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Brazillian filmmaker Chico Jofilsan of 2 Many Hands created the beautifully illustrated animated short film “In My Particular Case”. The film features filmmaker who ponders aloud what kind of film he should make, setting the stage for a philosophically meta message about making decisions. How to choose an idea among...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Filmmaker Ponders Aloud What Kind of Film He Should Make in a Philosophically Meta Animated Short Film first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Paul Redshaw, an engineer, and car restorer, created an adult-sized, street-legal hot rod version of a classic children’s Little Tikes Cozy Coupe. Redshaw stated that he had dreamed of doing this for years, although the actual project only took two months. Paul Renshaw, from Rugby, Warks, refused to let go...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Car Restorer Creates an Adult-Sized Street-Legal Hot Rod Version of a Children’s Little Tikes Cozy Coupe first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very bouncy tabby cat named Linnet very helpfully leaped up to the front door mail slot to retrieve the package that was coming through. Once the package was safely between her teeth, she immediately climbed the stairs to put the package away. May I present to you, ENTHUSIASTIC POST-CAT,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Helpful Tabby Cat Leaps Up To Retrieve a Package Coming Through the Front Door Mail Slot first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Martyn Stroud, a talented trombonist and brass instrument teacher at Wight Music Tuition on the Isle of Wight, dressed in a yellow t-shirt with strips of black gaffer tape running horizontally across the middle. He then sat down in his garden and performed a rather buzzy but respectable cover of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Trombonist Plays a Cover of ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ on a Garden Watering Can While Dressed Like a Bee first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As part of the “Got Milk” TikTok Challenge, Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky of USA Swimming swam across a competition-size pool with a delicious glass of chocolate milk balanced on her head. Katie’s freestyle stroke was so smooth that she didn’t spill a single drop. Ledecky rightfully toasted to her...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky Swims Across Pool Without Spilling the Chocolate Milk on Her Head first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Yarn shop Olives and Bananas in Thunder Bay, Ontario, who previously created tiny carrots made from needle felted wool hanging from hoop embroidered greens, stuck to their culinary theme with a magnificent crocheted burger with all the fixings that were piled high between two crochet buns. This yummy, high fiber...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Magnificent Crocheted Burger With All the Fixings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Transdisciplinary artist Dmitry Morozov has created RBS-20(cm), an inventive Arduino powered synthesizer that plucks a metal ruler to generate pitch variations of sound. These variations are driven by a motor that sends the ruler up and down a slide. Keys on the front can also be used to change the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Inventive Automated Synthesizer That Plucks a Metal Ruler to Generate Variations of Sound first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brazilian artist Solange Nunes hand embroidered an absolutely stunning, anatomically correct human heart onto a delicate leaf. Nunes created this piece with the beautiful message “Que tu corazón aprenda a estar tranquil…” (“May your heart be calm”). Here’s some of Nunes’ other incredible leaf embroideries, many of which carry an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning Anatomically Correct Human Heart Embroidered by Hand Onto a Delicate Leaf first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Duncan Robson (previously) created “Star Turns”, a dizzyingly brilliant compilation of GIFs that show celebrities turning their heads back and forth using only film and television posters. Compilation of gifs made between December 2019 and June 2020. Song Kang-ho / 31 posters pic.twitter.com/MHF7UYDDQz — Star?Turns [cw: strobing] (@starturnz)...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Star Turns, A Dizzying GIF Compilation of Celebrities Turning Their Heads Using Images From Film Posters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Chicago engineer Matt Mikka of Warped Perception (previously) responded to viewer’s request to mount a GoPro inside his tire as he drove around his neighborhood. Mikka happily acquiesced and went for a drive with the camera filming a “tire’s eye” ride. One of the main reasons I came to YouTube...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A GoPro Mounted Inside a Tire Captures What Happens While a Car Is Being Driven at Different Speeds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Creative Technologists Lucas Ochoa and Gautam Bose of Google Creative Lab conducted a yummy experiment with an AI sorting machine that separated the marshmallows parts of Lucky Charms cereal from the cereal itself. This fun experiment was also a demonstration of how Google’s Teachable Machine paired with the Coral USB...