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‘Around the Block’ is a short film by Scottish filmmaker Jonnie Lewis that offers a first-hand look at the work of street and sidewalk artist David Zinn (previously). Lewis’ camera follows Zinn as he talks about his work, using Zinn’s own animations to accompany and complement the narrative. Zinn stated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Around the Block’, A Short Film About Artist David Zinn Who Finds Inspiration in the Imperfections of Sidewalks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Adam Buxton (previously) wrote, directed and provided the audio for a wonderful anecdote about the late, greatly missed David Bowie that director Michael Dignum had shared on Facebook. The Brothers McLeod (previously) provided the animation for this slightly profane, but incredibly humorous memory that gives insight into who Bowie...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animated David Bowie Recounts a Time When He Was Dressed as a Clown for the ‘Ashes to Ashes’ Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jay Foreman, who creates silly educational videos, quite humorously explains why the city of London is divided into an immense 32 boroughs within its metropolitan area. Surprisingly, this current number was brought down from an absolutely unwieldy 86. Foreman cites the very complicated process that brought the number down, the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Why London Is Divided Into 32 Different Boroughs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ben & Jerry’s, longtime purveyors of cold sweets for humans, has expanded their offerings to the canine population with their “Doggie Desserts”. This frozen treat is specifically formulated for dogs and comes in a couple of yummy flavors inside a frozen sunflower butter base, “Pontch’s Mix”, which has peanut butter...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ben & Jerry’s Introduces a New Line of Yummy Frozen Doggie Desserts for Beloved Canine Pals first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tom Seibert, a biologist at Colorado State University captured remarkable footage of a brown snake wrapping its body around like lasso in order to shimmy up to the top of a metal cylinder. This experiment was studying the newly discovered “lasso locomotion” of snakes, which was conducted in collaboration with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scientists Discover Brown Snakes Employing ‘Lasso Locomotion’ to Climb Vertically to Top of Metal Cylinder first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by LEGO (@lego) Niko Vás and Carl Merriam, designers at LEGO, created a beautifully calming sustainable LEGO Bonsai Tree. The tree can be built in a variety of different ways using green leaves or pink blossoms made up of LEGO frogs. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautifully Calming Customizable LEGO Bonsai Tree first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic and WordPress.com and friend of Laughing Squid, captured absolutely gorgeous 4K drone footage over some of Iceland’s most iconic sights while on a trip in 2018. The sights include the incredible multi-colored waterfalls, the otherworldly terrain, and a free run of unique Icelandic horses...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous 4K Drone Footage of Iconic Sights in Iceland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thomas Kinkade Studios (@thomaskinkade) Artist Monte Moore of Maverick Arts created a wonderful limited edition series depicting different scenes from The Mandalorian for the Thomas Kincade Collection. Each of the four paintings are done in Kinkade’s iconic pastoral style. The Mandalorian™...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Limited Series of Four Paintings From ‘The Mandalorian’ Created in the Iconic Pastoral Style of Thomas Kinkade first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Becky Ferreira of Vice’s Motherboard virtually sat down with Matt Russo, who happens to be an astronomer, a physics lecturer at the University of Toronto, a musician and founder of System Sounds. System Sounds consists of a group of musicians who seek to translate the rhythm of the galaxies into...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musical Astronomer Sets the Galaxy to Music first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A compilation of clips from BBC Earth shows the magnificent beauty of different owls at different stages of life, beginning with birth. A tiny owl hatches from the egg and is cared for around the clock by human caretakers. A hungry barn owl silently searches for food under the snow....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A BBC Earth Compilation That Shows the Magnificent Beauty of Different Owls at Various Stages of Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, LEGO has introduced a colorful LEGO Flower Bouquet from their LEGO Botanical Collection. Each component within the kit is customizable with specially designed LEGO sustainable pieces that are positionable depending on the look desired. Flowers such as roses, snapdragons, poppies, asters, and daisies...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post LEGO Introduces a Customizable Flower Bouquet Kit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Chang Yu-Te of Taoyuan City, Taiwan set a rather effervescent Guinness World Record for an amazing 783 small soap bubbles that he blew into a larger soap bubble that encased them all. Soap-inception as Chang Yu-Te (China) manages to fill up a soap bubble with some even smaller bubbles! Chang...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Sets Guinness Worlds Record for Most Soap Bubbles Blown Inside a Large Soap Bubble first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a lofty Ted-Ed (previously) lesson written by Robert Siddall and animated by Matt Reynolds, narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott shares the rather interesting fact that certain squid have flying abilities. These soaring cephalopods engage the same locomotive actions that they use underwater to soar just above the waterline, ready to dive...