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French artist Veks Van Hillik creates absolutely gorgeous black ink tattoos that are strategically placed in the hidden places behind knees and elbows so that two different designs can be incorporated into one, creating a different context depending on how the joint is positioned. Examples of this ingenious idea includes a gorgeous black scarab that...The post Ingenious Black Ink Tattoos That Use the Hidden Places Around Knees and Elbows to Create a Different Context appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amimono Horinouchi (@amimono_horinouchi) on Jul 3, 2018 at 10:42pm PDT Japanese yarn artist Amimono Horinouchi creates absolutely incredible handcrafted sweaters that feature a photorealistic knit reproductions of iconic music legends. Among some of his notable creations are a purple Prince sweater, David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust,...The post Amazing Handcrafted Sweaters Featuring Photorealistic Knit Portraits of Iconic Music Legends appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cartoonist Malec of the French video company Turbo Interactive, has brilliantly re-imagined the opening title sequence from the sublime animated series Rick and Morty as a gorgeously lush anime short complete with Japanese subtitles. Each character makes a especially defined appearance, including Pickle Rick. ET SI RICK ET MORTY ÉTAIT UN ANIME ? Nous voilà...The post The Opening Title Sequence From ‘Rick and Morty’ Brilliantly Reimagined as a Gorgeous Anime Short appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An adorably teeny tiny baby sugar glider in Khon Kaen, Thailand lay back with arms open wide as a beloved human offered up some great big belly rubs. I think my pet is cute. I recorded the video as a memory. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Teeny Tiny Hedgehog Camps Out Under the Great Big Sky...The post A Teeny Tiny Baby Sugar Glider Possum Spreads Arms Out Wide for Some Great Big Belly Rubs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

With the last season of Mr. Robot coming fast upon us, fans of director Sam Esmail like myself will be happy to know that he’s not going away. His next series, Homecoming, is a psychological thriller starring Julia Roberts as a former military caseworker who loses track of her own life. The series is based...The post Homecoming, A Psychological Thriller Series From Sam Esmail Based Upon a Podcast of the Same Name appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Steve Price and the puzzle building team behind Sprice Machines built an amazing, wonderfully circuitous Rube Goldberg machine. Over the course of almost eight minutes, the elaborate series of chain reactions traversed the entire house before heading outside to pour glasses of lemonade for the thirsty folks who built the machine. Our first ever house...The post A Wonderfully Circuitous Rube Goldberg Machine That Traverses Through the Whole House to Pour Lemonade appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cookiecutter.com in Pleasant Valley, Missouri, creates and stocks a wealth of tools for shaping dough into desired designs. Each cutter is made onsite using either hydraulic machines or hand tools that concisely bend flexible tin ribbons into a wide array of precisely engineered molds of all sizes and shapes, which a truly satisfying visual experience...The post The Visually Satisfying Process of Forming Flexible Aluminum Ribbons Into Decorative Cookie Cutters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the amusing segment from the Netflix series Magic for Humans, conjurer Justin Willman gathered together a group of people willing to help him convince a man from the audience that he was invisible. The group gathered ahead of time to prepare and really helped to make the trick a success. When I was a...The post Sly Magician Convinces Man That He’s Invisible in an Amusing Segment From ‘Magic For Humans’ on Netflix appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story visited with David Wilde, the managing director of the historic organ company Henry Willis & Sons, which has been in business since 1845. Wilde explains the process by which they craft the pipes, speaks about how the length of the pipe affects the pitch of the sound and expresses the incredible pride...The post An Inside Look at the Historic Company That Maintains the Magnificent Pipe Organs of England appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The amazingly lovable feline duo of Cole and Marmalade has doubled in size with the addition of Jugg and Zig Zag, two tiny tortie kittens rescued separately from each other. People have always told us that Cole and Marmalade needed a sister… well we disagree, we decided they need TWO! We’re excited to announce that...The post Two Rescued Tortie Kittens Join the Growing Feline Family of the Lovable Cat Duo Cole and Marmalade appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jim (@hobbithollowjim) on