an forth motion that creates beautiful light illusions. (translated) Entirely interactive Flux is an installation to be contemplated and experienced. The public...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wondrous Kinetic Light Sculpture Made With Rotating Line Lights That Respond Interactively to Movement first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Julie Nolke (previously), who has been attempting to explain the near future to different versions of her previous self throughout 2020, came back in April 2021 share the state of the world with the January 2020 version of herself. The current Julie had a hard time not revealing the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Comedian Amusingly Explains the State of the World in April 2021 to the January 2020 Version of Herself first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The folks at Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Denmark have partnered with HBO to craft a beautiful new beer to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the premiere of the Game of Thrones series. We are proud to announce that House Mikkeller has entered a newly forged alliance with Game of Thrones that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mikkeller Partners With HBO to Craft a Beer to Celebrate 10th ‘Iron’ Anniversary of ‘Game of Thrones’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Chicago helicopter photojournalist Craig Shimala captured quietly beautiful footage of his beloved city during the early morning hours over the course of four days in between news assignments. This 42 minute view from above shows the city in quiet repose just before it bursts into life for the day. I...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful Helicopter Footage Taken Above Chicago in the Early Morning Hours Over the Course of Four Days first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A giant monitor lizard measuring about six feet long walked into a 7-11 convenience store in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, and proceeded to the drink cooler. Apparently not finding anything of liking, the determined reptile then turned to a shelf filled with all sorts of snacks and began climbing to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Giant Monitor Lizard Climbs a Crowded Shelf in a 7-11 first appeared on Laughing Squid.