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Some Squids Are Able to Fly first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather creative human quite cleverly utilized his bulldog’s love for peanut butter in order to provide a yummy distraction while the canine’s nails were being trimmed by putting some of it on a plastic wrap headband. As the dog licked, the human trimmed. While the tasty treaty was distracting,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Human Wears a Peanut Butter Headband to Distract His Bulldog In Order to Clip His Nails first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who performs gorgeous acoustic versions of popular songs, played a brilliant dual acoustic guitar cover of the poignant Metallica song “Fade to Black”. Like his cover of “Thriller”, Stricagnoli played two different guitars at the same time. “Fade To Black” is, in the opinion of many, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Poignant Acoustic Cover of Metallica’s ‘Fade to Black’ Simultaneously Played on Two Guitars by One Musician first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Snubby J (Kent Jenkins) collaborated with ZeroElectroDrum to perform a virtual duet on their respective percussion instruments. Snubby J played the RimbaTubes, an instrument he invented, while ZeroElectroDrum played a pipe instrument of his own design. ZeroElectroDrum and I teamed up for this special new song featuring our pipe instruments....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Snubby J and ZeroElectroDrum Perform a Percussive Duet on PVC Pipe Instruments first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese filmmaker Daihei Shibata has created a wonderful animated short film that celebrates the rich complexity of visual gradations. In doing so, those objects that seem distinctly apart become connected through commonality. When we gradate the boundaries between two polarized things, the two become smoothly connected. … Gradation is to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Rich Commonality of Visual Gradations first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Frustrated by the number of plastic bags that litter the trees of his Brooklyn neighborhood, Taylor Mali decided to do something about it. Taking inspiration from the eight arms of an octopus, Mali attached four metal “L” braces to an empty paint roller on top of a telescoping pole. Mali...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Brooklyn Man Creates an Octopus Inspired Telescoping ‘Snatchelator’ to Remove Plastic Bags From Tree Limbs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A seemingly indignant cockatoo barked loudly at a drowsy dog who was just trying to get a little shuteye. When there was no response, the bird jumped onto the bed and barked directly in the sleeping canine’s face. That didn’t work either. Either dog was sleeping soundly or deliberately ignoring...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Barking Bird Tries to Wake Sleeping Dog first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While in the midst of building a home gym in his garage, Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter, (previously) tried to recruit his beloved dogs Olive and Mabel to become exclusive members. Cotter gave them a brief tour and explained the setup to them. He then offered three different levels of membership...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Gives His Dogs a Tour of His Home Gym to Recruit Them for Exclusive Membership first appeared on Laughing Squid.

German insect enthusiast and breeder Adrian Kozakiewicz of Insecthaus (previously) very cleverly set up an smartphone in portrait mode for the resident praying mantises to watch butterflies on television while comfortably seated in a miniature living room made just for them. Praying Mantises watching TV! Species: Sphodromantis aurea Hymenopus coronatus...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Praying Mantises Watch TV in a Miniature Living Room first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the Rolling Live Studios live streamed event “A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!”, the incredibly talented pianist Mike Garson, musician Atticus Ross and the great Trent Reznor performed an incredibly soulful live cover of David Bowie‘s iconic hits “Fantastic Voyage” and “Fashion”. Reznor’s wife Mariqueen Maandig provided backup...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Pay Tribute to David Bowie With Cover of ‘Fantastic Voyage’ and ‘Fashion’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ruby Silvious (@silvirub) Artist and graphic designer Ruby Silvious, whose 363 Days of Tea project we’ve previously covered, has created a wonderful series of winter stories that are painted on the paper of used tea bags. Each dioramic scene is filled...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderful Winter Stories Painted on Used Tea Bags first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Motion designer Christian Stangl, who previously worked on a beautiful film made from photos of the Apollo Space Mission, created “Dry Out”, a haunting short film that shows how various natural organisms respond to a lack of water through timelapse. Stengl documented over 100 different organisms using macro lenses on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Haunting Short Macro Timelapse That Shows How Different Organisms Respond to a Lack of Water first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inspired by the incredible work of Martin Molin, the engineers at iSax Laboratories created a robotic, MIDI-controlled instrument that would sound like a trombone. Sadly, that wasn’t the case, due mostly to the fact that the trombone relies on just more than the instrument itself to create different sounds. When...