May 11, 2018 at 1:12am PDT Jim Castigan, a construction professional and superfan of Lord of the Rings, spent six years constructing a Hobbit Hollow home of his dreams in the Dutchess County town of Pawling, New York. The house was originally intended...The post Lord of the Rings Superfan Spends Six Years Constructing an Energy Efficient Hobbit House appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Helo Pinheiro, the young woman who was the inspiration in 1962 for the bossa nova song “Girl From Ipanema”, sat down with Today host Hoda Kotb to talk about being immortalized in such an iconic song. Pinheiro told Kotb that she was not aware at the time that a song was being written about her....The post The Inspiration for the Iconic Bossa Nova Tune ‘Girl From Ipanema’ Talks About Being Immortalized In Song appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Music writer Polyphonic, who makes incredibly informative video essays on an ongoing basis, explained how The Grateful Dead‘s short-lived, but brilliant sound system known as the “Wall of Sound” changed the sonic quality of live performances from that point on. The Wall of Sound was the brainchild of audio engineer (and chemist) Owsley “Bear” Stanley,...The post How The Grateful Dead’s Brilliant ‘Wall of Sound’ Changed the Quality of Live Shows From That Point On appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the documentary The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man, director Tommy Avallone takes a candid look at the legendary actor and his uncanny ability to randomly drop in and seamlessly insert himself into other people’s lives. This wonderful ad-hoc habit of his is the stuff of urban legends, sometimes legends...The post The Bill Murray Stories, A Candid Film About How the Legendary Actor Randomly Drops In on Regular Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story went to Mexico City to talk to the very talented Linares family of cartoneros, creators of wonderful alebrijes – great big, imaginative, brightly painted papier-mâché monsters. The idea came to Pedro Linares as speaking monsters while he was comatose in 1936. Once he recovered, Pedro set about to create this unique trade,...The post The Talented Family Behind the Brightly Colored, Highly Imaginative Papier-Mâché Monsters of Mexico City appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Half as Interesting explains how fake neighborhoods and mistaken border designations as they appear on Google Maps can have real life consequences. In one extreme example, war between Nicaragua and Costa Rica almost erupted due a mapping misunderstanding. Google had mistakenly placed the wrong borders around Calero Island, making the island appear to belong Nicaragua,...The post How Fake Neighborhoods and Mistaken Borders on Google Maps Lead to Real Life Consequences appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Giving Voice Chorus is a wonderful program that welcomes patients of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other similar conditions, who live outside a hospital environment, and their caregivers, to participate in, practice with and perform as part of coordinated vocal ensemble. The driving idea behind this project is that singing together helps to foster understanding...The post Giving Voice Chorus, A Wonderful Music Program For People With Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Caregivers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On September 13 1993, a very young Conan O’Brien made his debut as the replacement for the departing David Letterman on the NBC Late Night franchise. This 25 year old episode first episode shows O’Brien first getting ready for work and walking through the streets of New York City to a mounting chorus of warnings...The post Conan O’Brien Gets Ready for Work on His First Day as David Letterman’s Replacement on ‘Late Night’ in 1993 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While promoting her new film, the fourth reprise of the classic A Star Is Born, actress, singer and fashionista Lady Gaga invited Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment into the flowery courtyard of her Los Angeles home to answer 73 random questions for Vogue. The perfectly coiffed “Lady” shared her undying love for New York...The post Lady Gaga Offers Sage Words of Wisdom to Her Young Female Fans While Answering 73 Random Questions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on The Tonight Show, members of Aerosmith (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford) joined musical forces with host Jimmy Fallon and The Roots for a rousing classroom instrument interpretation of their classic rock song “Walk This Way”. Aerosmith joins Jimmy and The Roots to perform their hit “Walk...The post Jimmy Fallon and The Roots Join Aerosmith in a Rousing School Instrument Cover of ‘Walk This Way’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dave Malkoff of The Weather Channel explains the concept of storm surge with the