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Video essayist Jesse Tribble takes an interesting look at the unseen filmmakers who were ever-present in The Office and how their presence helped to further the emotional narrative of the office. Without these filmmakers present, neither Jim nor any other character would have reason to repeatedly look directly into the camera, which played a large...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Unseen Documentary Filmmakers Helped Further the Comedic Narrative of ‘The Office’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While at San Diego International Comic-Con 2019, horror fan Greg Nicotero, who is the special make-up effects supervisor and an executive producer of The Walking Dead and writer Joe Hill announced a reboot of the classic 1982 horror comedy anthology Creepshow (written by Stephen King and directed by George Romero), but for small screen, through...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Greg Nicotero of ‘The Walking Dead’ Reboots ‘Creepshow’ for Shudder Horror Streaming Service first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In mid-2018, filmmaker Ri Crawford more than successfully funded his idea for “The Moon’s Milk” a stop-motion animated short taking place at a time when a sailor could reach the moon by ladder to gather the sweet milk within its craters. Crawford had been working on this idea since 2013 and it finally came to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Moon’s Milk’, A Stop-Motion Animated Short About the Final Time the Moon Could Be Reached by Ladder first appeared on Laughing Squid.

You’re Not A Monster is a funny new animated IMDb mini-series for adults about a very troubled “para-therapist” Max Seward (Eric Stonestreet) whose practice is dedicated to the treating the supernatural. While Dr. Seward has no fear of his patients, his deep insecurity amongst humans leaves him at odds with his own inner demons as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘You’re Not a Monster’, An Insecure ‘Para-Therapist’ Treats Troubled Monsters in Animated IMDb Mini-Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On June 5, 1968, the United States and much of the world were taken by tragic surprise when Robert F. Kennedy, a sitting U.S. Senator, was suddenly gunned down in the midst of his nascent presidential campaign and pronounced dead just 26 hours later. Subsequent images and reports of the horrific event were widely televised...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Mister Rogers Gently Advises Parents About Grieving After Tragic 1968 Assassination of Robert F Kennedy first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the iconic 1990s sitcom Friends, the coffee chain The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has collaborated with Warner Brothers to create a limited-edition line of “Central Perk” coffees, teas and mugs in tribute to the iconic café that served as a second home to the characters. To commemorate...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Celebrates ‘Friends’ 25th Anniversary With ‘Central Perk’ Coffee, Tea and Drinks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

HBO has released a trailer for the highly enigmatic series Watchmen, a serial interpretation by Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) of the legendary limited series alternate reality superhero graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. In Lindehof’s version, masked vigilantes who are seen as outlaws, are running out of time to use their former...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Clock is Ticking for Masked Vigilantes to Choose a Side in Damon Lindelof’s Adaptation of ‘Watchmen’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the third season of the HBO series Westworld, the newly independent hosts find out that the outside world isn’t what they expected it to be. Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), more powerful than ever, takes up with a very human construction worker (Aaron Paul) who came to her rescue while Maeve (Thandie...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Independent Hosts Find Out the New World Isn’t What They Expected in the Third Season of ‘Westworld’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cartoonist Lenivko Kvadratjic of Lazy Square, who interpreted the classic Simpsons Couch Gag as a Russian art film, previously created a rather self-deprecating, equally dreary animation depicting thirty years of his life in thirty seconds. (translated) Summing up the last anniversary. Kvadratjic also illustrated a far more cheery reverse animated timelapse traveling back 20 years...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Cartoonist Depicts 30 Years of His Life Over 30 Seconds in a Dreary Self-Deprecating Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented image manipulator Ronald Ong has created a wonderful series of animals that have been cleverly merged with matching foods. Ong has replaced a zebra’s body with Oreo cookies to create a “ZEBREO”, swapped a fox’s body with bread to create a “LOAFOX”, encased a duck in a banana peel for “DUCKNANA” and traded out...