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A MIDI Controlled Robotic Trombone Machine first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British comedian Alasdair Beckett-King quite amusingly summed up the incredibly efficient manner for which Scandinavian crime dramas are known. Each of the characters (portrayed by Beckett-King) remains calm, cool, and collected as the murder of a son is succinctly suspected, discovered, and solved without a single tear shed. I love...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Comedian Reenacts Every Scandinavian Crime Drama first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Daily Reddit Videos has put together a most gratifying compilation of videos that show a variety of different items fitting perfectly into other items, tight spaces, or other seemingly unlikely areas. The compilation comes from the “Perfect Fit” subreddit, which has even more satisfying perfect fit videos. The way my...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gratifying Compilation of Things Fitting Perfectly first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather eager dog in Bristol, England quite thoughtfully brought back across the field to his home the biggest sticks he could find. Neither wind nor high grass nor rocky roads impeded this accommodating canine’s mission to retrieve A very happy dog collects all the big sticks. Related PostsDetermined Dog...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Thoughtful Dog Brings Home the Largest Sticks Around first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by AARP (@aarp) Photographer and filmmaker David Friedman (previously) created a wonderful video series for AARP that pays tribute to iconic items of nostalgia for those who grew up in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The series, entitled “Ode to Your Childhood”,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Ode to Your Childhood’, Short Narrated Video Poems About Nostalgic Icons from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madison Coates (@madisoncoates) An adorable Wheaton terrier named Bella Rose in who lives in Kentucky with her beloved humans excitedly stood on her hind legs in front of the television to watch horse racing. As the gate released and the horses...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Excited Dog Giddily Jumps Up and Down on Her Hind Legs in Front of the TV as Race Horses Leave the Gate first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Game builder Matt Burton of BurtBot very cleverly remixed scenes from Lord of the Rings with the Uruk-Hai warriors and other Orcs speaking in normal, more melodic tones (as voiced by Burton). Uruk-hai With Normal Voices – Meat’s Back on the Menu. I replaced the Uruk-hai and orc voices with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Remixed ‘Lord of the Rings’ Footage With Uruk-Hai Warriors and Other Orcs Speaking in Normal Voices first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable 2 year old girl in Lenexa, Kansas quite effortlessly named off each of the toy dinosaurs that her mom put in front of her without fail, making her the cutest pint-sized paleontologist in the world. My daughter just turned 2 a month ago and she knows her dinosaurs...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Pint-Sized Paleontologist Correctly Names Dinosaurs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pair of canine best friends named Jax and Birdie, who became separated when one of them moved away with their human, got a chance to speak with each other again through video chat. The husky howled happily while the boxer on the other end tried to get a word...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dog Best Friends Talk to Each Other Via Video Chat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yale Peabody Museum (@yalepeabodymuseum) Turner Construction quite amusingly painted the jaws of their excavator to look just like a giant green dinosaur while working on a renovation project at Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut. They also...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Demolition Digger With Dinosaur Head and Googly Eyes Takes Giant Bites Out of Discarded Materials first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A seemingly peckish pelican at the Ichihara Elephant Kingdom in Chiba, Japan halfheartedly attempted to eat a baby capybara who was sitting closely under the watchful of mom. When the juvenile rodent didn’t respond, the bird attempted a second go at another in the litter without much luck. Related PostsHungry...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Pelican Attempts to Eat an Entire Baby Capybara first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a clip from a 1979 television show, the Finnish band Gregorius performed an amusing parody of the then-popular Village People song “YMCA” translated as “NMKY” in their native language. Rather than the varied costumes worn by the song originators, the Finnish group wore basketball attire. “YMCA” cover live on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Finnish Language Parody of ‘YMCA’ From 1979 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Digital filmmaker Garren Lazar (previously) has created a rather amusing seamless mashup of the Peanuts Gang singing the classic Yes song “Roundabout”. Lazar timed the clipped footage so that it synched perfectly with the lyrics and instrumental parts of the song. With this horrible year finally coming to an end,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Peanuts Gang Performs ‘Roundabout’ by Yes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vinnie's Pizzeria (@vinniesbrooklyn) With the status of New York City restaurant dining constantly in flux and rents remaining sky high, Vinnie’s Pizzeria, the legendary pizza joint in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that’s known for their unusual pizza creations and delivery options, built a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Vinnie’s Pizzeria in Brooklyn Explores Foregoing Pricey NYC Rent With Pizza Dispensing ATM first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very busy beaver in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada made very quick work of poplar tree that had fallen to the ground. The determined castor efficiently chewed through the limb so that the rest of the tree could be carried off for dam-building back at the pond. I had a front...