brilliant use of a virtual reality camera. Immersed in the center of the action, Malkoff shows what surges of different heights look like, what they can do and just how much damage they can cause. Storm surge will be a huge...The post A Brilliant Immersive Virtual Reality Demonstration of What Storm Surges Look Like at Different Heights appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very talented Peter Bence, who previously performed a barefoot piano cover ofThe post An Incredible Highly Percussive, Passionate Piano Cover of the Classic Michael Jackson Song ‘Beat It’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Artist Tom McPherson of Circle Line Art School creates a wonderful variety of video tutorials every Saturday on the subject of drawing – perspective drawing, building drawing, landscape drawing, optical illusion drawing and people drawing, just to name a few. In one such tutorial, McPherson silently demonstrates through a mesmerizing timelapse how to achieve the...The post A Mesmerizing Timelapse Showing How to Draw a 3D Hole Optical Illusion on a Piece of Paper appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The environmental channel Explore has put a number of live streaming cameras in various spots around the world including one on the Frying Pan Tower near the coastal town of Cape Fear, North Carolina. This particular video stream is very popular today as the people of southeast coast of the United States wait anxiously see...The post A Stunning Live Stream of the Approaching Path of Hurricane Florence Near Cape Fear, North Carolina appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very creative engineer and filmmaker Kim Pimmel shows how to create a DIY, treat driven, electric skateboard for cats of his own design. To show how the skateboard works, Pimmel recruited his beautiful gray tabby tortie named MIDI to demonstrate how she keeps the board moving just by reaching for a yummy treat. I...The post A Clever DIY Electric Skateboard for a Cat That’s Driven by Strategically Placed Treats in the Throttle Lever appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Sep 9, 2018 at 2:37pm PDT The arts and entertainment group Meow Wolf has created the really fun, immersive “Experience Tube” that allows two people to fully enjoy each other’s company with instant facial recognition to provide for a completely private conversation....The post Experience Tube, A Stretchy Analog Device That Uses Instant Facial Recognition For Conversational Privacy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While promoting his new album Egypt Station, the indomitable Sir Paul McCartney shared with GQ a number of wonderful stories about writing some of the most iconic songs recorded by The Beatles, Wings and for his solo career. McCartney spoke about the writing process, how they got ideas for songs and how some of characters...The post Sir Paul McCartney Shares the Wonderful Stories Behind Some of The Beatles’ Most Iconic Songs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling of BeckyandJoes, the brilliant minds behind the wonderfully surreal video series Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, have teased out a rather enigmatic trailer simply called Wakey, Wakey. This mysterious project is a collaboration between Conan O’Brien‘s company Conaco, Blink Films and Turner Broadcasting‘s Super Deluxe . Wakey Wakey… https://t.co/2VLtSsyCiF —...The post ‘Wakey Wakey’, An Enigmatic Teaser Trailer for a Mysterious New ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’ Project appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Two Minute Papers took a comprehensive look at an amazing collaborative project between NVIDIA, Aalto University, and MIT that solves the problem of grainy digital photos. They developed a really intelligent AI system uses deep learning to smoothly remove visual noise from digital images by looking at pixelated photos. Recent deep learning work in the...The post A Deep Learning System That Removes Visual Noise From Digital Images by Looking at Pixelated Photos appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As he’s previously done with other Apple releases, comedian Jack Douglass of Jacksfilms has created an amusing parody based on Apple’s September 12, 2018 event during which they announced the new, rather pricy iPhone XS ($999) along with its full array of features. They also announced their “more affordable” counterpart, the iPhone XR ($749) with...The post An Amusing Parody About Apple’s Announcement of the iPhone XS and the More ‘Affordable’ iPhone XR appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Just in time for Halloween, wholesaler Rubies Costume Company has created an inflatable “Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite” costume. This clever adult size costume comes with a battery powered fan and matching gloves and mask to complete the full effect. The costume is available for to pre-order for for free delivery as soon as September...The post A Clever