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Extracting Lucky Charms Marshmallows From the Cereal With an AI Machine Taught to Sort Objects first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Baking hobbyist Katrina of sugardevotion makes absolutely adorable macarons that she hand decorates to create pop culture icons. Included in this list are characters from Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Disney and Pixar films, Pokémon, Pusheen, Totoro and characters from the video game “Animal Crossing”. love all things cute, creative and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Hand Decorated Pop Culture Macarons first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Zen Work Pod by office specialists Autonomous is a well appointed backyard office space that sits independently from a residence, providing a dedicated private space away from household distractions, yet close enough to still work from home. It comes furnished with strategic and necessary storage, an Autonomous SmartDesk 2,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Zen Work Pod, A Backyard Home Office That Provides a Private Space While Working From Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2014 Emily Groves, Jakub Pollág and Paula Arntzen, and Jackie Ford, students at the Royal College of Art in London, created “Mew”, an interactive sound object covered with fur that responds when it is approached with purring, then when stroked with caterwauling meows and to roughness with hisses. As...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Interactive Sound Object That Purrs, Meows and Hisses first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While puttering around at home, musician Lucas Brar decided to film himself holding his guitar in some of the stereotypical, albeit amusing, positions. Brar also performed a number of different songs while striking these poses, thus making all of them appear to be valid. 16 ways to hold a guitar....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Demonstrates 16 Ways to Hold a Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Simulate has released Nuggs 2.0, a more advanced version of their plant-based chicken nuggets. This new version is lower in sodium, higher in fiber, and tastes more like real chicken than ever before. Our new release is the most advanced chicken nugget simulation yet. NUGGS 2.0 is equipped with texture...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nuggs 2.0, Plant-Based Chicken Nuggets first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mechanical Engineer Ian Davis of Acme Works Fab brilliantly built himself fully mechanical prosthetic fingers to replace the four missing on his left hand. Davis is left hand dominant, so was really important for him to regain the use of that hand. Luckily he had the skills and the motivation...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Engineer Builds His Own Mechanical Prosthetic Fingers to Replace the Four Missing From His Left Hand first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On a 1996 episode of Sesame Street, a distressed Count von Count was having a bit of trouble corralling a naughty number one. The quarrelous integer insisted upon hiding amongst the other numbers, making it difficult for The Count to count. Luckily, Sir Patrick Stewart was nearby, having just performed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Patrick Stewart Helps The Count Get Number One Back to Its Proper Place on 1996 Episode of ‘Sesame Street’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Designer Yusuke Kadoi, who works at the Japanese accessories manufacturer Tsuchiya Kaban created a wonderfully whimsical, beautifully crafted leather bag that was specifically constructed to fit a single round watermelon for easy toting of the fruit. This bag was created for the company’s “Fun of Carrying” project and for the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautifully Crafted Whimsical Leather Bag Made Specifically for Carrying a Single Round Watermelon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

By way of creatively addressing the need to wear a face coverings in public, the talented craftsman behind PiratesLeatherworks has hand-stitched a replica Facehugger from the film Alien as a protective mask to do the job. While the idea itself is has been seen in different iterations before, this highly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredibly Detailed Hand-Stitched Leather ‘Alien’ Facehugger Protective Face Mask first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly limber mob of bighorn sheep in Montana effortlessly scrambled up the walls of a steep mountainside in the town of Wolf Creek, Montana. Bighorn sheep climbing a mountainside in Montana. Related PostsA Look Inside the National Audio Company, One of the Last Companies Still Producing Audio CassettesVideo of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Limber Mob of Bighorn Sheep Effortlessly Scramble Up a Steep Mountainside in Montana first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Fake Disney Facts explains why every Star Wars film has the wrong title, revealing what the actual title should be. Related PostsA Look at the Meaning of the New ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Movie Title and Who the Jedi Might BeDisney Announces That the Title of the Next ‘Star...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Every Star Wars Film Has the Wrong Title first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cinematic musician Samuel Kim has taken some of the most legendary music from Star Wars films and series and remixed them as if they were being played on medieval instruments. Included in Kim’s playlist are the iconic “The Imperial Suite” and “The Imperial March”. Check out my Medieval Style of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Medieval Style Remixes of Star Wars Music first appeared on Laughing Squid.

