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Tommy Siegel created an illustrated guide showing what your coffee preparation method says about you. via Geeks Are Sexy Related Laughing Squid PostsWhat Your Coffee Says About YouBuild-On Brick Mug, A Peg and Hole Surface Coffee Cup That Can Be Built Upon With LEGO BricksA French Speaking British Expat Tries to Figure Out the French...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post What Your Coffee Preparation Method Says About You first appeared on Laughing Squid.

12Tone, the wonderfully fast-talking, quick-doodling music theorist, offers a surprisingly lengthy analysis of the 2 1/2 minute Led Zeppelin Viking-themed anthem “The Immigrant Song”. He particularly notes how the relatively simple, rhythmic riff is made much more complex with the strategic use of dissonance, downbeat rhythms, gallops, a walking bassline and a device called anticipation,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Dissonance and Anticipation Add Complexity to Led Zeppelin’s Viking Anthem ‘The Immigrant Song’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Volkswagen, in partnership with the f.re.e. travel convention in Munich, Germany, unveiled an incredibly detailed, life-sized replica of the iconic Type 2 Westfalia Camper Van made out of 400,000 LEGO bricks. This 16 foot long, 1,543-pound reproduction was built by certified LEGO professional Rene Hoffmeister (previously) and master builder Pascal Lenhard over a remarkable six...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Life-Sized Volkswagen Type 2 Westfalia Camper Van Made Out of 400,000 LEGO Bricks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actor Ryan Reynolds created and shared an incredibly touching video tribute to fellow Canadian John Candy on the 25th anniversary of Candy’s tragic death. Candy had been working on the film Wagons East! in Durango, New Mexico during March 1994 when he succumbed to a fatal heart attack at the far too early age of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Ryan Reynolds Shares Touching Tribute to John Candy on 25th Anniversary of the Comedian’s Tragic Death first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A really sweet, rescued long-horn bull named Tex at Ima Survivor Sanctuary in Cleveland, Texas was having fun chasing after his big red yoga ball across an open field. Unfortunately, Tex was not aware of the barbed wire fence at the end of that field. Tex accidentally bumped the ball into the fence and then...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Rescued Long-Horned Bull Adorably Pouts After Accidentally Deflating His Ball on Barbed Wire Fence first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Pixel artist Doctor Octoroc (previously) has created “In The RP2A Over The Sea”, a chiptune cover of the indie rock album “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel. It’s a cover album which arranges the entirety of the cult status indie rock album “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” by Neutral Milk...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post In The RP2A Over The Sea, A Chiptune Cover of ‘In The Aeroplane Over The Sea’ by Neutral Milk Hotel first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mousr is a brilliantly designed, smart robotic chase toy that works with a proprietary app (iOS and Google Play) to design a plan to keep that cat entertained at all times. The Mousr comes with interchangeable chase attachments, can be operated either autonomously (like a Roomba) or with human intervention and can take a beating...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Mousr, An Adorable Autonomous Robotic Toy That Intelligently Learns How to Entertain a Cat for Hours first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While promoting their Teal album of cover songs and other new projects, the members of Weezer joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots in a Tonight Show classroom instruments cover of Weezer’s cover of the 1985 original a-ha song “Take on Me”. Both Fallon and frontman Rivers Cuomo donned superb clothing and hair from the 1980s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Weezer Joins Jimmy Fallon and The Roots for a Classroom Instruments Cover of a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

ThinkFun has created All Queens Chess, a unique strategy game that combines the rules of chess with the logic of tic-tac-toe. All of the game pieces are powerful queens that can’t be captured and as rules require, must be treated with appropriate respect at all times. Just be aware of the ‘All Queens’ etiquette. You...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post All Queens Chess, A Unique Chess Game Solely Made Up of Powerful Queens That Can’t Be Captured first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While visiting the new NWAA acoustic test lab built inside an abandoned, unused nuclear plant in Elma, Washington, project engineer Matt Ballos and audio specialist Kevin Peterson of Walters StoryK Design took the opportunity to test out said acoustics. They popped a bright green balloon from the middle of the cooling tower and the sound...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post What a Popping Balloon Sounds Like Inside an Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Tower first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Back in 2014, Dan of Allotment Diary pulled his very first show carrot from a greenhouse dirt barrel after seeing a hopeful crack in the dirt. The root vegetable was a bit stubborn and removal took a bit of effort, which Dan gladly provided. In the end, it was worth it, as the carrot stood...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Farmer Pulls an Enormous Carrot Out of a Dirt Barrel first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Music essayist Noah Lefevre of Polyphonic takes a tertiary look at musician Jack White and his obsession with the number three. In doing so, Lefevre points to solid examples that show how White incorporated the number into his career, both aesthetically and musically. These examples include Third Man Records, songs with three chords (1-4-5), song...