Inflatable ‘Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite’ Adult Size Costume With a Battery Powered Fan Inside appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The rather prolific and talented video editor Robert Jones has reimagined incredibly creepy scenes from the horror film Heredity as the title sequence for a 1990s sitcom pilot, replete with an appropriately jingly theme song. Picture a sitcom show like ‘Frasier’ or ‘Mad About You’, but a sitcom show possessed by the 5th King of...The post Creepy Scenes From the Horror Film ‘Heredity’ Reimagined as a Jingly 1990s Sitcom Title Sequence appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Web Design Museum (@webdesignmuseum) on Sep 3, 2018 at 11:58pm PDT Engineers Petr Kovár and Ondrej Letocha have created the Web Design Museum, an online gallery that features the designs of websites from 1995 through 2005, a period largely considered the nascent years of the world...The post A Unique Online Museum Dedicated to Early Website Design Between the Years of 1995 and 2005 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The legendary motorcycle creator BMW Motorrad announced that they converted a prototype of their gorgeous R 1200 GS dual sport into a self-proppeled motorcycle that can operate completely autonomously. The idea behind creating this ConnectedRide technology is not to encourage riderless trips around town, but rather to use the technology as a means of further...The post BMW Builds the World’s First Completely Autonomous Self-Propelled Motorcycle to Study Safety Technology appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Ballad of Buster James, is an anthology of six separate fantastic stories that take place in the newly discovered American frontier over the course of 25 years. Each story is told in the distinctively dark comedic style of the Coen Brothers and features a number accomplished actors (some of whom are regulars of Coen...The post The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, A Darkly Comedic Western Anthology by the Coen Brothers on Netflix appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mitchell Spain (@mitchellspainceramics) on Jun 27, 2017 at 7:50am PDT Iowan artist Mitchell Spain has created an absolutely ingenious line of handmade flasks, ceramic mugs, and shot glasses that look just like the old school rusty cans, some of which perhaps once held some environmentally harmful...The post Ingenious Ceramic Flasks and Mugs Made to Look Like Rusty Old Cans That Once Held Toxic Liquid appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The London food design agency Bombas and Parr have ingeniously incorporated the principles of the sturdy frozen composite material pykrete into a unique non-melting ice lolly. This fully edible recipe replaces the sawdust from the original formula with fruit fiber, making the ice pop last far longer than other ice novelties in an hour of...The post Amazing Non-Melting Ice Pops That Incorporate a Fully Edible Fruit Version of the Composite Material Pykrete appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a really interesting video essay, Vox producer Coleman Lowndes explains the history of the term “OK”,. Lowndes notes its confusing etymological origins, the role it played in history, how its sound influenced the advertising of certain products up through the current date and how it came to be such a ubiquitous player in the...The post How the Term ‘OK’ Became Such a Ubiquitous Part of the Common Universal Lexicon appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the third film of his Galaxies Series, astrophotographer Adrien Mauduit has created a stunning hypnotic astrolapse that captures the beauty of the Milky Way as seen against the backdrop of a colorful Norwegian night sky. This gorgeous footage is set to a calming soundtrack that expresses the feel of this gorgeous phenomenon through music....The post A Stunning Astrolapse Showcasing the Hypnotic Beauty of the Milky Way in the Colorful Norwegian Night Sky appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While diving in the waters of Naxos Island, Greece during December 2016, French graphic designer Kevin Filoni became friends with a tiny, affectionate octopus who adorably cuddled up onto his arm, completely engulfing his hand. The affable cephalopod remained in place for several minutes while accepting lots of tickles and head rubs from Filoni. Once...The post French Designer Makes Friends With an Affectionate Octopus While Diving Near Naxos Island, Greece appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Social Media Announcement by xkcd “Why I'm Moving Most of My Social Activity to Slack, Then Creating a Second Slack to Avoid the People in the First One, Then Giving Up on Social Interaction Completely, Then Going Back to Texting” Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Social Media GuruThe 17th Annual Webby Awards, A Call for Entries...The post Social Media Announcement appeared first on Laughing Squid.