We previously wrote about “Weird Al” Yankovic creating an incredible Polka version of the Hamilton soundtrack. A few days after that debut, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and “Weird Al” appeared together on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and lip-synched the polka version. Pretty soon, the whole touring cast was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Meta Parody of the Song ‘Alexander Hamilton’ With ‘Alfred Matthew Yankovic’ as the Title Character first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Yarn shop Olives and Bananas in Thunder Bay, Ontario created tiny carrots made from needle felted wool hanging from hoop embroidered greens, deliciously melding together two crafts together. Needle felted carrots with embroidered greens. There are so many delicious ways to combine these two fibre arts. via KnitHacker Related PostsA...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Needle Felted Wool Carrots Hanging From Hoop Embroidered Greens Cleverly Combines Two Crafts first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Otterbox partnered with Amazon to create an adorable Baby Yoda (The Child) stand for the third generation of the Amazon Echo Dot. This durable stand features The Mandolorian character’s distinctive pointy green ears and bespoke robe and is custom fit to keep Alexa in place. OtterBox Den Series featuring The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Baby Yoda Stand for the Amazon Echo Dot first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Christopher Dens of Dens Dental in Baxter, Minnesota, went water skiing at nearby Hartley Lake while wearing stilts that stood at an amazing 11 feet tall. Dens stood upright for at least 30 seconds and set an unofficial world record while doing so. The record was set at 11′...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Minnesota Dentist Sets Unofficial World Record for the Tallest Stilts Worn While Water Skiing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pair of absolutely beautiful but rather lazy wolves named Zephyr and Alawa who live at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY, began howling loudly upon hearing another wolf elsewhere. This continued for over two minutes as they relaxed lying down on the ground. When it was all...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Pair of Lazy Gray Wolves Howl While Lying Down first appeared on Laughing Squid.

JR Gordon of Lyons, Colorado, who attached tiny plastic feeders to his eyeglasses in order to attract hummingbirds, has come up with other very clever wearable devices that allow the birds to feed while he watches closely without making a move. The birds happily flocked to Gordon’s face to feed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Colorado Man Creates Wearable Hummingbird Feeders to Attract the Tiny Birds For an Up Close View first appeared on Laughing Squid.

To celebrate one billion seconds of his life on March 1, 2020, artist and designer Daniel de Bruin (previously) built an incredible gear-driven machine that visualizes 10100 or the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. This mind-bending number is known as Googol, which was discovered by mathematician Edward Kasner (and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Machine Driven by Gears That Visualizes the Number Googol (Ten to the 100th Power) first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Puddles Pity Party, the incredible velvet-voiced clown (and fellow Rain Dog) performed a simply heartbreaking cover of the classic Tom Waits song “San Diego Serenade”. As stated, Puddles didn’t vary much from the brilliant original, but his beautiful voice and striking presence added a certain pronounced earnesty that isn’t necessarily...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Puddles Pity Party Sings a Simply Heartbreaking Cover of the Classic Tom Waits Song ‘San Diego Serenade’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As part of a 100 Day Challenge, artist Deanna Maree focused on painting a different bird each day onto slices of tree wood. Maree’s 100 day journey took her virtually all over the globe to find the right bird to suit each day. At the start of April after a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Paints 100 Colorful Birds on Wood Over 100 Days first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a tasty episode of the Mental Floss series Food History, host Justin Dodd explains the tasty history of the very descriptive names given to specific pasta shapes. These shapes include gemelli (twins), tortellini (belly button), cavatappi (little springs), orechetti (little ears), and strozzapreti (priest stranglers). Macaroni. Spaghetti. Lasagne. How...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tasty History of Descriptive Names for Pasta Shapes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When actor Nicolas Braun of Succession put out a call via social media to musicians to help him put music to a set of “quarantine” lyrics he had in his head. The response, of course, was amazing. Braun turned all this helpful input into a 1980s style quasi-pop/punk/new wave quarantine...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Do You Have the Antibodies’, A 1980s Style Quarantine Love Song by ‘Succession’ Actor Nicolas Braun first appeared on Laughing Squid.

We previously wrote about Happy Happy, Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story, a detailed documentary directed by Ron Cicero and Kimo Easterwood about the incredibly popular 1990s animated series. The feature-length film captures the surprising insights from 45 of the original artists, actors and execs connected to the show...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Happy Happy, Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story’ Trailer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese freestyle Skateboarding prodigy Isamu Yamamoto (previously) showcased his incredible freestyle skills during the 2020 World Freestyle Round-Up Online Showdown. He demonstrated impressive footwork while skillfully performing tricks on one board. He then came in with on two different boards, each foot moving independently as if he were on roller...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Japanese Freestyle Skateboarding Prodigy Performs Impressive Tricks Using Two Skateboards at Once first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French’s Yellow Mustard has partnered with Oskar Blues Brewery to introduce a Mustard Beer in honor of National Mustard Day on August 1, 2020. This creative mustard pairing is a brilliant follow-up to their celabratory yellow mustard ice cream of 2019. Because of a joint history of flavor exploration and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post French’s Partners With Oskar Blues Brewery to Make a Yellow Mustard Beer Celebrating National Mustard Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A tiny camouflaged octopus in the waters of Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France adorably reached out a long arm then latched onto a photographer’s GoPro, before taking off with the device. The cheeky little cephalopod, like others before, maintained a strong grip on the camera while gliding across the ocean floor. When the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cheeky Octopus Plays a Determined Game of Tug of War With Freediver’s GoPro first appeared on Laughing Squid.