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Jack White’s Love for the Number Three Shows Up in Various Aesthetic and Musical Aspects of His Career first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In advance of the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida, a team of Imagineers offers a sneak peek into the workshop where they develop and customize the incredibly realistic A100 Audio-Animatronic humanoid robots that will be at both locations. The customized A100 that’s featured in the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Preview of the A100 Audio-Animatronic Hondo Ohnaka Robot at Disney’s New ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2014, Oakhurst Dairy in Portland, Maine was named a defendant in a class-action lawsuit brought by their drivers, who claimed that they were due overtime pay per state law. The dairy defended itself, stating that they followed the letter of the law, which they had always interpreted as saying that drivers were exempt from...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How a Missing Oxford Comma in Maine Employment Law Cost a Portland Dairy Over $5,000,000 in Overtime first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a really wonderful clip from a 1969 appearance on the Dick Cavett Show, a brilliantly attired, shy Jimi Hendrix opened up about his idea for an electric church because that was the way that music was going. He also discussed his belief that the electrifying sound of music would play a bigger role in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Jimi Hendrix Talks to Dick Cavett in 1969 About His Electric Church and How He Prefers Music to Politics first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Illusion d’Optique is a marvelous set of playing cards that feature incredible optical illusions and hypnotic holographic designs that change color with movement. These cards were designed by Gianni Sarcone, whose combination of written word and artistic talent is readily apparent in these cards. Inside, you’ll find 54 eye-popping original designs created by a master...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Marvelous Set of Optical Illusion Playing Cards first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese juggling graduate student Shun Onozawa has created “Movement Act” an incredibly hypnotic, rhythmic juggling machine that simultaneously keeps 16 constantly crisscrossing balls in perpetual motion without ever colliding. This incredible star-shaped machine, which took four months to make, is part of Onozawa’s graduate thesis at Tokyo University of the Arts and had been on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Movement Act, A Hypnotic Star-Shaped Juggling Machine With 16 Crisscrossing Balls That Never Collide first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Denver International Airport has always been very candid about the conspiracies and rumors surrounding the questionable adornments of unusual murals, statues and of course, their infamous gargoyles. In fact, while the terminal was undergoing construction in 2018, the management decided to fully embrace all that was being said with a very funny campaign. When...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Talking Gargoyle at the Denver Airport Hilariously Engages With Skeptical Travelers and Curious Children first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scientists from the Biomimetic Robotics Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a smaller 20 pound version of their hurdle jumping four-legged cheetah robot, which can perform a great deal of very helpful tasks, but also do something else that no other four-legged robot has done. This mini-cheetah robot can do backflips like...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Smaller, Lighter Version of the MIT Four-Legged Cheetah Robot That Can Do Backflips on Command first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Embr Wave is an ingenious wristband developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists that automatically regulates skin temperature, like a personal thermostat. This smart device is worn on the inside of the wrist to access the body’s thermoreceptors and can be easily be switched from hot to cool (or vice versa) on the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Embr Wave, An Ingenious Wristband That Automatically Regulates Skin Temperature first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a somewhat prescient video essay that was first posted in 2016, Sage Hyden of the series Just Write poses the very interesting question as to why the books behind the Game of Thrones series are called a song? By way of answer, Hayden explains that songs have historically been used to communicate the outcomes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Why the One Who Wins the ‘Game of Thrones’ Will Be the One to Write ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ For the Ages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a colorful TED-Ed lesson written by Jordana Moore Saggese and animated by Héloïse Dorsan Rachet, narrator Dr. Christina Greer tells of legendary Brooklyn artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The video specifically talks about Basquiat’s artistry in childhood, his fondness of the human body, his fascination with history and the restless, chaotic, brilliantly connected beauty that was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Restless Beauty Within Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Art first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2014, the Synapse Center for Health and Healing in Egan, Minnesota shared fascinating microscopic footage of a human immune system in action. The narrator describes how red blood cells work and what they do before introducing lymphocytes. This white cellular subgroup is known for traveling through water and cleaning out the remaining debris when...