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Busy Beaver Efficiently Chews Through a Poplar Tree Limb In Less Than a Minute first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by La?n Nguyen (@19.xcv) Photographer Lân Nguyen creates absolutely delicate, ethereal silhouetted portraits using colorful, puffy clouds at sundown and darkened cutouts to complete the desired image. Nguyen stated that this gorgeous series came about when he began photographing sunsets and found...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ethereal Silhouetted Shapes Made With Sunset Clouds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Questlove, the distinctive DJ, drummer and co-founder of The Roots sat down with Vanity Fair to go over everything he accomplishes in a day. The musician shared his normal waking hour, his commute time, his work schedule, and his downtime over the course of 24 hours. He even included his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Questlove Shares All That He Accomplishes in a Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Former Joy Division and New Order co-founder and bassist Peter Hook and his band The Light performed a brilliant socially distant cover of the New Order song “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. This amazing performance was part of the “Yamaha Guitars Open House Online” event. As part of the recent...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Former Joy Division Bassist Peter Hook and The Light Perform Virtual Cover of ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The folks behind Bikes, Trikes & Razors! took a tour of Cameron Airpark Estates, a tony neighborhood in El Dorado County, California that specifically caters to those with an interest in air flight. Each house in this subdivision features not only a garage for cars but also a hangar for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Recumbent Bicycle Tour of a Central California Neighborhood Where Garages Are Airplane Hangars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Korean musician Luna Lee, known for playing popular songs on her traditional Gayageum performed a nostalgic cover of the iconic Pink Floyd song “Wish You Were Here”. A viewer had requested the song and Lee felt it would be a good song to play during this challenging time in history....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Nostalgic Gayageum Cover of ‘Wish You Were Here’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Ho Tsz Wing created a wonderfully expressive colorful 2D hand-drawn animation set to the electronic Isan song “Catgot”. Ho stated that this animation does not necessarily have a message to it, but rather an enjoyable fountain show in which the images react to and perhaps enhance the changes within...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Colorful Hand Drawn Animation Set to Isan’s ‘Catgot’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Nerdist amusingly remix footage the oh so serious Star Wars series The Mandalorian as a silly 1990s sitcom called “Grogu Pains”. The series focuses on Din Djarin as a single dad to an incredibly precocious Baby Yoda. The pair is surrounded by a supporting cast of goofy, but well meaning...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Mandalorian’ Remixed As 1990s Sitcom ‘Grogu Pains’ About Din Djarin as a Single Father to Baby Yoda first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Jason Freeny, who makes wonderfully absurdist anatomical sculptures, took viewers behind the scenes to share how he created a character for his “Plunger Monsters” series. Freeny shows each step of the 11 day process, which includes sculpting, wet sanding, airbrushing, and other details that go into a Freeny original....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Jason Freeny Shows How to Make a ‘Plunger Monster’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The talented musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (previously) performed a very cheerful cover of the appropriately named Pharrell Williams song “Happy”. This footage was taken from a 2018 performance at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. The group is planning a return to the States in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Performs a Cheerful Cover of the Pharrell Williams Song ‘Happy’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Simon Roper, a polyglot vlogger who enjoys exploring the history of the English language, performed a compiled demonstration showing how the London accent changed and evolved during certain points of the 14th century all the way through to the 21st century. The text of each recitation was appropriate to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the London Accent Changed and Evolved from the 14th Century Through to the 21st Century first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Golf Town Channel went inside the Titleist Ball Plant 3 to see firsthand how their signature Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls are made. The fully automated process shows how flat pieces of synthetic rubber are then shaped, ground, given dimples, painted, polished, labeled, and boxed for retail sale...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Titleist Pro V1 Golf Balls Are Made first appeared on Laughing Squid.