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Images of Animals Cleverly Merged With Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During an April 2019 interview with journalist Jancee Dunn in Washington D.C., Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy talked about the music that he hated while growing up and how he revisited that same music after he became an adult. Tweedy found that performing this exercise regularly expands his musical knowledge and opens his mind to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animated Jeff Tweedy of Wilco Talks About the Benefit Revisiting Music That He Once Shunned first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the upcoming Star Trek series Picard on CBS All Access, a troubled Captain Jean Luc Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) finds that his regrets for past events weigh heavily upon him as he continues to live a terrestrial life. When a situation warrants his attention and involvement, he once again returns to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Captain Jean Luc Picard Finds Terrestrial Life Trying as He Looks Upward to Put Right What Once Went Wrong first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In September 2018 we wrote about a wonderful photo that Sony Pictures had posted of actor Tom Hanks dressed in a red sweater and blue tennis shoes for his portrayal as the late, greatly missed Fred Rogers for a film set to come out in 2019. As promised, Sony Pictures has released a trailer for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Tom Hanks Plays Fred Rogers in ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’, A Film Based on a 1998 Esquire Article first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After a day of angling, a generous fisherman on a Haida Gwaii beach on the northern Pacific coast of Canada, decided to share a bit of the wealth by feeding the local bald eagles. Instead of joining in on the feast, one cheeky bugger decided that the human’s GoPro was much more interesting and took...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cheeky Bald Eagle Steals a Fisherman’s GoPro first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2017, we wrote about how Netflix partnered with The Henson Company to create the prequel to the late Jim Henson‘s visionary 1982 film The Dark Crystal. Filming of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance in 2017, using illustrations from the film’s original designer Brian Froud and Henson’s amazing creatures. During San Diego Internation Comic-Con...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Sneak Peek Into Jim Henson’s ‘Dark Crystal’ Prequel Netflix Series ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Producer Austin Brown of Great Big Story visited the Wattana Panich restaurant in Bangkok to learn about and sample their renowned neua tuna (beef noodle) soup, which contains a healthy amount of beef products and a really flavorful broth. The recipe is such that the taste gets better the longer it’s cooked and the rich...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Restaurant in Bangkok Has Been Simmering Their Renowned Beef Noodle Soup for 45 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

South Korean fashion designer Henry Kim very cleverly built a unique floating “wheelchair” device that helps a disabled fancy goldfish remain afloat within one of the aquariums he keeps at his home. Like others before, this fish suffers from swim bladder disease, an internal disorder that causes a floating fish to flip over or sink...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Compassionate Man Builds a Floating ‘Wheelchair’ Device to Help Keep His Disabled Goldfish Afloat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the San Diego International Comic-Con 2019, Netflix released the trailer for their new series The Witcher. The series is based off a popoular fantasy book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, which also inspired a video game and a graphic novel of the same name. The show centers around a mutated witcher (monster hunter)...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mutated Monster Hunter Finds That Humans Are More Evil Than the Creatures He Hunts in ‘The Witcher’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the tenth season of the long-running post-apocalyptic AMC zombie series The Walking Dead, the communities of Alexandria, Hilltop and The Kingdom come together against The Whispers, their common and very dangerous enemy. They prepare for all-out war with new welded medieval-style weapons (including Aaron‘s badass morning star prosthetic hand) and a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Communities Prepare For All-Out War Against the Whisperers in the Tenth Season of ‘The Walking Dead’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland of Rick and Morty shared a short peek what lies ahead in the upcoming fourth season. While working in the garage, Morty and Jerry order a captive alien named Glootie to take down an app. Glootie refused. Morty got frustrated and told Glootie to contact...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Ominous Beeping Noise Hints at What May Lie Ahead in the Fourth Season of ‘Rick and Morty’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, the very talented music, film and social media promoter Mark Schiller, co-founder of Wooster Collective (previously), suffered two strokes on both sides of his brain, which left him with aphasia, a language impairment that affects his ability to speak. Since that time and with the help of his Wooster Collective co-founder wife Sara...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘No Bone’, A Documentary by Wooster Collective’s Marc Schiller About the Devastating Strokes He Had in 2015 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While traveling around Turkey, award-winning GoPro photographer Vedat Dumanli akaFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post GoPro Captures Turkish Vendor Performing Sleight of Hand Tricks While Delivering an Ice Cream Cone first appeared on Laughing Squid.