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazing Microscopic Footage of Immune System Cleaning Lymphocytes Attacking a Cancerous Cell first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A seemingly oblivious cat jumped up onto the dining room table and inconsiderately stomped right through the creamy, chocolate pudding center of a chocolate snack cake that their human was getting ready to enjoy. If that weren’t enough, the careless kitty then splashed chocolate all over the table without any apparent concern. Related Laughing Squid...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Oblivious Cat Inconsiderately Stomps Right Through the Creamy Chocolate Pudding Center of a Snack Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2018, the very mechanically talented Kaplamino (previously) created two different versions of his original Rube Goldberg inspired tabletop pinball game “The Blue Marble” (part one and part two). Kaplamino returned with a third and extremely ambitious version of his tabletop game. This particular version uses two different tables, rubber bands, air loop and for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Ambitious Rube Goldberg Inspired Game That Keeps a Blue Marble in Motion Over Two Tabletops first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Story Of My Fucking Life is a hilarious illustrated series of imagined self-help books with highly relatable titles that gives voice to a number of shared thoughts about life. Subjects included “Why Did I Do That?”, “The Story About the War on Christmas”, “Hypothetical Unpleasant Situations”, “Tales of Self-Sabotage” and “A Guide to Acting Like...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Highly Relatable Imaginary Self-Help Books That Illustrate Commonly Shared Thoughts About Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Researchers at MIT and Penn State University have discovered how ordinary droplets of water, when placed onto on a transparent surface, can produce brilliant structural colors without any dyes or additives. While this effect might appear to be similar to the natural formation of rainbows with round water spheres, it was discovered that these colors...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Researchers Discover How to Harness Water to Create Brilliant Structural Color Without Dyes or Additives first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scotch has created a really cool tape dispenser in the shape of an old-school turntable complete with a mid-century woodgrain facade, a weighted base and a silver stylus arm that threads the tape through for easy tearing. Record player shaped tape dispenser with weighted base for easy dispensing White and woodgrain base with silver arm...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tape Dispenser Shaped Like an Old-School Turntable first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Microsoft Cloud Developer Advocate Scott Cate shared footage showing that each of the elevators in his Medellín, Columbia apartment building have a really neat floor cancellation feature that works instantly by double tapping on the floor number. While this feature isn’t very common yet, it is becoming more so with newer buildings that install such...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Elevator With Double Tap Cancellation Buttons first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a 2016 clip from The Graham Norton Show, a nervously wired Jack Black hilariously asked fellow guest Sir Elton John to identify the name of one of John’s songs using a series of distinctive grunts and hand gestures. At first, the legendary musician looked a bit puzzled by the comedian’s sudden outburst, but as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Jack Black Hilariously Asks Sir Elton John to Identify His Own Song Using Grunting Noises and Hand Gestures first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A redolent episode of KQED Deep Look explains why a dog’s nose is far more sensitive than that of a human. They specifically look at the remarkable amount of olfactory neurons that live inside a dogs nose, its ingenious design and a dog’s amazing ability to take in the type of information that can often...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Dog Noses Are Far More Sensitive Than Humans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the ad “The New Normal” for the cannabis retailer MedMen, director Spike Jonze calls attention to significant points throughout challenging eras within the history of the United States in which marijuana played role. Actor Jessie Williams, who co-wrote the script with Jonze and Tommy Means, provides the elucidating narration. Welcome to The New Normal,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Spike Jonze Makes a Historical Case for Legalizing Marijuana in the MedMen Ad ‘The New Normal’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While there wives were out of town, actor Topher Grace and video game editor Jeff Yorkes seamlessly edited scenes from all ten Star Wars films to create “Star Wars Always”, a mega-trailer for the franchise. In making this, Yorkes posed a very relevant question on Twitter. Why don’t studios make “mega-trailers,” tying all the movies...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Scenes From All Ten ‘Star Wars’ Films Seamlessly Recut as a Mega-Trailer For the Franchise first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cardboard boxes provide a wonderful and inexpensive way to keep pets entertained. Cats will likely jump inside, dogs will rip them apart, guinea pigs will make a home in them. Snakes will more than likely do each of these things and more, depending on mood. One such snake, an adorable yellow ball python continuously circled...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Yellow Ball Python Rotates an Empty Cardboard Box by Continuously Circling the Exterior first appeared on Laughing Squid.