You come to my pantry, you’re gonna see a lot of prison materials. Former felon Josh of Lockdown 23and1 shares his ingenious recipe for “Prison Pizza” using only the ingredients and materials that were available to him while he was incarcerated. The crust of the pizza is made with crushed saltines, Ritz crackers and ramen...The post Former Felon Shares a Recipe For Pizza He Made In Prison Using Only the Ingredients Available at the Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the beautifully simple short film “Red Light” by filmmaker Sam Benenati, a lone woman named Ruth (Jen Tullock) finds herself waiting an inordinate amount of time for a light to change from red to green, despite the fact that she’s the only one on the road. In order to pass the time, she acts...The post A Frustrated Woman Acts Out Her Entire Life While Waiting Forever For a Red Light to Turn Green appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Kim Pimmel has created the gorgeous short macro film “Wildfire” in which he set strands of standard steel wool on fire in a controlled environment. The burning fibers pass around the flame to others rather quickly lighting up more in a fiery chain reaction, mimicking the heartbreaking movement and the tragic beauty of a...The post A Short Mesmerizing Film Featuring Burning Strands of Steel Wool That Mimic the Tragic Beauty of Wildfires appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Printing enthusiast Steve Ouklama created an amazing 3D printed “Fillenium Malcon“, a replica of a famous ship piloted by a guy who never has a good feeling about anything. Per Ouklama, this is his biggest build so far and took him four times before getting right. As soon as he did, however, he filmed the...The post A Ten Day Build of a 3D Printed Millennium Falcon Compressed Into a Hypnotic Three Minute Timelapse appeared first on Laughing Squid.

San Francisco filmmaker Mark Day, the creative eye behind the “24 Hours at Burning Man series“, shared a brilliant hyperlapse showcasing the magnifient art embodying the “I, Robot” theme of the Burning Man 2018 event on the dusty playa. Day had created a similar hyperlapse of Burning Man in 2016. A quick iPhone hyperlapse of...The post A Brilliant Hyperlapse Shot on an iPhone Showcasing the ‘I, Robot’ Art Theme of Burning Man 2018 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cool Material is offering the “Takeout Candle” a truly unique candle that uses notes of soy, lemongrass and ginger to emit the distinctively tantalizing aroma of freshly delivered Chinese food when burning. This yummy candle comes inside a white tin decorated with the design that appear on old-school takeout/delivery cartons While ordering takeout every day...The post A Scented Soy Candle in a Takeout Style Tin That Emits the Distinctively Tantalizing Aroma of Chinese Food appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Light Club has put out an incredibly informative video essay about using light while shooting (or painting) portraits in such a way as to make the eyes stand out from the rest of the face. This catchlight process specifically refers to how exterior light reflects off the surface of the eye, but it can be...The post Specific Light Techniques That Make a Portrait Subject’s Eyes Stand Out From the Rest of the Face appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee, who are known for their wonderfully realistic looking masks, has added a full head smiling sloth to their collection of masks. Once a person places this mask upon their head, they release their inner slow moving creature and move into a lifestyle where everything is peaceful, relaxed and completely chill....The post A Full Head Smiling Sloth Mask That Unleashes One’s Hidden Inner Beast of Slow Moving Relaxation appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a friendly interview with Stephen Colbert, the affable actor John Krasinski talked about how the women in his life have had a profound effect upon his success. He shared his mom encouraged him to not give up acting just three weeks before he got the part as Jim Halpert in The Office and how...The post How the Women in John Krasinski’s Life Encouraged Him to Keep Pushing Himself Further in His Career appeared first on Laughing Squid.