David Anderson of Science Insider consulted with biologist Maria Wojakowski to learn about what goes on below the surface of the shell and why a turtle could not survive without their shell. As it turns out, the shell is also part of the turtle’s basic anatomy, just as a ribcage is to humans. The shell...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Turtles Can’t Survive Without Their Shells first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor the rocketman has very cleverly juxtaposed the 1983 music video for the Sir Elton John song “I’m Still Standing” alongside the staged version from the 2019 Taron Eggerton biopic Rocketman (previously). While a couple of details were overlooked, the film version appears to have done a good job in replicating the music video....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Comparison of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ Music Video With the Staged Version From ‘Rocketman’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Wendy Goodman of the New York Magazine series Interior Lives visited with set designers Julian LaVerdiere and Erica Hohf at Empire Engine 19, their renovated firehouse home on the border of the Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York. The creative couple leased out the first floor of the firehouse to Stumptown...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Inside a Black Painted Renovated Firehouse in Brooklyn That Houses a Stumptown Coffee and Archery Range first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jesse Dylan, founder of the creative production company Wondros, posted video of the incredible flight of a giant commercial airline style paper airplane that won the company’s paper airplane contest. This plane was made by Justin and Jack, two employees who work in the editorial department. The employees had been using the paper wrappers from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Employees Create a Giant Commercial Airline Style Paper Airplane Out of ‘Falafel Fridays’ Lunch Wrappers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical Cats, a fantastic adaptation of the T.S. Eliot poem Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, is one of the longest-running shows in the history of Broadway and the West End and it was only a matter of time before there was a film adaptation. The movie is directed by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An All-Star Cast Embodies the Unpredictable Feline Spirit in the Film Adaptation of the Stage Musical ‘Cats’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

German artist Tracey Snelling creates highly immersive multimedia installations that are housed inside of tiny versions of specific locations. This form allows the viewer to weave mental stories about those who may live there. Among the specific places that Snelling has replicated include Cokkie Snoei in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Kottbusser Tor in Kreuzberg, Germany, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Highly Immersive Location Specific Multimedia Installations by Tracey Snelling first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Hank Green of SciShow and James Weiss of Jam’s Germs have pooled their collective scientific knowledge to launch a new Complexly video series entitled Journey to the Microcosmos, a fascinating series about the various forms of microscopic life all around us. The series looks at the different types of microcosms, what they eat and how...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Journey to the Microcosmos, A Fascinating Video Series About the Various Forms of Microscopic Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While visiting his grandparents in Michigan, the incredibly talented artist Josh Ellingson (previously) hooked up with the Flint Public Art Project to paint a mural on the outside wall of Factory Two, a community makerspace. The building formerly housed the Dort Motor Car Company from 1915 through 1924, so Ellingson included concepts from both current...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Josh Ellingson Paints a Giant Mural at Factory Two Makerspace in His Hometown of Flint Michigan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the release of Toy Story 4 (previously), multi-instrumentalist Acoustic Trench (previously) performed a very upbeat acoustic fingerstyle cover of the Randy Newman song “You Got a Friend in Me” from the original Toy Story film. Maple the Pup, a golden retriever/border collie mix, sat as audience to beloved human with her Sheriff Woody doll...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Guitarist Plays Upbeat Fingerstyle Cover of ‘You Got a Friend in Me’ to His Dog Maple and Sheriff Woody Doll first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Music teacher Florian Mohr performed a wonderful piano medley of 40 cartoon theme songs in just a single take. Mohr began the medley with the iconic “Popeye” intro and culminating with the theme from the German cartoon “Talespin”. (translated) A little flashback from your youth complacent? Then take a look at my new medley! via...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Piano Medley of 40 Cartoon Themes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Matt Baker of Useful Charts quite amusingly examined the George Washington extended family tree to determine who would be king in this age if the then-new United States of America had been created as a monarchy rather than the representative democracy that it is today. Baker separated out the family into three different lines –...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Examining George Washington’s Family Tree to Figure Out Who Would Be King If the U.S. Was a Monarchy first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New York City street artist Buff Monster very cleverly transformed his flattened, empty spray paint can into one of his distinctively original big-eyed melty ice cream characters. In keeping with his mission, the artist employed his signature bold lines and bright colors, along with a very steady hand. Buff Monster is a New York City...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Street Artist Buff Monster Transforms an Empty Spray Paint Can Into One of His Distinctly Original Characters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Insider producer Ian Phillips spoke with creature performer Edd Osmond to find out what it’s like to play a star of a film without ever being on-screen. Osmond explained that for the live-action remake of Dumbo, he had to learn how to walk like a baby elephant, sometimes spending hours on all four limbs with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Creature Performer Edd Osmond Explains What It Was Like Playing the ‘Dumbo’ Live-Action Stand-In first appeared on Laughing Squid.