USAopoly (previously) has released the rather meta board game Operation: Rick and Morty Anatomy Park Special Edition based upon an episode of the animated series of the same name. In both cases, Rick Sanchez and his grandson Morty try to save a hapless homeless man named Ruben, however, the difference lies in how Ruben is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Rick And Morty Try to Save a Hapless Ruben in an Anatomy Park Special Edition Game of Operation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New Yorker writer Sam Knight talks about his research for the story “The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell the Future”, which takes a deep look at the 19th-century British psychiatrist John Barker. Barker, who was deeply affected by the Aberfan disaster during which a South Wales school was engulfed by sliding coal slurry. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How a British Psychiatrist Tried to Make Medical Sense of the Paranormal Premonitions That He Collected first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Saratoga Dog Walkers in upstate New York offers a wonderful opportunity for local dogs to walk as a pack together on a daily basis. This program offers humans peace of mind as their dogs receive socialization, exercise, interactivity, structure, contentment and a strong sense of community, all of which is captured in a series of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Group Photos of Dogs Who Pack Walk Together Every Day in Saratoga Springs, New York first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Engineering is Magic posted a video of a very cleverly designed wall safe that is safely camouflaged behind a working electrical outlet. All one needs is a key, the knowledge as to which outlet is the one with the safe behind it and the willingness to stick a metal object into an electrical outlet. Here’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Wall Safe Hidden Behind an Electrical Outlet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A really colorful, surreal animation by Julian Glander for Adult Swim, a mumbling Jonathan Pillows goes shopping at the local dollar store where he encounters all sorts odd items for sale. Looking to save even more money, Pillows goes outside to the literal bargain bin where he eventually makes a purchase. Related Laughing Squid PostsSpherical...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Surreal Animation About Shopping at the Dollar Store first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vox did an interview with Justus Kersey, who has worn the same outfit every day for two years. Why wear everything, when you can wear one thing that you really like? It may be radical, but it’s not wrong. We spoke about what first motivated him to take the uniform approach to style, the natural...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Wears the Same Outfit Every Day For Two Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Endangered Alphabets is an incredible decade-old project that focuses on bringing attention to languages that are systematically being ignored and/or disappearing throughout the world. In order to bring greater awareness to this very real plight, they’ve launched an interactive map that shows exactly where these languages originated and still exist. In scores of countries, though,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Map of Endangered Languages Around the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“The Story of Martin Luther” is an amusing, award-winning animation by Magnus Møller of Tumblehead Animation Studio that illustrates the history of Martin Luther, a rebellious German man who became a monk after surviving a violent thunderstorm. Once he witnessed how the world worked from the monastery side of things, he addressed his concerns with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Animation About Martin Luther the Rebel first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The folks at Smartmouth Brewing in Norfolk, Virginia have created “Saturday Morning”, a wonderfully nostalgic, “magically ridiculous” limited release IPA brewed with dehydrated marshmallows for a taste reminiscent of the iconic Lucky Charms cereal. Saturday Morning is a 6.6% ABV IPA, brewed with in-house toasted marshmallows and bulk dehydrated-marshmallow-bits. It has been hopped and dry-hopped...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Saturday Morning, A ‘Magically Ridiculous’ Lucky Charms Inspired Beer Brewed With Marshmallows first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a clip from the BBC America series Dynasties, a lone emperor penguin covered almost entirely in black feathers, struts around in front of a giant waddle, spotlighting exactly how different this one is from the others. This unusual appearance is due to melanism, which is a very rare species mutation and very few survive...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazing Footage of an Incredibly Rare Emperor Penguin Covered Almost Entirely in Black Feathers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a really poignant animation by Great Big Story, astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker pays beautiful tribute to her late husband Eugene Merle Shoemaker, a geologist, the director of the then-nascent US Geological Survey and a founder of planetary science. When President Kennedy announced that he wanted to put a man on the moon, Eugene was one...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Astronomer Widow of the Late Geologist Eugene Shoemaker Shares How His Ashes Made It to the Moon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a classic 1973 clip from the long-playing children series Sesame Street, a little girl named Joey was singing the ABC song with Kermit the Frog. All was going well until Joey stopped and inserted “Cookie Monster” as a letter of the alphabet. Kermit gently corrected her, but Joey was insistent about Cookie Monster. When...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Little Girl Insists ‘Cookie Monster’ is a Letter While Singing the ABC Song With Kermit the Frog first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Here's some footage from the top of a similar 900 m deep borehole hot water drilled in 2017. It's well worth watching all the way through with the sound on! @BAS_News pic.twitter.com/YYlYprtVZt — Hot Water on Ice (@HotWaterOnIce) January 25, 2019 In 2017, the scientists of the British Antarctic Survey project BEAMISH drilled a 900...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Mesmerizing GoPro Footage of a Journey Down a 900 Meter Deep Hot-Water Drilled Borehole in the Antarctic first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Swedish/Dutch photographer Geert Weggen has created a wonderfully whimsical photo series of surprisingly cooperative wild red squirrels performing some very human tasks such as taking photos, riding a bicycle, playing piano, having tea, riding different vehicles, rowing a boat and enjoying a nice campfire. Weggen stated that he became a full-time photographer in 2013 and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Whimsical Photo Series Featuring Adorable Wild Red Squirrels Doing Some Very Human Things first appeared on Laughing Squid.