There I Ruined It remixed the Nirvana song “Come As You Are” into a somewhat off-kilter swing song. The footage was from the band’s iconic MTV Unplugged appearance in 1993. I turned Nirvana’s “Come As You Are” into an old-fashioned swing tune and now I hate myself. Related PostsArnie, An...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nirvana’s ‘Come As You Are’ Remixed as a Swing Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1975, David Bowie appeared on the Cher television show and performed an amazing but circuitous duet medley of songs with the iconic hostess that started out with “Young Americans” and spiraled from there. Each following song started with the word that was the last of the previous song and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post David Bowie Performs a Duet With Cher in 1975 Featuring a Circuitous Medley of ‘Young Americans’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Robin Perkins, aka El Búho, and Agustín Rivaldo, aka Barrio Lindo, co-founders of Shika Shika, created a beautiful project in which musicians from all over the world would incorporate the call of an endangered bird into a song. The first album of this kind was “A Guide to the Birdsong...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Tapestry Is Woven in Music Video For Song Inspired by Sounds of the Endangered Black Catbird first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Songwriting playwright Howard Ho took an incredibly detailed look at how Lin-Manuel Miranda strategically used rap in Hamilton as a metaphor for the argumentative climate of politics then and now. Ho first reviewed the history of rhythmic speech within musicals, early rap musicals, historical musicals, and, specifically hip-hop focused musicals...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Rap Works So Well in ‘Hamilton’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When Chris of letsdig18 moved into his own house, he brought along with him an oak tree from his parent’s house. When Chris was in fourth grade, he planted this tree from an acorn for a science project. At the time he hoped that the tree would come with him...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Keeps Promise to His 4th Grade Self to Move Childhood Tree to His Own House Twenty Years Later first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A woman named Rameesah captured absolutely adorable footage of tiny ducklings as they ran full force across a pond of floating lily pads. The cutest, purest, most wholesome thing i have ever witnessed Related PostsDraft Beer-Flavored Jelly Belly Jelly BeansA City Severed: How the Draft Riots Tore NYC Apart, A...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tiny Ducklings Adorably Run Across Floating Lily Pads first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Transfiguration” is an experimental CGI animated short by Matt Pyke and Chris Perry of Universal Everything (previously) that features a lone figure endlessly walking while seamlessly evolving into different iterations of itself. The addition of ever-changing footsteps created by sound designer Simon Pyke adds a new level of realism to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Lone Figure Seamlessly Evolves Into Different Iterations of Itself in the Experimental Short ‘Transfiguration’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Ross McSweeney created a wonderful kinetic wooden sculpture that features a little boat floating upon a bumpy sea. Three different types of fish appear to jump out of the waves as they rise and fall, both horizontally and vertically. The sculpture is hand-cranked, although a motor can be made...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Little Boat Floats Among Jumping Fish in a Wonderful Hand-Cranked Wooden Kinetic Wave Sculpture first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Steve Jones, a British aerospace mechanic quite brilliantly transformed the #4 jet engine housing (nacelle) from a retired Vickers VC10 into an ingenious custom camper trailer for his family. The finished trailer features a modern interior with four beds, carpeted walls, a working kitchen, and a lift-off window that was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post British Aerospace Mechanic Turns Jet Engine Housing From a 1967 VC10 Into an Ingenious Camper Trailer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2009 vlogger John Linneman, aka Hey Scuba, shared a neat tape measure trick that he learned while “working at the shipyards”. Linneman explained how by folding a tape measure at the last two numbers of a year, 109 for 2009 in this case, someone’s age can be easily determined...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Use a Tape Measure to Determine Age first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who plays gorgeous acoustic versions of popular songs, tried his hand at classical music with an absolutely incredible double fret tapping performance of “Turkish March” by Mozart. This highly distinctive piece was originally written for the piano, but Stricagnoli arranged it for acoustic guitar after watching Amadeus....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Double Fret Tapping Performance of the ‘Turkish March’ by Mozart on Acoustic Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Darren Dyk of Beyond Slow Motion (previously) captured the very simple process of a corn kernel expanding into popcorn in ultra-slow motion at increasing speeds all the way up to an amazing 100,000 frames per second. Popping Popcorn at 100,000 frames per second. Related PostsMesmerizing Ultra Slow Motion Macro Videos...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Popping Popcorn in Ultra Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.