South Korean illustrator Seoro Oh has created “(OO)”, a truly marvelous short animated film that brilliantly visualizes each and every messy, snotty stage that comes with a really nasty head cold and/or with severe allergies. Every aspect of the film contains a representation of that itchy misery, even the title of the film represents flared...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Marvelous Animated Short Film That Brilliantly Visualizes Each Messy Stage of a Nasty Head Cold first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, we wrote about how the massive New York City development Hudson Yards will be building an observation deck that will be attached to on the 30 Hudson Yards building that sits 1,100 feet in the air and be the highest outdoor observation deck in the Western Hemisphere. More recently, John Kelly, Vice President...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Incredible Engineering Behind ‘Edge’, The Highest Outdoor Observation Deck in the Western Hemisphere first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Business Insider producer Abby Narishkin visited with Customs and Border Patrol agents who are tasked with locating and destroying illicit items that are brought into the United States through John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York. While drugs are always a priority, these officers actually see far more contraband in the form of agricultural...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Officials Locate and Destroy Illicit Foods and Plants That Are Brought in Through JFK Airport first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musicians Jake Shimabukuro (ukulele) and Jerry Douglas (slide guitar) performed a surprisingly cheerful and jazzy cover of the fairly somber song “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles. This track is featured on Shimabukuro’s latest album entitled The Greatest Day. Following this performance, Shimabukuro showed how to play the song on ukulele in a video for Reverb....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Surprisingly Cheerful Jazz Ukulele and Slide Guitar Cover of The Beatles’ Song ‘Eleanor Rigby’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Insider producer Meredith Geaghan-Breiner took a gigantic deep dive into the process employed by Pixar that led to the latest updated iterations of Toy Story characters being more detailed and realistic than ever before. Geaghan-Breiner explored and explained the entire production process behind Toy Story 4, which includes how the characters were designed, modeled and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Pixar Updated the Animation of Their ‘Toy Story 4’ Characters to Appear So Detailed and Realistic first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an effort to raise awareness about stray cats in the area, the Yoro Railway LTD partnered with the Kitten Cafe Sanctuary in Gifu, Japan to create the world’s first rolling cat café on a train. The event took place on September 12, 2017, and passengers traveling between the Ogaki and Ikeno Stations were able...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Japanese Railway Hosts World’s First Cat Cafe on a Moving Train With Adoptable Kittens Riding on Board first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While hosting a live show at Comic-Con International 2019, the very funny Conan O’Brien, with help from the talented animation of State Design, created an absolutely brilliant animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse themed cold open for his stage entrance. The animation quite closely follows the origin story, but instead of getting bitten by a spider,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Animated Conan O’Brien Enters the Comic-Con Stage With a ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Cold Open first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Christian Spencer captured a stunning series of photos featuring a black and white Jacobin hummingbird with outstretched wings crossing in front of the sun. The bird’s delicate feathers filtered and separated out the spectral colors, making the wings themselves appear beautifully prismatic. Luckily, the effect can be seen through a camera lens as it...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Photographer Captures the Prismatic Colors of the Sun Filtering Through a Hummingbird’s Wings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Abdu – A 9/11 Story” is a stunning visual poem by filmmaker Paul Stone (previously) about Abdu Malahi, a Yemeni-born, Brooklyn-raised Muslim who worked as an audio/visual technician at the Marriot Hotel World Trade Center who died on 9/11. Malahi started out the day in a good mood, as he was applying for visas to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning Visual Poem to Yemeni-Born Brooklyn-Raised Muslim Hotel Worker Who Saved Many Lives on 9/11 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Gerard Mas, the talented Spanish artist who created a humorous series of Renaissance-style sculpted busts reimagined with a modern twist, has also sculpted very lifelike replications of cats and dogs. This series includes a blue-eyed Siamese cat, a dignified German Shepherd, a worried little French bulldog, and an adorable mini-pinscher, each meticulously carved out of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredibly Realistic Cat and Dog Sculptures Meticulously Carved Out of Tree Trunks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Giuseppe Ragazzini has created a series of wonderfully amusing, mechanical collage artwork featuring digital cutouts of masterpiece paintings and photos. In the process of crafting his art, Ragazzini also developed Mixerpiece, an app of his own invention. Mixerpiece is a sort of digital magnetic board, with more than 200 items and shapes which you...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredible Mechanical Digital Cutout Collages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Sleep Blanket A visualization of my son's sleep pattern from birth to his first birthday. Crochet border surrounding a double knit body. Each row represents a single day. Each stitch represents 6 minutes of time spent awake or asleep #knitting #crochet #datavisualization pic.twitter.com/xwBh7vIilJ — Seung Lee (@Lagomorpho) July 12, 2019 Webcomic artist Seung Lee...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Father Lovingly Crochets a Snuggly Blanket That Visualizes His Son’s First Year of Sleeping Patterns first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Elisabeth de Kleer is currently raising funds through Kickstarter in order to complete her fascinating documentary “Let’s Play: Dungeons & Dragons Behind Bars”, which tells the story of the prisoners who fought in court with varying results for their right to engage in the therapeutic and rehabilitative activity of role-playing games. The film is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Let’s Play: Dungeons & Dragons Behind Bars’, A Film About Inmates Who Fought for the Right to Play RPGs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Lüa by Vivien Muller, is a very clever smart planter that lets its humans know what the plant needs and when it needs through a series of animated emotions. The Lüa works with a simple smartphone app to reflect one of five different senses through 15 different amusing facial animations. The planter itself comes in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Lüa, A Smart Planter That Expresses What a Plant Needs and When It Needs It Using Animated Emotions first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In his first language video in four years, the linguistically educated Tom Scott explains how the rise of digital communication has changed grammatical standards and norms, particularly in the case of punctuation and capitalization. Scott notes how audible inflections and intentions are largely absent, so capital letters and specific punctuation marks denote different meanings in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Use of Digital Communication Changed Grammatical Standards in a Fairly Universal Manner first appeared on Laughing Squid.