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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mini Wall of Sound (@mini_wall_of_sound) While stuck at home during the lockdown, Grateful Dead fan Anthony Coscia decided that he wanted to build a miniature version of the band’s legendary short-lived, but brilliant sound system known as the “Wall of Sound”....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Grateful Dead Fan Builds an Incredible Miniature Replica of the Band’s Legendary ‘Wall of Sound’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luna Lee, known for playing popular songs on her traditional Gayageum, performed a groovy cover of the iconic 1967 Jefferson Airplane song “Somebody to Love” based on a fan request. This tune was my Patreon song suggestion last month. It was so fun to play! I loved all the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Groovy Gayageum Cover of the Iconic 1967 Jefferson Airplane Song ‘Somebody To Love’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As part of his ongoing Mystery Metal Sculpture series, metal artists Jason Hurst of Works by a Hurst received a box of bicycle chains from a fan with the challenge to make something from them. Hurst complied and built a fully articulating octopus sculpture that he named “Wasabi”. I weld...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Metal Artist Builds a Fully Articulating Octopus Sculpture Out of a Mystery Box of Bicycle Chains first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Architectural blog The B1M takes a look at the newly approved Stad Ship Tunnel in Norway that will bypass the treacherous Stadhavet Sea at its narrowest point. The tunnel will accommodate cruise ships and other large sea vehicles, the first of its kind. The work begins in 2022 and will...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the World’s First Cruise Ship Tunnel Will Be Built to Bypass the Treacherous Stadhavet Sea in Norway first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A trio of absolutely adorable rescued river otters at the Oregon Zoo (previously) named Tilly, Hobson, and Flora eagerly dived into and rolled around inside a plastic bucket full of ice cubes that had been left outside the pool just for them. The three little lutrines also playfully battled one...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Trio of Rescued River Otters Playfully Battle One Another Inside a Bucket Full of Ice Cubes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

From Cradle to Stage is an unscripted documentary series that focuses on successful rock stars and their beloved mothers. The series is based upon a book of the same name, which written by former educator Virginia Hanlon Grohl and mother of Foo Fighters front man and series director Dave Grohl....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘From Cradle to Stage’, A Series About Rock Stars and Their Mothers Based on Book by Dave Grohl’s Mom first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Former NASA engineer Mark Rober, who conducts wonderfully ingenious experiments, took a touching personal turn when he introduced his beautiful son to the world, something he’s hesitant to do so in the past because his son has autism. The reason I’m so protective of him is because he has special...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Former NASA Engineer Mark Rober Introduces His Wonderful Autistic Son to His Viewers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The folks at Voyageurs Wolf Project in northwest Minnesota put a Vectronic Aerospace collar camera onto a wild, yet cooperative lone wolf, who offered a “first-person” tour of the neighboring woods. While the wolf’s long hair obstructed a bit of the view, it was clear that a great deal of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wild Wolf Wearing a Collar Camera Gives First Ever Personal Tour of the Woods Outside Human Presence first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mike Chiechi || Frank's Kid (@franks_kid) Artist Mike Chiechi has created a wonderfully spooky series that features the innocent characters of classic Disney cartoon shorts from the early 20th century being visited upon by the iconic villains of modern horror films....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Early Disney Cartoon Characters Are Visited by Icons of Modern Horror Films in a Spooky Art Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In memory of rapper DMX, who tragically passed away on April 9, 2021, Mylo the Cat (previously) lengthened a previous video mashup he created that featured the song “X Gon’ Give It to Ya” combined with the classic cartoon dog The Hunter from King Leonardo and His Short Subjects. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Hunter’ Cartoon Dog Raps the DMX Song ‘X Gon’ Give It to Ya’ In Memory of the Late Rapper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

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.